scholarly journals The Review of the Autotomy of Agamid Lizards with Considerations about the Types of Autotomy and Regeneration

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva ◽  
Dmitry Anatolyevich Gordeev ◽  
Dmitry Vyacheslavovich Korost
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
Micro Ct ◽  
State University ◽  
Caudal Vertebrae ◽  
The Family ◽  
Phylogenetic Lineages ◽  
Caudal Autotomy ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Moscow State University

We present a review of the data on the intervertebral autotomy and regeneration of agamid lizards based on an analysis of information obtained over a 35-year period after the publication of thorough reviews (Arnold, 1984, 1988 and Bellairs, Bryant, 1985). It is supplemented by our own studies of 869 specimens of agamid lizards (Sauria, Agamidae) stored in the herpetological collections of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia) and the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), represented by 31 species of 16 genera. The manifestations of the ability for autotomy and regeneration in phylogenetic lineages within the family—Leiolepidinae, Amphibolurinae, Agaminae, Draconinae—are considered. A comparative morphological analysis of the structure of the caudal vertebrae was carried out using the Computer Microtomography Methods (micro-CT) in the following ecomorphological types of agama: (1) with developed abilities to caudal autotomy and regeneration, (2) with the ability to caudal autotomy but without regeneration and (3) without the ability to autotomy. The phenomenon of intervertebral autotomy (urotomy) in snakes is considered too. Possible ways of evolution of the ability to caudal autotomy as a defense strategy against predators are discussed in the phylogenetic context.

scholarly journals The bees of the family Halictidae (Hymenoptera) described by Ferdinand Morawitz from the collection of Aleksey Fedtschenko

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 994 ◽  
pp. 35-104
Author(s):  
Yulia V. Astafurova ◽  
Maxim Yu. Proshchalykin
Keyword(s):  
Zoological Institute ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
State University ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Precise Information ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Family ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Moscow State University

The type specimens of the family Halictidae, described by Ferdinand Morawitz from the collection of Aleksey Fedtschenko deposited in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University and in the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (Russia), are critically reviewed. Precise information with illustrations of types for 43 taxa is provided. Lectotypes are here designated for the following seven nominal taxa: Halictus aprilinus Morawitz, 1876, H. cingulatus Morawitz, 1876, H. laevinodis Morawitz, 1876, H. limbellus Morawitz, 1876, H. nasica Morawitz, 1876, H. rhynchites Morawitz, 1876 and H. vulgaris Morawitz, 1876.

Type revision of Asiatic bees of the genus Hylaeus F. described by Ferdinand Morawitz (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Colletidae) 

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4227 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HOLGER H. DATHE ◽  
MAXIM YU. PROSHCHALYKIN
Keyword(s):  
Zoological Institute ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
State University ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Precise Information ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
Moscow State University

The type specimens of the bee genus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793 described by Ferdinand Morawitz from Asia and deposited in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University and in the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg, are critically reviewed. Precise information with illustrations of types for 39 taxa is provided. New synonymy is established for Hylaeus incongruus Förster, 1871 (= H. biareolatus Morawitz, 1876, syn. nov.); H. breviceps Morawitz, 1876 (= H. bivittatus Morawitz, 1876, syn. nov.); H. punctiscapus Morawitz, 1876 (= H. citrinipes Morawitz, 1893, syn. nov.); H. dolichocephalus Morawitz, 1876 (=Prosopis heliaca Warncke, 1992, syn. nov.); H. laticeps Morawitz, 1876 (= H. nigritarsis Morawitz, 1876, syn. nov.); H. medialis Morawitz, 1890 (= H. bimaculatus Chen & Xu, 2013, syn. nov.). Lectotypes are here designated for the following six nominal taxa: Hylaeus citrinipes Morawitz, 1893, H. flavipes Morawitz, 1876, H. ibex Morawitz, 1877, H. punctiventris Morawitz, 1876, H. trisignatus Morawitz, 1876, and H. turanicus Morawitz, 1876. 

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of the family Geraniaceae in the flora of Mongolia

Turczaninowia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Victoria I. Troshkina
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
State University ◽  
The Family ◽  
Biological Faculty ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time ◽  
Moscow State University

The species composition of the Geraniaceae family in the flora of Mongolia is revised as a result of a critical study of collections of the Herbarium of V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute RAS (LE), the D. P. Syreischikov Herbarium of Biological Faculty of Moscow State University (MW), the N. V. Tzitzin of the Main Botanical Garden (MHA), of the M. G. Popov Herbarium of Central Siberian Botanical Garden (NSK), of the I. M. Krasnoborov Herbarium of Central Siberian Botanical Garden (NS), Herbarium of the Tomsk State University (TK), Herbarium of the South Siberian Botanical Garden (ALTB), Herbarium of the Institute of General and Experimental Biology of the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia (UBA), of the Martin-Luther University Herbarium (HAL), and own gatherings. The species Geranium pamiricum Ikonn. is identified for the first time in the flora of Mongolia. The areas of some species are clarified; maps of distribution over the territory of Mongolia are given.

The neotype designation for Podismopsis gynaemorpha Ikonnikov, 1911 (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5020 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-200
Author(s):  
SERGEY YU. STOROZHENKO
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Zoological Institute ◽  
European Part ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
State University ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Moscow State University

The grasshopper genus Podismopsis Zubowsky, 1900 consists of 39 species distributed in Europe (Switzerland, Austria, Montenegro, and Romania), Russia (European part, Siberia, Far East), Mongolia, China, Korea, and Japan (Zubowsky, 1900; Lu et al., 2011; Storozhenko, 2021; Cigliano et al., 2021). One of them, Podismopsis gynaemorpha Ikonnikov, 1911, was described from Evseevka village (Russia, Primirskii krai) based on two males (Ikonnikov, 1911). Majority of types of the species described by Ikonnikov are deposited in the collection of the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University (Storozhenko, 1990) while a part of type specimens are stored in the collections of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. I carefully examined both these collections and found that the syntypes of Podismopsis gynaemorpha are lost. Here the neotype of this species is designated, described and illustrated for stability of nomenclature and according to Article 75 of the Code (ICZN, 1999).  

scholarly journals Consequences of parallel miniaturisation in Microhylinae (Anura, Microhylidae), with the description of a new genus of diminutive South East Asian frogs

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladislav A. Gorin ◽  
Mark D. Scherz ◽  
Dmitriy V. Korost ◽  
Nikolay A. Poyarkov
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Morphological Differentiation ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Micro Ct ◽  
Phylogenetic Studies ◽  
Comparative Morphological Analysis ◽  
The Family ◽  
Phylogenetic Lineages

The genus Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 includes 52 species and is one of the most diverse genera of the family Microhylidae, being the most species-rich taxon of the Asian subfamily Microhylinae. The recent, rapid description of numerous new species of Microhyla with complex phylogenetic relationships has made the taxonomy of the group especially challenging. Several recent phylogenetic studies suggested paraphyly of Microhyla with respect to Glyphoglossus Günther, 1869, and revealed three major phylogenetic lineages of mid-Eocene origin within this assemblage. However, comprehensive works assessing morphological variation among and within these lineages are absent. In the present study we investigate the generic taxonomy of Microhyla–Glyphoglossus assemblage based on a new phylogeny including 57 species, comparative morphological analysis of skeletons from cleared-and-stained specimens for 23 species, and detailed descriptions of generalized osteology based on volume-rendered micro-CT scans for five species–altogether representing all major lineages within the group. The results confirm three highly divergent and well-supported clades that correspond with external and osteological morphological characteristics, as well as respective geographic distribution. Accordingly, acknowledging ancient divergence between these lineages and their significant morphological differentiation, we propose to consider these three lineages as distinct genera: Microhylasensu stricto, Glyphoglossus, and a newly described genus, Nanohylagen. nov.

scholarly journals GLOBALIZATION AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

2013 ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
A. A. Gromyko
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Global Market ◽  
State University ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Private Interests ◽  
The Common ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Moscow State University ◽  
The Ideal

Anatoly Andreevich Gromyko, a professor of the Moscow State University, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences reflects in his article on the destinies of mankind and the most complex problems facing the world community at the early 21 century under globalization and increased demand in global governance. In his analysis the author concedes that after numerous pieces of research on various aspects of these two phenomena, there are still more questions than answers. He believes that globalization might become a force serving not only private interests of big corporations but also the common good of humanity. Since interdependence is the main feature of our world we should not fall prey to the ideal images of global governance because there is no one size fit all global governance. The article elaborates the three most pressing world problems:– the need in a new way of thinking about globalization. According to the author the problems of globalization must be approached with knowledge of history and acknowledgement of social justice;– the need in morally acceptable balance among unifying potential of globalization, unchained global market and the state as the last resort of its nation;– the need to make United Nations a platform, where political and social democracy should lay ground for global governance so craved for by the mankind. The author pays special attention to the dichotomy between the force of law and the law of force as well as to the prospects for the new democratic global order accommodating the sustainable development of human civilization.

scholarly journals About fundamental losses in engineering geology

2019 ◽  
pp. 89-91
Author(s):  
V. I. Osipov
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Geology ◽  
State University ◽  
Full Member ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Ecological Geology ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Moscow State University

The paper considers the viewpoint of the author, i.e., the full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Prof. V.I. Osipov, on the problem raised by Prof. V.T. Trofimov, the head of the Department of Engineering and ecological geology at the Moscow State University, in his article published in “Inzhenernaya geologiya” journal, about the losses in engineering geology in the last decades. Both the objective and subjective reasons of this science degradation are mentioned.

Redescription of the Siberian species Pardosa jeniseica (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4497 (1) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
YURI M. MARUSIK
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Description ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
State University ◽  
Scanning Microscope ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
East Kazakhstan ◽  
The University ◽  
Moscow State University ◽  
Siberian Species

The male of Pardosa jeniseica, collected in the East-Kazakhstan Area, was first illustrated in Eskov & Marusik (1995). The authorship of the species was given as “Zyuzin, 1991”, because A.A. Zyuzin informed the authors in 1990 that a description of the species was in press. Because no such description ever appeared the authorship was given to Eskov & Marusik, and a single male specimen from East-Kazakhstan is now considered to be the holotype. It is kept in Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University. Esyunin et al. (1999) illustrated and described a female from the Urals thought to be conspecific with P. jeniseica. Conspecifity of the illustrated specimen with P. jeniseica was doubted by Marusik et al. (2000). Kronestedt (2013) was the first to illustrate the epigyne of P. jeniseica and Azarkina & Trilikauskas (2013) provided both verbal and illustrated descriptions of the female, and its epigyne and endogyne. Both sexes taken from one locality were never depicted, nor was peculiar pubescence of the male's leg I. Therefore, I decided to provide detailed illustrations and a verbal description of this species based on specimens from the place considered to be the type locality.Specimens were photographed at the Zoological Museum (University of Turku, Finland) with a Canon EOS 7D camera attached to an Olympus SZX16 stereomicroscope and a SEM JEOL JSM-5200 scanning microscope. Digital images were montaged using Helicon focus 3.10 image stacking software. All measurements are given in millimeters. The following abbreviations are used for leg segments: Fe femur, Pa patella, Ti tibia, Mt metatarsus, Ta tarsus; leg spination abbreviations: d dorsal, p prolateral, r retrolateral, v ventral. Material used in this study is deposited in the Moscow State University (ZMMU) and Zoological Museum of the University of Turku (ZMUT). I thank Seppo Koponen (Turku, Finland) for providing museum facilities and Don Buckle (Saskatoon, Canada) for editing English in the earlier draft of the manuscript. 

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