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Historical collections continue to support faunistic research: the first record of Saptha divitiosa (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) from the Nicobar Islands, India [PDF]

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”
Based on a specimen collected in the mid-19th century, the first documented record of Saptha divitiosa from the Nicobar Islands is given. This record extends and reshapes the known western limit of this species’ distribution range. Image of the
Mihai Stănescu
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DNA Barcode Reference Library for European Ants: A Roadmap for Phylogeography and Species Discovery. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour
ABSTRACT DNA barcode reference libraries provide useful tools for specimen identification, highlighting potential new species and detecting introduced ones. Here, we present a comprehensive DNA barcode library for European ants and, in order to tackle the Linnean, Wallacean and Darwinian shortfalls of this group, we provide an updated checklist ...
Menchetti M, Schifani E, García F, Schär S, Sbrega E, Balević N, Blaimer BB, Borowiec L, Cioppa D, Corbella C, Dincă V, Gentile V, Giotis I, Gómez K, Gómez Durán JM, Kalaentzis K, Lapeva-Gjonova A, Mori E, Talavera G, Tinaut A, Ruano F, Salata S, Sequeira E, Serracanta M, Suchan T, Hebert PDN, Dapporto L, Vila R.   +27 more
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New faunistic record of two species of genus Calvia (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini) from India and Myanmar [PDF]

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2020
Calvia sichuanica Kovář (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini) is reported for the first time from India and Myanmar, previously known only from China.
Priyanka Das, Goutam Kumar Saha, Devanshu Gupta, Kailash Chandra   +3 more
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New data on spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant, with new species and records [PDF]

ZooKeys
Based on several small collections, new taxonomic and faunistic data on spiders of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Lebanon are presented. Six species are described as new to science: Dorceus saif Szűts & Zamani, sp. nov.
Alireza Zamani, Yuri M. Marusik, Mostafa R. Sharaf, Khafiya Al Ketbi, Tamás Szűts   +4 more
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New species and a fascinating diversity of Chironomidae (Diptera, Insecta) in and around an overlooked urban vernal pool [PDF]

ZooKeys
In this study, the biodiversity of Chironomidae was investigated in Palmer Park Pond A, an urban vernal pond in Detroit, Michigan, USA. This study is developed as part of our ongoing Public Environmental Outreach Program at the Detroit Exploration and ...
Armin Namayandeh, Sergio Guerra, Natasha Islam, Taylor James, Patrick L. Hudson, Edris Ghaderi, Thameena Yusuf, Adrian A. Vasquez, Jeffrey L. Ram   +8 more
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Discovery of presumably introduced spiders, Oedignatha scrobiculata Thorell, 1881 (Araneae, Liocranidae) and Boagrius qiong Lin & Li, 2022 (Araneae, Palpimanidae) on Chichi-jima Island, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
The spider fauna of the Ogasawara Islands, oceanic islands located 1,000 km south of mainland Japan was comprehensively examined by the National Museum of Nature and Science in 2011, which revealed that approximately 70% of the spider fauna was composed ...
Yuya Suzuki, Yu Hisasue
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New data on the distribution of the threatened Scarce fritillary, Euphydryas maturna (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), in southern Romania [PDF]

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2021
Euphydryas maturna is a highly endangered species listed on the Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive as well as on the Annex II of the Bern Convention.
Mihai Stănescu, Tibor-Csaba Vizauer, Elena Iulia Iorgu, Ionuț Ștefan Iorgu   +3 more
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New data on the distribution of the threatened Marsh Fritillary – Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) – in Romania [PDF]

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2022
Euphydryas aurinia, a highly endangered species listed on the Annex II of the Habitats Directive as well as on the Annex II of the Bern Convention, has a wide distribution in the Palearctic realm.
Mihai Stănescu, Florin Prunar, Adorian Ardelean, Tibor-Csaba Vizauer, Alexandru Iftime   +4 more
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Coleophora cantabrica Baldizzone, sp. nov. a new species from Spain. Coleophora repentis Klimesch, 1947 new species for the Iberian Peninsula. Contribution to the knowledge of Coleophoridae CLVI (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)

SHILAP, 2023
The publication deals with the description of Coleophora cantabrica Baldizzone, sp. nov., species of the Cantabrian Mountains and Sierra de Gredos belonging to the group of C. genistae Stainton, 1857, close to C. oreiosella Baldizzone, 2019. C. repentis
Giorgio Baldizzone
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A new species group defined in Lycocerus Gorham (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with description of a new species from Xizang, China

The European Zoological Journal, 2022
The Lycocerus varipubens species-group is defined to accommodate three previously described species and a new species from the Himalayan area, including L. varipubens, L. semiextensus, L. purpurascens comb. nov. & stat. reinst. and L. zayuensis sp.
H. C. Xi, Y. N. Wang, X. K. Yang, H. Y. Liu, Y. X. Yang   +4 more
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