01302nas a2200229 4500008004100000022001400041245009000055210006900145260001500214300001000229490000700239520063800246653001000884653001400894653001700908653001100925653002300936653001600959100002700975700002201002856004801024 2020 eng d a1768-144800aTerrestrial invertebrate fauna of Polish caves – a summary of 100 years of research0 aTerrestrial invertebrate fauna of Polish caves a summary of 100  c13/02/2020 a45-690 v333 a

The year 2018 is particularly important in the history of zoological research in Poland. A hundred years ago, Kazimierz Demel published the first work concerning the terrestrial cave fauna of caves in the Ojców area. In this paper we present the extent of research on the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Polish caves in the last 100 years. All accessible research papers that have been published during this period were analysed. Based on published literature, 593 species of terrestrial invertebrate were recorded in Polish caves. Additionally, detailed list of species of individual taxonomic groups was provided.

10acaves10achecklist10ainvertebrate10aPoland10asubterranean fauna10aterrestrial1 aKocot-Zalewska, Joanna1 aDomagała, Paweł uhttps://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/48805/02593nas a2200217 4500008004100000022001400041245008200055210006900137260001500206300001200221490000800233520197300241653001402214653001202228653001302240653001002253653001402263100002102277700003002298856004702328 2020 eng d a1313-298900aDiversity and distribution of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Georgia, Caucasus0 aDiversity and distribution of the millipedes Diplopoda of Georgi c28/04/2020 a199-2190 v9303 a

The diplopod fauna of Georgia, Transcaucasia, is very rich given the country’s relatively small territory; it presently comprises 103 species from 44 genera, 12 families, and 7 orders. Most of the Diplopoda known from Georgia (86 species, or 83%) demonstrate Caucasian distribution patterns, 36 and 46 species, as well as 8 and 9 genera being endemic or subendemic to the country, respectively. A single Holarctic family, Anthroleucosomatidae (order Chordeumatida), contains 44 Caucasian species and 20 genera, of which 27 species and 14 genera are endemic or subendemic to Georgia. Likewise, all species from the orders Polyzoniida, Siphonocryptida, Glomerida and Chordeumatida, as well as most species of Julida and Polydesmida are native, also endemic or subendemic to the Caucasus, but the genera and families they represent are widely distributed at least across the Euro-Mediterranean Realm. Most of the presumed troglobionts in the Caucasus appear to be confined to western Georgia’s karst caves (14 species, 5 genera). Within Georgia, the fauna of the western part (= Colchis) is particularly rich and diverse, while that of the central and eastern parts of the country grows increasingly depauperate inland following the gradual climatic aridisation from west (Black Sea coast) to east (Armenia and Azerbaijan). The vertical distribution of the Diplopoda in Georgia, as well as the Caucasus generally, shows the bulk of the fauna restricted to forested lowland to mountain biomes or their remnants. Only very few Chordeumatida and Julus species seem to occur solely in the subalpine to alpine environments and thus may provisionally be considered as high-montane elements. Ongoing and future research on the millipedes of the Caucasus, especially in cave and montane environments, will undoubtedly allow for many more novelties and details of the diversity and distribution of Georgia’s Diplopoda to be revealed or refined.

10achecklist10aColchis10aendemism10afauna10aMyriapoda1 aKokhia, Mzia, S.1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/47490/