Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 13, 2021

Geographic potential of the world’s largest hornet, Vespa mandarinia Smith (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), worldwide and particularly in North America

Claudia Nuñez-Penichet, Luis Osorio-Olvera, Victor H. Gonzalez, Marlon E. Cobos, Laura Jiménez, Devon A. DeRaad, Abdelghafar Alkishe, Rusby G. Contreras-Díaz, Angela Nava-Bolaños, Kaera Utsumi, Uzma Ashraf, Adeola Adeboje, A. Townsend Peterson, Jorge Soberon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10690 PubMed 33520462

January 28, 2021

Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Arabian Peninsula with description of two new species, M. heggyi sp. n. and M. khalidi sp. n.

Mostafa R. Sharaf, Amr A. Mohamed, Brendon E. Boudinot, James K. Wetterer, Francisco Hita Garcia, Hathal M. Al Dhafer, Abdulrahman S. Aldawood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10726 PubMed 33575129

January 12, 2021

Molecular systematics of the Sicista tianschanica species complex: a contribution from historical DNA analysis

Vladimir S. Lebedev, Yulia Kovalskaya, Evgeniya N. Solovyeva, Elena D. Zemlemerova, Anna A. Bannikova, Mikhail Yu Rusin, Vera A. Matrosova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10759 PubMed 33520475

January 11, 2021

New distributional records of the Samana least gecko (Sphaerodactylus samanensis, Cochran, 1932) with comments on its morphological variation and conservation status

Germán Chávez, Miguel A. Landestoy T, Gail S. Ross, Joaquín A. Ugarte-Núñez