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The Vitruvian spider: Segmenting and integrating over different body parts to describe ecophenotypic variation

open access: yesJournal of Morphology, Volume 283, Issue 11, Page 1425-1438, November 2022., 2022
Although the link between species' phenotypes and their ecological performance is a well‐know phenomenon, in nonmodel systems discerning which body parts respond to specific ecological pressures might not be intuitive and can even be misleading sometimes.
Adrià Bellvert   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal tolerance and vulnerability to climate change in subterranean species: a case study using an Iberian endemic pseudoscorpion

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 181-190, March 2022., 2022
We assess the vulnerability to climate change of the Iberian endemic subterranean pseudoscorpion Neobisium (Blothrus) vasconicum vasconicum. The fate of this species under future climatic scenarios is different depending of the approach used to estimate thermal tolerance.
Raquel Colado   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parallel morphological evolution and habitat‐dependent sexual dimorphism in cave‐ vs. surface populations of the Asellus aquaticus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae) species complex

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 21, Page 15389-15403, November 2021., 2021
Surface‐dwelling species that repeatedly and independently colonized caves such as Asellus aquaticus provide unique models to study parallel evolution. We measured and analyzed 17 functional morphological traits on 656 individuals from 15 cave and surface populations. We found that besides the expected habitat‐related morphological changes habitat type
Gergely Balázs   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The limits of Quediini at last (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle mega‐radiation resolved by comprehensive sampling and anchored phylogenomics

open access: yesSystematic Entomology, Volume 46, Issue 2, Page 396-421, April 2021., 2021
Novel probe set developed for anchored hybrid enrichment of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera), targeting 1229 single‐copy, protein‐encoding, orthologous loci from the nuclear genome. Comprehensive phylogeny of rove beetle tribe Quediini (∼800 spp.), with 46% of 201 ingroup taxa sequenced from pinned specimens, will serve as framework for needed generic ...
Adam J. Brunke   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Three new harvestmean of the genus Philora (Opiliones:Gonyleptoidea: Stygnopsidae) with comments on troglomorphisms

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2016
Three new species of the genus Philora are described: Philora izel sp. nov., Philora mazateca sp. nov. and Philora nympha sp. nov. Two of these, P. izel and P.
Jesús A. Cruz-López, Oscar F. Francke
doaj   +1 more source

Colonization of subterranean habitats by spiders in Central Europe

open access: yesInternational Journal of Speleology, 2013
Using data from the Czech Republic, we studied the distribution of spiders in soils, crevice systems, scree and caves, i.e. subterranean habitats at depths spanning from 10 cm to 100 m. In total, we found 161 species.
Vlastimil Růžička   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of subterranean habitats in the sensorial and brain morphology of hypogean and epigean Copionodontinae catfish (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) [PDF]

open access: yesSubterranean Biology
Brazilian cavefishes are among the richest troglobitic ichthyofauna worldwide including 13 genera. Most cavefish in the Neotropical region belong to Siluriformes.
Thalia Rodovanski   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Catching of spiders in shallow subterranean habitats in the Czech Republic

open access: yesArachnologische Mitteilungen, 2016
Spiders occurring in soils and fissured rocks were investigated using pipe traps. Four microphthalmic species, namely Hahnia microphthalma, Porrhomma egeria, P. microps and P. cambridgei were collected.
Růžička, Vlastimil, Dolanský, Jan
doaj   +1 more source

Is foraging innovation lost following colonization of a less variable environment? A case study in surface‐ vs. cave‐dwelling Asellus aquaticus

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 10, Issue 12, Page 5323-5331, June 2020., 2020
We showed that cave‐adapted freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus did not lose its ability to recognize and even prefer surface food after at least 60,000 years of isolation in the cave . This result suggest that adaptation to a highly specialized and stable habitat does not necessary include a decrease in behavioral innovativeness.
Gábor Herczeg   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The millipede genus Leucogeorgia Verhoeff, 1930 in the Caucasus, with descriptions of eleven new species, erection of a new monotypic genus and notes on the tribe Leucogeorgiini (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2020
The Caucasian leucogeorgiinine genera Archileucogeorgia Lohmander, 1936 and Leucogeorgia Verhoeff, 1930 are revised, with Leucogeorgia being considered as a senior subjective synonym of Archileucogeorgia, syn. nov. The following new combinations are thus
Dragan Ž. Antić, Hans S. Reip
doaj   +1 more source

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