The distribution of Microcondylaea bonellii (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Slovenia by Marijan Govedič, Teja Bizjak Govedič

“…According to more than one hundred years old data, the species was present in Slovenia in a restricted section of the Vipava River and its tributary the Lijak Stream, which is also the species’ type location. …”
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The first record of the Asian elm aphid Tinocallis (Sappocallis) takachihoensis Higuchi, 1972 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the European part of Russia by Alexander I. Gubin, Vladimir V. Martynov, Tatyana V. Nikulina, Natalya I. Bulysheva

“…The aphids were found in two elm species: the introduced Ulmus pumila L. and the native U. glabra Huds. …”
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Florida's Bats: Florida Bonneted Bat by Holly K. Ober, Terry J. Doonan, Emily H. Evans

“… The Florida bonneted bat is one of only two endangered species of bat in Florida and the state’s only endemic flying mammal (“endemic” means that it is found nowhere in the world but in Florida). …”
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Helminths and helminth communities of Chondrostoma nasus from the Danube River, northwestern Bulgaria by Zaharieva Radoslava G., Kirin Diana A., Zaharieva Petya G.

“…Helminth species pathogenic to fishes and humans were found in the helminth communities of Ch. nasus.…”
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Reniscymnus gen. nov., a new genus of Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from the Oriental region by Feng Peng, Mingjie Tang, Xingmin Wang, Xiaosheng Chen

“…Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) are a species-rich, ecologically diverse and economically important group of insects. …”
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Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon) invasion in subarctic Iceland: evidence from a long-term study by Pawel Wasowicz, Guðrún Óskarsdóttir, Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir

“…The lodgepole pine colonised diverse habitats, including native birch woodlands and heathland, and was associated with significant reductions in vascular plant species richness and diversity. We conclude that lodgepole pine has the characteristics of an invasive species in Steinadalur and that this will also apply to many native ecosystems across most lowland regions of Iceland. …”
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Review and Phylogenetic Evaluation of Associations between Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) and Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Menno Reemer

“…A total number of 109 associations between the groups are evaluated, relating to 43 species of Microdontinae belonging to 14 genera, and to at least 69 species of ants belonging to 24 genera and five subfamilies. …”
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Potential Distribution of Chagas Disease Vectors (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Colombia, Based on Ecological Niche Modeling by Gabriel Parra-Henao, Laura C. Suárez-Escudero, Sebastián González-Caro

“…A total of 2451 records of 4 triatomine species (Panstrongylus geniculatus, Rhodnius pallescens, R. prolixus, and Triatoma maculata) were analyzed. …”
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Pesticides Are Involved With Population Declines of Amphibians in the California Sierra Nevadas by Donald W. Sparling, Gary Fellers, Laura McConnell

“…Several species of frogs and toads are in serious decline in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. …”
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Northward expansion of the Critically Endangered Arabian leopard in Dhofar, Oman by Hadi Al Hikmani, Khalid Al Hikmani

“…We advocate the designation of central and western areas of the Nejd as a National Nature Reserve, to protect critical habitat for the Arabian leopard and for other species in this region.…”
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New addition to the fauna of shallow-water hydroid polyps (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Gulf of Antalya, Türkiye by Yıldırım Sera Övgü Kabadayı, Küçük Fahrettin

“…Among the identified species, Clytia brevithecata, Clytia noliformis, Turritopsis nutricula, Scandia gigas and Acauloides ammisatum were recorded for the first time on Turkish coasts. …”
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Effects of Different Treatments on Seed Germination Improvement of Calotropis persica by Asghar Farajollahi, Bahram Gholinejad, Hamed Jonaidi Jafari

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of different treatments on seed germination in the desert plant species Calotropis persica (Gand.). This species is known to have long time for seed germination considering arid region condition and short time of access moist. …”
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First discovery of the genus Enicopus Stephens (Coleoptera, Dasytidae) from China by Jialin Miao, Haoyu Liu, Junbo Tong, Xingke Yang, Yuxia Yang

“…Currently, it comprises two subgenera and 27 known species. This genus primarily inhabits south-central Europe, with certain species extending into west Asia; however, it has not been reported in China until now.The genus Enicopus Stephens, 1830 is reported for the first time from China, following the discovery of E. …”
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Overview of Phacidiales, including Aotearoamyces gen. nov. on Nothofagus by Luis Quijada, Peter R. Johnston, Jerry A. Cooper, Donald H. Pfister

“…Abstract The new genus Aotearoamyces is proposed to accommodate a single species that was repeatedly collected on fallen wood in Nothofagaceae forests of New Zealand and was previously misidentified as a Claussenomyces species. …”
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Records of new algal taxa within various aquatic and aerophytic habitats in Slovenia by Aleksandra Krivograd Klemenčič, Mihael J. Toman, Damjan Balabanič

“…It embraced data on species composition and distribution of benthic species in aquatic ecosystems and terrestrial environments. 634 taxa from ten classes were identified, 170 of which were discovered in Slovenia for the very first time. …”
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Getting Into the “weeds”: An Introduction to Common Lawn Plants and Their Ecological Benefits in North Central Florida by Olesya Malakhova, Wendy L. Wilber, Sandra B. Wilson, Kacey A. Russo, Jesse C. Jones, Brooke L. Moffis, Johanna Walker, Basil V. Iannone III

“…This publication introduces the audience to these species and provides information about the biology and benefits of these species, as well as resources to learn more about self-recruiting lawn species. …”
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Light and nutrients modulate the temperature‐sensitivity of growth in phytoplankton by Vanessa Weber de Melo, Marc J.‐F. Suter, Anita Narwani

“…Phosphorus limitation did not modify the temperature sensitivity of growth rates, light limitation reduced the sensitivity of growth rates to temperature in all species, and nitrogen limitation had species‐dependent effects. …”
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Morphology and Surface Structure of Eggs and First Instar Larvae of Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by Selami Candan, Nurcan Özyurt Koçakoğlu, Hicret Arslan

“…., is a polyphagous predatory species that feeds on many species of aphids and some soft-bodied insects in both larval and adult stages. …”
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Biology, Control and Invasive Potential of Giant Reed (Arundo donax L.) in Florida by Patrick Minogue, Seth Wright

“…So far, giant reed has not proved problematic in Florida, but recent permitting of its planting for bioenergy feed stock may increase the risk that it could naturalize into plant communities in Florida and other southeastern states and potentially cause economic losses as well as harm to native species and habitats. This 5-page fact sheet describes the biology of this species and explains some strategies for its control. …”
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Spatially heterogeneous invasion of toxic plant mediated by herbivory by Zhilan Feng, Wenzhang Huang, Donald L. DeAngelis

“…The models include two plant species that have different levels of toxicity. The plant species with a higher level of toxicity is assumed to be less preferred by the herbivore and to have a relatively lower intrinsic growth rate than the less toxic plant species. …”
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