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A New Dimension in Documenting New Species: High-Detail Imaging for Myriapod Taxonomy and First 3D Cybertype of a New Millipede Species (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae)

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
We review the state-of-the-art approaches currently applied in myriapod taxonomy, and we describe, for the first time, a new species of millipede (Ommatoiulus avatar n.
N. Akkari, H. Enghoff, B. Metscher
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Vessel In-Water Cleaning or Treatment: Identification of Environmental Risks and Science Needs for Evidence-Based Decision Making

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2019
The accumulation of aquatic organisms on the wetted surfaces of vessels (i.e., vessel biofouling) negatively impacts world-wide shipping through reductions in vessel performance and fuel efficiency, and increases in emissions. Vessel biofouling is also a
Chris Scianni, Eugene Georgiades
doaj   +1 more source

Systematics and distributions of the genera Cyrtusa Erichson, Ecarinosphaerula Hatch, Isoplastus Horn, Liocyrtusa Daffner, Lionothus Brown, and Zeadolopus Broun of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The following genera of Leiodini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae) of the continental United States and Canada are reviewed: Cyrtusa Erichson, with two species; Isoplastus Horn, with two species (one new); Liocyrtusa Daffner, with three species ...
Cook, Joyce, Peck, Stewart B.
core   +2 more sources

Taxonomic revision of the species of Stenothemus from Southwest China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with the descriptions of five new species

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2021
The species of Stenothemus Bourgeois, 1907 from Southwest China are reviewed. Three species are transferred to this genus, S. davidi (Pic, 1926) comb. nov. (from Malthacus Kirby, 1837), S. minutissimus (Pic, 1933) comb. nov. (from Micropodabrus Pic, 1920)
Yuxia Yang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A new species, Lasioglossum (Eickwortia) hienae, from Mexico (Apoidea: Halictidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A new species from Colima, Mexico, Lasioglossum (Eickwortia) hienae Gibbs & Dumesh, new species, is described and illustrated.  Lasioglossum hienae is distinguished from related species based on a combination of morphological, geographical, and ...
Dumesh, Sheila, Gibbs, Jason
core   +2 more sources

Forty years later: distribution of the introduced Heath Snail, Xerolenta obvia, in Ontario, Canada (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hygromiidae) [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2015
Xerolenta obvia is a Central European land snail that is introduced to Ontario, Canada, where it was first recorded in the literature in 1975 from a single population at Bethany (City of Kawartha Lakes).
Robert Forsyth   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

From terra incognita to hotspot: the largest South Pacific green turtle nesting population in the forgotten reefs of New Caledonia

open access: yesOryx, 2023
The green turtle Chelonia mydas is a large marine turtle present in tropical and subtropical seas of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is categorized as Endangered on the IUCN Red List based on the trend of nesting populations at 32 sites, of ...
Jacques Fretey   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Species and New Species Limits in Birds [PDF]

open access: yesThe Auk, 1998
IN THIS ISSUE OF THE AUK, two papers provide a fascinating illustration of the state of studies of avian biodiversity. First, Whitney and Alvarez (1998) describe a new species of Herpsilochmus antwren from Peru and Ecuador. Second, Isler, Isler, and Whitney (1998) present an interesting application of vocal characters to delimiting species.
openaire   +2 more sources

Genome size variation and polyploidy prevalence in the genus Eragrostis are associated with the global dispersal in arid area

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2023
BackgroundBiologists have long debated the drivers of the genome size evolution and variation ever since Darwin. Assumptions for the adaptive or maladaptive consequences of the associations between genome sizes and environmental factors have been ...
Ge-Ran Hutang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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