Gubin A.I., Martynov V.V., Nikulina T.V.
From 1973 to 2026, a total of 66 species of harmful arthropods and 21 species of predatory and parasitic arthropods have been recorded in the greenhouses of Donetsk Botanical Garden. This communication provides original and literature-based data on 20 species of scale insects (Coccoidea) from the families Coccidae (5), Diaspididae (7), Pseudococcidae (6) and Rhizoecidae (2), as well as 3 species of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), 1 species of earwig (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) and 1 species of orthopteran (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). For the first time for the Donbass the following species are recorded: Chrysomphalus aonidum (Linnaeus, 1758), Pinnaspis strachani (Cooley, 1899), Vryburgia amaryllidis (Bouche, 1837), Hercinothrips femoralis (Reuter, 1891) and Parthenothrips dracaenae (Heeger, 1854). Of the recorded species, 23 are considered alien invasive. Noteworthy dangerous pests, whose populations require control, include Coccus hesperidum, Aspidiotus nerii, Chrysomphalus aonidum, Planococcus citri (P. ficus) and Spilococcus mamillariae. Significant damage can also be caused periodically by the thrips Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis, Hercinothrips femoralis and Parthenothrips dracaenae.
Glukhov A.Z., Dostovalova D.A., Zhukov S.P.
he material is a review of the collective monograph «Restoration of steppes in landfills» by
O.A. Kupriyanov, A.N. Kupriyanov, Yu.A. Manakov, V.I. Ufimtsev edited by E.L. Shchastyantsev (Novosibirsk: NSTU Publishing House, 2025. 144 p.).
Vasjukov V.M., Chuvashov A.V.
The peer-reviewed book «Ostapko V.M., Prykhodko S.A., Mulenkova E.G., Gnatyuk N.Yu. Spontaneous flora of the Donetsk Botanical Garden. Donetsk, 2025. 287 p.» presents an annotated list of 846 species and subspecies of vascular plants. The autochthonous fraction of the Donbass flora in the spontaneous flora of the Donetsk Botanical Garden numbers 499 species, including 302 native to this territory; the allochthonous fraction, consisting of alien plants and introduced species running wild, numbers 347 species, including 185 escapees from cultivation and 162 spontaneously introduced species. The degree of adventitization of the spontaneous flora of the Donetsk Botanical Garden is 41%. Most species do not pose an invasive threat, but 13 are «transformers». Thirty-six species are considered specially protected, including populations of 10 species native to this area.