List of selected publications
Tenebrionidae (full list) (last update 25/03/2022)
Purchart L. 2022: Revision of the genus Pogonobasis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Part 1: Two new species from eastern Africa and a catalogue of the genus. Annales Zoologici, 72(1): 111-122.
Kamiński M.J., Gearner O.M., Kanda K., Swichtenberg K., Purchart L., Smith A.D. 2021: First insights into the phylogeny of tok-tokkie beetles (Tenebrionidae: Molurina, Phanerotomeina) and examination of the status of the Psammodes vialis species-group, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 191(3): 883–901. pdf [full text]
Nabozhenko M., Purchart L. 2019: Socotraphanes - a new endemic genus of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Socotra Island. Annales Zoologici, 69(1): 149-157.
Purchart L., Kamiński M.J. 2017: A taxonomic review of the genus Clitobius with description of a new species from Oman. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 57 (supplementum): 139-163. pdf [full text]
Nabozhenko M., Purchart L. 2017: Western Palaearctic Trachyscelis Latreille, 1809 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Trachyscelini). Annales Zoologici, 67(3): 561-575. pdf [first page preview]
Purchart L. 2017: Revision of the genus Adelostoma (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Part 2: A new subgenus and species from Oman. Zootaxa, 4258(3): 281-286. pdf [first page preview]
Purchart L., Grimm R. 2016: A new genus and species of Cnodalonini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Borneo. Annales Zoologici, 66(4): 521-527. pdf [first page preview]
Bezděk J., Purchart L., Ando K. 2015: Identity of Chrysomela javanica Thunberg, 1787 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Tenebrionidae). Annales Zoologici, 65(3): 473-478. pdf [first page preview]
Purchart L. 2014: Revision of the genus Histeromorphus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Socotra Archipelago with descriptions of three new species. Pp. 211-230. In: J. Hájek and J. Bezděk (eds.): Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago II. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 54 (supplementum): i–vi + 1–440. pdf [full text]
Purchart L. 2014: Two new species of the genera Zophosis and Oxycara, and a new record of the genus Freyula from the Island of Socotra (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Pp. 231-240. In: J. Hájek and J. Bezděk (eds.): Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago II. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 54 (supplementum): i–vi + 1–440. pdf [full text]
Purchart L. 2013: A new species of the genus Deretus Gahan, 1900 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the island of Socotra. Annales Zoologici, 63(1): 79-83. pdf [first page preview]
Novák V., Purchart L. 2012: Review of the genus Socotralia Novák, 2007 from Socotra Island, with description of new species. Pp. 323–336. In: J. Hájek and J. Bezděk (eds.): Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 52 (supplementum 2): i–vi + 1–557. pdf [full text]
Purchart L. 2012: Biodiversity research of darkling beetles on Socotra Island. Part I. – The genus Deretus Gahan, 1900 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa, 3153: 57-68. pdf [first page preview]
Purchart L. 2012: Revision of the genus Adelostoma (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Part 1: subgenus Zarudnionymus Semenov & Bogatchev, 1947. Zootaxa, 3164: 17-31. pdf [first page preview]
Purchart L., Nabozhenko M. V. 2012: First description of larva and pupa of the genus Deretus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) with key to the larvae of the tribe Helopini. Pp. 295–302. In: J. Hájek and J. Bezděk (eds.): Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 52 (supplementum 2): i–vi + 1–557. pdf [full text]
Purchart L., Schawaller W. 2012: A new species of the genus Corticeus Piller et Mitterpacher, 1783 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Socotra. Pp. 315–322. In: J. Hájek and J. Bezděk (eds.): Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 52 (supplementum 2): i–vi + 1–557. pdf [full text]
Schawaller W., Purchart L. 2012: Nanocaecus hlavaci gen. et sp. nov. – first record of the tribe Gnathidiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae) from the Socotra Archipelago. Pp. 303–314. In: J. Hájek and J. Bezděk (eds.): Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 52 (supplementum 2): i–vi + 1–557. pdf [full text]
Purchart L. 2010: Review of the genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae) from Borneo with description of new species. Zootaxa, 2476(1): 1-13. pdf [first page preview]
Purchart L. 2010: Carinosella maasaiorum, new genus and new species of Adelostomini from Maasai land in Africa (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 57(2): 253-258. abstract
Purchart L. 2009: Review of the genus Adelostoma Duponchel, 1827 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Adelostomini) from the Socotra Archipelago with description of a new species. African Entomology, 17 (1): 23-27. pdf [full text]
Purchart L. 2009: Neotype designation of Hexarhopalus sculpticollis Fairmaire, 1891 and new records of genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnodaloninae). Annales Zoologici. 59 (1): 27-30. pdf [abstract]
Purchart L. 2009: A new species and new records of the African genus Prunaspila Koch, 1950 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Adelostomini). Annales Zoologici, 59(3): 313-318. pdf [abstract]
Purchart L. 2009: A new species of Prunaspila Koch (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Adelostomini) from Zimbabwe, with species key of the genus. Journal of Afrotropical Zoology, 5: 71-77. pdf [full text]
Bečvář S., Purchart L. 2008: Revision of the genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnodaloninae), with designation of Malaysphena gen. nov. Annales Zoologici. 58(1): 35-70. pdf [abstract]
Purchart L. 2007: Adelostoma (Zarudnyomus) borowieci n. sp. from India. Genus, 18(2): 239-245. pdf [full text]
Vávra J.Ch., Purchart L., Pavel F. 2006: Faunistic records from the Czech Republic - 203. Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninae. Klapalekiana. 42(3): 188.
Varia (selected) (last update 31/01/2022)
Purchart L., Hula V., Fric Z.F. 2020: Comparison of the biogeographic origin of three terrestrial arthropod groups in the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen). Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, 31:623-635. pdf [full text]
Purchart L., Kamiński M.J., Smith A.D., Bouchard P. 2019: Fifth International Tenebrionoidea Symposium. Annales Zoologici, 69(1): i-viii. pdf [full text]
Cálix M., Alexander K.N.A., Nieto A., Dodelin B., Soldati F., Telnov D., Vazquez-Albalate X., Aleksandrowicz O., Audisio P., Istrate P., Jansson N., Legakis A., Liberto A., Makris C., Merkl O., Mugerwa Pettersson R., Schlaghamerský, J., Bologna M.A., Brustel H., Buse J., Novák V. and Purchart L. 2018: European Red List of Saproxylic Beetles. Brussels, Belgium: IUCN. pdf [full text]
Bezděk J., Purchart L. 2015: First record of the smallest European beetle Baranowskiella ehnstromi (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) from the Czech Republic. Klapalekiana, 51: 163-167.
Bezděk J., Purchart L., Král K., Hula V. 2012: List of local Socotran geographical names used in entomological literature. Pp. 27-67. In: J. Hájek and J. Bezděk (eds.): Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 52 (supplementum 2): i–vi + 1–557. pdf [full text]
Carabidae and other Arthropoda (selected)
Purchart L., Tuf I.H., Hula V., Suchomel J. 2013: Arthropod assemblages in Norway spruce monocultures during a forest cycle - A multi-taxa approach. Forest Ecology and management, 306: 42-51. pdf [abstract]
Purchart L., Kula E., Suchomel J. 2010: Effects of contaminated mining sites on ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Central Europe. Community Ecology, 11(2): 242-249. pdf [first page preview]
Purchart L., Kula E. 2007: Content of heavy metals in bodies of field ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) with respect to selected ecological factors. Polish Journal of Ecology, 55(2): 305-314. pdf [full text]
Purchart L., Kula E. 2005: Ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) agrocenoses of spring and winter wheat. Acta universitatis agriculturae et silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 53(5): 125-132.
Kula E., Purchart L. 2004: The Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the forest altitudinal zones of the East Ore Mts. Journal of Forest Science, 50(10): 456-463. pdf [full text]
Small terrestrial mammals (selected) (last update 31/01/2022)
Suchomel J., Heroldová M., Šipoš J., Čepelka L., Dokulilová M., Purchart L. 2021: Bark gnawing of forest trees by voles during the growing season. European Journal of Forest Research, 140: 1431-1440. pdf [full text]
Krojerová-Prokešová J., Homolka M., Heroldová M., Barančeková M., Baňař P., Kamler J., Modlinger R., Purchart L., Zejda J., Suchomel J. 2018: Patterns of vole gnawing on saplings in managed clearings in Central European forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 408: 137–147. pdf [first page preview]
Šipoš J., Suchomel J., Purchart L., Kindlmann P. 2017: Main determinants of rodent population fluctuations in managed Central European temperate lowland forests. Mammal Research, 62(3): 283-295.
Krojerová-Prokešová J., Homolka M., Barančeková M., Heroldová M., Baňař P., Kamler J., Purchart L., Suchomel J., Zejda J. 2016: Structure of small mammal communities on clearings in managed Central European forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 367: 41–51. [abstract]
Suchomel J., Purchart L., Čepelka L., Heroldová M. 2016: Factors influencing vole bark damage intensity in managed mountain-forest plantations of Central Europe. European Journal of Forest Research, 135(2): 331-342. [abstract]
Suchomel J., Čepelka L., Purchart L. 2014: Structure and diversity of small mammal communities of mountain forests in western Carpathians. European Journal of Forest Research, 133(3): 481-490. [abstract]
Suchomel J., Purchart L., Čepelka L. 2012: Structure and diversity of small-mammal communities of lowland forests in the rural central European landscape. European Journal of Forest Research, 131(6): 1933-1941. [abstract]
Suchomel J., Čepelka L., Purchart L. 2012: Relationship between rodents density, environmental factors and tree damages caused by rodent species. Journal of Forest Science, 58(12): 545-552. pdf [full text]
Suchomel J., Čepelka L., Purchart L. 2012: Small mammals at forest plantations in the Jeseníky Mts. (Czech Republic). Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 60(5): 211-218. pdf [full text]
Suchomel J., Čepelka L., Purchart L. 2012: Pilot study of the impact of vole (Arvicolinae) on European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) plantations in the Jeseníky Mts. (Czech Republic). The Beskids bulletin, 4(2): 127-132. pdf [full text]
Suchomel J., Purchart L., Heroldová M., Homolka M., Kamler J., Tkadlec E., 2012: Vole damage to planted tree regeneration conditioned by some environmental factors. Austrian Journal of Forest Science, 129(1): 56-65.
Schlegel M., Radosa L., Rosenfeld U., Schmidt S., Triebenbacher C., Lohr P.W., Fuchs D., Heroldová M., Jánová E., Stanko M., Mošanský L., Fričová J., Pejčoch M., Suchomel J., Purchart L., Groschup M.H., Krüger D.H., Klempa B., Ulrich R.G., 2012: Broad geographical distribution and high genetic diversity of shrew-borne Seewis hantavirus in Central Europe. Virus Genes, 45: 48-55. pdf [full text]
Čepelka L., Suchomel J., Purchart L., Heroldová M. 2011: Small mammal diversity in the Beskydy Mts. forest ecosystems subject to defferent forms of management. The Beskids bulletin, 4(2): 101-108. pdf [full text]
Kamler J., Turek K., Homolka M., Baňař P., Barančeková, M., Heroldová M., Krojerová, J., Suchomel J., Purchart L., 2011: Inventory of rodent damage to forests. Journal of Forest Science, 57(5): 219-225. pdf [full text]
Suchomel J., Purchart L., Urban J., 2010: Spruce monocultures of the Drahanská vrchovina Upland (Czech Republic) as the biotope of small terrestrial mammals (Rodentia, Soricomorpha). Acta Universitatis agriculturae et silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 53(2): 185-193. pdf [full text]
Suchomel J., Heroldová M., Purchart L., Homolka M., 2010: Herbivore Impact on Tree Plantations in the Beskydy and Jeseniky Mountains. The Beskids bulletin, 3(2): 187-192. pdf [full text]
Suchomel J., Purchart L. 2009: The occurrence of Bicolored Shrew (Crocidura leucodon, Soricomorpha: Soricidae) in plantings of forest trees in southern Moravia (Czech Republic). Lynx, 40(2): xx-xx.
Heroldová M., Jánová E., Suchomel, J., Purchart, L., Homolka, M., 2009: Bark chemical analysis explains selective bark damage by rodents. The Beskids bulletin, 2(2): 137-140. pdf [full text]
Suchomel J., Krojerová J., Heroldová M., Purchart, L., Barančeková M., Homolka, M., 2009: Habitat preferences of small terrestrial mammals in the mountain forest clearings. The Beskids bulletin, 2(2): 195-200. pdf [full text]
Heroldová, M. Suchomel, J., Purchart, L., Homolka, M., 2008: Impact intensity of rodents on the forest regeneration in artificial plantations in the Smrk - Kněhyně area. The Beskids bulletin, 1(1): 29-32. pdf [full text]
Heroldová, M. Suchomel, J., Purchart, L., Homolka, M., 2008: The role of granivorous forest rodents in beech regeneration in the Beskidy Mts. (Czech Republic). The Beskids bulletin, 1(2): 131-134. pdf [full text]
Purchart L., Suchomel J. 2007: The impact of small terrestrial mammals on beech (Fagus sylvatica) plantations in spruce monoculture (preliminary results). Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 55(5): 131-135.
Suchomel J., Heroldová M., Purchart L. 2007: The study of changes in the synusia of small terrestrial mammals (Insectivora, Rodentia) of top parts of the Beskids (preliminary results). Beskydy, 20: 211-216.
Heroldová M., Suchomel J., Purchart L., Homolka M., Kamler J. 2007: Small forest rodents - an important factor in the regeneration of forest stands. Beskydy, 20: 217-220.