Publications by authors named "M A Potapov"
Article Synopsis
- The study revises three species of the genus Appendisotoma based on specimens collected from the Palaearctic region, highlighting their seasonal variations known as cyclomorphosis.
- Key features affected by cyclomorphosis include the winter form's distinct characteristics like a prominent lobe, hardened furca, and larger eye spots.
- A new species, Appendisotoma monomorpha, is introduced from Kazakhstan, and additional taxonomic notes are provided for two existing species.
Two new species of Onychiuridae (Collembola) from Buryatia (Russia, East Siberia), Supraphorura chernovae sp. nov. and Thalassaphorura transbaikalica sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpringtails (Collembola) inhabit soils from the Arctic to the Antarctic and comprise an estimated ~32% of all terrestrial arthropods on Earth. Here, we present a global, spatially-explicit database on springtail communities that includes 249,912 occurrences from 44,999 samples and 2,990 sites. These data are mainly raw sample-level records at the species level collected predominantly from private archives of the authors that were quality-controlled and taxonomically-standardised.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: Metastatic spinal lesions occur in 70% of patients with incurable cancer, and the most common site for bone metastases is the spine. Over the last decade, medical science has made significant progress in treating tumor damage to the spine. The study examined the efficacy of decompression surgery for patients with metastatic cervical spine lesions contributing to spinal cord compression.
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