December 2024, Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 99-199
I. Research Articles
3. Entomology
Morphology and molecular data reveal the presence of Mochlonyx Loew, 1844 in the Carpathians with an annotated list of Chaoboridae (Insecta, Diptera) from Romania
Authors: A.B. Terec, A.-L. Dénes, A. Dénes, B.-Zs. Jancsó, L. Keresztes
Art#e241303 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 99 - 108)
Four new species of Polynema Haliday (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from the Al-Qassim region of Saudi Arabia
Authors: P.T. Anwar, S.B. Zeya, F.R. Khan, S.U. Usman
Art#e241304 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 109 - 115)
5. Herpetology
Diet and feeding habits of Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768) (Amphibia: Salamandridae) in its southernmost locality
Authors: B. Naumov, E. Vacheva, S. Lukanov
Art#e241505 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 116 - 125)
Anurans overlap in time but not in space use in a Central Brazilian Cerrado community
Authors: E.R. Campos, A.B. de Lira, J.M.N. dos S. Abreu, B.D. Vasconcelos, R.A. Brandão
Art#e241506 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 126 - 136)
Seasonal shifts in activity patterns influence site selection within the habitat of the Nose-horned Viper Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Authors: A. Dyugmedzhiev, B. Naumov, N. Tzankov
Art#e241507 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 137 - 143)
Birds as prey: Expanding the dietary niche of Neotropical Spilotes snakes with the description of the anti-predator responses of birds
Authors: J.C. Diaz-Ricaurte, C.A. Antúnez-Fonseca, A. Perdomo, Y. Garavito-David, J.H. Bonilla, M.S.B. Lucas, C.E. Bolochio, C.A. Igayara, T.R.S. Brito, S.R. Travaglia-Cardoso
Art#e241508 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 144 - 150)
Trophic ecology of an assemblage of anurans from the Amazonian savanna in Amapá, Brazil
Authors: C.E. Costa-Campos, R.F.D. Sales, E.M.X. Freire
Art#e241509 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 151 - 155)
9. Paleobiology
First report of Eucladoceros (Cervidae, Mammalia) from the Late Pliocene site of Podari (MN 16a, SW Romania): description and ecomorphological implications of the femoral anatomy
Authors: J. Gamarra, M.J. Salesa, G. Siliceo, A. Popescu, V.A. Codrea
Art#e241902 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 156 - 164)
II. Short papers
4. Ichthyology
Helminthological study of two fish species of the family Percidae from the Danube River, Bulgaria
Authors: P. Zaharieva, R. Zaharieva, D. Kirin
Art#e242401 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 165 - 167)
5. Herpetology
Insights into tail bifurcation and regeneration rates in the Madeira wall lizard Teira dugesii from Azores
Authors: S.F. Nunes, M.A. Carretero
Art#e242503 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 168 - 171)
A rumble in the wood: first report of three male-male combat in Oriental Rat Snakes Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus 1758)
Authors: A. Sapkota, K.B. Shah, K.R. Sapkota, R. Baral
Art#e242504 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 172 - 174)
VII. Correspondence / Notes
2. Non-insect arthropods
Found after 70 years: morphology and DNA barcoding confirm the ongoing presence of Gammarus arduus Karaman, 1975 (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in Romania
Authors: E. Kazanavičiūtė, D. Copilaș-Ciocianu
Art#e247201 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 175 - 178)
Report of replacement of a sexual Artemia (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) by an obligate parthenogenetic lineage in a natural salt lake in China
Authors: J. Liu, C.C. Liu, Z.C. Wang, K.X. Xia, S.A. Chen, J.T. Hu
Art#e247202 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 179 - 181)
3. Entomology
Perillus bioculatus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Hungary, the formerly introduced enemy of the potato beetle has returned to central European habitats
Authors: S. Keszthelyi, A. Schmidt, R. Hoffmann
Art#e247301 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 182 - 185)
Origin of the large X chromosomes and their behavior during meiosis in Nychogomphus duaricus and Scalmogomphus bistrigatus
Authors: G.K. Walia, S. Chahal, H. Singh
Art#e247302 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 186 - 191)
5. Herpetology
First records of occurrence and predation of Pseudoeurycea jaguar (Caudata: Plethodontidae) in the state of Puebla, Mexico
Authors: R. Peralta-Hernández, M.G. García-Castillo, S. Hernández-Monasterio, G. Parra-Olea
Art#e247503 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 192 - 195)
Winter activity of some reptile species in Montenegro
Authors: S. Gvozdenović Nikolić, J. Popović, A. Mićanović
Art#e247504 / 2024 (Vol.20, No.2, pp. 196 - 199)