Pair-formation, courtship, copulatory, and post-copulatory behaviors of Eidmanacris meridionalis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1995, were described under laboratory conditions compared with congeneric species other Phalangopsidae crickets whose mating behavior has been previously studied. Field observations for the are also reported. Mating observed in E. couples: they first remained motionless, then be...

The trophic ecology of Chiloneus weevil species from Sicily was unknown until recently when the host plant these closely related discovered. opportunity to collect many samples elusive allowed us re-evaluate morphology and genetic relationships among three closest four inhabiting adjoining islands. We analysed a fragment cox1 mitochondrial gene adult specimens collected Drimia pancration in Sic...

Molars of the southern elephant Archidiskodon meridionalis gromovi were found in alluvial deposits near Uralsk (West Kazakhstan region, Republic Kazakhstan). In this work, applied generally accepted paleontological methods field and cameral research: standard working with material for extraction samples from host rock; morphometrically morphological analysis fossil remains species diagnosis. Ha...