Tom 66 (2017): Zeszyt 3 (December 2017)

Field revision of current distribution of mountain hawkweeds (Hieracium s. str.) in the Hrubý Jeseník Mts was undertaken. Hieracium atratum, H. chlorocephalum, H. engleri, H. grabowskianum and H. plumbeum, whose last occurrence was documented many decades or even a century ago, were rediscovered. H. plumbeum was even found in new localities. The occurrence of H. alpinum, H. bifidum, H. chrysostyloides, H. inuloides, H. nigritum, H. prenanthoides, H. silesiacum, H. stygium and H. villosum was ascertained at many of their historical localities and a few new localities were found too. A neophyte species H. mixtum was discovered. Hieracium moravicum was not found. Accurate locality description and population size are provided for each finding. Herbarium revision and excerption of crucial literature were performed to provide historical distribution. Distributional changes as well as threatening and beneficial factors influencing Hieracium species in the Hrubý Jeseník Mts are discussed.

Black-Bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), is a species breeding in the arctic tundra; in Europe only in Siberian peninsulas on the Russian territory. There is not enough evidence about its historical breeding in Central Europe. Jan Pícha discovered the breeding of Black-Bellied Plover somewhere in Budějovice basin in south Bohemia, possible in the years 1906-1926, possible on the ponds Dvořiště or Volešek. He wrote about in to M. Záleský (visited) and J. Jirsík (in correspondence), and this report has been totally forgotten. Quite approved is Píchaʼs record of Spotted Redshankʼs (Tringa erythropus) breeding; Píchaʼs personality and reliability ensure the correctness of his report. Mating behaviour of Black-Bellied Plover, recorded in South Bohemia also in 1993.

In this paper, an updated map of the distribution of Solidago ×niederederi, a natural hybrid between S. canadensis and S. virgaurea, in Poland is presented using the ATPOL cartogram method. A compiled list of 55 localities of the hybrid within 40 cartogram units (10-km squares) is provided and its negative impact on S. virgaurea is highlighted.

The paper presents a new record of Dittrichia graveolens in Poland. This alien species was found growing on roadside verges in Głogoczów, West-Beskidian Piedmont, southern Poland, in 2016. An updated map of distribution of D. graveolens is provided based on the ATPOL cartogram method, and its pathway of spread along the roads is highlighted. Moreover, the Polish vernacular names “omanowiec” and “omanowiec wonny” are proposed for the genus Dittrichia and the species D. graveolens, respectively.

Records of species of the family Limoniidae from Azerbaijan are presented. A total of 16 species are listed. Of these, 5 species represent the first records from Azerbaijan, viz. Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) melanura Savchenko, 1984, Cheilotrichia (Empeda) minima (Strobl, 1898), Molophilus (Molophilus) crimensis Savchenko, 1976, Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) filata Starý, 2004, and Rhabdomastix (Rhabdomastix) hirticornis (Lackschewitz, 1940). The species richness of the limoniid fauna in Azerbaijan is increased to 97 species by this paper.

The Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) is for the last time reliably recorded at 23 February 1995 at Merja Zerga, Morocco. This paper re-evaluates the recent addition by Hudeček (2016) of the species to the Czech Republic list.

Lasiommata petropolitana is a boreomontane butterfly, declining in Central Europe and not recorded in the Czech Republic since 1975. Based on revision of all existing archival records and results of recent targeted surveys in mountainous regions of East Moravia, area of its past occurrence, we document its gradual retreat and ultimate regional extinction. The historical range, marginal with respect to contiguous distribution along the Carpathian mountain chain, included both foothills and higher elevations of Bílé Karpaty, Hostýnské Vrchy, Javorníky, Moravskoslezské Beskydy and Vsetínské Vrchy Mts; pre-1950 records document also a past occurrence at calcareous bedrock localities in Brno environs. Other past lowland records (Oslava valley, Olomouc, Znojmo) were due to misidentifications. Within the historical Czech range, the butterfly inhabited pastures with exposed calcareous, flysh or sandstone bedrock, maintained by traditional grazing. The decline of the species proceeded from lower elevations and foothills towards mountain ridges. The higher elevation sites were encroached by successional changes, or intentionally afforested, with post-war decline of mountain grazing. This development went largely unnoticed by conservation authorities, and represents a loss of mountain butterfly from marginal parts of its range.

The Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) is a worldwide endangered bird species on the brink of extintion. For the last time it nested in Siberia, Russia. It flew trought Europe regulary in the 19th century. Because its records are unrepeatable, each date has a high scientific value. This article describes the historical record probably of the Czech Republic, probably in north-eastern Moravia in the environment of Místek in Lachia, probably between the years 1884 and 1897. This record might come from the collection of J. Bednař from the school in Místek (now Frýdek-Místek). These indirect data are provable and it is not possible to agree with the conclusion of the Czech Faunistic Committee which considers the location and date as unknown.