Bottled & canned - Anthropogenic debris as an understudied ecological trap for small animals.

Nowadays, littering is one of the biggest challenges that environmental conservation is facing. Although beverage containers, such as bottles and cans, belong to the most common threats in this context, their effect on animals has been poorly studied. The aim of this study was to assess the diversity and mortality level of the animal taxa entering discarded containers and to investigate which container features influence the number and functional composition of the trapped animals.

Overview and new records of the species of the tribes Dyschiriini and Clivinini from Iraq (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae).

The genera Bedel 1895 and Schatzmayr & Koch 1933 have been recorded in Iraq for the first time. New records of several species of Bonelli 1810 Jeannel 1941 (Dyschiriini W. Kolbe 1880) and Latreille 1802 (Clivinini Rafinesque 1815) are given.