Seven new species of the spider genus Ochyrocera from cave areas in Floresta Nacional de Carajás (state of Pará, northern Brazil) are described: Ochyrocera varyssp. n., Ochyrocera atlachnachasp. n., Ochyrocera laracnasp. n., Ochyrocera aragoguesp. n., Ochyrocera misspidersp. n., Ochyrocera charlottesp. n., and Ochyrocera ungoliantsp. n. Two groups of the species are discussed, the quinquivittat...

Typhloreicheia monachasp. n. and Typhloreicheia ilianaesp. n. are described from two caves of Central-Eastern Sardinia (Nuoro province): the Bue Marino cave and the Nurra 'e Pradu cave, respectively. Both caves are located in the part of the island where many highly specialised subterranean carabid beetles are localised. Typhloreicheia monacha is apparently related to two other species of the s...

This study investigated the sandfly fauna of two quartzite caves in the Espinhaço Mountain Range, located in the municipality of Diamantina, state Minas Gerais. From August 2010-July 2011, entomological sampling was performed in the caves of Salitre and Monte Cristo with two HP light traps exposed in the photic and aphotic zones of each cave. The sandfly fauna consisted of 17 species, among whi...

Eating habits of Panthera pardus are well known. When there are caves in its territory, prey accumulates inside them. This helps to prevent its kill from being stolen by other predators like hyenas. Although the leopard is an accumulator of bones in caves, few studies have been conducted on existing lairs. There are, however, examples of fossil vertebrate sites whose main collecting agent is th...

Texas contains a rich but still poorly known cavernicole fauna. Approximately 1,040 terrestrial and 150 aquatic species have been recorded from the state. This number will doubtless greatly increase when large collections, especially of mites, centipedes, and miscellaneous insects, are identified and described. An estimated 81 aquatic and 161 terrestrial species are believed to be sufficiently ...

Abstract Caves are important fossil repositories which provide records extending back over million-year timescales. While the physical processes of cave formation well understood, timing initial development and opening—a more parameter to studies palaeontology, palaeoanthropology archaeology—has proved difficult constrain. Here we investigate speleothems from Naracoorte Cave Complex in southern...

Three new species of Eusarcus Perty, 1833 are described from Brazilian caves, increasing the number genus to 40, eight which have occurrences in caves. capixaba sp. nov. is Lapa do Sítio Paraíso Cave, municipality Ecoporanga, state Espírito Santo. marmoreus Caverna Archimides Panssini Vargem Alta, Finally, xambioa da Explosão Xambioá, Tocantins. Notes on species’ habitats and a distribution map...

This paper discusses cave use in Poland during medieval and post-medieval periods, focussing on the Cracow Upland particular. The purpose is to try provide a short overview of material culture Polish caves through lens functions played by historical periods (domestic occupation, workshopusage, storage, hideaways times unrest, for funeral purposes), indicate present-day threats archaeological re...

Bat guano from six different karst caves in Slovenia was screened by PCR for the presence of Geomyces destructans [1]. Two identical DNA sequences from guano heaps in two of the caves with recent bat droppings were retrieved. These sequences were closely related to several unidentified Geomyces clones and to pathogenic G. destructans, but definitive identification remained elusive. Despite the ...