Morphology of mature larvae of two Central European species of Scydmaenus Latreille is described and illustrated: S. (s. str.) tarsatus Müller & Kunze and S. (Cholerus) hellwigii (Herbst). Inaccuracies in previous descriptions of S.
Paweł JAŁOSZYŃSKI, Aleksandra KILIAN
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Consistent Choice of Prey Source Habitat Across Diverse Landscapes by a Selective Insectivorous Bat
After analyzing the diet of the greater horseshoe bats in three distinct colonies, we identified significant spatial and temporal differences, particularly noting a stronger reliance on riparian habitats in Mediterranean areas. The species exhibits great ecological adaptability with strong plasticity in prey source habitats, shifting preferences among ...
Miren Aldasoro +7 more
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New species and records of Stenus (Nestus) of the canaliculatus group, with the erection of a new species group (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Steninae) [PDF]
The canaliculatus species group of Stenus (Nestus) is redefined. Four new Palaearctic species of the group are described and illustrated: S. (N.) alopex sp. nov. from the Putorana Highland and Taymyr Peninsula, Russia; S. (N.) canalis sp. nov.
Ryvkin, Alexandr Borisovich
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Updated Chorotypes of Terrestrial Vertebrates Shed New Light on Zoogeographical Regions in China
Chorotype represents a fundamental concept for identifying groups of species that share similar distribution patterns. However, the last comprehensive revision of animal chorotypes in China was performed more than a decade ago. Here, we update the chorotype classifications for 1040 species and propose an updated zoogeographical regionalization scheme ...
Baoming Zhang +6 more
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Tizenhárom faunára új árvaszúnyogfaj (Diptera: Chironomidae) a Tiszából | Thirteen new non-biting midge (Diptera: Chironomidae) species in the Hungarian fauna from the River Tisza [PDF]
2003-ban árvaszúnyogbábokat és -bábbõröket gyûjtöttünk a Felsõ- Tisza keresztszelvényében, Lónya és Tiszamogyorós között. A talált fajok közül 13 (Chernovskiia sp., Chironomus (Lobochironomus) dorsalis, Cryptotendipes pseudotener, Cyphomella sp ...
Móra, Arnold
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Rhagonycha fulva (Scopoli), a new record of soldier beetle (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Malta [PDF]
Beetles of the family Cantharidae, commonly known as soldier beetles, are represented by 2,298 species and subspecies in the Palaearctic Region. Švihla & Mifsud provided a check-list of six species of Cantharidae inhabiting the Maltese Islands, of ...
Cassar, Thomas
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Extinction Debt Paid Off: The Demise of the European Polecat (Mustela putorius) in NE Iberia
We studied a vanishing polecat population for a decade, until its ultimate demise, using camera trap and roadkill data, landscape descriptors and dietary and toxicological analyses.Polecat favoured farmland and avoided forests and water bodies occupied by the invasive American mink.
Salvador Salvador +4 more
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Lispe (Diptera, Muscidae) of the Palaearctic region
The Palaearctic fauna of Lispe is reviewed. The paper consists of 4 parts. (1) The alphabetical list of 65 taxa of the Palearctic fauna is given with references, distribution data and, where necessary, taxonomic remarks. (2) A complete identification key
Nikita E. Vikhrev
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The relationship between the position of a flea species in the networks and its functional originality was found to be consistently positive in all realms, independently of which originality index was used. ABSTRACT We investigated the relationships between a species’ network position (measured as the combined normalized degree, species strength, and ...
Boris R. Krasnov, Vasily I. Grabovsky
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A note on the synonymy of Palaearctic casebearer moths (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) [PDF]
Te type specimens of the casebearer moths (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) Casignetella magyarica (type locality: Hungary, Kiskunság National Park) and Ecebalia parasymi (type locality: Russia, Saratov environs) are conspecifc, so the second name is ...
Yu.I. Budashkin
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