The snow finch complex (Montifringilla, Pyrgilauda, and Onychostruthus) has its center of distribution on the Tibetan plateau, with six out of seven species in the genera occurring there. Phylogenetic relationships among these six species of three genera have been studied based on DNA sequence data obtained from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and the nuclear myoglobin gene. The results sup...

The description of Galanthus lebedevae from limestone canyons foothills in south-east Sochi is presented. species belongs to series Latifolii, subseries Viridifolii (Kem.-Nath.) A. P. Davis. It shows an external morphological similarity with the sympatric Colchian G. platyphyllus, krasnovii, panjutini, and woronowii, however, it differs sharply all listed content nuclear (2C) DNA, phenology, ec...

This paper presents new records and noteworthy data on the following taxa in SE Europe adjacent regions: parasitic fungus Antherospora hortensis, saprotrophic fungi Loweomyces fractipes Pholiota henningsii, stonewort Chara canescens, mosses Grimmia caespiticia Rhodobryum ontariense, fern Woodsia alpina, monocots Aegilops triuncialis, Epipactis purpurata, Galanthus elwesii Typha shuttleworthii d...

Subgenus Cryobius is one of the most numerous among megafauna tundra soils, but studies on its species distribution, taxonomy, and ecology are lacking. Phylogeny phylogeography reconstructions insects with taxonomic complexity have become possible using an integrative approach. Here, we report that specimens Pterostichus (Cryobius) mandibularoides, described from North America, were detected in...