Fallow deer in Poland is an alien species, with an ambiguous legal status. It is considered both, a game and a farm animal, which introductions in recent years led to a substantial increase of its population. As a representative of cervids, it shares with other free-ranging and domestic ruminants many of gastrointestinal helminths, among them an alien Ashworthius sidemi, the nematode of a high ...

Although rare, dinosaurs are well preserved in calcareous nodules of the Santana Formation (Early Cretaceous, ?Albian) of the Araripe Basin, in northeastern Brazil. So far, including only a spinosauroid and three coelurosaurs, the dinosaur fauna appears depauperate. High theropod diversity in assemblages where other dinosaurs are rare or absent is not unique to the Santana Formation. It is seen...

Dendrobium officinale Kimura et Migo, a highly valued Chinese herbal medicine, is on the verge of extinction in wild, and not cultivated efficiently. In this study, we explored possibility that orchid mycorrhizal fungi (OMF) might improve growth cultivation D. officinale. Serendipita sp., Tulasnella calospora asymmetrica isolated from three different orchids were co-cultured with sterile seedli...

The compatibility of mycorrhizal fungi with the early growth stage orchids is essential for their growth. In this study, and promotion effects 14 Tulasnella strains from different hosts were studied by co-culturing them protocorms Dendrobium crepidatum, which has high ornamental economic value in China. ITS–LSU–SSU–TEF combined sequence analysis divided into three clades belonging to calospora ...

During a 14-day excursion in March 1990, 28 species of tettigonioids were found at Irangi (1º54'S, 28º27'E), ca.100 km north west of Bukavu at Lake Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire), and at other localities near Bukavu. One species -Arantia (Arantia) gracilicercata Heller sp. n. - is new to science, another one-Pantecphyllus helleri Schmidt et al. 2004-was already describe...

Photinini is the largest tribe of Lampyrinae fireflies, with over 30 genera and nearly 750 species, includes taxa where adults may or not have light organs. A focus on bioluminescent left taxonomy dark fireflies in poor condition compared to lit adults. recent phylogenetic study based molecular data supported transfer Scissicauda McDermott, 1964—traditionally placed Amydetinae due flabellate an...

The Oriental pselaphine genus Horniella Raffray, 1905 (tribe Tyrini: subtribe Somatipionina) is redefined and revised. Twenty-five new species are described: H. centralis Yin & Li, sp. n., H. confragosa Yin & Li, sp. n., H. dao Yin & Li, sp. n., H. hongkongensis Yin & Li, sp. n., H. nakhi Yin & Li, sp. n., H. schuelkei Yin & Li, sp. n., H. sichuanica Yin & Li, sp. n., H. simplaria Yin & Li, sp....

An extensive survey of Linyphiidae spiders from Wulipo National Nature Reserve (NNR), Chongqing has been conducted, in which 24 species belonging to 16 genera are recorded including two new and eight described here as: Agyneta Hull, 1911, A. orthogonia sp. nov. (♂♀); Dicristatus gen. nov., D. minutus et Dicymbium Menge, 1868, pingqianense Himalaphantes Tanasevitch, 1992, H. azumiensis (Oi, 1979...