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Phylogenetic systematics of the enigmatic genus Horologion Valentine, 1932 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae, Horologionini), with description of a new species from Bath County, Virginia Horologion Valentine, 1932 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae, Horologionini) 神秘属的系统发生学，并描述来自弗吉尼亚州巴斯县的一个新种

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Subterranean Biology Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.48.114404

Curt W. Harden, Robert L. Davidson, Thomas E. Malabad, Michael S. Caterino, D. Maddison

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Cave-dwelling fauna of Costa Rica: current state of knowledge and future research perspectives 哥斯达黎加的穴居动物：知识现状与未来研究展望

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Subterranean Biology Pub Date : 2023-12-08 DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.47.113219

S. Deleva, Andres Ulloa, Hernani F. M. Oliveira, Nikolay Simov, Ferdinando Didonna, G. Chaverri

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Two new phreatic snails (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the Edwards and Edwards-Trinity aquifers, Texas 来自得克萨斯州爱德华兹和爱德华兹-特里尼蒂含水层的两种新的噬水蜗牛（软体动物门，腹足纲，蜗牛科

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Subterranean Biology Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.47.113186

Kathryn E. Perez, Yamileth Guerrero, Roel Castañeda, Peter H. Diaz, R. Gibson, Benjamin Schwartz, Benjamin T. Hutchins

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The biospeleological work of Carl L. Hubbs (1894–1979): an appraisal 卡尔-L.-哈布斯（1894-1979 年）的生物透视学著作：评价

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Subterranean Biology Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.46.114190

Aldemaro Romero Jr., Max Moseley

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Aquatic microdiversity from urban cenotes in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico Aquatic墨西哥金塔纳罗奥州坎昆城市天然井的微多样性

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Subterranean Biology Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.46.108082

Job Alí Díaz-Hernández, Paul Ugalde-Silva, Christian Berriozabal-Islas, Alejandro Novelo, Jaqueline Hernández-Uc, Abigail Arana-May, Sheila Denisse Pech-Patrón, Iris Aurora Nava-Jiménez, Jessica Borbolla-Vázquez

{"title":"Aquatic microdiversity from urban cenotes in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico","authors":"Job Alí Díaz-Hernández, Paul Ugalde-Silva, Christian Berriozabal-Islas, Alejandro Novelo, Jaqueline Hernández-Uc, Abigail Arana-May, Sheila Denisse Pech-Patrón, Iris Aurora Nava-Jiménez, Jessica Borbolla-Vázquez","doi":"10.3897/subtbiol.46.108082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.46.108082","url":null,"abstract":"The microdiversity of cenotes in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico has been little studied, with the phytoplankton and protists being the most representative species. However, all previous studies have been focused on cenotes associated with touristic activities, leaving a gap in the understanding of cenotes located within urban areas. The present study is dedicated to the identification of phytoplankton and protists in the cenotes of Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. We conducted our research in four urban cenotes, collecting samples using a 150 µm plankton net, filtering them with a 45 µm membrane, and examining them under optical microscopy. Subsequently, we calculated the abundance, richness, and completeness of the samples. Our findings revealed a total of 6 phyla, 4 subphyla, 10 classes, 8 subclasses, 15 orders, 15 families, 18 genus, and 17 species and 4 species indeterminata in the cenotes of Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Among these, there were 8 species of phytoplankton and 1 species indeterminata, while 9 species of protists and 3 species indeterminata. These results highlight the remarkable species richness and the complex structure and composition of urban cenotes, suggesting that some species may be unique to this particular ecosystem. Currently, there is limited knowledge regarding the behavior of these aquifers (urban cenotes), and a comprehensive inventory or characterization of their microdiversity is lacking. Such information could be instrumental in the management, conservation, and sustainable use of these valuable aquifers.","PeriodicalId":48493,"journal":{"name":"Subterranean Biology","volume":" 41","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135291416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Assessment of occurrence, diversity, and biomass of macroinvertebrates in Swiss groundwater systems using citizen science data Assessment瑞士地下水系统中大型无脊椎动物的发生，多样性和生物量使用公民科学数据

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Subterranean Biology Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.46.112569

Ana Sofia Schneider, Mara Knüsel, Florian Altermatt

{"title":"Assessment of occurrence, diversity, and biomass of macroinvertebrates in Swiss groundwater systems using citizen science data","authors":"Ana Sofia Schneider, Mara Knüsel, Florian Altermatt","doi":"10.3897/subtbiol.46.112569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.46.112569","url":null,"abstract":"Groundwater is a vast ecosystem harboring a high diversity of specialized taxa. Despite its diversity, groundwater is a still relatively unexplored and threatened ecosystem. Especially the linkage of groundwater with other ecosystems remains largely unknown from the perspective of groundwater fauna. Here, we used citizen science data to get a first baseline knowledge of the occurrence, diversity, and biomass of major macroinvertebrate groups found in shallow groundwater systems of Switzerland. We investigated all organisms collected from the groundwater in 346 spring catchment boxes of municipal drinking water providers. We morphologically identified the organisms on a broad taxonomic level and estimated their biomass and pigmentation using automated image processing. Crustaceans, particularly Niphargus and groundwater isopods, were the most common taxa of obligate groundwater organisms. We also found a surprisingly high number of macroinvertebrates associated with surface and subsurface ecosystems. These taxa might be accidentally entering the groundwater or use it as temporary habitat. In both cases they possibly contribute essential allochthonous energy imports from the surface. We found a positive relationship between the estimated biomass of macroinvertebrates in the samples and the occurrence and abundance of Niphargus . Owing to the widespread occurrences of surface and subsurface macroinvertebrates in our groundwater samples, our study provides evidence for common interactions between groundwater, soil, and surface ecosystems.","PeriodicalId":48493,"journal":{"name":"Subterranean Biology","volume":" 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135291293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The first record of a stygobiotic form of Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843), sympatric with Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi & Eagderi, 2016 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae), in Iranian subterranean waters The首次记录到一种茎生形式的Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843)，与Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi共生;Eagderi, 2016(铁骨鱼，鲤科)，在伊朗地下水中

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Subterranean Biology Pub Date : 2023-10-17 DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.46.108396

Mohammad Javad Malek-Hosseini, Jean-François Flot, Yaser Fatemi, Hamid Babolimoakher, Matjaž Kuntner, Oleg A. Diripasko, Dušan Jelić, Nina G. Bogutskaya

{"title":"The first record of a stygobiotic form of Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843), sympatric with Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Fatemi &amp; Eagderi, 2016 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae), in Iranian subterranean waters","authors":"Mohammad Javad Malek-Hosseini, Jean-François Flot, Yaser Fatemi, Hamid Babolimoakher, Matjaž Kuntner, Oleg A. Diripasko, Dušan Jelić, Nina G. Bogutskaya","doi":"10.3897/subtbiol.46.108396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.46.108396","url":null,"abstract":"We report the first finding of the stygobiotic form of the cyprinid fish Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843), discovered in a single locality in southwestern Iran, while the epigean form of the species is widely distributed in western Asia (Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Syria). We also report a new locality for its hypogean congener, Garra tashanensis , about 5 km east of its type locality. The two species occur in syntopy in outflows of the Tang-e-Ban, a seasonal karstic spring that only has flowing water during winter and spring, when fish individuals are washed from the cave to the surface. Identification of the investigated samples was confirmed by morphological analyses, COI distances, and a phylogenetic tree. These findings suggest the existence of a large karst aquifer in the Tashan area that harbours several cave species of fish, crustaceans, and gastropods and may have considerable conservation implications.","PeriodicalId":48493,"journal":{"name":"Subterranean Biology","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136033245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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In Memoriam – Jean-Paul Mauriès In纪念-让-保罗·莫里斯

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Subterranean Biology Pub Date : 2023-10-10 DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.46.113328

Jean-Jacques Geoffroy

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Biogeographical affinities of the aquatic community of Refugio Cave, a newly discovered Astyanax cave Biogeographical新发现的阿斯提亚纳克斯洞穴Refugio洞穴水生群落的亲缘关系

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Subterranean Biology Pub Date : 2023-09-21 DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.46.102043

Luis Espinasa, Aidan Pech

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New records of cave-dwelling populations of Rhamdia catfishes (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from Chiapas, Mexico New墨西哥恰帕斯州Rhamdia鲶鱼穴居种群记录(Siluriformes，七爪鱼科)

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Subterranean Biology Pub Date : 2023-09-19 DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.46.110269

Martín Alonso Buenavad-González, Jesús M. López-Vila, David Torres-Vázquez, Sonia Gabriela Hernández-Ávila, Kaleb Zárate-Gálvez, Jairo Arroyave

{"title":"New records of cave-dwelling populations of Rhamdia catfishes (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from Chiapas, Mexico","authors":"Martín Alonso Buenavad-González, Jesús M. López-Vila, David Torres-Vázquez, Sonia Gabriela Hernández-Ávila, Kaleb Zárate-Gálvez, Jairo Arroyave","doi":"10.3897/subtbiol.46.110269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.46.110269","url":null,"abstract":"Dedicated ichthyological surveys in four active karstic caves in the Mexican state of Chiapas (Grijalva River drainage basin) resulted in the discovery of the same number of hypogean populations of Rhamdia catfishes assignable to two different species: R. laticauda and R. guatemalensis. The taxonomic identity of these populations was initially determined based on morphological traits and subsequently corroborated with molecular data in a phylogenetic framework. For the most part, these newly discovered populations exhibit partial and variable troglomorphism (vs. fixed), a pattern that has been observed in most other cave-dwelling species/populations of Mexican Rhamdia, and possibly caused by gene flow with and/or incipient speciation from epigean lineages. Since most hypogean forms of Mexican Rhamdia derive from/are part of a larger R. laticauda clade, our discovery of cave-dwelling populations assignable to R. guatemalensis is noteworthy and includes the very first record of a R. guatemalensis population with pronounced and widespread troglomorphism. Our discovery of hitherto unrecorded populations of hypogean Rhamdia highlights the continued importance of exploration in the process of documenting subterranean biodiversity, particularly in regions of the world rich with cave systems. Our findings corroborate the notion that, among Neotropical fishes, the catfish genus Rhamdia is one of the most prone and effective at colonizing subterranean habitats and establishing viable hypogean populations.","PeriodicalId":48493,"journal":{"name":"Subterranean Biology","volume":"179 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135063602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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