A review of the genus Anthocomus Erichson, 1840 (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Malachiidae) species of Inner Asia.

The distribution and species diversity of the genus Anthocomus Erichson, 1840 of Inner Asia are discussed. Nine species, Anthocomus (Celidus) equestris (Fabricius, 1781), Anthocomus (Anthocomus) abdominalis Pic, 1903, A.( A.

A survey of East Palaearctic Gnaphosidae (Araneae). 11. New data on Gnaphosidae (Araneae) from Tajikistan.

Three new species namely Drassodex tajikistanicus sp. n. (♂), Zelotes anatolyi sp.

A new species of Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Tarbagatai (NE Kazakhstan) and Altai (SW Siberia, Russia) Mountains.

We described a new cossid species, Dyspessa ulgen sp. nov. from the Tarbagatai and Altai Mountains and compared it to other taxa of Dyspessa reported from the region (D.

Detection of Ehrlichia spp. and Theileria spp. in Hyalomma anatolicum ticks collected in Tajikistan.

The objectives of our study were to survey the prevalence of genetic markers for Rickettsia spp., Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp.

The millipede genus Sibiriulus Gulička, 1963 revisited, with the description of a new species from the Altais, southwestern Siberia, Russia (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae).

Sibiriulus mikhaljovae sp. nov. is described from the Altai Province, southwestern Siberia, Russia.

"Flora of Russia" on iNaturalist: a dataset.

Background: The "Flora of Russia" project on iNaturalist brought together professional scientists and amateur naturalists from all over the country. Over 10,000 people were involved in the data collection.

New Information: Within 20 months, the participants accumulated 750,143 photo observations of 6,857 species of the Russian flora.

A DNA-based description of a new carpenter moth species (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Morocco.

We used a combination of morphological data (genitalia structure) and a molecular marker (a 658bp fragment of the COI gene) to demonstrate that carpenter moth populations from central and southern Morocco, previously identified as Cossus cossus (Linnaeus, 1758) based on external morphology, represent a new species, described herein as C. romantsovi Yakovlev Shapoval, sp. n.

An integrative taxonomic approach reveals a new species of (Ranunculaceae) in North Asia.

A new endemic species, , is described from the Republic of Buryatia and Irkutsk Province, Russia. It belongs to Eranthis section Shibateranthis and is morphologically similar to and . An integrative taxonomic approach, based on cytogenetical, molecular and biochemical analyses, along with morphological data, was used to delimit this new species.

A new species of Victrix Staudinger, 1879 from Kazakhstan (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae).

A new species of the genus Victrix Staudinger, 1879, V. akbet Volynkin, Titov Černila, sp. nov.

Preliminary list of Cossidae sensu str. (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea: Cossidae: Cossinae amp; Zeuzerinae) of the Republic of Angola with description of a new Strigocossus species.

An annotated list of the Cossidae of the Republic of Angola, including 24 species from 12 genera in two subfamilies, is presented. Thirteen species of Cossidae are reported for the first time from Angola. Strigocossus otti is described as a new species, sp.

Two new 'Asura-like' Cyana Walker, 1854 from Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae).

Cyana Walker, 1854 is one of the most species-rich genera within the tribe Lithosiini Billberg of the subfamily Arctiinae Leach, family Erebidae Leach. The genus is widely distributed in tropics of Africa and Madagascar, south of the Arabian Peninsula, South and East Asia (including Russian Far East, Korean Peninsula and Japan), New Guinea and Australia. The African fauna was recently revised by Karisch (2013).

(Ranunculaceae), a new species from South Siberia.

Erst & Luferov, , a new species from Russian South Siberia is described and illustrated. This new species is endemic to Western and Central Siberia. Morphologically, it is close to the East Asian species and .

Four new species of Lophilema Aurivillius, 1910 from East Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini).

Four new species of the genus Lophilema, Lophilema mbulu Volynkin, sp. nov. (Tanzania, Mbulu Mts.

Phonons on Cu(001) surface covered by submonolayer alkali metals.

We present a theoretical investigation of the structural and vibrational properties of ordered 2D phases formed by the Li, Na and K atoms on the Cu[Formula: see text] surface. The lattice relaxation, phonon dispersions and polarization of vibrational modes as well as the local density of states are calculated using the embedded-atom method. The obtained structural parameters and vibrational frequencies are in close agreement with available experimental results.

The first record of the anopsobiid genus Shinohara, 1982 in continental Asia, with the description of a new species from the Altais, southwestern Siberia, Russia (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Anopsobiidae).

A new lithobiomorph species, , is described from the Altai Mountains in southwestern Siberia, Russia. This is the first record of the genus Shinohara, 1982 in continental Asia, all previous reports being from Japan. The distribution of is mapped.

On the taxonomy of the genus Agrisius Walker, 1855, with descriptions of two new species from Vietnam and Laos (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae).

Two new species of the genus Agrisius Walker, 1855, A. orhanti Volynkin, Dubatolov Kishida, sp. n.

Iron-filled multi-walled carbon nanotubes for terahertz applications: effects of interfacial polarization, screening and anisotropy.

Interface interactions in multicomponent nanoparticles can affect electromagnetic properties of an absorbing system. In this work, we investigate the electromagnetic response of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) filled with iron-containing nanoparticles (ICNs) in the terahertz frequency range. MWCNTs with different iron content have been synthesized by aerosol-assisted catalytic chemical vapour deposition method from toluene containing a certain quantity of ferrocene used as a catalyst.

A new species of Durante, 2012 from Sierra Leone (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae).

The Asura / Miltochrista generic complex (family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae, tribe Lithosiini) is one of the largest and taxonomically most difficult Lithosiini groups widely distributed in Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Oriental, and Indo-Australian regions. In Africa, the generic complex is represented by the genera Tumicla Wallengren, 1863 (= Asuroides Durante, 2008, syn. rev.

On the taxonomy of the species-complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae).

Taxa of the Barsine delineata (Walker, 1854) species-complex are examined, the synonymy of Ammatho figuratus Walker, 1855, Cyme chinensis C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862 and Ammatho fuscescens Butler, 1877 with Hypoprepia? delineata Walker, 1854 is revised.

, a new species from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae).

A new Lithosiini species, Barsine deliciosa Volynkin & Černý, sp. n. is described from North China, Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.

A world catalogue of Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) with description of a new species from Indonesia.

Aholcocerus jakli Yakovlev & Witt sp. nov. is described from Indonesia.

Two new species of Cossinae (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Sindh Province of Pakistan.

The Cossidae fauna of Pakistan is still poorly studied, with only a few species reported: Eremocossus foedus (Swinhoe, 1884), Aholcocerus ronkayorum Yakovlev, 2006, Cossulus griseatellus Yakovlev, 2006 and Phragmataecia gurkoi Yakovlev, 2007. The carpenter moths of Zeuzera Latreille, 1804 (Zeuzera sp. and Z.

Geraldocossus gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Mount Cameroon (West Africa).

The cossid or the Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) include about 1000 species worldwide (van Nieukerken et al., 2011), of which 750 species belong to five subfamilies that occur in the Old World (Yakovlev 2011). The Cossidae are still relatively poorly known from vast areas of the African continent, despite recent reports on the fauna of Malawi (Yakovlev & Murphey 2014), Zimbabwe (Yakovlev & Lenz 2014), and Zambia (Yakovlev 2014).

A new species of Dyspessa Hübner, (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Western China, with catalogue of Chinese species of the genus.

The genus Dyspessa is the largest genus of carpenter moths including 60 valid species, widely distributed in Western Palearctic, especially in Sahara desert, Minor Asia, Iran and Central Asia (Yakovlev 2011; 2015). Most of the species have a small distribution range, limited by mountain ranges or deserts (Yakovlev & Dubatolov 2013). The only known trophic preferences of Dyspessa are their specialization to different species of the plant genus Allium (Alliaceae) (Yakovlev 2015).