Nested within the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot, the Dinaric Karst of the western
Balkans is one of the world's most heterogeneous subterranean ecosystems and renowned …

Mediterranean mountains and Pleistocene glacial cycles are responsible for much of the
unique biodiversity of the Western Palearctic, acting respectively as refugia and drivers of …

Euscorpius sulfur sp. n. (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), a new cave scorpion from Albania and
northwestern Greece Page 1 Euscorpius sulfur sp. n. (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), a new cave …

The external genital appendages of Noctuidae represent correlated–coevolved elements of
a complex structure. The pathways of changes are delimited by some constraints, and they …

Cavernicolous scorpions are difficult to collect and study due to their often inaccessible
habitats. Some have evolved unique morphological adaptations, known as troglomorphies …

Sažetak Alpiscorpius liburnicus sp. n. is described from Krk Island, Croatia, as the first cave
dwelling scorpion species in the genus. Clear differences from the genetically closest …

Sažetak The European scorpion Euscorpius borovaglavaensis Tropea, 2015 is a
morphologically cryptic species that is distinguishable only with difficulty from E. tergestinus …

Sažetak A key step in conserving biological diversity is to understand biodiversity patterns
based on multiple independent lines of evidence. The aims of this dissertation were to …