We examined 35 species of ground and epiphytic lichens, including fruticose, foliose, crustose lichen, as habitats oribatid mites. Observations were carried out in the taiga forests northeast European Russia, 87 from 38 families found. The Crotoniidae, Carabodidae, Oppiidae, Suctobelbidae are most numerous lichens Oribatulidae epiphytes. Micreremidae Licneremaeidae only noted A complex characte...

A new species in the Group II complex of the gekkonid lizard genus Lepidodactylus Fitzinger is described based on recently collected material from Namoluk Atoll, Mortlock Islands, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia. Lepidodactylus oligoporus Buden, n. sp., is distinguished from other members of Group II by differences in the numbers of midbody scale rows (130–134), fourth-toe scansors ...

The taxonomic position of Agromyces fucosus subsp. hippuratus is revised on the basis of molecular and phenotypic data. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, DNA-DNA relatedness values and differences from other species in phenotypic traits revealed in this and earlier studies suggested reclassification of A. fucosus subsp. hippuratus as a separate species, Agromyces hippuratu...

A long-standing question in evolutionary biology asks whether the genetic changes contributing to phenotypic evolution are predictable. Here, we identify a genetic change associated with segregating variation in flower color within a population of Mimulus lewisii. To determine whether these types of changes are predictable, we combined this information with data from other species to investigat...