Current hydroecological situation of the Starooskolsko-Gubkinsky mining region on the example of the Oskolets River

The results of the hydroecological study of the small Oskolets river in the area of influence of mining enterprises are presented. It is shown that the residential industrial flow of Gubkin city has a leading influence on the hydrochemical situation. Discharges of drainage waters made by the Lebedinsky mining and processing plant have a definite impact on the hydro-ecological situation with respect to the content of fluorine and lead compounds, and occasionally with respect to nitrogen compound

Energetic and motion activity of hemocytes of Dictyoptera representatives

yesThe article is dedicated to results of the study, in the course of which motility of in-sects’ hemocytes, representatives of Dictyoptera order was investigated, while cells were incubated in various conditions. Morphological changes in blood plasma’s formed ele-ments were noticed in the course of fagocytal functions’ performance. It was shown that intensiveness of hemocytes’ fluorescence increases when cells with Rhodamine B colourant are incubated. Intensification of hemocytes’ fluorescenceBelgorod State Universit

Zonal and Zoogeographic Characteristic of the Ant Fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Ukraine

One hundred fourty ant species belonging to 38 genera of 5 subfamilies are known to occur in Ukraine nowadays. All the species are attributed to 16 zoogeographic complexes that are grouped into three faunogenetic classes. Comparative zonal and zoogeographical analysis of the fauna of different geographical regions of Ukraine has revealed their essential heterogeneity. The ant fauna of the Forest-Steppe zone is not original. At the same time, it is not transitive between the faunae of the Forest and Steppe zones. Ant fauna of the Forest-Steppe is related to those not the Steppe but the Forests zones, and the Forest-Steppe can be included in the southern subzone of a Forest zone of t Europe.В Украине известно 140 видов муравьев из 38 родов 5 подсемейств. Выделены 16 зоогеографических комплексов, отнесенных к трем фауногенетическим классам. Сравнительный зональный и зоогеографический анализ фаун различных физико-географических регионов Украины выявил их существенную разнородность. Показано, что фауна муравьев Лесостепи не является самобытной. В то же время, она не является переходной между фаунами лесов и степной зоны. По происхождению мирмекофауна Лесостепи связана с таковой не степной, а лесных зон, и, на основании данных о распространении муравьев, Лесостепь может быть включена в состав южной подзоны лесной зоны Европы