The terrestrial isopod fauna (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of Abrau Peninsula, north-west Caucasus, Russia [PDF]
ZooKeysFrom 2001 to 2022, the woodlice fauna of Abrau Peninsula, north-west Caucasus, Russia was examined. The collections yielded 5,581 specimens, which belong to 25 species, 19 genera, and 15 families.
Daria M. Kuznetsova +1 more
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Species conservation profiles of cave-adapted terrestrial isopods from Portugal. [PDF]
Biodivers Data J, 2022 Background Terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) are the most diverse group of troglobionts in caves of continental Portugal. They occur in all karst regions of Portugal, play a major role in decomposition of organic matter in caves and may act as umbrella ...
Reboleira ASPS, Eusébio RP, Taiti S.
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The genus Alpioniscus Racovitza, 1908 in Sardinia: taxonomy and natural history (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Trichoniscidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2018 The genus Alpioniscus Racovitza, 1908 (Trichoniscidae) from Sardinia is revised. Three new cave-dwelling species are described: A. onnisi Taiti & Argano, sp. n., A. stochi Taiti & Argano, sp. n., and A.
Stefano Taiti +5 more
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Trichoniscoides basozaina sp. nov., un nuevo isópodo cavernícola de Navarra, norte de España (Crustacea: Isopoda: Trichoniscidae) [PDF]
Graellsia, 2023 Se describe una nueva especie de isópodo terrestre de la familia Trichoniscidae Sars, 1899, Trichoniscoides basozaina sp. nov., encontrada en la cueva de Otxola (Navarra) y se discuten sus caracteres diagnósticos que permiten separarla de otras especies ...
Julio Cifuentes, Enrique Beruete
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Patterns of molecular evolution in a parthenogenic terrestrial isopod (Trichoniscus pusillus) [PDF]
PeerJThe “paradox of sex” refers to the question of why sexual reproduction is maintained in the wild, despite how costly it is compared to asexual reproduction. Because of these costs, one might expect nature to select for asexual reproduction, yet sex seems
Emily Yarbrough, Christopher Chandler
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Amphibious shelter-builder Oniscidea species from the New World with description of a new subfamily, a new genus and a new species from Brazilian cave (Isopoda, Synocheta, Styloniscidae). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 The new subfamily Iuiuniscinae, Styloniscidae, is erected for the new genus Iuiuniscus and the new species I. iuiuensis, which is described from cave of the State of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil.
Souza LA, Ferreira RL, Senna AR.
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Caucasonethes borutzkyi Verhoeff, 1932: New characters to the original description
Travaux de l'Institut de Speologie Emile Racovitza, 2023 This paper provides larger and more detailed drawings and an extended re-description of the species C. borutzkyi.
ANDREI GIURGINCA, IONEL TABACARU
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Travaux de l'Institut de Speologie Emile Racovitza, 2023 Following a historical review of the tribe Typhlotricholigioidini, we define the tribe and the genera which, according to our view, are included in it.
IONEL TABACARU +2 more
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A new epigean species of Trichoniscoides (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Trichoniscidae) from the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula [PDF]
Nauplius, 2023 The genus Trichoniscoides Sars, 1899 is composed mostly of cave-dwelling species. In the Iberian Peninsula, 32 species, and three additional species of uncertain status (partially described but not named), are currently known to occur.
Julio Cifuentes, Luis P. da Silva
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Trichoniscoides mladeni n. sp. and Androniscus roseus transsylvanicus Radu, 1960 (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Trichoniscidae) two interesting species in the fauna of Serbia, Yugoslavia [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2002 A detailed description of Trichoniscoides mladeni, n.sp. (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Trichoniscidae), discovered and described from Fruška Gora Mt. in Vojvodina (Serbia) is presented.
Karaman Ivo, Čemerlić D.
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