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March 2018

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First endemic freshwater Gammarus from Crete

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March 9, 2018

First endemic freshwater Gammarus from Crete

Researchers describe Gammarus plaitisi (a Gammarid amphipod), endemic to Cretan streams. The divergence of the new species is strongly connected to the geological history of the island.

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March 9, 2018

Current state of knowledge on Wolbachia infection among Coleoptera: a systematic review

Łukasz Kajtoch, Nela Kotásková

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4471 PubMed 29568706

March 19, 2018

Cenozoic aridization in Central Eurasia shaped diversification of toad-headed agamas (Phrynocephalus; Agamidae, Reptilia)

Evgeniya N. Solovyeva, Vladimir S. Lebedev, Evgeniy A. Dunayev, Roman A. Nazarov, Anna A. Bannikova, Jing Che, Robert W. Murphy, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4543 PubMed 29576991

March 12, 2018

Phylogenetic surveys on the newt genus Tylototriton sensu lato (Salamandridae, Caudata) reveal cryptic diversity and novel diversification promoted by historical climatic shifts

Bin Wang, Kanto Nishikawa, Masafumi Matsui, Truong Quang Nguyen, Feng Xie, Cheng Li, Janak Raj Khatiwada, Baowei Zhang, Dajie Gong, Yunming Mo, Gang Wei, Xiaohong Chen, Youhui Shen, Daode Yang, Rongchuan Xiong, Jianping Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4384 PubMed 29576937

March 27, 2018

Playing by the rules? Phenotypic adaptation to temperate environments in an American marsupial

Sergio F. Nigenda-Morales, Ryan J. Harrigan, Robert K. Wayne

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4512 PubMed 29607255

March 28, 2018

Osteology of Batrachuperus londongensis (Urodela, Hynobiidae): study of bony anatomy of a facultatively neotenic salamander from Mount Emei, Sichuan Province, China

Jian-ping Jiang, Jia Jia, Meihua Zhang, Ke-Qin Gao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4517 PubMed 29610705

March 19, 2018

Phylogeographic structure in three North American tent caterpillar species (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae): Malacosoma americana, M. californica, and M. disstria

Linda A. Lait, Paul D.N. Hebert