Galacticidae is a poorly known family in the Palearctic Region. The range of covers Mediterranean Zone North Africa, as well Western Asia, Eastern Russia, Central Asia and Palaearctic. included taxa are summarised checklist. Available type material was examined redescriptions some species provided. Two genera recognised diagnosed: Homadaula Lower, 1899 with four Zarcinia Chrétien, 1915 five spe...

Kelps are ecologically important seaweeds that dominate the subtidal zones of rocky coasts. In Northern Europe, Saccorhiza polyschides is a pioneer species suspected of outcompeting the harvested kelp, Laminaria digitata. To examine how the process of species competition affects species distribution and genetic diversity in coastal environments, we developed 10 polymorphic microsatellite marker...

Rove beetles of the tribe Quediini are abundant predators in humid microhabitats forested, open, synanthropic or subterranean ecosystems, with just over 800 species distributed across temperate and subtropical regions Northern Hemisphere. Previous molecular phylogenies included only a limited representation this diversity but have already indicated that Quedius, containing majority species, is ...

This synopsis provides an identification key to the genera of Tribe Lachnophorini of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres including five genera previously misplaced in carabid classifications. The genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 is revised with 23 new species added and four species reassigned from Eucaerus LeConte, 1853 to Asklepia Liebke, 1938. In addition, a new genus is added herein to the Tribe:...

Morphological diagnoses are given for the cricket family Trigonidiidae and its two monophyletic subfamilies, Trigonidiinae Nemobiinae. Owing to their morphological characters, we transfer extant genus Lissotrachellus Hubbell, 1838 from Gryllidae: Pentacentrinae Trigonidiidae: was type of Lissotrachelini including also Trigonidomimus Caudell, 1912 Tohila 1938 which here transferred incertae sedi...

Iran is a huge but understudied Middle Eastern country with rich chronically bee fauna, including for the highly-speciose genus Andrena. Examination of unidentified museum material combined recent field collections and critical review literature has revealed total 197 species Andrena in Iranian which 65 are newly reported country, an additional 16 new science. (Aciandrena) deminuta Wood sp. nov...