Two new species of the genus Pediculaster Vitzthum, 1931 (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Pygmephoridae), P. ermilovi sp. nov. and P. lignarius sp. nov. are described from rotten logs in Tyumen, Western Siberia, Russia. A key to phoretic females of Palaearctic species of the genus Pediculaster is provided.

Lyme disease, caused by bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex, is the most frequent tick-borne infection in Eurasia. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the Borrelia valaisiana Tom 4006 and Borrelia afzelii Tom 3107 strains isolated from Ixodes persulcatus ticks in western Siberia.

The paper studies the individual composition of n-alkanes, polycycloaromatic hydrocarbons, steroids, bi-, tri-, and pentacyclic terpenoids of two peat deposits of rich fen Kirek located in Western Siberia. Considering the individual n-alkanes concentrations, some indexes were calculated to estimate the humidity during peat formation. It was shown that the pH of peat medium primarily affects ste...

The genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1853, which was previously known only from North America, is recorded for the Palaearctic fauna for the first time: P. czerskyi (Shavrin, 2001) comb. nov. (East Siberia: Khamar-Daban Mts.) is transferred from the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797, redescribed, and illustrated.

a Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, 21020 Ispra (VA), Italy – [email protected] b World Resources Institute, Washington, USA c Greenpeace Russia, Moscow, Russia d Biodiversity Conservation Center & Socio Ecological Union, Moscow, Russia e Central Siberia Botanical Garden, Novosibirsk, Russia f World Wildlife Fund, Vladivostok, Russia g Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, ...

Taxonomy, nomenclature, morphology, and distribution of Campanula farinosa are updated. The species is for the first time reported Ural Western Siberia; C. krylovii relegated to its synonymy. Morphological characters discriminating glomerata revised; stability these features throughout whole area ranging from Central Europe Siberia underlined as an argument favoring (not subspecies) status latt...

Abstract After a spiritual epiphany, the Sakha shaman Alexander Gabyshev became prominent in 2018–2020 by calling Vladimir Putin an authoritarian demon. Critiquing Russia's corrupt society through internet and protest march, rose to civic leadership with multiethnic sympathizers. This article explains why popular, how he threat authorities, especially influential Russian Orthodox elites. Alexan...