First Data on the Investigation of Gut Yeasts in Hermit Beetle ( Motschulsky, 1845) Larvae in Lithuania.

In this study, yeasts from the gut of larvae were isolated and molecularly identified. It is worth noting that this research provides the first analysis of the gut yeast community in larvae in Lithuania, which is a significant contribution to the field. Two hermit-like L3-praepupa instars were collected from a decaying oak log in Lithuania.

The Patterns and Puzzles of Genetic Diversity of Endangered Freshwater Mussel Philipsson, 1788 Populations from Vistula and Neman Drainages (Eastern Central Europe).

Mussels of the family Unionidae are important components of freshwater ecosystems. Alarmingly, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Red List of Threatened Species identifies almost 200 unionid species as extinct, endangered, or threatened. Their decline is the result of human impact on freshwater habitats, and the decrease of host fish populations.

A checklist of the centipedes (Chilopoda) of Lithuania.

Only 4 species of centipedes were previously reported for Lithuania. Here we present current distributional data for a total of 20 species (12 species of Lithobiomorpha and 8 species of Geophilomorpha) collected mainly during 7 years conducting ecological research at Curonian Spit, drawing on samples from the central, eastern and north-western parts of Lithuania.

Mustilia (Smerkata) zolotuhini, a new species (Lepidoptera: Endromidae) from China.

The genus Mustilia Walker subgenus Smerkata Zolotuhin 2007 was revised by Zolotuhin (2007) to include seven species from the South-Palearctic to Oriental regions: (Mustilia (Smerkata) phaeopera Hampson (type species), Mustilia (Smerkata) fusca Kishida, Mustilia (Smerkata) craptalis Zolotuhin, Mustilia (Smerkata) soosi Zolotuhin, Mustilia (Smerkata) brechlini Zolotuhin, Mustilia (Smerkata) tzarica Zolotuhin, and Mustilia (Smerkata) ulliae Zolotuhin. An unanticipated discovery of a new species from Sichuan Province, China adds an eighth species to this subgenus. 

Review of the Eospilarctia yuennanica group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from the Indo - Himalayan region, with description of two new species and one subspecies.

Twonew Eospilarctia species and one new subspecies from China, Myanmar and Vietnam, respectively, are described. Superficially the new species Eospilarctia maciaisp. n.

Description of two new species of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from China.

Two new Cossidaespecies from China's Zhejiang and Sichuan provinces are described. The new species Phragmataecia monikasp. n.

Cossidae of the socotra archipelago (yemen).

The faunistic composition of the family Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago is revised. Five species are recognized, including two new species (Mormogystia brandstetteri and Meharia hackeri), and dubious identifications and records are discussed. Adults and genitalia are illustrated and bionomic details, DNA barcodes and a synonymic checklist for Socotran cossids are provided.