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Revealing patterns of endemism in the transatlantic family Chelodesmidae (Polydesmida: Diplopoda). [PDF]
CladisticsAbstract With fossil records dating back to the Silurian/Late Ordovician, millipedes stand out as one of the earliest terrestrial animal groups. Their limited vagility and high endemism make them valuable tools for formulating and testing biogeographic hypotheses, including those related to macro‐vicariance events.
Bouzan RS +4 more
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Mammoth Cave: A Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity in the United States
Diversity, 2021 The Mammoth Cave System in the Interior Low Plateau karst region in central Kentucky, USA is a global hotspot of cave-limited biodiversity, particularly terrestrial species.
Matthew L. Niemiller +2 more
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Špiljska Hajdi (Troglocladius hajdi) – prvi leteći troglobiont na svijetu
Subterranea Croatica, 2016 Lukina jama-Trojama otkrivena je 1992. te je od tada pa do današnjih dana organizirano nekoliko speleoloških ekspedicija u sklopu kojih je sakupljan biološki materijal.
Pavlek, Martina, Martina Pavlek
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Diversity, 2023 The Crystal-Wonder Cave System developed in the Western Escarpment of the southern Cumberland Plateau in the Interior Low Plateau karst region of south-central Tennessee, USA is a global hotspot of cave-limited biodiversity.
Matthew L. Niemiller +10 more
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The first troglobitic terrestrial isopod (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Peru
Nauplius, 2023 The present work aims to describe the first troglobitic terrestrial isopod (Oniscidea) from Peru. Caecopactes chullachaqui sp. nov. is described from Cueva de Palestina, Department of San Martín.
Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho +4 more
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Study of subterranean biodiversity of the upper Neretva River catchment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Natura Sloveniae, 2023 The Dinarides in the Western Balkans host a globally exceptional subterranean biodiversity, but still areas remain with little or no data on subterranean species.
Maja Zagmajster +12 more
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Arthropod Structure & Development, 2019 The thoracic morphology of the troglobiontic leiodid species Troglocharinus ferreri (Cholevinae, Leptodirini) is described and documented in detail. The features are mainly discussed with respect to modifications linked with subterranean habits. Troglocharinus is assigned to the moderately modified pholeuonoid morphotype.
Luo, Xiao-Zhu +3 more
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The Subterranean Species of the Vjetrenica Cave System in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Diversity, 2023 The Western Balkan’s Vjetrenica Cave in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina is renowned for high richness of subterranean species. However, the data on its fauna have been published only in monographs printed in a small number of copies, making them hardly ...
Teo Delić +4 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2020 The first eyeless species of the suborder Spirostreptidea, Odontostreptus fadriquei sp. nov., is described from a cave in Morocco. The new species, which exhibits some troglomorphic traits, is compared with the highly variable O. maroccanus (Attems, 1914)
Henrik Enghoff, Ana Sofia Reboleira
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Diversity, 2023 The Água Clara Cave System was previously recognized as a prominent hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in South America, harboring 31 cave-restricted species.
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira +1 more
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