This paper seeks to shed new light on the latest discovered Hellenistic and Parthian occupation period at Ulug-depe (South Turkmenistan). After its abandonment end of Middle Iron Age period, site was reoccupied during late 1st millennium BC. Extended research led by joint French-Turkmen Archaeological Expedition (MAFTur) has succeeded in unearthing this many places studied a varied pottery asse...

The six species of the Epeolus cruciger group from Asia are reviewed. Two new species, asiaticus Astafurova & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. (Mongolia, Russia) and E. gorodkovi Astafurova, (Tajikistan, Afghanistan) described illustrated. alpinus Friese, 1893 is newly recorded Kazakhstan; (Panzer, 1799) Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan; mongolicus 2021 Kyrgyzstan Russia. An identification key f...

The article examines the role and influence of Russian Federation in integration processes Central Asian region between five countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan Uzbekistan. It is worth emphasizing that state all its hypostases (the Empire USSR) from first days conquest territories Asia was guided by a strategy aimed at uniting entire into single political administrative ...

We present the first record of Otopheidomenidae Treat in Central Asia on basis a new ectoparasitic species, Nabiseius palifer Joharchi and Khaustov n. sp., collected damsel bug, Nabis Seidenstücker (Hemiptera: Nabidae), from Tajikistan Turkmenistan. The species is described illustrated based morphological characters adult female immature stages (including larva deutonymphal stages) compared wit...