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Singh, Dhyani, Kokate, Chakraborty, and Nimsadkar. "Deterioration of World Heritage Cave Monument of Ajanta, India: Insights to Important Biological Agents and Environment Friendly Solutions." Heritage 2, no. 3 (2019): 2545–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage2030156.

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Heritage monuments across the world are affected by a variety of physical and biological stresses. Damage to heritage monuments due to insects and pests is growing with increasing anthropogenic pressure and changing climatic conditions. Cave monuments are habitats to microbes, algae, fungi, and insects, and are unique biodiversity sites due to their low temperature, little to no sunlight, and high moisture conditions. This study takes stock of available information on important factors that facilitate the growth of insect pests and degrade heritage monuments. Ajanta Caves, a UNESCO world herit

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Maher, Louis J. "Environmental information from guano palynology of insectivorous bats of the central part of the United States of America." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 237, no. 1 (2006): 19–31. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13483629.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bat droppings accumulate in caves, and the resultant guano contains a stratigraphic record of the environment analogous to the record from lake sediment and peat. The bats forage at night for insects; they return to the cave during the day to sleep and care for their young. They attach themselves to suitable perches in the cave ceiling, and their excrement accumulates on the floor below. Flying requires a lot of energy, and bats of temperate regions consume large numbers of night-flying insects. In some situations the guano can reach a depth o

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Maher, Louis J. "Environmental information from guano palynology of insectivorous bats of the central part of the United States of America." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 237, no. 1 (2006): 19–31. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13483629.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bat droppings accumulate in caves, and the resultant guano contains a stratigraphic record of the environment analogous to the record from lake sediment and peat. The bats forage at night for insects; they return to the cave during the day to sleep and care for their young. They attach themselves to suitable perches in the cave ceiling, and their excrement accumulates on the floor below. Flying requires a lot of energy, and bats of temperate regions consume large numbers of night-flying insects. In some situations the guano can reach a depth o

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Maher, Louis J. "Environmental information from guano palynology of insectivorous bats of the central part of the United States of America." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 237, no. 1 (2006): 19–31. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13483629.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bat droppings accumulate in caves, and the resultant guano contains a stratigraphic record of the environment analogous to the record from lake sediment and peat. The bats forage at night for insects; they return to the cave during the day to sleep and care for their young. They attach themselves to suitable perches in the cave ceiling, and their excrement accumulates on the floor below. Flying requires a lot of energy, and bats of temperate regions consume large numbers of night-flying insects. In some situations the guano can reach a depth o

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Maher, Louis J. "Environmental information from guano palynology of insectivorous bats of the central part of the United States of America." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 237, no. 1 (2006): 19–31. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13483629.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bat droppings accumulate in caves, and the resultant guano contains a stratigraphic record of the environment analogous to the record from lake sediment and peat. The bats forage at night for insects; they return to the cave during the day to sleep and care for their young. They attach themselves to suitable perches in the cave ceiling, and their excrement accumulates on the floor below. Flying requires a lot of energy, and bats of temperate regions consume large numbers of night-flying insects. In some situations the guano can reach a depth o

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Maher, Louis J. "Environmental information from guano palynology of insectivorous bats of the central part of the United States of America." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 237, no. 1 (2006): 19–31. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13483629.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bat droppings accumulate in caves, and the resultant guano contains a stratigraphic record of the environment analogous to the record from lake sediment and peat. The bats forage at night for insects; they return to the cave during the day to sleep and care for their young. They attach themselves to suitable perches in the cave ceiling, and their excrement accumulates on the floor below. Flying requires a lot of energy, and bats of temperate regions consume large numbers of night-flying insects. In some situations the guano can reach a depth o

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Toshkova, Nia, Katrin Dimitrova, Mario Langourov, et al. "Snacking during hibernation? Winter bat diet and prey availabilities, a case study from Iskar Gorge, Bulgaria." Historia naturalis bulgarica 45, no. 5 (2023): 125–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.48027/hnb.45.053.

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Better empirical knowledge of how bat and insect phenology are influenced by seasonal environmental conditions and how this may affect fitness is essential in the face of changing climatic conditions. We examined the winter diet of the Schreibers’ bent-winged bat Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) from Razhishkata Cave, Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria during four sampling periods in the winter of 2021 (end of January - end of March). We used a combination of DNA metabarcoding and a microscope-based morphological analyses of bats droppings. Additionally, we tracked prey availability in the studie

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Toshkova, Nia, Katrin Dimitrova, Mario Langourov, et al. "Snacking during hibernation? Winter bat diet and prey availabilities, a case study from Iskar Gorge, Bulgaria." Historia naturalis bulgarica 45, no. 5 (2023): 125–42. https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.45.053.

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Better empirical knowledge of how bat and insect phenology are influenced by seasonal environmental conditions and how this may affect fitness is essential in the face of changing climatic conditions. We examined the winter diet of the Schreibers’ bent-winged bat Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817) from Razhishkata Cave, Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria during four sampling periods in the winter of 2021 (end of January - end of March). We used a combination of DNA metabarcoding and a microscope-based morphological analyses of bats droppings. Additionally, we tracked prey availability in the

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Pokhrel, Santosh, and Prem B. Budha. "Key to Identify Insects from Droppings of Some Insectivorous Bats of Nepal." Journal of Institute of Science and Technology 19, no. 1 (2015): 129–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jist.v19i1.13838.

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Food habit of insectivorous bats was studied using fecal analysis. The fresh bat dropping samples from Mahendra cave, Pokhara and Nagarjun cave, Kathmandu were collected in March and September 2011. Bat droppings were moistened in hot water, separated into fine pieces and observed under stereoscope. The recovered insects and insect parts were mounted in slide, photographed and identified up to Order and Family level. Altogether ten insect orders viz. Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Odonata, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Trichoptera and Thysanoptera and 25 families were ident

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Pokhrel, Santosh, and Prem B. Budha. "Key to Identify Insects from Droppings of Some Insectivorous Bats of Nepal." Journal of Institute of Science and Technology 19, no. 1 (2015): 129–36. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14820331.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Food habit of insectivorous bats was studied using fecal analysis. The fresh bat dropping samples from Mahendra cave, Pokhara and Nagarjun cave, Kathmandu were collected in March and September 2011. Bat droppings were moistened in hot water, separated into fine pieces and observed under stereoscope. The recovered insects and insect parts were mounted in slide, photographed and identified up to Order and Family level. Altogether ten insect orders viz. Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Odonata, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Tric

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Severina, I. Yu, E. S. Novikova, and M. I. Zhukovskaya. "Insect ocelli: ecology, physiology, and morphology of the accessory visual system." Сенсорные системы 38, no. 2 (2024): 35–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.31857/s0235009224020033.

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The peripheral photoreceptor system of adult insects and insect larvae of hemimetabolous insects consists of a pair of compound facet eyes and several simple chamber eyes, the ocelli. The origin of the ocelli is attributed to the simple eyes of crustacean larvae; the ocelli, along with the compound eyes, present the basic plan of the photosensitive system of insects. The evolution of these light-sensitive organs is closely related to flight, allowing to maintain the position of the body in relation to the horizon, they have high sensitivity and fast signal processing, which is critical for sma

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Strauß, Johannes, and Nataša Stritih. "Neuronal Regression of Internal Leg Vibroreceptor Organs in a Cave-Dwelling Insect (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Dolichopoda araneiformis)." Brain, Behavior and Evolution 89, no. 2 (2017): 104–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000462957.

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Animals' adaptations to cave habitats generally include elaboration of extraoptic senses, and in insects the receptor structures located on the legs are supposed to become more prominent in response to constant darkness. The receptors for detecting substrate vibrations are often highly sensitive scolopidial sensilla localized within the legs or the body. For troglobitic insects the evolutionary changes in vibroreceptor organs have not been studied. Since rock is an extremely unfavorable medium for vibration transmission, selection on vibration receptors may be weakened in caves, and these sens

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Ji, Ai Hong, Wan Fu Wang, Jun Feng Yan, and Fa Si Wu. "Locomotive and Adhesive Behavior of Apopestes spectrum on Murals in Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang." Applied Mechanics and Materials 461 (November 2013): 235–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.461.235.

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Adhesion of insects on murals is one of key factors leading to the biological diseases of wall paintings in cave temples. Murals in Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang is art treasures. It is very important to study insects damage on murals for Mogao Grottoes preservation. We recorded locomotion and adhesive behavior of Apopestes spectrum on murals in Mogao Grottoes and simulated murals. The insects can creep steadily on inclined mural surfaces which angle of slopes are 90°, 135° and 180°, respectively. Its gait parameters were adjusted with the change of angle of slope. Apopestes spectrum adjust their l

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Philips, T. Keith, Chris DeWildt, Henry Davis, and Roger Anderson. "Survey of the terrestrial arthropods found in the caves of Ghana." Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 78, no. 2 (2016): 128–37. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13435823.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The first biological inventory of the caves of Ghana was conducted during January 2006 with some subsequent work in June 2007 and July 2008. Seventy species or morphospecies of insects, as well as amblypigids, phalangids, and diplopods were discovered in sixteen caves. All taxa appear to be either troglophilic or accidental and the most abundant and richest insect faunas were found in caves with resident bat populations. Insect diversity in caves consists mainly of species of cockroaches, cave crickets, tenebrionid beetles, reduviid assassin b

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Philips, T. Keith, Chris DeWildt, Henry Davis, and Roger Anderson. "Survey of the terrestrial arthropods found in the caves of Ghana." Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 78, no. 2 (2016): 128–37. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13435823.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The first biological inventory of the caves of Ghana was conducted during January 2006 with some subsequent work in June 2007 and July 2008. Seventy species or morphospecies of insects, as well as amblypigids, phalangids, and diplopods were discovered in sixteen caves. All taxa appear to be either troglophilic or accidental and the most abundant and richest insect faunas were found in caves with resident bat populations. Insect diversity in caves consists mainly of species of cockroaches, cave crickets, tenebrionid beetles, reduviid assassin b

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Philips, T. Keith, Chris DeWildt, Henry Davis, and Roger Anderson. "Survey of the terrestrial arthropods found in the caves of Ghana." Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 78, no. 2 (2016): 128–37. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13435823.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The first biological inventory of the caves of Ghana was conducted during January 2006 with some subsequent work in June 2007 and July 2008. Seventy species or morphospecies of insects, as well as amblypigids, phalangids, and diplopods were discovered in sixteen caves. All taxa appear to be either troglophilic or accidental and the most abundant and richest insect faunas were found in caves with resident bat populations. Insect diversity in caves consists mainly of species of cockroaches, cave crickets, tenebrionid beetles, reduviid assassin b

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Philips, T. Keith, Chris DeWildt, Henry Davis, and Roger Anderson. "Survey of the terrestrial arthropods found in the caves of Ghana." Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 78, no. 2 (2016): 128–37. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13435823.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The first biological inventory of the caves of Ghana was conducted during January 2006 with some subsequent work in June 2007 and July 2008. Seventy species or morphospecies of insects, as well as amblypigids, phalangids, and diplopods were discovered in sixteen caves. All taxa appear to be either troglophilic or accidental and the most abundant and richest insect faunas were found in caves with resident bat populations. Insect diversity in caves consists mainly of species of cockroaches, cave crickets, tenebrionid beetles, reduviid assassin b

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Philips, T. Keith, Chris DeWildt, Henry Davis, and Roger Anderson. "Survey of the terrestrial arthropods found in the caves of Ghana." Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 78, no. 2 (2016): 128–37. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13435823.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The first biological inventory of the caves of Ghana was conducted during January 2006 with some subsequent work in June 2007 and July 2008. Seventy species or morphospecies of insects, as well as amblypigids, phalangids, and diplopods were discovered in sixteen caves. All taxa appear to be either troglophilic or accidental and the most abundant and richest insect faunas were found in caves with resident bat populations. Insect diversity in caves consists mainly of species of cockroaches, cave crickets, tenebrionid beetles, reduviid assassin b

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Keller, Oliver, and Ronald D. Cave. "Hercules Beetle Dynastes hercules (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)." EDIS 2016, no. 5 (2016): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1142-2016.

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This EDIS publication is an alternate version of a page published first on the Featured Creatures website. The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences. This 4-page fact sheet that discusses the Hercules beetle was written by Oliver Keller and Ronald D. Cave, and published by the UF Entomology and Nematology Department, July 2016. EENY659/IN1142: Hercules Beetle Dynastes herc

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Arango-Diago, Santiago, Dennis Castillo-Figueroa, Juan Albarracín-Caro, and Jairo Pérez-Torres. "Dietary variation and reproductive status of Mormoops megalophylla (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae) in a cave of Northeastern Andes from Colombia." Mastozoología Neotropical 27, no. 2 (2020): 258–65. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14821209.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Dietary studies of insectivorous bats are critical for a comprehensive analysis of their ecological role in pest control. Several factors including seasonality, reproductive status and sex may in uence dietary specialization. However, data on insectivorous bat diet are scarce, especially in Mormoopidae family. Here, we analyzed the dietary variation of Mormoops megalophylla (Peters, 1864) between sexes, reproductive states and climatic seasons in Macaregua cave, located in Northeastern Andes of Colombia. We collected fecal samples and vaginal

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Nurul‐Ain, Elias, Hashim Rosli, and Tigga Kingston. "Resource availability and roosting ecology shape reproductive phenology of rain forest insectivorous bats." Biotropica 49, no. 3 (2017): 382–94. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13444017.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats in temperate and subtropical regions typically synchronize birth of a single young with peaks in resource availability driven by local climate patterns. In tropical rain forest, insects are available throughout the year, potentially allowing departures from seasonal monoestry. However, reproductive energy budgets may be constrained by the cost of commuting to foraging grounds from distant roosts. To test these hypotheses, we simultaneously tracked female reproductive activity of 11 insectivorous bat species, insect biomass, and local weat

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Nurul‐Ain, Elias, Hashim Rosli, and Tigga Kingston. "Resource availability and roosting ecology shape reproductive phenology of rain forest insectivorous bats." Biotropica 49, no. 3 (2017): 382–94. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13444017.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats in temperate and subtropical regions typically synchronize birth of a single young with peaks in resource availability driven by local climate patterns. In tropical rain forest, insects are available throughout the year, potentially allowing departures from seasonal monoestry. However, reproductive energy budgets may be constrained by the cost of commuting to foraging grounds from distant roosts. To test these hypotheses, we simultaneously tracked female reproductive activity of 11 insectivorous bat species, insect biomass, and local weat

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Nurul‐Ain, Elias, Hashim Rosli, and Tigga Kingston. "Resource availability and roosting ecology shape reproductive phenology of rain forest insectivorous bats." Biotropica 49, no. 3 (2017): 382–94. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13444017.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats in temperate and subtropical regions typically synchronize birth of a single young with peaks in resource availability driven by local climate patterns. In tropical rain forest, insects are available throughout the year, potentially allowing departures from seasonal monoestry. However, reproductive energy budgets may be constrained by the cost of commuting to foraging grounds from distant roosts. To test these hypotheses, we simultaneously tracked female reproductive activity of 11 insectivorous bat species, insect biomass, and local weat

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Nurul‐Ain, Elias, Hashim Rosli, and Tigga Kingston. "Resource availability and roosting ecology shape reproductive phenology of rain forest insectivorous bats." Biotropica 49, no. 3 (2017): 382–94. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13444017.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats in temperate and subtropical regions typically synchronize birth of a single young with peaks in resource availability driven by local climate patterns. In tropical rain forest, insects are available throughout the year, potentially allowing departures from seasonal monoestry. However, reproductive energy budgets may be constrained by the cost of commuting to foraging grounds from distant roosts. To test these hypotheses, we simultaneously tracked female reproductive activity of 11 insectivorous bat species, insect biomass, and local weat

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Nurul‐Ain, Elias, Hashim Rosli, and Tigga Kingston. "Resource availability and roosting ecology shape reproductive phenology of rain forest insectivorous bats." Biotropica 49, no. 3 (2017): 382–94. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13444017.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats in temperate and subtropical regions typically synchronize birth of a single young with peaks in resource availability driven by local climate patterns. In tropical rain forest, insects are available throughout the year, potentially allowing departures from seasonal monoestry. However, reproductive energy budgets may be constrained by the cost of commuting to foraging grounds from distant roosts. To test these hypotheses, we simultaneously tracked female reproductive activity of 11 insectivorous bat species, insect biomass, and local weat

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Peck, Stewart B. "A review of the cave fauna of Canada, and the composition and ecology of the invertebrate fauna of caves and mines in Ontario." Canadian Journal of Zoology 66, no. 5 (1988): 1197–213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z88-176.

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Caves and cave-inhabiting faunas of Canada are reviewed. Four species of troglobitic (cave-limited) crustaceans (Amphipoda and Isopoda) are known from Alberta and British Columbia, and one troglobitic mite from Alberta. A study of the subterranean fauna of Ontario involved investigating 35 caves and mines. Collections of 1274 invertebrate specimens contained 301 species in 5 phyla, with spiders and insects being most numerous. Diptera were the most abundant insects with 140 species, mainly in the families Culicidae, Mycetophilidae, and Tipulidae. The fauna is predominantly composed of trogloxe

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DONOVAN, STEPHEN K. "Contrasting patterns of preservation in a Jamaican cave." Geological Magazine 154, no. 3 (2016): 516–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756816000182.

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AbstractRed Hills Road Cave, Jamaica is a remnant of a karstic feature quarried away during road building. It is the most important site for Late Pleistocene terrestrial palaeontology on the island. The site is c. 30 ka old. Many taxa were washed in during hurricanes and tropical storms, either as dead carcasses or live organisms that drowned as the cave filled with water. The invertebrate fauna includes snails and arthropods; none are obligate cave dwellers. The 62 species of land snails are the most diverse of any Jamaican cave; operculate taxa may be preserved with the operculum in situ. Ar

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Naumkin, D. V., and O. I. Kadebskaya. "Troglobionts of the Kungur ice cave (Perm region): study overview." Anthropogenic Transformation of Nature, no. 6 (2020): 17–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/2410-8553-2020-6-17-23.

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The article briefly describes the history of studies of the biota of the Kungur Ice Cave, as well as an annotated list of its currently known inhabitants. In total, 15 taxa of cyanobacteria, 24 taxa of algae, 7 species of mosses, 1 taxon of dicotyledons, 26 taxa of fungi, 34 taxa of invertebrates (of which 13 are insects), and 12 species of vertebrates (including birds) are known today in the Kungur Cave.

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Suzanne A.G., Leroy, Whitehead Paul F., and Lamarche Bruno. "The palynology and entomology of bat faeces at the Zerga Esker of the Mauritanian Adrar." Barbastella 18 (2025): 2–18. https://doi.org/10.14709/barbj.17.1.2025.01.

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Bat synecology is notoriously hard to comprehend. Here, we propose a method encompassing many aspects of the bat ecosystem, i.e. the combined study of pollen and insects in its faeces (guano) together with vegetation surveys. In 1998-2004, we sampled recent and sub-recent guano of an insectivorous bat, Rhinopoma microphyllum (Brünnich 1782), which accumulated in a cave in an Ordovician Esker on the Adrar Plateau of Mauritania at the southern limit of the Sahara. This region is largely unexplored and was closed to field work for many years. The results indicate foraging not only near the esker,

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Suzanne A.G., Leroy, Whitehead Paul F., and Lamarche Bruno. "The palynology and entomology of bat faeces at the Zerga Esker of the Mauritanian Adrar." Barbastella 18, no. 1 (2025): 2–18. https://doi.org/10.14709/barbj.18.1.2025.01.

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Bat synecology is notoriously hard to comprehend. Here, we propose a method encompassing many aspects of the bat ecosystem, i.e. the combined study of pollen and insects in its faeces (guano) together with vegetation surveys. In 1998-2004, we sampled recent and sub-recent guano of an insectivorous bat, Rhinopoma microphyllum (Brünnich 1782), which accumulated in a cave in an Ordovician Esker on the Adrar Plateau of Mauritania at the southern limit of the Sahara. This region is largely unexplored and was closed to field work for many years. The results indicate foraging not only near the esker,

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Nankin, Harry. "Minds in the Cave: Insects as Metaphors for Place and Loss." Swamphen: a Journal of Cultural Ecology (ASLEC-ANZ) 3 (September 6, 2013): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.60162/swamphen.3.10602.

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The practice-led PhD art research project 'Gathering Shadows' investigates the visual poetics of a speculative ‘ecological gaze’ at a time of ecological crisis. The project considers two environments but avers from the distancing objectification characteristic of lens-based capture and the tired genre of ‘landscape’. Instead, it proposes a symbolic order in which imagery of native invertebrates are presented as indices of the generic non-human 'Other'. This is conveyed with reflections on deep time, ecological sited-ness, ecological continuities and, most importantly, ecological disruption. Em

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Bellés, Xavier, and Takaaki Daimon. "What triggers metamorphosis in cave insects with contracted life cycle? A work program." Suplementos del Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología 4 (November 15, 2022): 116–21. https://doi.org/10.70186/sbaeeearh1584.

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Usually, the time of metamorphosis in insects is determined when the individual reaches a critical weight (CW) in the preimaginal stage. However, there are highly specialized cave-dwelling beetles that have only a single larval instar, which, instead of gaining weight during development until metamorphosis, loses it. We propose several mechanisms by which these species could reach the CW and metamorphose. For example, the CW could be reached not through an increase, but the other way around, a decrease in weight, or a related parameter, after which the mechanisms that trigger metamorphosis wou

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Leelapaibul, Watcharee, Sara Bumrungsri, and Anak Pattanawiboon. "Diet of wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Tadarida plicata Buchannan, 1800) in central Thailand: insectivorous bats potentially act as biological pest control agents." Acta Chiropterologica 7, no. 1 (2005): 111–19. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13519142.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Insectivorous bats are major predators of nocturnal insects and have the potential to act as biological pest control agents in farmlands. The objective of the present study was to establish the diet of the guano bat, Tadarida plicata. The study was carried out at the Khao Chong Pran Cave, which houses 2.6 million bats, and is surrounded by rice fields. A total of 1,925 faecal pellets were collected from 385 bats during their morning return from January to December 2002. Faecal analysis indicated that T. plicata fed on at least nine insect orde

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Leelapaibul, Watcharee, Sara Bumrungsri, and Anak Pattanawiboon. "Diet of wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Tadarida plicata Buchannan, 1800) in central Thailand: insectivorous bats potentially act as biological pest control agents." Acta Chiropterologica 7, no. 1 (2005): 111–19. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13519142.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Insectivorous bats are major predators of nocturnal insects and have the potential to act as biological pest control agents in farmlands. The objective of the present study was to establish the diet of the guano bat, Tadarida plicata. The study was carried out at the Khao Chong Pran Cave, which houses 2.6 million bats, and is surrounded by rice fields. A total of 1,925 faecal pellets were collected from 385 bats during their morning return from January to December 2002. Faecal analysis indicated that T. plicata fed on at least nine insect orde

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Leelapaibul, Watcharee, Sara Bumrungsri, and Anak Pattanawiboon. "Diet of wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Tadarida plicata Buchannan, 1800) in central Thailand: insectivorous bats potentially act as biological pest control agents." Acta Chiropterologica 7, no. 1 (2005): 111–19. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13519142.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Insectivorous bats are major predators of nocturnal insects and have the potential to act as biological pest control agents in farmlands. The objective of the present study was to establish the diet of the guano bat, Tadarida plicata. The study was carried out at the Khao Chong Pran Cave, which houses 2.6 million bats, and is surrounded by rice fields. A total of 1,925 faecal pellets were collected from 385 bats during their morning return from January to December 2002. Faecal analysis indicated that T. plicata fed on at least nine insect orde

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Leelapaibul, Watcharee, Sara Bumrungsri, and Anak Pattanawiboon. "Diet of wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Tadarida plicata Buchannan, 1800) in central Thailand: insectivorous bats potentially act as biological pest control agents." Acta Chiropterologica 7, no. 1 (2005): 111–19. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13519142.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Insectivorous bats are major predators of nocturnal insects and have the potential to act as biological pest control agents in farmlands. The objective of the present study was to establish the diet of the guano bat, Tadarida plicata. The study was carried out at the Khao Chong Pran Cave, which houses 2.6 million bats, and is surrounded by rice fields. A total of 1,925 faecal pellets were collected from 385 bats during their morning return from January to December 2002. Faecal analysis indicated that T. plicata fed on at least nine insect orde

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Chertoprud, Elena S., Dmitry M. Palatov, Rostislav R. Borisov, Vadim V. Marinskiy, Michail S. Bizin, and Roman S. Dbar. "Distribution and a comparative analysis of the aquatic invertebrate fauna in caves of the western Caucasus." Subterranean Biology 18 (June 17, 2016): 49–70. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.18.8648.

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The freshwater fauna of nine caves in central Abkhazia, western Caucasus, revealed 35 species of stygobionts, including 15 new species to be described elsewhere. The number of species per station increased from the depth towards the entrance in caves Golova Otapa and Abrskila, becoming the highest in the epigean part. In both caves, two abundance peaks of aquatic invertebrates were registered: one in the entrance area, associated with the development of amphibiotic insect larvae, the other in the depths due to the high numbers of stygobionts. In Cave New Athos, the highest species richness and

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Espinasa, Luis, Bartolo Nicole D., and Newkirk Catherine E. "DNA sequences of troglobitic nicoletiid insects support Sierra de El Abra and the Sierra de Guatemala as a single biogeographical area: Implications for Astyanax." Subterranean Biology 13 (March 18, 2014): 35–44. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.13.7256.

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The blind Mexican tetra fish, <i>Astyanax mexicanus</i>, has become the most influential model for research of cave adapted organisms. Many authors assume that the Sierra de Guatemala populations and the Sierra de El Abra populations are derived from two independent colonizations. This assumption arises in part from biogeography. The 100 m high, 100 m wide Servilleta Canyon of the Boquillas River separates both mountain ranges and is an apparent barrier for troglobite dispersion. <i>Anelpistina quinterensis</i> (Nicoletiidae, Zygentoma, Insecta) is one of the most troglomorphic nicoletiid silv

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Rabasović, Mihailo D., Dejan V. Pantelić, Branislav M. Jelenković, et al. "Nonlinear microscopy of chitin and chitinous structures: a case study of two cave-dwelling insects." Journal of Biomedical Optics 20, no. 01 (2015): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.jbo.20.1.016010.

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Cieslak, Alexandra, Javier Fresneda, and Ignacio Ribera. "Developmental constraints in cave beetles." Biology Letters 10, no. 10 (2014): 20140712. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0712.

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In insects, whilst variations in life cycles are common, the basic patterns typical for particular groups remain generally conserved. One of the more extreme modifications is found in some subterranean beetles of the tribe Leptodirini, in which the number of larval instars is reduced from the ancestral three to two and ultimately one, which is not active and does not feed. We analysed all available data on the duration and size of the different developmental stages and compared them in a phylogenetic context. The total duration of development was found to be strongly conserved, irrespective of

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Reboleira, Ana Sofia, and Rita Eusébio. "Cave-adapted beetles from continental Portugal." Biodiversity Data Journal 9 (August 20, 2021): e67426. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e67426.

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The cave biodiversity of continental Portugal faces tremendous conservation challenges, mostly linked to their direct destruction and contamination infiltrating from surface. Beetles are the most diverse insects and one of the most diverse arthropod groups in caves of Portugal.We present the IUCN Red List profiles for the cave-adapted beetles from continental Portugal, all endemic to their respective geological units and massifs. Ground beetles are the most diverse family of cave-adapted beetles in continental Portugal, followed by rove beetles. Beetles in caves of Portugal are mostly terrestr

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Moldovan, O. T., A. Mihevc, L. Mikó, et al. "Invertebrate fossils from cave sediments: a new proxy for pre-Quaternary paleoenvironments." Biogeosciences Discussions 8, no. 2 (2011): 3403–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-8-3403-2011.

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Abstract. Five samples of clastic sediments from interior cave facies taken in three Slovenian relic caves (Trhlovca, Račiška pečina, and a cave in Črnotiče Quarry, Classical Karst, SW Slovenia) provided invertebrate fossil remains. Most of them belong to Oribatida but sparse individuals of Cladocera and insects were also identified. They represent the first pre-Quaternary invertebrate fossils found in sediments of continental temperate climate. The Pliocene/Pleistocene age of the sediments was determined by paleomagnetic dating chronologically calibrated by micromammal biostratigraphy. Invert

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Moldovan, O. T., A. Mihevc, L. Miko, et al. "Invertebrate fossils from cave sediments: a new proxy for pre-Quaternary paleoenvironments." Biogeosciences 8, no. 7 (2011): 1825–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-1825-2011.

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Abstract. Five samples of clastic sediments from interior cave facies taken in three Slovenian relic caves (Trhlovca, Račiška pečina, and a cave in Črnotiče Quarry, Classical Karst, SW Slovenia) provided invertebrate fossil remains. Most of them belong to Oribatida but sparse individuals of Cladocera and insects were also identified. They represent the first pre-Quaternary invertebrate fossils found in sediments of continental temperate climate. The Pliocene/Pleistocene age of the sediments was determined by paleomagnetic dating chronologically calibrated by micromammal biostratigraphy. Invert

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Stringer, Ian A. N., and V. Benno Meyer-Rochow. "Flight Activity of Insects within a Jamaican Cave: In Search of the Zeitgeber." Invertebrate Biology 116, no. 4 (1997): 348. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3226867.

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Yoshizawa, Kazunori, Rodrigo L. Ferreira, Charles Lienhard, and Yoshitaka Kamimura. "Why Did a Female Penis Evolve in a Small Group of Cave Insects?" BioEssays 41, no. 6 (2019): 1900005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201900005.

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Žikić, Vladimir, Srećko Ćurčić, and Nikola Vesović. "DIPHYUS QUADRIPUNCTORIUS (MÜLLER, 1776) (HYMENOPTERA: ICHNEUMONIDAE: ICHNEUMONINAE): THE FIRST RECORDS FROM SERBIAN CAVES." Acta entomologica serbica 25, no. 2 (2020): 59–66. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4316531.

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Here we present new findings of the hymenopteran <em>Diphyus quadripunctorius</em> (Müller, 1776) from three cave localities in Serbia. We examined a total of five overwintering female specimens collected during 2016, 2019 and 2020 in caves – Devojačka Pećina Cave, Sisevačka Pećina Cave in eastern Serbia and Ogorelička Pećina Cave in southeastern Serbia. Additionally, a short description of <em>D. quadripunctorius </em>females is provided. Its phenology, tentative host association and adaptations to cave life are also discussed.

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Dhamorikar, Amruta, Dhanusha Kawalkar, and Shirish Manchi. "Distribution of crickets (Subfamily: Phalangopsinae) in caves of Baratang Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India." International Journal of Speleology 49, no. 3 (2020): 221–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806x.49.3.2341.

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Cave-dwelling organisms share different ecological and evolutionary relationships with caves. Based on these interactions, they are categorized as troglobites, troglophiles, and trogloxenes. In India, caves are meagerly explored, and thus cave study is in its infancy in India. Through the present study, we attempted to understand and model the distribution of crickets (Family Phalangopsidae), a critical group of insects - being the primary consumers in the cave ecosystems. We sampled seven caves using belt transects (N = 184; total area covered = 1294.9 m2) with 1 m width. During the survey, w

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Sperandei, Vinícius F., Cristina M. Borges, and Marcel S. Araújo. "Necrophagy in cave environments: ecological pressure due to food scarcity? A case study of necrophagy by a harvestman Discocyrtanus canjinjim Carvalho & Kury, 2017 (Arachnida: Opiliones) preying on an Eidmanacris sp. (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae) carcass." Entomological Communications 6 (December 30, 2024): ec06038. https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec06038.

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Cave environments present stable abiotic conditions, including permanent darkness, high humidity, and mild temperatures, while biotic factors reflect simplified ecological networks and energy constraints. Cave invertebrates, primarily detritivores and generalists, demonstrate specific adaptations to these conditions. Predation and necrophagy are critical behaviors shaped by the cave's scarcity of food resources. In this study, we report a rare necrophagy event involving Discocyrtanus canjinjim Carvalho & Kury, 2017 (Arachnida: Opiliones) feeding on a deceased cricket (Eidmanacris sp.) (Ort

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Mar’i, Husnul, Izmiarti Izmiarti, and Nofrita Nofrita. "Komunitas Makrozoobentos di Sungai Gua Pintu Ngalau pada Kawasan Karst di Sumatera Barat." JURNAL BIOLOGI UNAND 5, no. 1 (2018): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.25077/jbioua.5.1.41-49.2017.

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Pintu Ngalau cave is flowed by river from irrigated rice fields that flows into the cave. This cave has a source of organic matter derived from bats and swallow dirts, litter that falls on enterance of the cave and the organic material carried by the flow of the river. The study on the macrozoobenthos communities of river in Pintu Ngalau Cave has been conducted from October until November 2016. The study used survey method, where stratified random sampling was applied in three zones (light zone, dim zone and dark zone) at study site. Macrozoobenthos samples was collected by surber net. This st

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Niemiller, Matthew L., Kirk S. Zigler, Amata Hinkle, et al. "The Crystal-Wonder Cave System: A New Hotspot of Subterranean Biodiversity in the Southern Cumberland Plateau of South-Central Tennessee, USA." Diversity 15, no. 7 (2023): 801. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15070801.

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The Crystal-Wonder Cave System developed in the Western Escarpment of the southern Cumberland Plateau in the Interior Low Plateau karst region of south-central Tennessee, USA is a global hotspot of cave-limited biodiversity. We combined historical literature, museum accessions, and database occurrences with new observations from bio-inventory efforts conducted between 2005 and 2022 to compile an updated list of troglobiotic and stygobiotic biodiversity for the Crystal-Wonder Cave System. The list of cave-limited fauna includes 31 species (23 troglobionts and 8 stygobionts) with 28 and 18 speci

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