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Macedo-Reis, Luiz Eduardo, Alice Carvalho Leite, Tadeu José Guerra, Reuber Antoniazzi, and Frederico de Siqueira Neves. "Suspended leaf litter in an understorey treelet as habitat extension for ground-dwelling ants in the Atlantic Forest, south-eastern Brazil." Journal of Tropical Ecology 35, no. 5 (2019): 247–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266467419000154.

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AbstractGround-dwelling ants are active foragers that may extend their foraging area into the vegetation, although the factors affecting their diversity in the suspended litter of understorey plants remain overlooked. To evaluate the influence of the distance between strata, litter biomass and plant size on the ant fauna, the litter ant assemblage of the suspended stratum was compared with the ground immediately below the understorey treelet Erythrochiton brasiliensis (Rutaceae) in an Atlantic Forest, south-eastern Brazil. We collected 1364 ants from 26 ant species. The suspended litter ant as

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Forsyth, Robert G., Mark A. Arsenault, and Rosemary Curley. "Leaf-litter-dwelling microsnails of Prince Edward Island, Canada (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Eupulmonata)." Check List 18, no. 5 (2022): 1005–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/18.5.1005.

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Samples of leaf litter were collected from 22 woodland sites throughout Prince Edward Island, Canada. Eighty-two specimens belonging to 15 species of litter-dwelling land snails were recovered from 20 of the 22 samples. One-third of the species—Carychium exile H.C. Lea, 1842, Helicodiscus shimeki Hubricht, 1982, Strobilops labyrinthicus (Say, 1817), Perpolita binneyana (Morse, 1864), and Striatura ferrea Morse, 1864—were previously undocumented in the literature as occurring in PEI. Leaf-litter sampling, even in smaller quantities, is an effective method for finding the often-neglected terrest

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Forsyth, Robert G., Mark A. Arsenault, and Rosemary Curley. "Leaf-litter-dwelling microsnails of Prince Edward Island, Canada (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Eupulmonata)." Check List 18, no. (5) (2022): 1005–15. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.5.1005.

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Samples of leaf litter were collected from 22 woodland sites throughout Prince Edward Island, Canada. Eighty-two specimens belonging to 15 species of litter-dwelling land snails were recovered from 20 of the 22 samples. One-third of the species—<i>Carychium exile</i> H.C. Lea, 1842, <i>Helicodiscus shimeki</i> Hubricht, 1982, <i>Strobilops labyrinthicus</i> (Say, 1817), <i>Perpolita binneyana</i> (Morse, 1864), and <i>Striatura ferrea</i> Morse, 1864—were previously undocumented in the literature as occurring in PEI. Leaf-litter sampling, even in smaller quantities, is an effective method for

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Vecchi, Matteo. "A new leaf litter dwelling Adropion species (Tardigrada; Eutardigrada; Itaquasconinae) from the Northern Apennines (Italy)." Folia Biologica 72, no. 3 (2024): 109–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3409/fb_72-3.11.

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V ecchi M. 2024. A new leaf litter dwelling Adropion species (Tardigrada; Eutardigrada; Itaquasconinae) from the Northern Apennines (Italy). Folia Biologica (Kraków) 72: 109-117. Tardigrades are known to inhabit a variety of substrates, including leaf litter. In this article, I describe a new tardigrade species, Adropion fagineum n. sp. that inhabits beech leaf litter in the Italian Northern Apennines. Due to having long and thin macroplacoids, the new species belongs to the species of the belgicae-scoticum complex; however, it can be differentiated from other species by the number of macropla

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Silvestre, Rogério, Manoel F. Demétrio, and Jacques H. C. Delabie. "Community Structure of Leaf-Litter Ants in a Neotropical Dry Forest: A Biogeographic Approach to Explain Betadiversity." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2012 (2012): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/306925.

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This paper describes habitat and geographic correlates of ant diversity in Serra da Bodoquena, a poorly surveyed region of central-western Brazil. We discuss leaf-litter ant diversity on a regional scale, with emphasis on the contribution of each of the processes that form the evolutionary basis of contemporary beta diversity. The diversity of leaf-litter ants was assessed from a series of 262 Winkler samples conducted in two microbasins within a deciduous forest domain. A total of 170 litter-dwelling ant species in 45 genera and 11 subfamilies was identified. The data showed that the study ar

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Wang, Jun, X.L Tong, and Donghui Wu. "The effect of latitudinal gradient on the species diversity of Chinese litter-dwelling thrips." ZooKeys 417 (June 18, 2014): 9–20. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.417.7895.

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To understand the global distribution patterns of litter-dwelling thrips, a total 150 leaf litter samples were collected from 6 natural reserves located in three climatic regions, temperate, subtropical and tropical. The results showed the relative abundance of Thysanoptera was over 3.0% in 4 natural reserves from subtropical and tropical zone, and reached 5.9% in one tropical reserve, only less than Acarina and Collembola. In contrast it was only 0.3% in the warm temperate natural reserves, and no thrips were collected in a mid temperate reserve. The order on the average species numbers per p

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Camacho, Gabriela P., and Rodrigo M. Feitosa. "First record of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Kempfidris Fernández, Feitosa & Lattke, 2014 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Peru." Check List 12, no. 3 (2016): 1911. http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/12.3.1911.

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The ant genus Kempfidris comprises a single rarely collected species, Kempfidris inusualis (Fernández, 2007). The record presented here represents an extension of this species distribution in the Amazon Basin of approximately 593 km to the south. The specimens were collected in the leaf litter of a seasonally flooded area. This record consolidates the hypothesis that K. inusualis is a ground-dwelling species that inhabits leaf litter and probably nests in rotten logs or other dead wood. This finding highlights the importance of the choice of proper sampling methods to uncover the hidden fauna

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Camacho, Gabriela, and Rodrigo Feitosa. "First record of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Kempfidris Fernández, Feitosa & Lattke, 2014 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Peru." Check List 12, no. (3) (2016): 1–5. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.3.1911.

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The ant genus <em>Kempfidris</em> comprises a single rarely collected species, <em>Kempfidris inusualis </em>(Fernández, 2007). The record presented here represents an extension of this species distribution in the Amazon Basin of approximately 593 km to the south. The specimens were collected in the leaf litter of a seasonally flooded area. This record consolidates the hypothesis that <em>K. inusualis</em> is a ground-dwelling species that inhabits leaf litter and probably nests in rotten logs or other dead wood. This finding highlights the importance of the choice of proper sampling methods t

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Kontschán, J. "Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from agricultural areas of Ecuador." Opuscula Zoologica (Budapest) 47, no. 1 (2016): 93–99. https://doi.org/10.18348/opzool.2016.1.93.

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Soil and leaf-litter samples of several agroecosystems (banana, cacao, coffee, and Monterey pine plantations) in Ecuador were investigated regarding soil dwelling Uropodina. Short notes are given on the plantations and on the recorded mite species with description of a species new to science; Clivosurella zicsii sp. nov. Furthermore, diagnosis of the genus Clivosurella Hirschmann, 1979 is presented with a new key to the known species.

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Bernard, A. Huber, K. H. Koh Joseph, M. Ghazali Amir-Ridhwan, et al. "New leaf- and litter-dwelling species of the genus Pholcus from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Pholcidae)." European Journal of Taxonomy 200, no. 200 (2016): 1–45. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.200.

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Bernard A. Huber, Joseph K. H. Koh, Amir-Ridhwan M. Ghazali, Kamil A. Braima, Olga M. Nuñeza, Charles Leh Moi Ung, Booppa Petcharad (2016): New leaf- and litter-dwelling species of the genus Pholcus from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 200 (200): 1-45, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.200, URL: http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/323

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Forsyth, Robert. "Litter-dwelling terrestrial molluscs of Nepisiguit Protected Natural Area and Mount Carleton Provincial Park, north-central New Brunswick." Canadian Field-Naturalist 137, no. 1 (2024): 87–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3051.

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No comprehensive study of the terrestrial gastropod fauna of northern New Brunswick has previously been undertaken. Most terrestrial gastropod molluscs are tiny and generally live unnoticed under debris, in leaf litter, and among other dead and living vegetation. Sifting and sorting collected samples of leaf litter are effective in sampling snails. In June–July 2015 and August 2016, 43 samples of forest leaf litter were collected in Nepisiguit Protected Natural Area and Mount Carleton Provincial Park. These samples yielded 22 species of terrestrial gastropods. Seven species are reported from N

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Hartshorn, Jess. "A Review of Forest Management Effects on Terrestrial Leaf Litter Inhabiting Arthropods." Forests 12, no. 1 (2020): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f12010023.

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Leaf litter arthropods are some of the most abundant and diverse communities in forests and provide myriad ecosystem services from decomposition and mineralization to pollination and predation. They are important to forest health and management and, in turn, are affected by how we manage our forests. Various forest management techniques such as clear cutting, burning, and chemical control of invasive species all have differing effects on ground dwelling arthropods and, despite their importance, a review of the literature on these effects does not currently exist. My objective with this paper i

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Goodman, Brett A. "Microhabitat separation and niche overlap among five assemblages of tropical skinks." Australian Journal of Zoology 55, no. 1 (2007): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo06066.

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The niche axes of microhabitat use, activity and size for 21 skink species from five assemblages (Alligator Creek, Cairns, Chillagoe, Cooktown and Mt Bartle Frere) in the biodiverse tropics of north-east Queensland were examined. Species within the same assemblage separated predominantly along two structural microhabitat gradients; one that ranged from microhabitats dominated by large rocks to leaf litter and total ground cover, and a second defined by increasing leaf litter, ground cover, undergrowth, proximity to vegetation and increased canopy cover. All species used available microhabitats

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Schilthuizen, Menno, Lilian Seip, Sean Otani, Jadda Suhaimi, and Iva Njunjić. "Three new minute leaf litter beetles discovered by citizen scientists in Maliau Basin, Malaysian Borneo (Coleoptera: Leiodidae, Chrysomelidae)." Biodiversity Data Journal 5 (December 6, 2017): e21947. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e21947.

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We coin the term "taxon expeditions" for citizen scientists' field courses to carry out publishable taxonomic work in close association with trained taxonomists. During the first-ever taxon expedition, in Maliau Basin Studies Centre, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, the participants sampled leaf litter beetles from lowland dipterocarp forest using the Winkler apparatus. The collected material proved to contain at least three undescribed species of small-bodied (ca. 1 mm long) hemispherical litter-dwelling Coleoptera. As part of the field course work, taxonomic descriptions were prepared for the chryso

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Kamalanathan, Veenakumari, Prashanth Mohanraj, and Farmanur Khan. "'The adikeshavus-group': A new species group of Idris Förster (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) from India, with descriptions of five new species." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62, no. (2) (2015): 247–60. https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.62.6219.

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Idris Förster is a megagenus in the tribe Baeini comprising species that exclusively parasitize the eggs of spiders dwelling in vegetation and leaf litter. This is the only tribe in Platygastridae capable of using spider eggs for their development. Constructing species groups will facilitate studies of highly speciose genera like Idris. So far only one species group 'the melleus-group' has been proposed in this genus. A new species group 'the adikeshavus-group' from India is proposed. Five new species in this genus – I. adikeshavus, I. deergakombus, I. brevicornis, I. lopamudra and I. teestai

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HOANG, QUANG DUY, LIPHONE NOPHASEUD, and PETER JÄGER. "Notes on the genus Draconarius Ovtchinnikov, 1999 (Araneae: Agelenidae) with description of two new species from Laos." Zootaxa 5590, no. 4 (2025): 555–67. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.6.

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Two new species of the Draconarius venustus group are described from the Vang Vieng karst region of Laos: D. laosensis spec. nov. (♂♀) from various caves, and D. externus spec. nov. (♂) from the leaf litter. Detailed descriptions, illustrations and photographs of copulatory organs along with somatic features of the new species are provided. Additionally, the male palp of D. joshimath from India is illustrated in detail and the species is assigned to the D. venustus group. Distribution maps for all known records of the genus Draconarius s.l. are given along with an analysis of cave-dwelling spe

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HAZZI, NICOLAS A., and DIANA SILVA DAVILA. "A new species of Caloctenus (Araneae: Ctenidae) from Colombia." Zootaxa 3315, no. 1 (2012): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3315.1.3.

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The genus Caloctenus Keyserling, 1877 comprises four species of small (3–7 mm) ground-dwelling spiders found in cloud forests and adjacent habitats of the northern Andes of South America, at elevations between 1800 to 2600 m (Silva 2004). All species apparently have a restricted geographic range and most are only known from the type locality. These spiders exhibit a cryptic coloration having a dark brown body with iridescent scales, sparse white plumose hairs and club-shaped red hairs, an ornamentation pattern that makes them indistinguishable from the leaf litter and hard to find. Recent atte

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Kanesharatnam, Nilani, and Suresh P. Benjamin. "On three new species of jumping spiders of the genera Habrocestum Simon, 1876, Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 and Tamigalesus Żabka, 1988 (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sri Lanka." Evolutionary Systematics 4 (February 4, 2020): 5–19. https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.4.47578.

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Three new species of litter-dwelling jumping spiders, Habrocestum liptoni sp. nov., Stenaelurillus ilesai sp. nov., and Tamigalesus fabus sp. nov. are described from Sri Lanka. In addition, T. munnaricus is redescribed based on the new material from Sri Lanka.

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Noor-Izwan, Anas, and Bin Ahmad Amirrudin. "Estimating ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) diversity of Tasek Bera Ramsar Site, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia." Journal of Wildlife and Parks 30 (November 3, 2015): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.64291/7p4p8y97.

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Tasek Bera Ramsar Site, Pahang is the largest freshwater swamp-lake in Peninsular Malaysia and the ecosystem is diverse. The ground-dwelling ant fauna at Tasek Bera Ramsar Site is still understudied as there is no checklist available to date. The objective of this study is to survey the diversity of ground-dwelling ants (Formicidae) and to provide a checklist for Tasek Bera Ramsar Site. In this study, leaf-litter samples from 1 m2 plot in five line transects were collected, and ants were taken manually. At each transect, plots were established between 20 m and 40 m in distance with a total of

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Camargo-Vanegas, Jose, Sebastian de la Hoz-Pedraza, Hubert Sierra-Chamorro, and Roberto J. Guerrero. "The Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Leaf-Litter Dwelling Ants in the Tropical Dry Forest of the Colombian Caribbean." Diversity 16, no. 11 (2024): 687. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d16110687.

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There have been few advances in understanding the organization and dynamics of ants in tropical dry forests. The latter are a seriously threatened ecosystem, and ants are important indicators of diversity, disturbance, and restoration in forest ecosystems. Using diversity data and morphofunctional traits, we evaluated the spatial and temporal variation of taxonomic and functional ant groups; in addition, we explored the variation in functional traits and diversity among communities. Ants were sampled during the dry and rainy seasons using mini-Winkler bags. A total of 9 subfamilies, 57 genera,

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Ziemba, Julie L., Alex C. Cameron, Kim Peterson, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, and Carl D. Anthony. "Invasive Asian earthworms of the genus Amynthas alter microhabitat use by terrestrial salamanders." Canadian Journal of Zoology 93, no. 10 (2015): 805–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2015-0056.

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Invasive earthworms are rapidly transforming detrital communities in North America. Recent studies have investigated the effects of European earthworms, whereas Asian earthworms, such as species of the genus Amynthas Kinberg, 1867, remain understudied. Amynthas is a surface-dwelling earthworm that voraciously consumes the litter layer of temperate forest floor habitats. The accumulation of detritus is important for the terrestrial Eastern Red-backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)) because this microhabitat provides the matrix through which salamanders travel when foraging, searc

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Clark, Robert E., and Chad L. Seewagen. "Invasive Japanese Barberry, Berberis thunbergii (Ranunculales: Berberidaceae) Is Associated With Simplified Branch-Dwelling and Leaf-Litter Arthropod Communities in a New York Forest." Environmental Entomology 48, no. 5 (2019): 1071–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz095.

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Abstract Arthropod food webs can be indirectly impacted by woody plant invasions, with cascading consequences for higher trophic levels. There are multiple bottom-up pathways by which invasive plants can alter food webs: above-ground interactions based on plant-herbivore associations and below-ground at the interface of leaf-litter and soil food webs. We compared arthropod community composition in these two food web dimensions in a New York forest that has been heavily invaded by nonnative Japanese barberry. Using two sampling protocols, we compared arthropod community composition on Japanese

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Martins, Mila Ferraz de Oliveira, Mariane Aparecida Nickele, Rodrigo Machado Feitosa, Marcio Roberto Pie, and Wilson Reis-Filho. "Species list of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Nhecolândia, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil." Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61 (September 27, 2021): e20216181. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.81.

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This study provides a list of the ground-dwelling ant species in Nhecolândia, Pantanal, Mato Grosso Sul, Brazil. The Pantanal is the largest tropical wetland in the world and is currently under strong anthropic pressure. Ground-dwelling ants were collected in three sites: (1) a forest regeneration area; (2) a pasture area; and (3) an area of secondary native vegetation. In each site, 120 samples were collected using pitfall traps in the dry and rainy seasons of 2016. Additional samplings were performed with Winkler extractors (30 leaf-litter samples) and manually, also in dry and rainy seasons

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Jones, Ryan M., Zachary C. Adcock, Andrew R. MacLaren, and IV Kemble White. "A modified trap design for sampling subterranean habitats for central Texas Eurycea salamanders." Subterranean Biology 50 (November 15, 2024): 53–64. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.50.136402.

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In this paper, we describe modifications to a sampling technique for surface, stream-dwelling salamanders for use in subterranean settings. Leaf litter bags are an effective and commonly used trap for salamanders, and their construction purposefully allows animals to move freely in and out of the trap. However, this presents a problem in subterranean deployment because retrieving the trap over long vertical distances, such as well sampling, allows time and space for the animals to escape. To overcome this challenge, we enclosed a leaf litter bag in a suspended net system contained by a lanyard

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Bilandžija, Helena. "The role of phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of cave-dwelling animals." ARPHA Conference Abstracts 5 (July 14, 2022): e87225. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.5.e87225.

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The surface ancestors of subterranean species are often hypothesized to possess pre-adaptations that enable them to successfully initiate colonization of caves. Nocturnal habits and the use of microhabitats such as the underside of rocks or leaf litter are two simple examples. However, there are many exceptions, and a mechanistic explanation for the evolution of a whole range of troglomorphic adaptations has yet to be found. To shed light on the phenotypic and molecular changes that accompany the early stages of cave colonization, we experimentally exposed the most closely related surface spec

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HAMER, MATTHEW T., and CLIVE R. TURNER. "Strumigenys emmae (Emery, 1890) (Myrmicinae) new to Britain, with an updated key to the known Strumigenys of the West Palaearctic." Zootaxa 5415, no. 4 (2024): 570–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5415.4.6.

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The ant genus Strumigenys is a hyper diverse pantropical group of specialised predatory leaf litter dwelling ants. Species richness peaks within tropics, with few species extending into the West Palaearctic realm. A significant proportion of Strumigenys species known from the West Palaearctic are non-native, spread via human commerce, and predominately establishing populations within artificially heated greenhouses. In Britain, two Strumigenys species were previously known, S. rogeri Emery, 1890 and S. perplexa (Smith, 1876). Here we add a third species, S. emmae (Emery, 1890) based upon speci

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Rundell, Rebecca J. "Cryptic diversity, molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the rock- and leaf litter-dwelling land snails of Belau (Republic of Palau, Oceania)." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 363, no. 1508 (2008): 3401–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0110.

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The endemic diplommatinid land snails (Caenogastropoda: Mollusca) of Belau (Republic of Palau, Micronesia) are an exceptionally diverse group of largely undescribed species distributed among rock and leaf litter habitats on most of Belau's 586 islands. Diplommatinid shell morphology (e.g. shell sculpture) reflects habitat type. In this study, I analysed a subset of the 90 diplommatinid species representing a broad geographical spread of islands in order to reveal the species' phylogenetic relationships and biogeography within the Belau archipelago. Diplommatinid species from the islands of Yap

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Castro, Flávio Siqueira de, Alexandre Bahia Gontijo, Paulo de Tarso Amorim Castro, and Sérvio Pontes Ribeiro. "Annual and Seasonal Changes in the Structure of Litter-Dwelling Ant Assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Atlantic Semideciduous Forests." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2012 (2012): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/959715.

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We surveyed ant fauna in the leaf litter in an Atlantic Semideciduous forest in the State Park of Rio Doce (PERD). The work aimed to produce basic information about habitat effects on diversity, as well as about how the ant fauna in a such buffered forest habitat, as the litter layer, could respond the climate variation in a short and long term. We sampled two years in two distinct forest physiognomies, which respond to different geomorphologic backgrounds, in dry and rainy seasons. Species composition, richness and abundance of these forests were distinct. However, both forests hosted similar

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Mohamed, Nuru Said. "Seasonal and Periodical Assessment of the Abundance and Diversity of Epigaeic Invertebrates in an Urban Forest Remnant, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania." East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources 6, no. 1 (2023): 117–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.37284/eajenr.6.1.1217.

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Urban Forest (UF) refers to a complex human-environment system encompassing urban and peri-urban vegetation such as gardens, rivers and coastal corridors, and uninhabited yards. Human beings benefit from a healthy UF in a variety of ways such as recreation, disasters management, and the lessening of the effects of environmental deterioration (caused by the ongoing anthropogenic activities) like air pollution and ozone concentration affecting many epigaeic fauna. Epigaeic Invertebrates (EIs) are above ground foraging or litter dwelling invertebrates carrying important roles in UFs ecosystems su

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Haddad, Charles. "A revision of the continental species of Copa Simon, 1885 (Araneae, Corinnidae) in the Afrotropical Region." ZooKeys 276 (March 6, 2013): 1–37. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.276.4233.

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The cryptic ground-dwelling castianeirine genus <i>Copa</i> Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Corinnidae) is revised in the continental Afrotropical Region. The type species of the genus, <i>C. flavoplumosa</i> Simon, 1885, is redescribed and considered a senior synonym of <i>C. benina</i> Strand, 1916 <b>syn. n.</b> and <i>C. benina nigra</i> Lessert, 1933 <b>syn. n.</b> It is widespread throughout the Afrotropical Region but has not been introduced to any of the associated regional islands. A new species, <i>Copa kei</i> <b>sp. n.</b>, is described from South Africa. <i>Copa agelenina</i> Simon, 1910, o

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Kruitbos, Laura M., Stuart Heritage, Simona Hapca, and Michael J. Wilson. "Influence of substrate on the body-waving behaviour of nematodes." Nematology 11, no. 6 (2009): 917–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156854109x443433.

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Abstract The soil-dwelling nematodes Steinernema carpocapsae, S. scapterisci, S. feltiae, S. glaseri, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, H. megidis, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita and Caenorhabditis elegans were placed on agar plates each containing four substrates (peat, sand, sandy loam and leaf litter). The body-waving behaviour of infective juveniles was recorded over a 10-day period in the presence or absence of an insect, Galleria mellonella, a susceptible host of some species. Body-waving behaviour differed amongst species and varied significantly in relation to substrate, time and the prese

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Ipser, Reid M., and Wayne A. Gardner. "Abundance, Activity, Diversity, and Species Interactions of Ground-Dwelling Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Open Versus Canopied Habitats in Central Georgia (USA)." Journal of Entomological Science 55, no. 4 (2020): 469–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-55.4.469.

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Abstract The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and ground-dwelling ant species native to Georgia were observed and studied in tree-canopied and open uncanopied habitats in two state parks in central Georgia. Population density, native species diversity, and interactions of native species with each other and with the invasive S. invicta were determined and compared in the two habitats. Sampling methods included pitfall traps, baits, collection of leaf litter, and visual searches. In comparison to the open uncanopied habitats, red imported fire ant popula

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Andersen, Alan N., Laura T. van Ingen, and Ricardo I. Campos. "Contrasting rainforest and savanna ant faunas in monsoonal northern Australia: a rainforest patch in a tropical savanna landscape." Australian Journal of Zoology 55, no. 6 (2007): 363. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo07066.

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Rainforest in the tropical savanna landscapes of monsoonal Australia is of high biogeographic interest because it occurs as numerous small and isolated patches, and supports a fauna that contrasts markedly with that of the surrounding savanna. The overall ant fauna of monsoonal rainforest is known reasonably well, but with just one exception (Holmes Jungle in Darwin) the faunas of individual rainforest patches have been only superficially studied. This paper comprehensively documents an ant fauna of a spring-fed rainforest patch at the Territory Wildlife Park (TWP) near Darwin, contrasts it wi

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JIANG, XUAN-KONG, XUAN GUO, ZHI-GANG YU, and HUI-MING CHEN. "First description of the male of the eyeless spider Draconarius tortus Chen, Zhu & Kim 2008 from China (Araneae: Agelenidae: Coelotinae)." Zootaxa 4294, no. 1 (2017): 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4294.1.11.

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Spiders of the subfamily Coelotinae prefer moist and dark places, such as cliffs, logs, stones, bark, leaf litter, corners, holes and crevices of buildings as well as caves (Wang 2002). As for species inhabiting caves, the majority are troglophilic and trogloxenic, but few ones being troglobitic (Liu & Li 2009). Five cave-dwelling eyeless members have been described up to date, all known only from females. Coelotes troglocaecus Shimojanal & Nishihira, 2000 was recorded from Okinawa Island, Japan, and four others from China: Draconarius yosiianus (Nishikawa 1999) from Guangxi Province;

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Benjamin, Suresh P. "Palp-footed spiders of Sri Lanka with descriptions of six new species (Araneae: Palpimanidae)." ZooNova, no. 40 (December 20, 2024): 1–23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14537225.

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Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870 is a diverse family of nocturnal, leaf litter, or bark-dwelling spiders native to the tropics. In this paper, I describe six species new to science: <em>Boagrius silindui </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>Steriphopus ritigalensis</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>S. punchimenikae</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>,<em> S. woolfi </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong>, <em>S. hinnihamiae</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong>, and <em>S. spiralus</em> <strong>sp. nov.</strong> I also redescribe <em>Palpimanus vultuosus</em> Simon, 1897, <em>Sarascelis chaperi</em> Simon, 1887 and <em

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Milne, Marc A., Joseph Gonsiorowski, Nathan Tuft, et al. "Effects of Fire on Ground-Dwelling Spider (Araneae) Assemblages in Central Indiana Forests." Environmental Entomology 50, no. 4 (2021): 781–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvab051.

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Abstract Fire is a natural disturbance that occurs in many temperate and tropical ecosystems worldwide. As ubiquitous members of these ecosystems, spiders (Araneae) are often affected by fire, and their response to this disturbance has been shown to be dependent on taxonomy, functional diversity, seasonality, and a variety of environmental factors. We examined the effect of fire on ground-dwelling spider assemblages in temperate forests in central Indiana over 5 yr and found that spider assemblages were significantly affected by fire disturbance. Overall spider abundance decreased, whereas spe

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Ruan, Yongying, Alexander S. Konstantinov, and Albert F. Damaška. "The Biology and Immature Stages of the Moss-Eating Flea Beetle Cangshanaltica fuanensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini), with Description of a Fan-Driven High-Power Berlese Funnel." Insects 11, no. 9 (2020): 571. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11090571.

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The biology of the moss and leaf litter inhabiting flea beetles is poorly understood. In this study, a new species of moss-eating flea beetles Cangshanaltica fuanensis sp. nov. is described; the morphology of adult and immature stages is examined and illustrated. Its life history and biology are studied. The remarkable and unique biological features are revealed: (1) females deposit one large egg at a time, egg length equals 0.4–0.5 times the female body length, these are unusual in Chrysomelidae; (2) females have only two ovarioles on each side of the ovary, which has not been reported in oth

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PUTRI, AUNI ADE, WAHYU TRILAKSONO, HELLEN KURNIATI, et al. "A new high elevation species of Oreophryne Boettger (Anura: Microhylidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia." Zootaxa 5353, no. 5 (2023): 455–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.5.4.

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We examined the morphology of 50 specimens of Sulawesian Oreophryne and recognize a distinct, undescribed species. Based on morphological data and supported with phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene, it is herein described and named as Oreophryne riyantoi sp. nov. The new species is diagnosed by having a combination of rounded snout in dorsal and lateral view, indistinct tympanum, narrow interorbital distance, small hands, small terminal discs on fingers and toes, toes without webbing, short legs, and dorsal surfaces of head, body and limbs irregularly tuberculated in life. It was found

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Zhang, Junxia, Yi Ni, Kiran Marathe, Yaozhuo Wang, and Wayne P. Maddison. "Clarifying the phylogenetic placement of Eupoinae Maddison, 2015 (Araneae, Salticidae) with ultra-conserved element data." ZooKeys 1217 (November 12, 2024): 343–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1217.134940.

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The subfamily Eupoinae Maddison, 2015 is an enigmatic group of minute leaf-litter-dwelling jumping spiders from Southeast Asia. Although previous molecular phylogenetic studies have suggested that it is one of the basal (non-salticine) lineages within jumping spiders, its exact placement remains unclear. In this study, ultra-conserved element data were collected from major salticid lineages to investigate the phylogenetic relationships of all salticid subfamilies, with a special focus on the placement of Eupoinae. The results provide a well-supported phylogeny for jumping spider subfamilies, a

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Zhang, Junxia, Yi Ni, Kiran Marathe, Yaozhuo Wang, and Wayne P. Maddison. "Clarifying the phylogenetic placement of Eupoinae Maddison, 2015 (Araneae, Salticidae) with ultra-conserved element data." ZooKeys 1217 (November 12, 2024): 343–51. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1217.134940.

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The subfamily Eupoinae Maddison, 2015 is an enigmatic group of minute leaf-litter-dwelling jumping spiders from Southeast Asia. Although previous molecular phylogenetic studies have suggested that it is one of the basal (non-salticine) lineages within jumping spiders, its exact placement remains unclear. In this study, ultra-conserved element data were collected from major salticid lineages to investigate the phylogenetic relationships of all salticid subfamilies, with a special focus on the placement of Eupoinae. The results provide a well-supported phylogeny for jumping spider subfamilies, a

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Rota, Emilia, Nicola Bianchi, and Roberto Bargagli. "Metal Availability and Transfer along Food Chains in Siena, a Small Medieval Town in Italy." Journal of Chemistry 2018 (October 9, 2018): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3035091.

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Heavy metals originating from vehicular emissions and other anthropogenic sources pose one of the main environmental health risks in urban areas. The assessment of metal bioaccumulation in selected species of synanthropic organisms allows evaluating their bioavailability and the transfer along food chains in urban ecosystems. An overall view of the results achieved in Siena on urban ecosystems shows that the mean Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn concentrations in biological crusts covering urban walls (0.66, 34, 65, and 184 μg·g−1 d.w.) are higher than the respective concentrations in tree leaf litter (0.19

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Lan, Tianqi, Zhe Zhao, Seung Tae Kim, Jung Sun Yoo, Lee Sue Yeon, and Shuqiang Li. "Five new species of the genera Falcileptoneta and Longileptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from South Korea." ZooKeys 1010 (January 13, 2021): 97–116. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1010.59915.

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Five new leptonetid species belonging to Falcileptoneta Komatsu, 1970 and Longileptoneta Seo, 2015 are newly described from South Korea: F. dolsan sp. nov. (Jeollanam-do), F. naejangsan sp. nov. (Jeollabuk-do), L. buyongsan sp. nov. (Chungcheongbuk-do), L. byeonsanbando sp. nov. (Jeollabuk-do) and L. jirisan sp. nov. (Gyeongsangnam-do). All new species are found in leaf litter and described from both male and female specimens.

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Bosch, Herman in den. "Psammodromus microdactylus (Boettger, 1881), a rare lizard species?" Podracis 6, no. 1/2 (2005): 2–35. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5554682.

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<em>Psammodromus microdactylus</em> is reported from a new locality in Azilal, Morocco (alt. 1300 m, N 031°54:912, W 006°39:833). The presence of green dorsal coloration in adults (especially the male) in the breeding season, the absence of a collar, and lack of a central series of strongly enlarged scales in the lower eyelid differentiates <em>P. microdactylus</em> from <em>P. blanci</em>. Further, the suture between the rostral and the first labial falling below the centre of the nostril, breast scales of the first row being square, and relatively longer legs may hint at <em>P. micro

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Kontschán, J., G.-Q. Wang, and A. Neményi. "Nenteria liisp. n. (Acari: Mesostigmata: Nenteriidae) a New Bamboo Leaf Litter Dwelling Uropodina Species (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Xinxiang (Henan, China) with Notes to the Bamboo Associated Mites in Henan (China)." Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 50, no. 2 (2015): 195–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/038.50.2015.2.5.

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Zaragoza-Quintana, Elisa Paulina, Nallely Verónica Rodríguez-Santiago, Silvia F. Hernández-Betancourt, Livia Socorro León-Paniagua, and María Cristina MacSwiney G. "Abundance, microhabitat and feeding of Peromyscus yucatanicus and Peromyscus mexicanus in the Mexican tropics." Therya 13, no. 2 (2022): 129–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.12933/therya-22-1189.

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Introduction: Rodents influence the processes of succession and regeneration in tropical forests, functioning as important dispersers and predators of seeds and plants. In this study, we describe aspects of the population structure and dynamics, and characterize the microhabitat and composition of the feces of the semi-tree-dwelling rodents Peromyscus yucatanicusand Peromyscus mexicanus in tropical forests of Quintana Roo and Veracruz, in Mexico. Methods: We trapped Peromyscus yucatanicus from September 2014 to February 2015, with 122 Sherman traps between 2 to 10 m of height in 62 trees. Pero

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Fernandes, Itanna, and Souza Jorge de. "Dataset of long-term monitoring of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the influence areas of a hydroelectric power plant on the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin." Biodiversity Data Journal 6 (April 2, 2018): e24375. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e24375.

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Biodiversity loss is accelerating rapidly in response to increasing human influence on the Earth's natural ecosystems. One way to overcome this problem is by focusing on places of human interest and monitoring the changes and impacts on the biodiversity. This study was conducted at six sites within the influence area of the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Power Plant in the margins of the Madeira River in Rondônia State. The sites cover a latitudinal gradient of approximately 100 km in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. The sampling design included six sampling modules with six plots (transects) each, to

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Fernandes, Itanna, and Jorge de Souza. "Dataset of long-term monitoring of ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the influence areas of a hydroelectric power plant on the Madeira River in the Amazon Basin." Biodiversity Data Journal 6 (April 2, 2018): e24375. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.6.e24375.

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Biodiversity loss is accelerating rapidly in response to increasing human influence on the Earth’s natural ecosystems. One way to overcome this problem is by focusing on places of human interest and monitoring the changes and impacts on the biodiversity. This study was conducted at six sites within the influence area of the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Power Plant in the margins of the Madeira River in Rondônia State. The sites cover a latitudinal gradient of approximately 100 km in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. The sampling design included six sampling modules with six plots (transects) each, to

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Jochum, Adrienne, Alexander M. Weigand, Estee Bochud, et al. "Three new species of Carychium O.F. Müller, 1773 from the Southeastern USA, Belize and Panama are described using computer tomography (CT) (Eupulmonata, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae)." ZooKeys 675 (May 22, 2017): 97–127. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.675.12453.

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Three new species of the genus Carychium O.F. Müller, 1773, Carychium hardiei Jochum & Weigand, sp. n., Carychium belizeense Jochum & Weigand, sp. n. and Carychium zarzaae Jochum & Weigand, sp. n. are described from the Southeastern United States, Belize and Panama, respectively. In two consecutive molecular phylogenetic studies of worldwide members of Carychiidae, the North and Central American morphospecies Carychium mexicanum Pilsbry, 1891 and Carychium costaricanum E. von Martens, 1898 were found to consist of several evolutionary lineages. Although the related lineages were fo

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Andrew, K. G. "The ground-dwelling leafhoppers Myerslopiidae, new family, and Sagmatiini, new tribe (Homoptera : Membracoidea)." Invertebrate Systematics 13, no. 2 (1999): 207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/it96028.

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The world fauna of 28 leafhopper species living in moss or leaf litter (formerly subfamily Myerslopiinae) belong to 3 unrelated tribes: (1) Evansiolini (subfamily Megophthalminae) - 3 species of Evansiola Metcalf from Juan Fernández Is (Chile); (2) Sagmatiini, trib. nov. (subfamily Euacanthellinae) - one species of Paulianiana Evans from Madagascar, 3 new species of Sagmation, gen. nov. from Australia and New Caledonia, and 6 species (5 new) of Myerslopella Evans from Australia; (3) true Myerslopiini - 5 species of Myerslopia Evans from Chile and New Zealand and 10 species of Pemmation, gen. n

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JÄGER, PETER. "Bowie gen. nov., a diverse lineage of ground-dwelling spiders occurring from the Himalayas to Papua New Guinea and northern Australia (Araneae: Ctenidae: Cteninae)." Zootaxa 5170, no. 1 (2022): 1–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5170.1.1.

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A new genus in the spider family Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 is described from Asia: Bowie gen. nov. belongs to the subfamily Cteninae and all members formerly described were placed so far in the genus Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805. After morphological as well as preliminary molecular characters were checked, it was clear that a new genus had to be erected to accommodate this predominantly Asian lineage of ground-dwelling spiders. As is the case in most Ctenidae generally, it was not easy to find apomorphic characters diagnosing this new taxon. Therefore, a combination of morphological characters is u

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