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Palaeontology, Volume 65, Issue 1, January/February 2022., 2022 Abstract Members of the urodele family Proteidae currently account for eight extant species within two genera and at least four extinct species within three genera. The clade has a clear disjunct geographical range, with the extinct Paranecturus and the extant Necturus in North America and the extinct Mioproteus and the extant Proteus in Europe and ...
Loredana Macaluso +3 more
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Diversity, 2023 The Fern Cave System, developed in the western escarpment of the Southern Cumberland Plateau of the Interior Low Plateau karst region in Northeastern Alabama, USA, is a global hotspot of cave-limited biodiversity as well as home to the largest winter ...
Matthew L. Niemiller +10 more
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Diversity, 2022 Four obligate cave fish species have been recorded from Zagros in Iran: Garra typhlops (Bruun and Kaiser, 1944), G. lorestanensis (Mousavi-Sabet and Eagderi, 2016), G.
Mohammad Javad Malek-Hosseini +4 more
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Remyella montenegrina, a new troglobitic leiodid beetle (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leptodirini) from northeastern Montenegro [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2013 A new leiodid beetle species, Remyella montenegrina sp. n., from a cave in northeastern Montenegro is described and diagnosed. Both male and female genitalia and other taxonomically important characters are illustrated.
Ćurčić S.B. +3 more
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Euro-Mediterranean fauna of Campodeinae (Campodeidae, Diplura)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 2020 Campodeinae is the most diverse subfamily of Campodeidae diplurans and inhabits soils and subsurface ecosystems. These are distributed in the Palearctic area, clearly rarifying towards northern latitudes.
Alberto Sendra, Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
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Zootaxa, 2015 Three new troglobiontic species of the spider genus Cybaeodes Simon endemic to caves in the southeastern Iberian Peninsula are described and illustrated: Cybaeodes indalo sp. n. from Almería, C. dosaguas sp. n. from València and C. magnus sp. n. from Alacant.
Ribera, Carles, Mas, Eva De
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Diversity, 2023 The Água Clara Cave System (ACCS) in Brazil is the richest hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in South America. In this study, we present an updated list of cave-restricted species in the ACCS and compare it with previously published hotspots in Brazil.
Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira +2 more
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Temperature variation and the presence of troglobionts in terrestrial shallow subterranean habitats
Journal of Natural History, 2010 Within the soil matrix and underlying rock, cracks and fissures and other air-filled spaces between rocks, sometimes called the milieu souterrain superficiel (MSS), are present in a variety of geological contexts. We examined year-long hourly temperature profiles at sites in lava in the Canary Islands and limestone in Slovenia.
Pipan, Tanja +4 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2015 Chiraziulus is a highly disjunct, hitherto monotypic genus of cambalid millipedes, geographically isolated in Iran by more than 7000 km from its presumed closest relatives in East Asia and North America.
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira +3 more
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Conservation profile of the largest Palearctic silverfish and Europe's largest cave-adapted terrestrial insect: Squamatinia algharbica (Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalSquamatinia algharbica Mendes & Reboleira, 2012 is an iconic gigantic troglobiont silverfish, which was recently listed endangered in the Portuguese Red List of Invertebrates.
Ana Sofia P. S. Reboleira +3 more
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