New records of allochthonous Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869 (Mantodea: Mantidae) from Southeastern Europe, with evidence of its spread across the Pannonian Plain

In the last few years, the allochthonous mantid species, Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869 has spread vigorously across Europe. To date, the species has been recorded in many countries in the southern and eastern parts of the continent, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, and Ukraine. On October 22, 2022, in Szeged, a city in the southern part of Hungary, one ochre-colored female specimen of H. tenuidentata was found. The finding presented in this article is the first recording of this species in Hungary and indicates the further spread of the species towards Central Europe. We also present a few new records of this species from Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia. We discuss the spread of H. tenuidentata in the Pannonian Plain, as well as the potential importance of climate change and the heat island effect in population establishment in this part of Europe

Histopatološki parametri predvidljivosti pozitivnih limfnih čvorova kod endometrijskog karcinoma

Endometrial cancer is the most common malignancy of the female reproductive tract. Lymph node metastases are an important prognostic factor in endometrial cancer. Several prognostic factors have been shown to correlate with lymph node metastasis, including depth of myometrial invasion, cervical infiltration, histologic grade of the tumor, tumor diameter, histology type, lymphovascular invasion, and positive peritoneal cytology. The aim of the study was to identify the histopathologic parameters that would indicate with greater certainty the possibility of metastases into lymph nodes, which would serve as a basis to assess whether patients should undergo lymphadenectomy or not. This retrospective study included patients with endometrial cancer having undergone surgery at the Oncology Institute of Vojvodina during the 2012-2018 period. The study included 120 patients having undergone hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy. Among patients who had lymph node metastases, there were statistically significantly more patients (p<0.01) with endometrial cancer histologic type 2, depth of myometrial invasion greater than 50%, cervical stroma infiltration, lymphovascular invasion, and positive peritoneal cytology. In conclusion, histopathologic parameters such as type 2 endometrial cancer, myometrial invasion depth greater than 50%, cervical stroma infiltration, lymphovascular invasion and positive peritoneal cytology increased the likelihood of lymph node metastases. Tumor size (>2 cm), as well as histologic grade did not correlate with a higher incidence of lymph node metastases. In this study, both parametrial infiltration and the number of lymph nodes removed were found to have clinical relevance but not statistical significance.Karcinom endometrija je najčešći malignitet ženskog reproduktivnog trakta. Metastaze u limfnim čvorovima su jedan od najvažnijih prognostičkih čimbenika kod karcinoma endometrija.Pokazalo se da je nekoliko prognostičkih čimbenika u korelaciji s metastazama limfnih čvorova: dubina invazije miometrija, infiltracija cerviksa, histološki gradus tumora, promjer tumora, serozna histologija, limfovaskularna invazija i pozitivna peritonejska citologija. Cilj ovoga istraživanja bio je utvrditi one patohistološke parametre koji će s većom sigurnošću ukazati na mogućnost nastanka metastaza u limfnim čvorovima te na temelju kojih se može procijeniti treba li takvim bolesnicama raditi limfadenektomiju ili ne. Provedena je retrospektivna analiza bolesnica s karcinomom endometrija koje su operirane na Institutu za onkologiju Vojvodine u razdoblju od 2012. do 2018. godine. U istraživanje je uključeno 120 bolesnica kod kojih je napravljena histerektomija s obostranom adneksektomijom i pelvičnom limfadenektomijom. U skupini bolesnica koje su imale metastaze u limfnim čvorovima statistički su značajno više (p<0,01) bile zastupljene bolesnice s histološkim tipom 2 endometrijskog karcinoma, dubinom invazije miometrija većom od 50%, infiltracijom cervikalne strome, limfovaskularnom invazijom i pozitivnom peritonejskom citologijom. Zaključeno je kako patohistološki parametri kao što su tip 2 endometrijskog karcinoma, dubina invazije miometrija veća od 50%, infiltracija cervikalne strome, limfovaskularna invazija i pozitivna peritonejska citologija povećavaju vjerojatnost nastanka metastaza u limfnim čvorovima. Veličina tumora (>2 cm) kao i histološki gradus nisu bili udruženi s većom učestalošću metastaza u limfnim čvorovima. U našem istraživanju se klinički relevantnom pokazala i infiltracija parametrija, kao i broj odstranjenih limfnih čvorova, ali bez statističke značajnosti

A FIRST RECORD OF THE ALIEN MANTIS SPECIES HIERODULA TENUIDENTATA (MANTODEA: MANTIDAE) IN SERBIA

An alien mantis species, Hierodula tenuidentata, has expanded its areal in Europe in the last few years. It was registered in several European countries, including some on the Balkan Peninsula. Herein are presented for the first time records of H. tenuidentata on the territory of Serbia, several from the capital city of Belgrade, and one from Novi Kneževac, a town in the northern part of country. The species was recognized for the first time in photos posted in a Facebook group of insect lovers and enthusiasts in 2019, but positive identification only took place in 2020 after group members collected specimens. Social networks can be a very important tool for the monitoring of invasive species in general, and invasive mantids in particular, especially due to their size and attractiveness

SPIDERS (ARANEAE) OF THE DELIBLATO SANDS (SERBIA)

The Special Nature Reserve “Deliblato Sands” in Serbia is the largest European continental sand area situated between the Danube River and western Carpathian slopes. Forestation, agriculture and fire are the main threats to this landscape. While plants and vertebrates are well known in this area, spiders were researched for the first time. Collecting with pitfall traps, sweep nets and beating in four different habitat types during a whole vegetation period yielded 1120 adult specimens and 96 species. Eight species represent first records for the Serbian fauna: Atypus muralis Bertkau, 1890, Gnaphosa muscorum (L. Koch, 1866), Zelotes segrex (Simon, 1878), Mecopisthes peusi Wunderlich, 1992, Oxyopes heterophthalmus (Latreille, 1804), Heliophanus lineiventris Simon, 1868, Simitidion simile (C. L. Koch, 1836) and Xysticus mongolicus Schenkel, 1963. In our study, six of these species were restricted to the open sandy habitat, highlighting the special importance of this unique habitat type

Who is jumping in a Serbian bog? – Orthopteran fauna of the Vlasina region

Vlasina Plateau is a highland bog situated in the mountains of southeastern Serbia, close to the border with Bulgaria. From a conservation point of view, bogs are one of the most important habitats and they are considered as threatened all across Europe. As the Orthopteran fauna of southern European bogs has not been studied in detail, we decided to make an inventory of grasshoppers and bush-crickets of Vlasina region. During eight years (2012 to 2019) of orthopterological study, 63 species were recorded at Vlasina Plateau. Interesting findings are those of Balkan Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus bornhalmi) and Bures’ Bush-cricket (Isophya bureschi) recently reported as first for Serbia, as well as regionally rare Serbian Pygmy Bush-cricket (Anterastes serbicus), Domogled Meadow Bush-cricket (Broughtonia domogledi), Short-winged Cone-head (Conocephalus dorsalis), Club-legged Grasshopper (Gomphocerus sibiricus), Fieber’s Walking Bush-cricket (Psorodonotus fieberi) and Pygmy Toothed Grasshopper (Stenobothrus crassipes). In addition, we provided new distributional and bioacoustic data for Poecilimon pseudornatus and I. bureschi

Rediscovery of Southern Barbed-wire Bush-cricket, Onconotus servillei Fischer von Waldheim (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Onconotini) in Serbia, with notes on species' calling song at the westernmost border of its distribution area

Ivković, Slobodan, Horvat, Laslo, Iorgu, Ștefan (2020): Rediscovery of Southern Barbed-wire Bush-cricket, Onconotus servillei Fischer von Waldheim (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Onconotini) in Serbia, with notes on species' calling song at the westernmost border of its distribution area. Zootaxa 4732 (4): 596-600, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4732.4.1

The first reliable data on the presence of Anacridium aegyptium (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Serbia

Although fauna of Serbian Orthoptera was studied in details during 19th and 20th century, a total number of species and their distribution is still insufficiently known. The area of southern Serbia is particularly interesting due to possible presence of species distributed in Mediterranean and sub-Mediteranean, such as Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1764) found on a tarred road close to Macedonia. Although it was supposed to inhabit Serbia, no confirmed records have been known. As the specimen was observed out of its habitat, a more detailed study on its distribution and ecology is required. Also more attention should be given to fauna of Orthoptera of southern Serbia

Geographic differentiation in male calling song of Isophya modestior (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae)

We studied the songs and morphology of the stridulatory file of Isophya modestior across its complete geographic range, in order to test our hypothesis that the male calling song of the species shows strong differentiation between the northern (Pannonian) and southern (Balkan) parts of its distribution range, reflecting its disjunct distribution. Our analyses confirm this hypothesis, separating analyzed specimens of I. modestior into two main groups - one present in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula (representing Isophya modestior sensu stricto), with the second group occurring in the Pannonian Basin, Dinarides, Slovenia and NE Italy. The most reliable difference between the groups is the duration of the main syllable, the number of stridulatory teeth and number of pulses in the main syllable, where all values are higher in specimens from the Balkan Peninsula. Additional analyses showed that within the second group, there are differences in analyzed characters between specimens from the Pannonian Basin and specimens from the Dinaric area, the latter ones having intermediate song characteristics, closer to the group from the Balkan Peninsula. Our study shows that detailed bioacoustic analyses can help to unravel patterns of intraspecific differentiation and thus provide a useful tool for taxonomic studies

First records of Croatian and Serbian Tetrigidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) with description of a new subspecies of Tetrix transsylvanica (Bazyluk & Kis, 1960)

Skejo, Josip, Rebrina, Fran, Buzzetti, Filippo Maria, Ivković, Slobodan, Rašić, Alan, Tvrtković, Nikola (2014): First records of Croatian and Serbian Tetrigidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) with description of a new subspecies of Tetrix transsylvanica (Bazyluk &amp; Kis, 1960). Zootaxa 3856 (3): 419-432, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3856.3.

Genetic Polymorphisms of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase: Association with Temporomandibular Disorders and Postoperative Pain

Aims: To evaluate the association between catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene polymorphisms and temporomandibular disorders (TMD), TMD pain, psychosocial impairment related to TMD, and postoperative pain. Methods: A total of 90 patients with a diagnosis of painful TMD and 92 matched controls were investigated for the presence of TMD, TMD pain, and psychosocial variables by the Research Diagnostic Criteria for TMD. In a prospective cohort study of 40 subjects who underwent extraction of at least one fully impacted mandibular third molar, subjects had 6 months post-surgery follow-up of postoperative pain. DNA extracted from peripheral blood was genotyped for three COMT polymorphisms (rs4680, rs6269, and rs165774) by real-time TaqMan method. The association between COMT polymorphisms and clinical variables was determined by calculating odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (CO. Results: Homozygous AA genotype and heterozygous variant A allele carriers (genotype AG/AA) for rs165774 polymorphism were associated with increased risk of TMD compared to wild type (wt) GG genotype (OR = 9.448, P =.006; OR = 2.088, P =.017, respectively). In addition, AA genotype was associated with increased risk of arthralgia (OR = 4.448, P =.011), myofascial pain (OR = 3.543, P =.035), and chronic TMD pain (OR = 6.173, P =.006), compared to wt genotype. AA genotype for rs6269 polymorphism was related to less postoperative chronic TMD pain (P =.025) and lower postoperative acute pain at the extraction site (P =.030). No associations with depression and somatization were observed. Conclusion: AA genotype of rs165774 could be a significant risk factor for the development of TMD and TMD pain, while AA genotype of rs6269 presents less postoperative chronic TMD pain and acute pain at a dental extraction site