Comparative Cytogenetics

Ilya A. Gavrilov-Zimin

PhD, Research scientist

Curator of Coccinea and Aleyrodinea Collection

Editor-in-Chief of the journal Comparative Cytogenetics


Zoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia

E-mail: coccids@gmail.com


Systematics, cytogenetics and reproductive biology of scale-insects (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccinea) and related groups of Homoptera



List of main publications

  1. Gavrilov I. A. 1998. On the fauna of scale insects and whiteflies of the vicinity of Voronezh // Condition and problems of ecosystems of the Don Area. (Voronezh). 12: 63-65. (In Russian).
  2. Gavrilov I. A. 1999. A study of some species of whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodinea) in the middle zone of European Russia // Condition and problems of ecosystems of the Don Area. (Voronezh). 13: 84-87. (In Russian).
  3. Danzig E.M., Gavrilov I. A. 2000. A new species of whiteflies (Íomoptera: Aleyrodinea) from central Russia // Entomol. Obozr. 79(1): 10-12. (In Russian with English translation in Entomol. Rev.).
  4. Butorina A.K., Gavrilov I. A. 2001. Cytogenetic investigations of some species of Tilia L. // Tsitologiya. 43(10): 934-940. (In Russian with English summary).
  5. Gavrilov I. A. 2001. The genus Tilia L. in ornamental plantings of Voronezh // Proceedings of the young sciences of Voronezh State University. 1: 111-118. (In Russian).
  6. Butorina A.K., Bogdanova E.V., Gavrilov I.A. 2001. Cytogenetic mechanisms of stress stability in some species of plants // Actual problems of ecology and conservancy of ecosystems of south Russia and neighbouring territories. Krasnodar. P. 219-221. (In Russian).
  7. Danzig E.M., Gavrilov I. A. 2002. On the synonymy of Asterobemisia mediorossica Danzig et Gavrilov (Homoptera: Aleyrodinea) // Entomol. Obozr. 81(2): 340-342. (In Russian with English translation in Entomol. Rev.).
  8. Nazarova M.N., Gavrilov I.A., Bagryanskaya N.A. 2002. Methods of cytological and embryological investigations. Voronezh, VSU. 24 p.
  9. Butorina A.K., Gavrilov I. A. 2002. Reasons of the sterility of Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. under introduction condition in VSU Botanical Garden // Plant introduction. Conservation of biodiversity. Voronezh, VSU. P. 14-16.
  10. Gavrilov I. A. 2003. On the fauna and systematics of scale insects (Homoptera: Coccinea) of the middle zone of European Russia // Entomol. Obozr. 82(1): 106-115. (In Russian with English translation in Entomol. Rev. 83(3): 272-278).
  11. Gavrilov I. A. 2003. Legless mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) from Russia and neighbouring countries // Annales Zoologici (Warszawa). 53(3): 533-537.
  12. Gavrilov I. A. 2004. Scale insects (Homoptera: Coccinea) of the Volga Area // Entomol. Obozr. 84(3): 523-529. (In Russian with English translation in Entomol. Rev. 84(5): 545-549).
  13. Gavrilov I.A. 2004. Taxonomic and cytogenetic studies of scale insects (Homoptera: Coccinea) of European Russia // Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. 300: 77-82.
  14. Gavrilov I.A. 2004. A new pest from a greenhouse of St. Petersburg (Russia) – Rhizoecus mexicanus (Hambleton) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) with karyotype data // Russian Entomol. J. 13(3): 115-117.
  15. Danzig E.M., Gavrilov I. A. 2005. On the systematics and cytogenetics of some species of scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea) from Voronezh // Entomol. Obozr. 84 (3): 527-530. (In Russian with English translation in Entomol. Rev. 85(5): 476-479.).
  16. Gavrilov I. A., Butorina A.K. 2005. Cytogenetics of Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. under introduction condition in Voronezh Province // Lesovedenie. 3: 60-65. (In Russian with English summary).
  17. Gavrilov I.A., Kuznetsova, V.G. 2004 (2005). New data on the scale insect (Homoptera: Coccinea) fauna of European Russia, their taxonomy and cytogenetics (19-34 pp.) // Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies 19-23 April 2004. Adana. 408 p.
  18. Kuznetsova V.G., Gavrilov I.A. 2005. Cytogenetics of scale insects (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccinea) – “terra incognita”? // Evolutionary Biology. 3. Tomsk. P. 144-180. (In Russian).
  19. Gavrilov I.A., Smirnova N.V. 2006. Scale insects of the Volga Area (Homoptera: Coccinea). II. First report about scale insects of Nizhniy Novgorod Province, Chuvachia and Mari-El // Zoosystematica Rossica. 14(2): 207-209.
  20. Gavrilov I.A. 2005. Suborders Aleyrodinea and Coccinea (224-225 pp., 271-276 pp.) // O.P. Negrobov (Ed.). A catalogue of invertebrates of Voronezh Province. Voronezh, 825 p. (In Russian).
  21. Gavrilov I.A. 2006. Scale insects of the Volga Area (Homoptera: Coccinea). III. Nudicauda gen. n. and other mealybugs from Astrachan // Entomol. Obozr. 85(4): 781-788 (In Russian with further English translation in Entomol. Rev.).
  22. Gavrilov I.A. 2007. A catalogue of chromosomal numbers and genetic systems of scale insects (Homoptera: Coccinea) of the world // Israel J. Entomol. 37: 1-53.
  23. Gavrilov I.A. 2007. A revision of the mealybug genus Mirococcopsis Borchsenius (Homoptera: Coccinea: Pseudococcidae) based on the structure of the adult females // Zootaxa. 1586: 1-23.
  24. Gavrilov I.A. 2007. On the synonymy and reproductive biology of Acanthopulvinaria orientalis (Nasonov) (Homoptera, Coccinea) // Entomol. Obozr. 86: 863-868. (In Russian).
  25. Gavrilov I.A., Trapeznikova I.V. 2007. Karyotypes and reproductive biology of some mealybugs (Homoptera: Coccinea: Pseudococcidae) // Comparative Cytogenetics. 1(2): 139-148.
  26. Gavrilov I.A., Kuznetsova V.G. 2007. On some terms in scale insects cytogenetics and reproductive biology (Homoptera: Coccinea) // Comparative Cytogenetics. 1(2): 169-174.
  27. Trapeznikova I.V., Gavrilov I.A. 2008. About ovoviviparity in mealybugs (Homoptera: Coccinea: Pseudococcidae) // Proc. Zool. Inst. RAS. 312(1-2): 43-53. (In Russian).
  28. Danzig E.M., Gavrilov I.A., Trapeznikova I.V. 2008. A new pest from a green-house of St. Petersburg, Rhizoecus dianthi Green (Homoptera, Pseudococcidae), with karyotype data // Entomol. Rev. 88(6): 676-678.
  29. Gavrilov I.A., Trapeznikova I.V. 2008. Cytogenetic studies of European Pulvinariini (Homoptera: Coccinea) // Comp. Cytogenet. 2(2): 123-131.
  30. Gavrilov I.A., Matile-Ferrero D. 2008. Description d’une espece nouvelle de Pseudococcine, Peliococcus martinezi n. sp. et additifs pour la faune de France (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) // Bull. Soc. Entomol. France. 113(4) : 441-444.
  31. Gavrilov I.A. 2009. Morphological variability and species borders in the genus Rhizopulvinaria Borchsenius (Homoptera: Coccinea) // Zoosystematica Rossica. 18(2): 246-259.
  32. Danzig E.M., Gavrilov I.A. 2009. Mealybugs of the genus Rhizoecus Kunkel d’Herculais (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) of the fauna of Russia and adjacent countries // Zoosystematica Rossica. 18(2): 224-245.
  33. Kaydan M.B., Gavrilov I.A. 2010. Mirococcopsis multicircularia sp. nov. from Turkey (Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) // Zoosystematica Rossica. 19(1): 50-53.
  34. Danzig E.M., Gavrilov I.A. 2010. Mealybugs of the genera Planococcus Ferris and Crisicoccus Ferris (Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) of Russia and adjacent countries // Zoosystematica Rossica. 19(1): 39-49.
  35. Gavrilov I.A. 2010. Descriptions of two new species of Pseudococcidae (Homoptera: Coccinea) and additions to the scale insect fauna of Bulgaria // Zootaxa. 2635: 32-40.
  36. Gavrilov I.A., Trapeznikova I.V. 2010. Karyotypes of six previously unstudied European mealybugs (Homoptera : Pseudococcidae) // Comp. Cytogenet. 2010. 4(2): 203-205.
  37. Gavrilov I.A. 2011. Mealybugs of the genus Rhodania Goux, 1934 (Homoptera: Coccinea: Pseudococcidae) from Russia and neighboring countries // Zoosyst. Rossica. 20(1): 40-44.
  38. Gavrilov-Zimin I.A. 2011. New cytogenetic data for some Palaearctic species of scale insects (Homoptera: Coccinea) with karyosystematic notes // Comparative Cytogenetics. 5(5): 375-390.
  39. Danzig E.M., Gavrilov-Zimin I.A. 2011. To the nomenclature of some scale insects (Homoptera: Coccinea) // Zoosystematica Rossica. 21(2): 271-273.
  40. Gavrilov-Zimin I.A., Danzig E.M. 2012. Taxonomic position of the genus Puto Signoret (Homoptera: Coccinea: Pseudococcidae) and separation of higher taxa in Coccinea // Zoosyst. Rossica. 22(1): 97-111.
  41. Danzig E.M., Gavrilov-Zimin I.A. 2012. Revision of mealybugs of the Heterococcus Ferris, 1918 genera group (Homoptera, Coccinea: Pseudococcidae) of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries // Entomol. Obozr. 91(4): 779-797.