New records of Celonites tauricus Kostylev, 1935 are reported from Chios, Rhodes, Samos (Greece), Dagestan (Russia), Georgia, and the main portion Azerbaijan (previous were made Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic only). Flower visits imagines observed at six species Lamiaceae, four them being recorded for first time as forage plants C. . The newly Teucrium canum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. Ziziphora tau...

Aim . Determination of phytocenosis productivity, nitrogen concentration and reserves in blocks plant associations by soil types the North‐Western Precaspian region Russia. Methods. Comprehensive research on accumulation organic matter five matter, six three season using well‐known methods accounting analysis soils plants. Results. The regularities phytomass formation, changes main for 2011–201...

The Theme Period in the history of Mangup dates from 841 to mid-eleventh century. For first time many years archaeological researches at site, recent excavations revealed two major repairs defensive structures fortress. These works date periods far each other, and namely mid-ninth century late tenth century; therefore, one may assume that local Byzantine administration permanently paid attentio...

mutualistic interaction between aphids and ants is one of the classical examples of mutualism. the current study was carried out during 2013-2014 in golestan province, north-eastern iran, to investigate the myrmecophilous aphids and their relationships with ants. in this study, 11 ant species representing seven genera and two subfamilies associated with 12 aphid species belonging to two subfami...