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A new tribe record for the Darkling Beetle [PDF]
Members of the tribe Scaurini Billberg, 1820, have been systematically studied by Solier (1838), Reitter (1914), Koch (1935, 1958), Peyerimhoff (1948), Español (1954, 1960), Antoine (1953, 1954), Kocher (1958, 1964), Reymond (1956 a, 1956 b) and Labrique
S. Taravati, J. Ferrer
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Biodiversity of the Huautla Cave System, Oaxaca, Mexico
Sistema Huautla is the deepest cave system in the Americas at 1560 m and the fifth longest in Mexico at 89,000 m, and it is a mostly vertical network of interconnected passages. The surface landscape is rugged, ranging from 3500 to 2500 masl, intersected
Oscar F. Francke +2 more
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A new subterranean and troglomorphic species of Ituglanis Costa and Bockmann, 1993 is described from the carbonatic karst area of northeastern Goiás state, upper Tocantins River Basin, central Brazil, representing the sixth subterranean species of the ...
Pedro Pereira Rizzato +1 more
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First biological data, associated fauna, and microclimate preferences of the enigmatic cave-dwelling beetle Dalyat mirabilis Mateu, 2002 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) [PDF]
Dalyat mirabilis is an extraordinary troglobite carabid described in 2002 from the cave Simarrón II in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain).
Jaime Mayoral +2 more
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An unexpected new subgenus and species of Campodeidae (Diplura), Plusiocampa (Pentachaetocampa) inopinata subgen. et sp. nov., a troglobitic species found in Schallsinger Höhle in an isolated karstic region in southwestern Germany is described.
Alberto Sendra, Dieter Weber
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Caves share unique conditions that have led to convergent adaptations of cave-dwelling animals. In addition, local factors act as filters on regional species-pools to shape the assemblage composition of local caves.
Efrat Gavish-Regev +4 more
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This study was conducted with the purpose of comparing Collembolan species composition among habitats inside the cave and finding environmental variables that affect this species composition.
Gyu-Dong Chang +6 more
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We conducted a comparative histology and comparative transcriptomics study on the skin of eight Sinocyclocheilus species, including four surface and four cavefish species. The result suggests that these differentially expressed genes (DEGs) may be responsible for pigmentation loss in the Sinocyclocheilus cavefish species. Abstract Cave‐dwelling animals
Chunqing Li +4 more
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Caves in Quintana Roo, Mexico are known for spectacular calcite formations, blue water, and their significance in Mayan culture. A fascinating feature of these caves is the tree roots that emerge from ceilings, walls, and floors. Little is known about these incredible natural structures which form a key part of the ecosystem, linking to the forests ...
Rachel E. Adams +2 more
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Two new species are described from caves in several Greek islands in the Aegean Sea: Galliocookia gracilis sp. n., a presumed troglobite from Rhodes, Dodecanese Islands, and Sphaeroparia simplex sp.
Sergei Golovatch
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