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Light in the Darkness: Responses to Light and Diel Activity Rhythm in an Eyeless Cave Flatworm (<i>Dendrocoelum italicum</i>). [PDF]
Ecol EvolLoss of non‐functional and costly structures associated with surface conditions is favoured during adaptation to cave environment. We show that eyeless cave flatworms express photophobic responses to light stimuli and retain diel rhythmicity in activity patterns.
Barzaghi B +4 more
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Revision of the spider genus Stygopholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae), endemic to the Balkan Peninsula
European Journal of Taxonomy, 2021 The genus Stygopholcus Kratochvíl, 1932 is endemic to the Balkan Peninsula and includes only four nominal species: the epigean S. photophilus Senglet, 1971 in the south (Greece to Albania) and the ‘northern clade’ consisting of three troglophile species ...
Bernhard A. Huber +2 more
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Species Composition and Structure of Beetle Associations in Caves of the Częstochowa Upland, Poland
Diversity, 2023 This paper presents the study’s results on beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) inhabiting caves in the Częstochowa Upland, southern Poland. During two years of research, 2084 specimens, representing 105 species from 19 beetle families, were collected.
Joanna Kocot-Zalewska, Barbara Lis
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2022 We describe a new troglophilic species of Filistata, F. betarif sp. nov. , collected from two caves in central Israel, by using light and electron microscopy and by DNA barcoding of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene.
Ivan L.F. Magalhaes +3 more
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New data on spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) from the caves of Southwestern Siberia (Russia) [PDF]
Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2020 The paper reports six species of spiders from five families found in three caves located in the Altai Krai, Novosibirsk Oblast and Kemerovo Oblast of Russia. One troglophilic species, Improphantes improbulus (Simon, 1929) is recorded from Siberia and the
Alexander A. Fomichev
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Troglophilic Moths in Australia: First Record of a Self‐sustaining Population [PDF]
Australian Journal of Entomology, 1994 ABSTRACTRecords of moths from Australian caves are scanty, and the paucity of accompanying biological data has not allowed the existence of self‐sustaining troglophilic populations to be confirmed. We report a self‐sustaining population of guanophilic pyralids (Pyralis manihotalis Guenée) from a tropical cave in North Queensland, the first ...
P. WEINSTEIN, E. D. EDWARDS
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Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 5, Issue 9, September 2023., 2023 This research note highlights the conservation and scientific potential of an isolated humid forest in south‐central Madagascar, Ivohiboro Humid Forest. We summarize the results from biological surveys of the area for vertebrates and vascular plants.
Beatriz Otero Jimenez +4 more
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A dark side of conservation biology: Protected areas fail in representing subterranean biodiversity
Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 16, Issue 5, Page 674-683, September 2023., 2023 Subterranean environments host a diversity of poorly known specialised organisms, of high scientific and conservation interest, which might not be effectively protected by the current surface networks of protected areas. We evaluated the effectiveness of the Natura 2000 and Emerald networks in two of the main subterranean biodiversity hotspots in the ...
Raquel Colado +7 more
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Use of cenotes and the cave environment by mammals on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Biotropica, Volume 54, Issue 4, Page 881-892, July 2022., 2022 Jungle on the Yucatán Peninsula overlies fractured limestone bedrock where flooded caves known regionally as cenotes represent the only reliable source of free‐standing water for much of the Peninsula’s wildlife. Using camera traps we showed that at least 20 mammals use cenotes to accessing drinking water, as well as for foraging, nesting, mating ...
Karl Vernes, Fred Devos
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2020 Recent samplings in cavities of the Iberian Peninsula led to the discovery of a new millipede species of the order Callipodida in one cave in the region of El Bierzo (León, Spain): Lusitanipus xanin sp. nov. In additional samplings (near that cave), more
José Domingo Gilgado +2 more
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