In addition to a previously published study about Central Asian Colletes bees we here further report on nine rarely collected and little known species. Now 85 species of Colletes are known from this region with three of them recorded for the first time: C. asiaticus Kuhlmann 1999, C. iranicus Noskiewicz 1962 and C. succinctus (Linnaeus 1758). Colletes pseudomirabilis sp. nov. is described from ...

There have been trade routes between Asia and Europe since the dawn of human history, culminating in the famous Silk Road that ran a magnificent 15,000 km between Xi’an in China and the Roman Empire. It carried many commodities such as silks, gems, gold, silver, carpets, glass, turquoise, paper, spices, etc., from ancient times in both directions between Asia and Europe. In addition to trade, t...

The classical biological control program for exotic saltcedars (various Tamarix species and hybrids) has involved the assessment of different populations of the leaf beetle Diorhabda elongata (Brullé) s.l. that are promising for release in areas of North America that are located south of 37 degrees N latitude. We report here the overwintering survival, phenology, and voltinism of four D. elonga...

The work reveals the geopolitical dynamics in Central Asia, states of which, since gaining independence, have become a geostrategic factor international relations. countries region - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are located center Eurasia kind "buffer zone" between East West. They significant energy raw material potential play role transport corridor Southeast...

• Declining water storage trends in the GRACE and GHMs were observed over Central Asia. TWSA can be well simulated predicted by climate variables. Potential strategies are provided to address SDGs of resource Arid regions Asia have sensitive ecosystems that rely heavily on terrestrial which is composed surface storage, soil moisture groundwater storage. Therefore, we employed three Gravity Reco...

The representatives of the genus Epicheloniceras Casey, 1954 from Middle Aptian Mangyshlak, Western and Southern Turkmenistan are described.