The Class Arthropoda, which includes insects, spiders, mites, and their relatives, is without
question the most successful group of organisms on the planet. Insects alone account for …

Abstract “Go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and what a noble work she produces,
whose labors kings and private men use for their use, she is desired and honored by all, and …

Representatives of the conspicuous and diverse family Syrphidae are found worldwide, and
adults of many species are of considerable economic importance as pollinators. Due to their …

Gas seeps in the euxinic northwestern Black Sea provide an excellent opportunity to study
anaerobic, methane-based ecosystems with minimum interference from oxygen-dependent …

In the euxinic waters of the NW'Black Sea shelf, tower-like carbonate build-ups up to several
metres in height grow at sites of cold methane seepage. These structures are part of an …

Abstract The genera Holocnemus Simon, 1873 and Crossopriza Simon, 1893 are revised.
Together with Stygopholcus Kratochvíl, 1932 (revised recently) and the newly described …

Preparation of arthropods for morphological identification often damages or destroys DNA
within the specimen. Conversely, DNA extraction methods often destroy the external …

The ultrastructure of the glomerular filtration slit is still controversial. In the last 30 years,
observations from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and theoretical analysis of solute …

Voucher specimens in a broad sense are redefined as all biological specimens having the
minimum information of collection locality (ideally specified by latitude, longitude, altitude) …

The species-rich Southeast Asian spider genus Belisana Thorell 1898 is revised. Previously,
the genus contained only two species. Nine species are transferred from Spermophora, and …