Subterranean Biology

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🕷 Two new tarantula species are described from the forest grounds of the Libmanan Caves Natural Park in the Philippines. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi… #caves #spiders #tarantulas

"Our study showed that standard subterranean sampling devices do indeed capture individuals of invertebrate species present in the depth range of 40 to 90 cm in the scree layer." 🔓 Study: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi…

Mixtacandona thessalica is a new non-marine ostracod species collected in a sulfidic cave in central Greece. Learn all about it in this research article: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi… #subterranean #ostracods #taxonomy @ilamaz @unipr @cnr_igag

An obituary piece for cave biologist Daniel Wu Fong, who passed away on April 25, 2025. doi.org/10.3897/subtbi…

For the first time, the centipede Lithobius peregrinus is confirmed to occur in Romania. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi… #biodiversity #centipedes #subterranean

Further awareness of white-nose disease is needed in Europe and Asia, where specific guidelines for limiting the spread of the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans are still to be developed, this study found: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi… #bats #conservation #pathogens

We got our new @Scopus CiteScore - another year with an increase in our academic impact! subtbiol.pensoft.net/news/893

The first complete data collection on Apulian subterranean fauna organised according to modern standards of data sharing: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi… #biodiversity #subterranean #fauna

Amphicutis stygobita is a small microphagous deposit-feeding brittle star that survived and grew in captivity by consuming detritus rich in microorganisms and a sticky biofilm containing extracellular polymeric substances. More about this species at doi.org/10.3897/subtbi…

An updated list of cave-associated wolf spider species in Colombia, with the description of one new species: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi… #caves #biodiversity #subterranean @Uniquindio @inst_humboldt

Bernier Cave in The Bahamas contains a rare and possibly unique niche that has allowed for the evolution and survival of the endemic brittle star Amphicutis stygobita, @nkuedu researchers found: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi…

Found in an underground gallery created some 2,000 years ago, this is Baeticoniscus carmonaensis, a new isopod species. Find out all about it here: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi… #crustaceans #isopods #taxonomy @UAM_Madrid @UEuropea

Lifting barriers to knowledge, our content is now available on @BioDivLibrary, the world’s largest open-access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. blog.pensoft.net/2025/05/20/pen…

subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/150357/. Revisión de las arañas 🕷 látigo cavernícolas de Colombia o amblipigios, desde la isla de Providencia a Chiribiquete: 3 familias y 11 especies, incluida una nueva dedicada al dpto Santander. @inst_humboldt . Pronto libro @U_ElBosque

Researchers define the Odorrana lipuensis group of karst-dwelling frogs and describe a new species, Odorrana calciphila, from Guangdong, China, based on molecular and morphological analyses. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zse.10…

A new species of horsehair worm, which parasitises Tachycines species, has been discovered from the karstic caves in the Wuling Mountains, China. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zse.10…

Three new pseudoscorpions are described in the genus Tyrannochthonius. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/subtbi… #taxonomy #biodiversity #newspecies

Hades, god of the dead and king of the underworld, now has another title to add to his resume: deep-sea isopod. Read about five new #isopod species named after Greek mythological figures on the @Pensoft blog! 🔗 blog.pensoft.net/2025/04/25/had…

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