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FIGURES 80–83 in Description of Paracymbiomma gen. nov., a new genus of prodidomid spiders from the Neotropical region (Araneae: Prodidomidae) including a new troglobite species

, 2018
FIGURES 80–83. Males, palp retrolateral: 80 Paracymbiomma carajas sp. nov., arrow to paracymbium; 81 Tivodrassus etophor, arrow to paracymbium; 82 Zimirina hirsuta, arrow to grooved median retrolateral cymbial process; 83 Theuma sp., arrow to grooved ...
Rheims, Cristina A., IGOR CIZAUSKAS, Rodrigues, Bruno V. B., Cizauskas, Igor, CRISTINA A. RHEIMS, BRUNO V. B. RODRIGUES   +5 more
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Does the Cave Environment Limit Functional Diversity? Rethinking Patterns in Oniscidea Assemblages From a Neotropical Karst

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Cave habitats strongly filter functional traits, constraining the diversity of terrestrial isopod communities along the epigean–hypogean gradient. Functional turnover decreases while richness differences increase in hypogean systems, reflecting uneven occupation of trait space rather than simple trait replacement.
Rafaela Bastos‐Pereira, Leila A. de Souza, Júlia B. Galo, Rafael C. Cardoso, Rodrigo L. Ferreira   +4 more
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Atrazine Transport through a Soil–Epikarst System

Journal of Environmental Quality, Volume 47, Issue 5, Page 1205-1213, September-October 2018., 2018
Row crop and livestock production contaminate soils and groundwater of the karst aquifers within south‐central Kentucky's Pennyroyal Plateau. Transport of atrazine from field application to the epikarstic drainage system beneath a field with active row‐crop farming was investigated. The Crumps Cave study site is a shallow autogenic drainage system with
R. N. Lerch, C. G. Groves, J. S. Polk, B. V. Miller, J. Shelley   +4 more
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Mexiterpes Sabinus, New Genus and New Species, a Mexican Troglobite (Diplopoda: Trichopetalidae)

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1963
This troglobitic milliped is of unusual interest because it is the type of a new genus and the first Mexican record of the family Trichopetalidae, which previously has been known from Nova Scotia to Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Colorado.
Nell B. Causey
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Pattern and Process: Evolution of Troglomorphy in the Cave-Planthoppers of Australia and Hawai’i ‒ Preliminary Observations (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)

Acta Carsologica, 2007
The evolution of troglobites comprises three distinct problems: cave colonization by an epigean ancestor, the evolution of troglomorphies, and intra-cave speciation.
Andreas Wessel, Petra Erbe, Hannelore Hoch   +2 more
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Ayyalonia dimentmani n. g., n. sp. (Ayyaloniini n. Trib., Chthoniidae, Pseudoscorpiones) from a cave in Israel [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2008
A new eyeless troglobitic pseudoscorpion, Ayyalonia dimentmani n. g., n. sp., is described from inside karstic voids in Israel that form a completely isolated, old underground ecosystem with living populations of blind pseudoscorpions, crustaceans ...
Ćurčić B.P.M.
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Alone no more—Integrative taxonomy of New Zealand odd‐clawed spiders challenges the monotypy of Pianoa and Gradungula (Araneae: Gradungulidae)

Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.
Taxonomic revision of New Zealand Gradungulidae reveals unexpected northern South Island diversity through integrated molecular phylogenetics and targeted field sampling. Two new species formally described — Gradungula kahurangi sp. nov. and Pianoa civis sp. nov. — with revised male genitalia diagnoses for all three New Zealand genera.
Peter Michalik, Cor J. Vink, Martin J. Ramírez, Tim M. Dederichs, Phil J. Sirvid, Stephen M. Pawson, Danilo Harms   +6 more
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Phylogenetic evidence from freshwater crayfishes that cave adaptation is not an evolutionary dead‐end

Evolution, Volume 71, Issue 10, Page 2522-2532, October 2017., 2017
Abstract Caves are perceived as isolated, extreme habitats with a uniquely specialized biota, which long ago led to the idea that caves are “evolutionary dead‐ends.” This implies that cave‐adapted taxa may be doomed for extinction before they can diversify or transition to a more stable state.
David B. Stern, Jesse Breinholt, Carlos Pedraza‐Lara, Marilú López‐Mejía, Christopher L. Owen, Heather Bracken‐Grissom, James W. Fetzner Jr., Keith A. Crandall   +7 more
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Far From Roads, Challenges Arise: Unravelling Knowledge Gaps in the Occurrence of Cave‐Restricted Species on the African Continent

African Journal of Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 8, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Understanding patterns of biodiversity distribution is fundamental for ecology, biogeography, and conservation. However, persistent challenges arise from the inaccessibility of many regions and habitats. Subterranean environments, in particular, host highly distinctive and specialised faunal assemblages, yet their investigation is hindered by ...
Lais Furtado Oliveira, Rodrigo Antônio Castro‐Souza, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Marconi Souza‐Silva   +3 more
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Divergent Evolution of Male Aggressive Behaviour: Another Reproductive Isolation Barrier in Extremophile Poeciliid Fishes?

International Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Reproductive isolation among locally adapted populations may arise when immigrants from foreign habitats are selected against via natural or (inter‐)sexual selection (female mate choice). We asked whether also intrasexual selection through male‐male competition could promote reproductive isolation among populations of poeciliid fishes that are locally ...
David Bierbach, Moritz Klein, Vanessa Sassmannshausen, Ingo Schlupp, Rüdiger Riesch, Jakob Parzefall, Martin Plath, Kyoichi Sawamura   +7 more
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