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First records of two species of beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera), namely Pocadius adustus Reitter, 1888 (Nitidulidae) and Byrrhus pustulatus (Forster, 1770) (Byrrhidae) are given for Georgia. In addition, an update on the occurrences of Necrobia violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cleridae), Coelostoma orbiculare (Fabricius, 1775) (Hydrophilidae) and Lycoperdina succincta (Linnaeus, 1767) (Endomychidae) are also presented based on the specimens collected in Samtskhe-Javakheti region, determined by morphological and mtDNA barcoding methods.

An annotated list of seven species of rarely collected and little-known bees of the genus Colletes from Siberia is given, including five species whose ranges within the region are enlarged. Colletes ravuloides Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. is described from Tyva Republic (Russia). An updated checklist of the 27 species of Colletes so far known from Siberia is provided.

The current study aims to shading light on the most important hotspot in Hor Al-Dalmaj, southern Iraq As a result of increased human growth, over-hunting of birds, and ongoing threats to the ecosystem, there is an urgent need to identify Habitat selection through Fauna in Hor Delmaj, as they are the most threatened by hunters, and it serves as a stoplight for thousands of migratory birds. From September 2020 to March 2021, an ecological survey was conducted to collect data on Fauna and review the results. In Kernel Density Estimation Modeling in ArcGIS, 200 checklists were generated and divided into 349 points in the LFC analysis file. The observed maximum value KDE of habitat selection by fauna is 24.84 km2, which is known as core habitat. KDE is not well guarded or is not securely shielded from hunters.

Monitoring of peatlands is an important conservation issue. We investigated communities of soil mites (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) inhabiting a relatively undisturbed European boreal mire characterized by a mosaic of oligotrophic and meso-eutrophic areas. We assess the potential of using remote sensing approach as a mapping and predictive tool for monitoring productivity and arthropod biodiversity in a peat bog. In georeferenced plots, Acari biodiversity, water table level, water pH and plot productivity class on the oligotrophic-eutrophic gradient were recorded. Data from the Landsat 8 OLI sensor were used to calculate several spectral indices known to represent productivity and surface moisture gradients in terrestrial ecosystems. We then explored the relationship between spectral indices, environmental gradients and biodiversity of mites. We found that several spectral indices were significantly and consistently correlated with local environmental variables and biodiversity of soil mites. The Excess Green Index performed best as a predictor of plot trophic class on the oligotrophic-eutrophic gradient and showed significant relationship with Oribatida diversity in 2016. However, following hot summer in 2019, there was no significant relationship between abundance and species richness of Oribatida and remotely sensed data; there was a weak correlation between abundance of Mesostigmata and spectral indices which represent surface moisture gradient (e.g., Normalised Difference Moisture Index). We discuss advantages and challenges of using spectral indices derived from remote sensing imagery to map biodiversity gradients in a peatland.

Bartın ilinin doğal çevrelerinde bulunan Mammalia sınıfına mensup türlerin tespit edilmesi için yapılan bu araştırma 2016-2017 yılları arasında gerçekleştirilen arazi çalışmaları ve literatür değerlendirilmelerini kapsamaktadır. Arazi çalışmalarında türlerin tespiti için Sherman kapanları, fotokapanlar ve yarasa dedektörleri kullanılmıştır. Bunun yanında Memeli türlerine ait yuvalar, hayvanlara ait vücut parçaları, dışkı, ve ayak izleri gibi emareler kayıt altına alınmıştır. Ayrıca baykuşlara ait pelletlerde bulunan hayvanlara ait kemik kalıntıları değerlendirlmiştir. Varlığı kanıtlanan Mammalia sınıfının üyesi olan türlerin farklı kategorilerdeki korunma statüleri tablolarda verilmiştir. Çalışmadan elde edilen verilere göre, Bartın’da Memeli sınıfının altı takımına dahil olan 30 tür kaydedilmiştir. Çalışma alanında en sık görülen türlerin Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 (Yaban domuzu), Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Karaca), Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758 (Altın çakal), Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Kızıl tilki), Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777) (Kaya sansarı), Erinaceus concolor Martin, 1837 (Kirpi), ve Apodemus flavicollis (Melchior, 1834) (Orman faresi) olduğu belirlenmiştir. Araştırma sahasında Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) Su samuru’nun tespit edildiği Bakioğlu, Budakdüzü, Çaybükü, Hisarköy alanları tür için yeni yayılış kayıtları olarak belirlenmiştir., This research, which was carried out to determine the species belonging to the class Mammalia in the natural environment of Bartın province, includes field studies and literature evaluations carried out between 2016-2017. Sherman traps, photo traps and bat detectors were used to detect the species in field studies. In addition, signs such as mammalian nests, animal body parts, feces, and footprints were recorded. In addition, bone remains of animals in pellets belonging to nocturnal predators were evaluated. Conservation status of the members of the Mammalia class, whose existence has been proven, are given in the tables. According to the data obtained from the study, 30 species included in the six orders of the Mammal class were recorded in Bartın. The most common species in the study area are Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 (Wild boar), Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Roe deer), Canis aureus Linnaeus, 1758 (Golden jackal), Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Red fox), Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777) (Rock marten), Erinaceus concolor Martin, 1837 (Hedgehog), and Apodemus flavicollis (Melchior, 1834) (Forest mouse). Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) otter was detected in research areas of Bakioğlu, Budakdüzü, Çaybükü and Hisarköy, as new distribution records for the species.

New data are provided on the distribution of scale insect species based on the soil sample collection of Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain. Six species proved to be new to the scale insect fauna of Spain: 1 species of Ortheziidae (Ortheziola vejdovskyi Sulc), 3 species of Pseudococcidae (Fonscolombia graminis Lichtenstein, Peliococcus mathisi (Balachowsky), Rhodania porifera Goux) and 2 species of Rhizoecidae (Rhizoecus arabicus Hambleton, Ripersiella lelloi (Mazzeo))., This project were supported by the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and NKFIH (OTKA FK131550 and RRF-2.3.1-2022-000006).

The most tedious and hectic job is to identify the tiny benthic animals by spending thousands of hour under the microscope, since all the fauna need to be counted, sorted, picked and permanently mounted on glass slides for taxonomic identification. All faunal identifications need a lot of preprocessing and it consumes a lot of time to identify a single specimen. Therefore, to reduce the complexity of many such procedures, combined with the desire to identify larger datasets, we came up with new software based on artificial intelligence which can automatically identify the benthic fauna through the microscopic images. In this paper, we propose a machine learning method for automatic visual identification through the images of the benthic fauna. To this end, we propose a neural network model, where we demonstrate that the proposed approach differentiates the fauna based on images. However, it works well with vast amounts of image data and significant computational resources.

The species of Plutothrix Förster, 1856 are reviewed. Plutothrix gribanovi, sp. nov., is described from Russia, P. longigaster, sp. nov., and P. zerovae, sp. nov., are described from Finland and Russia. The male of P. canariensis Hedqvist, 1974 is described for the first time. The species Plutothrix transdanuviana (Erdös, 1946), syn. nov., is synonymized under Seladerma antennatum (Walker, 1833). The following new records are reported: Plutothrix nudicoxa Graham, 1993 and P. perelegans Graham, 1993 from Finland, P. obtusiclava Graham, 1993 and P. zhangyieensis Yang, 1996 from Russia, and P. perelegans Graham, 1993 from Ukraine. An identification key to females of all Palaearctic species of Plutothrix is provided.

Telmatobius atacamensis, anuro microendémico de la Puna salteña, tiene hábitos exclusivamente acuáticos. Está categorizado como especie en peligro crítico a nivel global y como amenazada a nivel nacional. El conocimiento de la ecología trófica es útil para mejorar manejo y conservación de una especie y, debido a que esta información es escasa, el objetivo fue describir y analizar su dieta. Mediante la técnica de lavado estomacal se obtuvieron 37 contenidos de individuos recolectados en los ríos San Antonio y Los Patos durante un ciclo anual (2018), una vez al mes. Se registraron 724 presas, pertenecientes a diez órdenes; dípteros, coleópteros y hemípteros fueron los más importantes. No hubo correlación significativa entre el tamaño depredador-presa. Tampoco hubo diferencias significativas entre hembras, machos y juveniles y el número y volumen de presas consumidas. El índice de diversidad de la dieta fue de 1,05 y la amplitud del nicho trófico estandarizado fue de 0,09. La superposición de nicho entre las categorías fue de Ojk = 0,80. De acuerdo con el índice de similitud de Jaccard, las dietas de hembras y juveniles fueron más semejantes (71 %). Presentaron una predominancia al consumo de invertebrados de hábitos bentónicos y, si bien se encontraron presas de hábitos terrestres, podría deberse a un consumo accidental. Este consumo desproporcionado de fauna bentónica estaría directamente relacionado con los hábitos de vida de la especie. Por otro lado, la composición de la dieta no varía significativamente entre las categorías consideradas, sin registrar diferencias en la cantidad y volumen de presas.

Benthic macroinvertebrates can provide an integrated picture of environmental changes. Health of freshwaters can be assessed based on measured changes in the ecological structure of benthic macroinvertebrates. During the study period, 33 taxa were determined in Ilke Stream. As a result of principle component analysis (PCA), mainly nine components (T degrees C, EC, TDS, BOD5, NH4-N, NO2-N, NO3-N, PO4-P and CI-) account for 92% of the total variance among the water quality parameters. As a result of the UPGMA analysis, the highest similarity value was observed between the 1th and 2nd sampling points. SI, BMWP, ASPT and BBI indices were more proper than FBI index to determine the water quality of Ilke Stream. The results indicate that these indices should be adapted based on the ecological, geomorphological and environmental features of the regions.

Çalışmanın amacı: Bu çalışmada Karabük ilinin Geometridae (Lepidoptera) faunasına katkı sağlanması amaçlanmıştır.Çalışma alanı: Çalışma Batı Karadeniz Bölgesinde yer alan Karabük İlinde yapılmıştır.Materyal ve yöntem: Örnekler 2008-2012 yılları arasında, Mayıs-Ekim aylarında ışık tuzağı ile toplanmıştır.Temel sonuçlar: Bu çalışmada 755 örnek değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda 5 alt familyaya ait 88 tür belirlenmiştir (Orthostixinae 1 tür, Geometrinae 5, Sterrhinae 27, Larentiinae 25 ve Ennominae 30). Araştırma vurguları: Karabük ilinin Geometridae faunası ile ilgili bilgiler oldukça sınırlıdır. Bu çalışma ile 83 tür Karabük ilinde ilk defa tespit edilmiştir. Cyclophora punctaria fritzae ile ilgili faunistik kayıtlar tartışılmış ve erkek genital fotoğrafı verilmiştir., Aim of study: The present study aimed to contribute Geometridae (Lepidoptera) fauna of Karabük province.Area of study: The study was carried out in Karabük province located in Western Black Sea Region.Material and methods: The samples were collected by light trap in May-October between in 2008-2012. Main results: In this study, 755 samples were evaluated. As a result of the study, 88 species belonging to 5 subfamilies have been determined as Orthostixinae (1 species), Geometrinae (5), Sterrhinae (27), Larentiinae (25) and Ennominae (30). Highlights: Knowledge of the Geometridae fauna of Karabük province was very limited. There were 83 species recorded from Karabük province for the first time during this research. Faunistic records on Cyclophora punctaria fritzae were discussed and figure of male genitalia presented

The evolution of species composition and species richness from the end of the Middle Pleistocene to the Middle Holocene (∼200–5 ka, MIS7–MIS1) studied in two Central European bioregional mammal assemblages include 176 chrono-species. The study is based on the list of 745 palaeontological sites and 1604 dated localities. For each region, the descriptive models (non-metric multidimensional scaling technique used) of evolution were obtained for full mammal assemblages as well as particular mammalian “guilds” (carnivorous, large herbivorous, small herbivorous and insectivorous). The models for full assemblages revealed several properties of the evolution process: non-linearity, combination of stationary and nonstationary states, irreversible (evolutionary per se) and reversible changes, threshold like effects accompanying transitions between stationary and non-stationary states, and elements of adaptive dynamics in changing environmental conditions. The evolutionary trajectories of mammal “guilds” have the same properties but differ significantly from each other and their relative complexity is no less than the trajectories of full mammal assemblages. Hence, the evolution shows emergent property and irreducibility of complexity at different structural levels of an assemblage. Throughout MIS7–MIS1 the regional faunas responded to global climate changes (δ18O used as temperature variable), but had various contents, directions, consequences mediated by current species composition and geographic positions in relation to the Saale and the Weichsel continental ice sheets. The study shows a time/spatial invariance (scale-invariant property) of species richness for the stationary states of fauna evolution (especially during MIS3), which is described by a power law function. A mammal assemblage evolution is discussed within the framework of concept of open non-linear self-organising complex quasi-deterministic system with an ability of adaptive behaviour. Internal organisation of such systems justifies their existence and evolution in the area at a borderline between order and chaos and thus their evolution is intrinsically unpredictable.

The paper presents new data on the subfossil insects and molluscs, as well a new radiocarbon date for the Gornovo site in the Southern Fore-Urals. As a result, the stratigraphic interpretation of the sediments of the lower part of the first above floodplain terrace of the Belaya River is corrected and they are assigned to the Tabulda Horizon (MIS 3) of the Upper Pleistocene in the regional scheme of the Fore-Urals Quaternary. The malacofauna of the locality is represented by 27 species of terrestrial and freshwater molluscs. The composition of molluscs in the deposits of MIS 3 indicates the succession of deposit accumulation in the river valley from the stage of reservoirs that periodically connecting with the river to the stage of the overgrown oxbow lake. Single occurrence of mollusc shells in the loams of MIS 2 is a result of sharp climate change. New insect material includes 136 species of Coleoptera from 17 families, as well as Heteroptera and Hymenoptera representatives. 29 species of beetles (Carabidae, Histeridae, Scarabaeidae, Elateridae, Tenebrionidae, Chrysomelidae, Brentidae and Curculionidae) are recorded for the Pleistocene for the first time. The insect assemblages from Gornovo site are assigned to periglacial and humid boreal faunal types. The entomofauna of the periglacial type has no analogues in the recent fauna; it corresponds to the deposits assigned to the middle of MIS 3. This entomofauna is characteristic to the MIS 2 and MIS 3 insect assemblages from the south of West Siberian Plain. Based on entomological data, the climate of the middle of MIS 3 of the Southern Fore-Urals is reconstructed as dry and cold, extracontinental, with mean July temperature not exceeding +15 °C. Steppe landscapes likely prevailed in open areas and coniferous forests were restricted to river valleys. Beetles from deposits dated to end of MIS 3 are assigned to the fauna of the boreal humid type. These insect assemblages are significantly poorer in diversity than periglacial type assemblages and are represented mainly by near water and forest Coleoptera. Based on these species, meadow and forest landscapes were reconstructed. The reconstructed mean air temperature of July ranged from +16 to +19 °C. This suggests a trend towards more mild conditions in the region connected to the climate warming at the end of MIS 3. It is likely that humidification during this period was regional, determined by the proximity of the site to the Southern Urals Mountains.

Additional records of the genus Atholus from Taiwan are provided based on the museum and private collections in Taiwan and Japan. Eight species of the genus Atholus are recorded and distributed in Taiwan, with specimens of six species examined in this study. The key to Taiwanese species of Atholus is provided, and the illustrations of male 9th, 10th tergites, and 9th sternum of Atholus levis Mazur and A. confinis (Erichson) are published for the first time.

Special issueThe wrapping up of the IDEADOS project: International Workshop on Environment, Ecosystems and Demersal Resources, and Fisheries.-- 11 pages, 5 figures, 5 tables, The pelagic decapod crustacean fauna of two different zones (Sóller and Cabrera) with different hydrographic dynamics and oligotrophy levels was studied around Mallorca (western Mediterranean), the latter with a higher degree of oligotrophy than the former. Samples were taken with a Pelagic Trawl and an IKMT in the upper 600. m of the water column, targeting larger and middle-sized nektonic species, respectively. Fourteen species were collected: five dendrobranchiate shrimps, eight caridean shrimps and one scyllarid lobster. Some species were restricted to the shelf-break: Chlorotocus crassicornis and Plesionika heterocarpus. Others were exclusive of the middle slope: Pasiphaea multidentata, and Sergia robusta. Pasiphaea sivado and Gennadas elegans occurred in all pelagic strata. Multivariate analyses showed several distinct assemblages related to bathymetry and sampling depth. No significant differences were found concerning zone or sampled seasons. Bathymetrically, Deep Scattering Layers showed the highest diversity. No decapod crustaceans occurred in epipelagic daytime samples. The pelagic decapod community sampled was structured by both the geomorphology (and associated hydrographic characteristics over the shelf-break) and the influence of light in the water column. Size analysis showed species-specific patterns concerning size/age movements into the water column throughout the day-night cycle. © 2013 Elsevier B.V., Funding was provided by research projects CTM2008-04489-C03 and CTM2010-22218-C02. DSS acknowledges the pre-doctoral fellowship support by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. APT acknowledges pre-doctoral FPI Fellowship support from the Regional Government of the Balearic Islands, Conselleria d'Educació, Cultura i Universitats, selected as part of an operational program cofinanced by the Fondo Social Europeo. DSS and PA acknowledge partial support from research project CTM2010-22218-C02

In this study, the Iranian specimens of the cixiid tribe Cixiini (generaCixiusLatreille andTachycixius, Wagner) housed in Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum (HMIM) were examined. The examined specimens were collected and deposited in HMIM since 1970 including our recent studies and collecting trips since 2007.Cixius remotusEdwards, 1888 is a new record for the fauna of Iran. An Identification key to the genera and species, and distribution maps for the species in the tribe Cixiini present in Iran are provided and zoogeographic implications are discussed.

The art of teak wood carving was one of the leading export commodities, especially wood carvings with flora and fauna motifs. Javanese culture and Hindu mythology influenced the flora and fauna motifs, so they had their meanings. This research aimed to develop carvings of flora and fauna motifs inspired by classic batik motifs using wood media. The results showed that the media used was teak wood with a finishing process without painting to produce a natural color. It was adjusted to its function and use in creating teak wood carvings. Wood carving did not only function to be enjoyed for its aesthetic value but as a decorative and sacred medium where each motif influences one's beliefs when creating artwork. In addition, teak wood carvings were used as symbols of a culture, and the designed motifs often contained the meaning of teachings to humans in carrying out life. Based on the economic aspect, the teak woodcarving industry strategically improved the community's income, especially for craftsmen in tourism centers. By making woodcarving crafts with flora and fauna motifs, it hoped that woodcarving crafts would not only use as decorative objects, but it used as an educational media for fine art, history, and Javanese culture, which were full of meaning to the broader community so that they could increase knowledge and encourage people to behave following the concept of cosmology.

The Aurignacian levels of Crôt-du-Charnier at Solutré (Saône-et-Loire) were the object of a preventive excavation in 2004. This work yielded a considerable amount of faunal remains and thus confirmed the significant role of hunting and its associated technical activities at this site, such as butchery, hide working and the collection of bone materials. The nature of the lithic industry, composed of a small number of pieces, indicates that human groups came to the site with a toolkit that was manufactured in large part elsewhere. The abundance of bone remains and the scarcity of lithic artifacts raises the following question: does this site, whose topography favored the passage of animals and thus would have made it an attractive location for hunting, correspond to a specialized occupation complementary to a more long-term occupation elsewhere? In other words, how can we define the Aurignacian occupations of this site? Can we qualify them as “stops” or “camps”? The complexity of these definitions of the nature and function of prehistoric sites is discussed in the case study that we present here.

This paper explores the effects of the use of bone as fuel on archaeological skeletal part representation. Faunal data from the Paleolithic site of Saint-Césaire show that this activity may present an archaeological signature similar to that of differential preservation. The bones most frequently burned at Saint-Césaire are also those that are the least dense and that contain the most grease. The analysis of faunal remains from Saint-Césaire also suggests that spongy bone fragments from small-bodied and large-bodied taxa are subject to differential identification.

For the palaeo-ecological development and interpretation of the macrofauna (Bivalvia and Gastropoda) of the Eemian Sea in the southwestern Baltic Sea region (NE Germany), up to date studies and summarising assessments are largely missing. With the main goal of revising the Eemian marine fauna, the authors have undertaken numerous new samplings in recent years. This study begins by focusing on the Warnow Bay in today's Warnow valley near Rostock. In addition to examining older data from the literature, the sandpit at Schwaan and drillings of the State Geological Survey from Boitin, Reez and Rostock were studied. Parallel to this, was also undertaken pollen analyses. Despite hundreds of drillings from the region of the former Warnow Bay, evidence of the marine Eemian was relatively rare. Apparently the sandy sediments were reworked and redistributed by glaciotectonic, glaciofluvial and fluvial processes during the Weichselian glaciation. There is as yet no definite proof of autochthonous marine sediments. They are predominantly shallow-marine sands several meters thick which are found mostly at a depth of about 30–20 m b.s.l. but more rarely also relatively close to the surface in opencast mining or cliff sections. The sands are rich in marine mollusc fauna of which 29 species have been identified so far and which also include Lusitanian specimens such as Acanthocardia paucicostata, Lucinella divaricata or Polititapes senescens. Account was also taken of accompanying marine fauna such as barnacles and echinoderms. In addition, the sediments contain fresh water molluscs also including the interglacial indicator species Belgrandia germanica.

The site of Bouchain is the first recent Neolithic site excavated in northern France. The four excavation campaigns have revealed an activity zone on the bank of a palaeochannel of the Scheldt river. The fauna comprising 1892 bone remains buried in a waterlogged sediment is very well preserved revealing surface modifications including cutting, breakage and cooking. Wild mammals and birds are important components of the subsistence strategy summing up to 43% of vertebrate remains. Fowling constitutes 15% of exploited wild resources with a focus on waterfowl, primarily mallard. No equivalent pattern of fowling could be found in the final Neolithic nor in the middle Neolithic sites of the regional context. The closest subsistence strategies to the one of Bouchain was found in the Netherlands within contemporaneous sites where hunting for mammals and waterfowl played a major role in the diet.

The geology, topology, fauna, and flora of the alpine and subalpine zone between Oritate and the Lake Kurobe in Toyama and Nagano Prefecture were researched. Plant fossils and sandstone from the Tetori Group were collected on Mt. Suisho-dake. About 100 species and 800 individuals of insects were collected. It is noteworthy that a large number of flower-visiting insects, especially Cerambycidae, were observed. These included subalpine to alpine species such as Brachyta danilevskyi and Evodinus borealis. Individuals of Cerambycidae were found in abundance in flowers that bloom in the forest or at the forest edge. In addition, Oeneis norna were observed from Iwagoke-nokkoshi to Mt. Suisho-dake. And 2318 distribution data of plants were extracted from Exif information of photographs., 富山市山岳域にある折立〜雲ノ平〜水晶岳〜赤牛岳〜黒部湖の登山道沿いの地質、地形、動物、植物の調査を行った。地質では、水晶岳の手取層群から植物化石を採取し、赤牛岳南方でカラミ（鉱滓）と思われるもの、赤牛岳北方の石英脈中に水晶を発見した。昆虫類は約100種、約800個体を確認した。今回の調査時期は植物各種の開花期と合致していたため、訪花性昆虫が多数確認された点が特筆される。特にハナカミキリ類の種数と個体数が多かった。この中には、トホシハナカミキリやクモマハナカミキリなど、亜高山性から高山性の種も含まれている。ハナカミキリ類は林内および林縁に咲く花に多く、雲ノ平などの樹林帯から一定の距離がある日当たりが良い環境では少ない傾向にあった。また、タカネヒカゲ成虫を確認した。同種は主に標高2､500 mより高地に生息する種で、国内では飛騨山脈と八ヶ岳のみに生息する。高山帯の調査ならではの成果といえる。脊椎動物では、水晶小屋南尾根，水晶小屋脇，水晶岳‐赤牛岳間の3地点でライチョウを確認した。植物は、撮影された写真ファイルのExif情報から2308件の植物分布情報を得た。

Resumen (Introducción): Entre 2010 y 2020 el Cuerpo de Bomberos de la Estación de Sarapiquí atendió 1926 incidentes relacionados con fauna, entre los que destaca el rescate de abejas, serpientes, cocodrilos y osos perezosos. (Objetivo): Esta investigación tiene por objetivo determinar la distribución espaciotemporal de estas atenciones, mediante la identificación de puntos críticos (distritos), así como de los años y meses de mayor atención de casos. (Metodología): Se llevó a cabo una depuración de la base de datos de fauna silvestre (accidentes y rescates) para el periodo 2010-2020, la cual fue facilitada por el Cuerpo de Bomberos de la Estación de Sarapiquí. Esta información fue georreferenciada, mediante el uso de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG), con la finalidad de identificar la distribución espacial de los incidentes asociados a los 4 grupos faunísticos registrados: abejas (Apidae), cocodrilos (Crocodylidae), osos perezosos (Megalonychidae) y serpientes (Viperidae/Elapidae). Referente a la distribución temporal se realizó un análisis descriptivo que permitió determinar los meses y años de mayores incidencias. (Resultados): Entre 2018 y 2019 se registró la mayoría de las atenciones (505 en total), por su parte abril y mayo fueron los meses que concentraron más reportes (241 y 197 respectivamente), siendo los casos con abejas los de mayor atención. En el nivel espacial estos fueron atendidos principalmente en los distritos de Puerto Viejo, Horquetas y La Virgen. (Conclusiones): Los resultados de esta investigación son un insumo para recomendar estrategias de conservación faunística. Abstract (Introduction): Between 2010 and 2020 the Sarapiquí Fire Department in Costa Rica attended 1926 wildlife incidents predominantly pertaining to the rescue of bees, snakes, crocodiles, and sloths. (Objective): To determine the spatiotemporal distribution of human/fauna encounter points (districts), as well as months and years with most of the cases. (Methodology): The database of fauna attention/incidents from 2010 to 2020 and supplied by the firefighter's brigade of Sarapiquí was refined. This information was georeferenced by using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for identify spatial distribution of the four fauna groups registered: bees (Apidae), crocodiles (Crocodylidae), sloths (Megalonychidae) and snakes (Viperidae/Elapidae). Referring to the temporal distribution a descriptive analysis was realized which led to determining months and years with most of the incidents. (Results): Most of the incidents were recorded in 2018 and 2019 (total of 505), April and May were the months that concentrated the highest incidences (241 and 197 respectively) and where bees cases were the most attended. At the spatial level most of the cases were attended in the districts of Puerto Viejo, Horquetas and La Virgen. (Conclusions): The results of this research are the basis for the establishment of recommendations for fauna conservation strategies.

The age of the Silurian “Lower Red Beds” (LRBs), which occur widely in South China, has long been controversial because of the scarcity of index fossils. Here, we report a fauna with abundant trilobites from the LRBs in Wuhan, Middle Yangtze region, consisting of Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) pijiazhaiensis, ‘Encrinuroides’ yichangensis, Gaotania hubeiensis, Hyrokybe gaotanensis, Japonoscutellum yichangense, Latiproetus latilimbatus, and Ptilillaenus lojopingensis. These trilobites are common in the Leijiatun, upper Xiangshuyuan, Shihniulan, and Lojoping formations in the Upper Yangtze region, and belong to the middle to upper Aeronian Ptilillaenus or ‘Encrinuroides’–Ptilillaenus–Latiproetus assemblages. The discovery of this trilobite assemblage suggests that the LRBs are probably partly of middle–late Aeronian age in the Middle Yangtze region. Thus, the lower boundary of the LRBs is likely diachronous in the Yangtze region, ranging from the middle–late Aeronian to the early Telychian. The discovery of the Ptilillaenus assemblage in the Wuhan LRBs expands the paleogeographic distribution of this assemblage and provides evidence of deeper depositional environment of the LRBs in the study area versus shallow waters in other areas of the Yangtze region.

Carboniferous fusulinids, including 23 species in 7 genera, are identified from the Lumazhai area, Ziyun County, southern Guizhou, China. They are mainly composed of Staffella, Pseudoendothyra, Pseudostaffella, and Fusulinella, which suggest a late Moscovian age. The fusulinid assemblage is characterized by the dominance of staffellids that shows a different composition from the other late Moscovian fusulinid faunas reported in South China. Combined with microfacies analysis, we suggest that the different faunal composition most likely resulted from varying depositional settings, implying the sensitivity of fusulinids to sedimentary environments. This phenomenon of “synchronous but heterogeneous fusulinid biofacies”, caused by changing sedimentary condition, is significant in explaining taxonomic variation especially with limited collection of fusulinid fossils.

We report, for the first time, and systematically describe chancelloriid from the region, including Chancelloria bella, Allonnia cf. tintinopsis, Al. cf. erromenosa, Al. tripodophora, Archiasterella cf. coriacea, Ar. cf. hirundo, Ar. cf. tetraspina, and Ar. cf. fletchergrully, along with previously reported chancelloriid species (Chancelloria cruceana, C. eros, and Archiasterella sp.). The current chancelloriid fauna is similar in taxonomic composition to the Cambrian Burgess Shale-type biotas and to those of China and South Australia. Based on the sclerite construction, we found that the different articulatory facet types may be used to distinguish Allonnia from Archiasterella, and the number of rays is closely related with the arrangement of sclerite rays. The chancelloriid fauna is found stratigraphically between the Glossopleura trilobite zone of the restricted-shelf facies and the Oryctocephalus trilobite zone of the open-shelf facies, spanning the Wuliuan Stage (Delmaran/Topazan) of the Miaolingian Series, middle Cambrian. This study is significant for better understanding the diversity of this enigmatic and cosmopolitan group in the middle Cambrian warm platform of the Precordillera.

This study was carried out in the Çankırı province between 2013 and 2014. In this study, 48 species from 11 families (Anthocoridae, Berytidae, Coreidae, Cydnidae, Lygaeidae, Nabidae, Piesmatidae, Reduviidae, Rhopalidae, Scutelleridae, Tingidae) were recorded. 38 of these species are reported for the first time Heteroptera fauna of Çankırı.

The biodiversity of the Noctuidae, an economically important family of Noctuoidea which include major crop pests, is becoming well-identified nowadays in Iran due to the increased number of faunal expeditions. The two large subfamilies of Noctuidae namely Xyleninae Guenée, 1837 and Noctuinae Latreille, 1809 comprise the majority of Iran's noctuid moth fauna. Two species,Leucochlaena hoerhammeri(Wagner, 1931) andDichagyris(Stenosomides)mansoura(Chrétien, 1911) members of Xyleninae and Noctuinae subfamilies, respectively, are recorded from Iran for the first time. This is also the first record of the subgenusStenosomidesStrand, 1942from Iran.Both the external and genital characteristics of the newly recorded species are presented together with illustrations of the adults and their genitalia.

The family Chrysolampidae Dalla Torre, 1898 and the genusChrysomallaFoerster, 1859 (Chalcidoidea, Chrysolampidae, Chrysolampinae) are recorded for the first time from Iran where it was represented by one species,Ch. roseriFoerster, 1859. Studied specimens were collected with sweeping net in three localities: Kerman, South-Khorasan and West-Azarbaijan provinces in the east and northwest of Iran, respectively. A brief diagnosis, with illustrations of the morphological characters and geographical distribution is provided for this species.

New localities for six species of plants (Achillea schmakovii, Botrychium lunaria, Cystopteris altajensis, Euphrasia altaica, Agrostis tuvinica and Calamagrostis × thyrsoidea), five species of lichens (Bacidina phacodes, Leptogium burnetiae, Melanelixia albertana, Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla, Tetramelas chloroleucus) and nine species of Lepidoptera (Parnassius apollo, Lampides boeticus, Limenitis sydyi, Maniola jurtina, Erebia kindermanni, Eudia pavonia, Proserpinus proserpina, Macroglossum stellatarum, Catocala elocata) are reported for Altai Territory and Republic of Altai. Lichens Bacidina phacodes, Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla, Tetramelas chloroleucus and Lepidoptera Lampides boeticus, Maniola jurtina, Proserpinus proserpina and Catocala elocata are reported as new for Altai Territory, Macroglossum stellatarum and Limenitis sydyi are new for the Republic of Altai. Localities and ecological preferences are indicated for each species., The study of Roman Yakovlev and Polina Pavlova was funded by the state assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project FZMW-2023-0006 "Endemic, local and invasive arthropods (Arthropoda) of the mountains of South Siberia and Central Asia: a unique gene pool of a biodiversity hotspot". The study of E.A. Davydov and Y.V. Storozhenko was funded by the program «Priority-2030» of Altai State University.

The article presents an illustrated catalog of the genus Inguromorpha Edwards, 1888 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae, Hypoptinae), which includes 22 species. The following new combinations are established: Inguromorpha centrosoma (Dyar, 1925) comb. nov., Inguromorpha clathrata (Dognin, 1910) comb. nov., Inguromorpha clymene (Schaus, 1921) comb. nov., Inguromorpha crassiplaga (Schaus, 1905) comb. nov., Inguromorpha racana (Dognin, 1920) comb. nov. Eight new species are described: Inguromorpha arawaka Naydenov, Yakovlev & Penco sp. nov., Inguromorpha bachmanni Naydenov, Yakovlev & Penco sp. nov., Inguromorpha catarinea Naydenov, Yakovlev & Penco sp. nov., Inguromorpha muisca Naydenov, Yakovlev & Penco sp. nov., Inguromorpha paraguaica Naydenov, Yakovlev & Penco sp. nov., Inguromorpha scutulata Naydenov, Yakovlev & Penco sp. nov., Inguromorpha texasensis Naydenov, Yakovlev & Penco sp. nov., Inguromorpha willinki Naydenov, Yakovlev & Penco sp. nov. The distributional maps for all the species of the genus are provided.

Usage of a variety of non-trivial ways to study Coleoptera gives unexpected and original results. The studies were conducted using simple traps with fermenting baits in the central part of European Russia. There were 286 trap exposures, and 7906 Coleoptera specimens (208 species from 35 families) were collected. The largest number of species belonged to the families Cerambycidae (35 species), Curculionidae (26 species), and Elateridae (25 species). One species each was noted in 12 families. Traps were applied in five open habitats (dry meadow, shore, floodplain meadow, cuttings under power lines, and glade in woods). Only 13 species were common to all habitats: Cetonia aurata, Protaetia marmorata, Dasytes niger, Cryptarcha strigata, Glischrochilus grandis, Glischrochilus hortensis, Glischrochilus quadrisignatus, Soronia grisea, Notoxus monoceros, Aromia moschata, Leptura quadrifasciata, Rhagium mordax, Anisandrus dispar. Dry meadows were dominated by C. aurata, A. murinus, and P. cuprea volhyniensis. A shore was dominated by C. strigata, G. grandis, G. hortensis, S. grisea, and A. dispar. The dominant species in floodplain meadows were G. hortensis, S. grisea, and A. dispar. On cuttings under power lines, the most numerous were C. aurata, P. cuprea volhyniensis, and C. viridissima. In forest glades, the maximum abundance data were obtained for G. grandis, C. strigata, and A. dispar. The Shannon index was greatest in meadow habitats of varying degrees of moisture, while it was minimal on the shore. The increase in the Simpson index was also characteristic of the shore. These data indicate reduced species diversity combined with the dominance of several species in this biotope. The maximum species diversity with the highest level of species alignment was characteristic of meadow plots, while lower values were obtained under power lines and in forest glades. We recommend the usage of fermental traps with beer for ecological studies of the Coleoptera fauna in open biotopes.

The article, based on materials from the author's collections for 2017−2022 and partly on the collections of the Samarkand State University (Samarkand) and the Samarkand Museum of Local Lore, provides the first data on the distribution of 79 species of syrphids from 3 subfamilies in the Western part of the Zarafshan ridge. Ten species have been recorded for the first time in Uzbekistan: Chrysotoxum kirghizorum Peck, 1974, Eupeodes asiaticus (Peck, 1972), Scaeva dignota (Rondani, 1857), Syrphus rectus Osten Sacken, 1875, Xanthogramma hissarica Violovitsh, 1975, Chrysogaster cemiteriorum (Linnaeus, 1758), Cheilosia aerea Dufour, 1848, Ch. lola Zimina, 1970, Ch. stackelbergi Barkalov & Peck, 1994, and Volucella bella Barkalov, 2003. In addition, one genus – Neocnemodon Goffe, 1944 recorded for the first time for Uzbekistan.

Female genitalia attributed toEndoclita signifer(Walker) andE. chalybeatus (Moore), and male genitalia attributed toE. chalybeatus, are redescribed and illustrated. Comparisons are made to earlier published diagrams ofEndoclitagenitalia. Our observations corroborate earlier determinations by Tindale thatE. signiferis restricted to the Indian state of Meghalaya and the northern Bangladesh division of Sylhet. While the previously published distribution ofE. chalybeatus extends between the region of northern West Bengal state (holotype location) of India and southern Burma, all records outside the immediate vicinity of the holotype locality require future verification through examination of genitalia for those and any additional specimens. The restricted range ofE. signiferis particularly significant for forest management as species in southern China attributed to this species are probably eitherE. vietnamensisGrehan & Buchsbaum) or another species.

In this study, we report the Turkey fauna of long-legged flies and new records of six species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) collected from Muğla province during the 2018-2019 field trips. These newly recorded species are Acropsilus niger (Loew, 1869), Hercostomus kravchenkoi (Grichanov and Freidberg, 2018), Sybistroma leptocerca (Stackelberg, 1949), Oncopygius magnificus (Loew, 1873), Medetera glaucella (Kowarz, 1877), and Syntormon submonilis (Negrobov, 1975). In total, 107 species from 10 subfamilies and 35 genera of Dolichopodidae are known from Muğla. With these records, the number of the Turkey Dolichopodidae species has reached 224.

Otok Rab nalazi se u sjevernom Jadranu, između otoka Krka, Cresa i Paga. Svojim iznimnim ljepotama, geografskim položajem, klimom te bogatstvom biljnog i životinjskog svijeta, odavno budi interes mnogih istraživača flore i faune. Svrha ovoga rada bio je napraviti cjelovit pregled flore, vegetacije i faune otoka Raba i okolnog mora. Prikupljeni su i analizirani svi dostupni podaci, Flora Croatica Database za floru, internetska baze podataka (Bioportal) za vegetaciju i zaštićena područja, te svi dostupni literaturni izvori za faunu. Prema literaturnim podacima flora otoka Raba broji 633 svojte, od kojih je 28 endemskih svojti, a 44 vrste su ugrožene (16 kritično ugroženih, 10 ugroženih, 18 osjetljivih vrsta). U vegetaciji otoka Raba najzastupljeniji su submediteranski i epimediteranski suhi travnjaci, mješovite šume i makija hrasta crnike, nasadi četinjača i mozaici kultiviranih površina. Prema literaturnim podacima u kopnenoj fauni otoka Raba ukupno je zabilježeno 209 vrsta kralježnjaka: 161 vrsta ptica, 27 vrsta sisavaca, 16 vrsta gmazova i 5 vrsta vodozemaca. Morska fauna otoka Raba je raznolika s više od 500 vrsta, od čega je 195 vrsta riba, 126 vrsta puževa, 4 vrste zaštićenih rakova, 100 vrsta školjkaša i 6 vrsta ramenonošaca. Ovim radom po prvi puta je napravljen sustavni pregled raznolikosti flore, vegetacije i životinjskog svijeta te zaštićenih područja otoka Raba i okolnog mora. The island of Rab is located in the Kvarner Bay in the northern Adriatic (Croatia), between the islands of Krk, Cres and Pag. With its exceptional beauty, geographical location, climate and rich flora and fauna, it has long attracted the interest of many researchers of flora and fauna. The objective of this papir was to make a systematic review of the flora, vegetation and fauna of the island of Rab and the surrounding sea. All available data, Flora Croatica Database, Bioportal databases for vegetation and protected areas, and all available literature sources for fauna were collected and analyzed. According to literature data, the flora of the island of Rab has 633 taxa, of which 28 are endemic, while 44 species are endangered (16 critically endangered, 10 endangered, 18 vulnerable species). The vegetation of the Rab Island is dominated by submediterranean and epimediterranean dry grasslands, mixed oak forests and maquis, conifer plantations and mosaics of cultivated areas. According to literature data, a total of 209 species of vertebrates have been recorded in the terrestrial fauna of the island, with 161 bird, 27 mammal, 16 reptile and 5 amphibian species. The marine fauna Kvarner Bay is diverse with more than 500 species, of which 195 fish species, 126 species of snails, 4 species of protected crustaceans, 100 species of bivalves and 6 species of brachiopods. This work is first systematic review of the flora, vegetation, fauna and protected areas of the Rab Island and the surrounding sea.

The paper presents data on the fauna of water mites (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia, Halacaroidea) of the Malaya Sosva State Nature Reserve (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug), located in the middle taiga zone of Western Siberia. The study covered the species composition, biotopic distribution and ecological features of water mites in different lentic ecosystems of the Nature Reserve. The research is based on 36 studied water bodies, which represented the main types of stagnant waters common on the Nature Reserve territory: lakes, floodplain ponds, temporary ponds and sphagnum bogs. The study revealed 51 species of Hydrachnidia and two species of Halacaroidea in different lentic water bodies. Most of the mites belonged to species typical of different types of stagnant and low flowing waters rich in submerged vegetation. Lakes of different types and permanent floodplain ponds were the richest in number of species and the number of mites. In these water bodies, three species of water mites prevailed, namely, Limnesia koenikei Piersig, 1894, Piona pusilla Neumann, 1875, and Piona carnea Koch, 1836. The number and species richness of mites were low in temporary ponds, but their fauna was based on specific spring species characteristic of astatic ponds. The fauna of the sphagnum bogs was the poorest, in which one species of Halacaroidea was the eudominant – Porolohmannella violacea Kramer, 1879. Unionicola parvipora is recorded for the fauna of Russia for the first time. &nbsp

Grasshoppers (Acridoidea, Orthoptera) are the dominant herbivores in grassland ecosystems worldwide. They can increase rangeland productivity by stimulating plant growth and accelerating nutrient cycling. This article presents a comprehensive checklist of grasshoppers in Mongolia. Until then, the available information was very scattered, based on old studies of Mongolian grasshoppers, recorded in a few international catalogues and databases, individual records and research work on agroecosystem communities. However, the available information on the composition of the Orthopteran fauna in Mongolia was sometimes unclear or non-existent and these dubious data were excluded from the present study. In addition, the grasshopper distribution analysis used the standardised personal collection of D. Altanchimeg. We also present a list of grasshoppers, as well as their distribution and abundance, in countries adjacent to Mongolia, such as Russia, China and South Korea. The surveys covered six types of natural zones: high mountain, taiga, forest-steppe, steppe, desert steppe and desert; desert steppe and steppe zones are the most widely distributed. We hope to have contributed significantly to the study of the distribution of grasshopper species in all these natural zones. In this study, a total of three families of Acridoidea belonging to eight subfamilies, 17 tribes, 52 genera and 128 species are reported for the various natural zones. The recorded species belong to eight subfamilies: Gomphocerinae are the most numerous with 56 species recorded, followed by Oedipodinae (51 species), Thrinchinae (nine species), Melanoplinae (six species), Calliptaminae (three species), Dericorythinae, Acridinae, Egnatiinae (one species each).

In this survey, 116 species of 39 genera and 12 families from two sections Apiformes and Spheciformes of the superfamily Apoidea have been recorded from Georgia (Sakartvelo). Among them, one genus Polemistus de Saussure, 1892 and 39 species are new country records. This is just part of studied and collected material, therefore the identification continues.

Résumé. Fouillé en 2018 dans le cadre du contournement ouest de Strasbourg, le gisement de Berstett Langenberg (site n° 5.6 du projet) a livré sur près de deux hectares plusieurs occupations successives du Néolithique récent à La Tène finale. L’occupation de l’âge du Bronze se caractérise par 43 structures se répartissant quasiment sur toute l’emprise, tandis que les 31 faits du plein Bronze moyen correspondent à une dizaine de fosses, des silos (sept) et des fonds de silos probables (quatre), deux possibles bâtiments excavés, trois fentes et cinq chablis. Aucun plan de bâtiment n’a été repéré, mais des espaces vides entourés de fosses ou silos suggèrent l’emplacement de bâtiments, tout comme les restes de torchis (architecture de terre et de bois). La quantité importante de vestiges céramiques mise au jour (160 récipients), tout comme plusieurs datations radiocarbones ont permis de mieux caractériser la typochronologie des ensembles pour le Bronze D et la transition Bronze C-D. Certains fonds de silos ont livré des vases vraisemblablement déposés entiers. Une série d’analyses biogéochimiques sur les parois internes d’une dizaine de vases ont permis d’identifier des graisses animales, tout comme des restes d’huile végétale (Brassicacées) ou de résine (Pinacée) pour des usages divers. Au-delà de la quantité importante de mobilier céramique exhumée, qui en fait un site de référence pour la fin du Bronze moyen, les autres types de mobiliers exhumés (lithique, faune) permettent de mieux caractériser ce type de site d’habitat encore peu connu dans l’est de la France. Abstract. Excavated in 2018 as part of the western bypass of Strasbourg, the Berstett Langenberg site of nearly two hectares (site no. 5.6 of the project) has revealed occupations dating from the Late Neolithic to the Final La Tène period. The Bronze Age occupation is characterised by 43 features spread over almost the entire area, while the 31 Middle Bronze Age features include ten pits, storage pits (11), two possible excavated buildings, three slits and five windfalls. No buildings were found, but areas devoid of features surrounded by pits suggest the location of buildings, as do the remains of cob (earth and wood architecture). The large quantity of ceramic remains uncovered (160 vessels), as well as several radiocarbon dates have made it possible to better characterise the typochronology of the ensembles for the Bronze D and the transition from Bronze D to Bronze D. Biogeochemical analysis of the inner walls of ten vessels has revealed animal fats, as well as traces of vegetable oil (Brassicaceae) or resin (Pinaceae). In addition to the large quantity of pottery, which makes the site a reference point, other objects unearthed (lithics, fauna) provide supplementary information as to the late Middle Bronze Age settlement for which little is known in eastern France.

Background. The article presents the results of the research on carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae: Xylocopa) housed in the Lodos Entomological Museum (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey). There are 10 species of Xylocopa occurring on the territory of Turkey. Three of them are common and abundant (X. violacea, X. valga and X. iris) and the other species are moderately common or rare. The aim of this study is to present new locality records of the material on the Xylocopa fauna of Turkey pre-served in the Lodos Entomological Museum, Turkey. Material and Methods. The objects of our research were carpenter bees collected from different localities of Turkey between 1975 and 2018 and housed in the Lodos Entomological Museum. Insects were collected by researchers, students and amateurs. We used stereoscopic microscope Bresser Advance ICD 10x-160x and specialized keys for Xylocopa identification. Results. We analyzed 262 specimens of carpenter bees that belong to four species (Xylocopa iris, X. pubescens, X. valga and X. violacea). The information on the specimens’ location and brief notes on the plants on which they were foraging is provi-ded. Three of the analyzed species namely X. iris, X. valga and X. violacea are listed in the category “Least Concern” of the IUCN Red List. Conclusions. We found new locality records for three Xylocopa species: X. iris reported from Manisa province for the first time, X. valga – from Antalya, Aydın, Denizli and Manisa and X. violacea – from Balıkesir, Denizli, Manisa and Tekirdağ pro vinces of Turkey. Further studies aiming to improve the knowledge on Xylocopa fauna should focus on collecting in little-known areas and some specific habitats of Turkey. © 2022 S. Tezcan, & I. Skyrpan.

Japanese species of the genus Woldstedtius Carlson, 1979 are revised. Nine species are recorded from Japan, including two new species, W. alpicolasp. nov. and W. punctatussp. nov.Woldstedtius biguttatus (Gravenhorst, 1829) is newly recorded from Japan. Taxonomic status of W. flavolineatus kuroashii (Uchida, 1957) is changed from the subspecies of W. flavolineatus (Gravenhorst, 1829) to a separated species. Woldstedtius holarcticus (Diller, 1969) is newly synonymized under W. kuroashii (Uchida, 1957). A key to Japanese species of this genus is provided.

Isolated pharyngeal teeth, pectoral, dorsal and suborbital fish spines were unearthed in a new outcrop located on the right bank of the Prut River, at Falciu, Romania. They document Late Miocene aquatic ecosystems of the Dacian basin. Seven taxa were identified and described, six of them belonging to the order Cypriniformes and one to Siluriformes. The Cobitidae is here firstly reported in the fossil record of Romania. All the fish teeth and skeletal remains are from representatives marking shallow water. The fossils were probably buried into sediments accumulated near the mouth of a rather fast-flowing river that drained into a brackish body of water, part of the Dacian basin. The composition of the fauna is similar to the coeval ones from the North (Ukraine and Republic of Moldova) and from the South (Turkey) of the Black Sea basin.

The flat bark beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) has not been intensively studied in the Korean Peninsula; a few records of this insect family are known from the literature from this region. Based on the data collected from the iNaturalist citizen science database, local entomological fora and websites, as well as Facebook social media, new distributional data for Cucujidae are provided from the Korean Peninsula, including the first records of Cucujus haematodes haematodes from South Gyeongsang and North Chungcheong provinces and Pediacus japonicus from North Gyeongsang and South Jeolla provinces, all in South Korea. Moreover, critical analysis of the literature suggests excluding one species, Cucujus coccinatus, from the fauna of the entire Korean Peninsula as it was recorded based on misidentification with C. h. haematodes. The citizen scientific data made 74% of all known records of Cucujidae in the studied area, which clearly proves the importance of citizen science in studies focused on insect biodiversity, especially in the case of species characterized by at least medium body size. A country-level and province-level checklist and a diagnosis of Cucujidae species currently known from the Korean Peninsula are provided.

Establishing body mass from skeletal remains of an animal is of importance to researchers in the fields of ecology, palaeontology and archaeozoology. Establishing such standards requires that different body parts follow allometric growth curves, and that one can access a sufficiently large sample of individuals of known size and weight for the target species. Here, we have used data collected from modern living and dead leopard tortoises Stigmochelys pardalis (Bell, 1928), to reconstruct body size and mass from measurements taken on individual postcranial bones. The results show high correlations in both mass and size for various dimensions taken on most skeletal elements, enabling reconstruction of these parameters from individual skeletal measurements. To highlight the application of such data to fossil fauna, allometric equations derived from regression analyses of the modern animals were applied to a sample of Later Stone Age (ca. 10,000 BP to present) leopard tortoise remains from Wonderwerk Cave located in the central interior of South Africa. Results for this archaeological sample show significant changes in size and body mass over time. These best correlate with shifts in paleoenvironmental conditions rather than with anthropogenic pressures that have commonly been implicated in size reduction or biased sex ratios in tortoise populations.

Understanding the historical dynamics of wildlife distribution and abundance is essential to developing appropriate conservation measures. Here we investigate the occurrence and status of medium-to large-sized fauna (excluding avifauna) for the mountain Kingdom of Lesotho and immediate adjoining regions of South Africa, from the late Pleistocene to the present-day. We provide historical timelines and records of reported medium to large faunal taxa based on: data from eight published archaeological excavations, analyses of several hundred unpublished 19th and 20th century historical documents (including missionary letters, diaries, colonial reports and newspapers), and 58 recent oral history interviews. Vegetation and climate changes through the Holocene are also noted, based on archaeo-botanical records. Through these sources, we record 61 medium to large faunal species for Lesotho and surrounding regions over the past ~21 ka, of which only 22 are present today. Some species not previously known to the region are documented (e.g. Temminck's pangolin). Most species were present during the early 19th century, but many regional species extinctions and a major faunal population decline occurred between 1845 and 1850, owing mainly to settler hunting campaigns. Subsequent extinctions have taken place over a wider temporal interval, due to factors including overhunting, human-wildlife conflicts and habitat loss. It seems that some taxa were forced into unsuitable mountain refugia where species eventually succumbed to genetic erosion and/or harsh climatic conditions. Our results increase current understanding of regional faunal and environmental changes, such as the timing of species occurrences and extinction events and processes in Lesotho. Such work adds valuable knowledge to understanding the environmental heritage of the region. Information can be disseminated into wildlife records, national environmental reports, the WWF, the national school environmental educational curriculum and to National Parks and Heritage Sites.

Our results present a taxonomic and palaeoecological study on non-marine gastropods from the latest Cretaceous to Paleocene deposits of the Pingyi Basin, Shandong Province, eastern China. These gastropods are systematically described: three species belonging to three genera including Physa dongtaiensis Gu, 1989, Hydrobia datangensis Yu, 1977, and the newly established species Cyathopoma pingyiensis sp. nov.; two indeterminata genera and species including Truncatelloidea gen. et sp. indet., and Pomatiopsidae gen. et sp. indet. Among them, Truncatelloidea gen. et sp. indet. and Cyathopoma pingyiensis sp. nov. are the dominant species with the longest record. Cyathopoma pingyiensis, sp. nov. is the earliest representative of this widely distributed Asian extant genus. Sedimentological facies analysis of the gastropod-bearing beds suggested that Truncatelloidea gen. et sp. indet. lived in a small pond with a river inlet and a shallow lake, while Ph. dongtaiensis, ?Pomatiopsidae gen. et sp. indet, and ?H. datangensis only thrived in the shallow lake. Cyathopoma pingyiensis sp. nov. inhabited the land area around the shallow lake. Our results showed that no significant species change of the gastropod fauna across the K/Pg (Cretaceous/Paleogene) boundary was observed in the Pingyi Basin.

The effect of plastic wrapping on decomposition rate and carrion fauna of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) was examined in spring in a semi-urban area in North Algeria. All decomposition stages were observed in all carcasses, with the same durations in the control but different durations in the wrapped carcasses. Decomposition of the carcasses in the plastic wrapping was significantly slower than that of the exposed ones. A total of 12,516 specimens, belonging to 36 families and 69 species, were morphologically identified. Thirteen species of forensic relevance were also identified at the molecular level using the cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) barcode region, and the sequences were submitted to online databases. Wrapping had a significant effect on species composition (χ2 = 569.269, df = 55, p

This study was carried out for the determination of distribution, abundance, and species richness of hoverflies in the Lakes Region of Turkey between the years 2014–2016. Samplings were done between April and October of each year. A total of 6595 specimens belonging to 113 species, divided into two subfamilies (Syrphinae and Eristalinae) and 39 genera were determined. Eumerus bicornis Grković, Vujić et Hayat, 2019; Merodon albidus Šašić Zorić, Ačanski et Vujić, 2020; Merodon chrysurus Hurkmans et Vujić, 2020; Merodon defectus Vujić, Likov et Radenković, 2020; Merodon longisetus Vujić, Radenković et Likov, 2020; Merodon obstipus Vujić, Radenković et Likov, 2020 were described as new species for science. Whereas the most abundant species were Sphaerophoria scripta (29.87%) and Syritta pipiens (17.76%), subdominant species were Eristalis tenax, Melanostoma mellinum, Eristalis arbustorum and Eupeodes corollae. The majority of species, 89 out of 113 were recognized as rare (relative contribution 10.72%). Species distribution maps, species richness, abundance, as well as Shannon–Wiener (H’) index, species seasonal dynamic, and species sex ratio were calculated to indicate the diversity of Syrphidae species. To obtain present and for the period 2061–2080 species richness patterns and detect areas with the highest richness, we conducted a Species Distribution Modelling procedure. Considering current potential species richness, areas predicted to be most suitable for investigated hoverfly species (potentially having 29–37 species) were central-east and central-west parts of Isparta, as well as southern parts of Afyonkarahisar and northern parts of Burdur provinces. In the period of 2061–2080, it is predicted that the most suitable areas will shift from Isparta to the north and central parts of Burdur and to the western part of the Konya provinces. It is hoped that this study will stimulate further studies on the family Syrphidae in Turkey.

Based on natural materials collected by the authors in 2020-2022, data on zooplankton in the watercourses of the “Krasnoyarsk Stolby” National Park are summarized. A list of 85 species is given: 38 species and subspecies of rotifers, 26 species of cladocerans, 11 species of cyclops, and 10 species of harpacticidae. For the first time, 24 species of rotifers, 10 species of cladocerans, 14 species of copepods were discovered or identified to species., This study was carried out as part of State Task of Institute for Water and Environmental Problems Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (registration no. 0306-2021-0001) with the financial support of RUSAL Krasnoyarsk JSC (Agreement No. 29.03.02/2022 dated 01.03.2022).The authors express their sincere gratitude for the help in organizing the collection of material to the Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the National Park "Krasnoyarsk Stolby" A.A. Knorre. Special thanks to the staff of the territory protection department N.V. Vesnin, A.I. Petukhov, A.V. Pavlov for technical support and assistance in carrying out the work.