"Dark taxonomy": A new protocol for overcoming the taxonomic impediments for dark taxa and broadening the taxon base for biodiversity assessment. [PDF]
CladisticsAbstract We are entering the sixth mass extinction with little data for “dark taxa”, although they comprise most species. Much of the neglect is due to the fact that conventional taxonomic methods struggle with handling thousands of specimens belonging to hundreds of species. We thus here propose a new strategy that we call “dark taxonomy”.
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In Memoriam Prof. Dr. İbrahim Mete Mısırlıoğlu [PDF]
Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, 2021 Ibrahim Mete Mısırlıoğlu was a world renown earthworm taxonomist, and a valuable scientist both in Turkey and internationally. He passed away unexpectedly in 02. May 2021 at age of 49.
Tavuç, İbrahim
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Suchozemští plži kontinentálních zaplavovaných luk u řeky Labe mezi Lysou nad Labem a Mělníkem [PDF]
Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, 2023 Mollusc fauna in three localities of continental flooded meadows in Úpor-Černínovsko Nature Reserve and in Káraný – Hrbáčkovy tůně Nature Reserve in the Middle Polabí lowland were studied.
Lucie Juřičková
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Vodní měkkýši přírodní rezervace Horní Lužnice – revizní průzkum po více než 10 letech [PDF]
Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, 2021 The Lužnice River and its floodplain are protected in the Horní Lužnice Nature Reserve (Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic). The floodplain has a relatively natural character. Altogether 21 aquatic mollusc species were found at 40 sites. Lymnaea stagnalis,
Luboš Beran, Jaroslav Beran
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First records of two lobate comb-jellies (Ctenophora) from the Pakistani coast [PDF]
Check List, 2015 The knowledge on the comb-jellies faunistics along the southern Asian coast is very scarce. For some countries such as Pakistan there are no previous formal records of ctenophores. This study is a first survey to the group diversity along Pakistani coast,
Shahnawaz Gul, Otto Oliveira
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Odonata from Batanta (Indonesia, West Papua) with description of one new species [PDF]
Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, 2021 Fifty-eight taxa of Odonata are herewith reported from Batanta Island (including Arefi and Birie Islands). One new species is described: Argiolestes varga sp. nov. The following ten species are new to the Raja Ampat Islands: Papuagrion magnanimum (Selys,
KOVÁCS, Tibor +3 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015 Twenty-one species of fishes were recorded in Yercaud Lake and the surrounding hill streams during five surveys conducted from May 2011 to August 2012.
M. Eric Ramanujam
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White-Tailed Eagle in the Republic of Tatarstan – Continuation of Research
Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2023 The White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) has been a key species for projects on study and conservation of large raptors in Tatarstan, which has been continuously carried out since 2011.
Rinur H. Bekmansurov +4 more
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On the identity and distribution of the rare Rymosia tolleti Burghele-Balacesco, 1965 (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) encountered in European caves [PDF]
Check List, 2023 The identity and distribution of a neglected fungus gnat species, Rymosia tolleti Burghele-Balacesco, 1965, in Europe is reviewed based on examination of newly collected specimens as well as available museum mate-rials.
Olavi Kurina +6 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2016 Investigation into the predation of a pair of Indian Eagle Owls on anurans disclosed the fact that the greatest success (52.17%) was when the owls pounced from a height of less than 2m and the lowest (12.5%) was from a height of 5–6 m.
Eric Ramanujam
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