Publications by authors named "Robert S Vargovitsh"
Two new species of bristletails of the family Machilidae are described from caves in the Western Caucasus (troglophile Coryphophthalmus troglophilus sp. nov.) and in the Eastern Carpathians (trogloxene Trigoniophthalmus ukrainensis sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new springtail species of the family Arrhopalitidae, Arrhopalites persicus sp. nov., is described from Kermanshah Province in Iran.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new springtail genus and species of the family Onychiuridae, Troglaphorura gladiator gen. et sp. nov.
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- Macroecologists study how community diversity changes over large areas, but the role of local habitat features in influencing these patterns hasn’t been thoroughly explored.
- Researchers analyzed cave-dwelling spider communities in Europe to determine what factors affect diversity, using a unique dataset.
- The study found that geographical distance, mean annual temperature, and the size of the karst area significantly impact diversity, with local habitat features playing a minor role, suggesting that caves can be useful for understanding broader ecological trends without local complexities.
Background: Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) are widespread in subterranean ecosystems worldwide and represent an important component of subterranean trophic webs. Yet, global-scale diversity patterns of subterranean spiders are still mostly unknown. In the frame of the CAWEB project, a European joint network of cave arachnologists, we collected data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe in order to explore their continental diversity patterns.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpringtails of the principalis-group of the genus Pygmarrhopalites from the W Caucasian caves in Abkhazia are described: Pygmarrhopalites dbari sp. nov. from Psyrtskha Cave in Novy Afon and Pygmarrhopalites kovali sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEight species of the family Arrhopalitidae Stach, 1956 are listed from the Republic of Moldova. A new species, Arrhopalites prutensis sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new springtail species of the family Arrhopalitidae, Arrhopalites potapovi sp. nov., is described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new troglobiont species of Collembola, Arrhopalites abchasicus sp. nov., from Psyrtskha Cave in Novy Afon (West Caucasus, Abkhazia) is described.
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