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ONTOGENETIC ALLOMETRY OF BODY SHAPE IN SQUATINA GUGGENHEIM MARINI, 1936 (ELASMOBRANCHII: SQUATINIDAE)

Zoology

As espécies do gênero Squatina são morfologicamente muito similares e pouco se conhece sobre seus padrões de variação da forma corporal. Neste t...

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Vitaly M. Spitsyn, Vitaly G. Bezborodov, Elizaveta A. Spitsyna

First record of Ambulyx japonica Rothschild, 1894 from Russia (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

Zoology

Ambulyx japonica Rothschild, 1894 is reported from Russia for the first time. A single male specimen was collected in Kajmanovka village, Primorsky Kr...

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Oleg G. Gorbunov, Alexander S. Prosvirov, Mukhammadtuychi R. Rakhimov, Khudoyberdi R. Amonov, Roman V. Yakovlev

New data on the distribution of Streblote primigenum (Staudinger, 1887) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in Uzbekistan, with notes on taxonomy of the species

Zoology

New data on the distribution and taxonomy of Streblote primigenum (Staudinger, 1887) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in Uzbekistan are provided based on...

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Margarita G. Kovalenko, Evgeny N. Akulov, Julia A. Lovtsova, Svetlana V. Nedoshivina, Irina A. Mikhailova, Natalia N. Karpun, Natalia I. Kirichenko

Enhancing knowledge of non-target tortricid fauna via pheromone monitoring of the quarantine fruit pest Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Russia

Zoology

The oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta (Busck, 1916), is an East Asian fruit pest that has spread to both hemispheres causing significant economi...

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Maria Salnitska, Angesom Gebremeskel

Quedius umbrinus-complex (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae): updates and insights from nuclear gene data

Zoology

To assess the accuracy of the species composition of the Q. umbrinus complex proposed earlier by us (Salnitska and Solodovnikov 2021) using an integra...

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The submitted manuscript presents an important update and re-evaluation of the *Quedius umbrinus* species complex, building upon previous work by the...

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Md Jahir Rayhan, Ramon Hulsbosch, Roman V. Yakovlev

Re-evaluating oriental Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea): morphology, cladistics, and taxonomic implications for Psychidarbela and Ratardidae

Zoology

Metarbelidae are an intriguing group of Cossoid moths that have recently received considerable attention. Although several new genera have been descri...

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Vladimir Khrabryi

An annotated checklist of rare and vagrant bird species in the Leningrad Region: a historical review and updated inventory

Zoology

This article provides a comprehensive annotated review of all documented encounters with rare and new vagrant bird species in the Leningrad Region, sp...

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Olga S. Trushitsyna, Aleksey N. Volodchenko, Alexander B. Ruchin, Mikhail N. Esin

A review of the ground beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Tambov Region

Zoology

Based on published sources and original data, an annotated checklist of ground beetles of the Tambov Region was compiled, comprising 250 species belon...

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Tamara V. Nuruyeva, Nataly Yu. Snegovaya, Arifa R. Aliyeva

Nine new records of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from Azerbaijan

Zoology

This study reports nine spider species newly recorded from Azerbaijan. Six of these – Lasophorus zografae Chatzaki, 2018, Zelotes fulvaster (Simon, 18...

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Gulnara S. Mirzaeva, Bakhtiyor R. Kholmatov, Dishod M. Musaev, Askar G. Akhmedov, Natalia I. Lebedeva, Muratbay M. Embergenov, Shokhruz N. Nazarov, Mirsobirjon S. Azamov, Afruza Z. Ergasheva

Two new records of the eumenine wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Uzbekistan

Zoology

During faunistic surveys of the family Vespidae conducted in Uzbekistan between 2022 and 2025, two eumenine wasp species – Euodynerus (Euodynerus) cas...

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