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FIGURE 1 in A new genus and species of the subfamily Mirinae (Hemiptera: Cimicomorpha: Miridae) from Eocene Baltic amber with a new generic combination for Calocoris antennatus Statz in Statz & Wagner, 1950

FIGURE 1. Baltiomiris herczeki gen. and sp. nov. A: dorsal view; B: ventral view; C: lateral view; D: head and pronotum; E: head in lateral view; F: antenna; G: hind tarsus. Scale bars: A–C: 1 mm; D–G: 0.5 mm.

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Subspecies and Distribution. N. p. procyonoides Gray, 1834 — W & SW China and N Indochina. N. p. albus Hornaday, 1904 — Japan (Hokkaido). N. p. koreensis Mori, 1922 — Korean Peninsula. N. p. orestes Thomas, 1923 — C & S China. N. p. ussuriensis Matschie, 1907 — NE China, E Mongolia, and SE Russia. N. p. viverrinus Temminck, 1839 — Japan. Introduced (ussuriensis) to the Baltic states, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, W Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, and Ukraine, occasionally seen in Austria, Bosnia, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, and Switzerland. in Canidae

Subspecies and Distribution. N. p. procyonoides Gray, 1834 — W & SW China and N Indochina. N. p. albus Hornaday, 1904 — Japan (Hokkaido). N. p. koreensis Mori, 1922 — Korean Peninsula. N. p. orestes Thomas, 1923 — C & S China. N. p. ussuriensis Matschie, 1907 — NE China, E Mongolia, and SE Russia. N. p. viverrinus Temminck, 1839 — Japan. Introduced (ussuriensis) to the Baltic states, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, W Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, and Ukraine, occasionally seen in Austria, Bosnia, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, and Switzerland.

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Subspecies and Distribution. S. s. scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 — W Europe, from Denmark, Germany, Poland, and Czech Republic to N Italy and N Iberian Peninsula; possibly also Albania. The taxonomic status of animals in Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, and Slovakia is unclear but presumably these populations are included in scrofa, as are the populations of Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic states. However, restocking of once depleted populations, for example in Italy, has likely involved the introduction and mixing of this subspecies with other subspecies, such as attila. S. s. affinis Gray, 1847 — S India and Sri Lanka. S. s. algirus Loche, 1867 — Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, on the coastal side of the mountains or in the low montane areas. S. s. attila Thomas, 1912 — Hungary, Ukraine, C & S Belarus, Romania, Moldova, and S Russia towards the N flank of the Caucasus, but not including the Transcaucasian countries of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The range possibly extends as far S as the Mesopotamian Delta in Iraq, in which case it would likely include W & SW Iran, and possibly E Turkey and Syria, where it borders with lybicus. Such a range could not be easily reconciled with a statement by Groves that "the difference between pigs from N and S of the Caucasus is quite striking; Transcaucasian boars are certainly not attila." This subspecies may also extend into C Asia and include Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, but no data exist to support this. S. s. baeticus Thomas, 1912 — originally described from Coto Donana, S Spain, and later merged with meridionalis; also S Portugal. Unless evidence is found that these Italian and Iberian populations are the relics of a much larger formerly contiguous range, this subspecies should be kept as distinct. S. s. coreanus Heude, 1897 — Korean Peninsula. S. s. eristatus Wagner, 1839 — Himalayas S to C India and E to Indochina (N of the Kra Isthmus). S. s. davidi Groves, 1981 — the arid zone from E Iran to Gujarat, including Pakistan and NW India, and perhaps N to Tajikistan. S. s. leucomystax Temminck, 1842 — main Is ofJapan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Nakadori, Hiburijima, Tojima, Kushima, and other smaller Is). S. s. lybicus Gray, 1868 — Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, in the past also in Lybia, and Egypt. The former Yugoslavia was included in its range, which would suggest that now Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo are within the range of this subspecies, although the exact boundaries are unclear. Pigs from Albania have been assigned to S. s. scrofa. S. s. majori De Beaux & Festa, 1927 — C & S Italian Peninsula. S. s. menidionalis Forsyth Major, 1882 — Corsica and Sardinia, with the proviso that the two populations are very likely to be introduced or feral. S. s. moupinensis Milne-Edwards, 1871 — China, S to Vietnam and W to Sichuan. S. s. nigripes Blanford, 1875 — the flanks of the Tianshan mountains in Kyrgyzstan and NW China (Xinjiang). An animal photographed in NE Iran (Golestan) looked like this subspecies. S. s. nukiuanus Kuroda, 1924 — Iriomote, Ishigaki, Okinawa, Tokunoshima, Amamioshima, and Kakerome Is in the Ryukyu chain in extreme S Japan, though some of these populations have hybridized with introduced domesticates. S. s. sibiricus Staffe, 1922 — Mongolia and Transbaikal (S & E of Lake Baikal). S. s. tawvanus Swinhoe, 1863 — Taiwan. S. s. ussuricus Heude, 1888 — far E Russia and the Manchurian region (China). Korean populations were previously included in this subspecies, but based on new evidence, the Korean taxon seems more similar to moupinensis. S. s. vittatus Boie, 1828 — Malay Peninsula, S of the Isthmus of Kra, the offshore islands of Terutai and Langkawi, Sumatra, Riau Archipelago, Java, Bali, and a range of smaller islands around these, including Babi, Bakong, Batam, Bawean, Bengkalis, Bintan, Bulan, Bunguran, Cuyo, Deli, Durian, Enggano, Galang, Jambongan, Karimon (Riau Is), Kundur, Lagong, Laut, Lingga, Lingung, Mapor, Moro Kecil, North Pagai, Nias, Panaitan, Payong, Penang, Pinie, Rupat, Siantan, Siberut, Simeulue, Singkep, Sugi, Sugi Bawa, Telibon, Tinggi, Tuangku, and the Tambelan Is. This species was originally present from the British Is in the extreme W, through Eurasia from S Scandinavia to S Siberia, extending as far E as Korea and Japan, and SE into some of the Sunda Is and Taiwan. In the S the species ranged along the Nile Valley to Khartoum, and N of the Sahara in Africa, more orless following the continental coasts of S, E, and SE Asia. Within this range it was absent only from extremely dry deserts, e.g. the driest regions of Mongolia and in China W of Sichuan; and alpine zones, such as the high altitudes of Pamir and Tien Shan. In recent centuries, the range of S. scrofa has changed dramatically because of hunting and changes in available habitat. The species disappeared from the British Is in the 17" century, from Denmark in the 19" century, and was greatly reduced in range and numbers in the 20" century from areas as distant as Tunisia, Sudan, Germany, and Russia. Following these severe declines, there were some slight population recoveries in Russia, Italy, Spain, and Germany in the mid-20™ century, and natural and assisted range expansions in Denmark and Sweden. The species has also been inadvertently reintroduced in various locations in the Great Britain via escapees of mixed origin from commercial farming enterprises. Ex-S. scrofa stocks also occur as introduced feral populations in various other parts of the world, including Australia, New Zealand, the eastern Malay Archipelago, and in North, Central, and South America. In all of these areas they are now generally recognized as a major pest. in Suidae

Subspecies and Distribution. S. s. scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 — W Europe, from Denmark, Germany, Poland, and Czech Republic to N Italy and N Iberian Peninsula; possibly also Albania. The taxonomic status of animals in Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, and Slovakia is unclear but presumably these populations are included in scrofa, as are the populations of Sweden, Finland, and the Baltic states. However, restocking of once depleted populations, for example in Italy, has likely involved the introduction and mixing of this subspecies with other subspecies, such as attila. S. s. affinis Gray, 1847 — S India and Sri Lanka. S. s. algirus Loche, 1867 — Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, on the coastal side of the mountains or in the low montane areas. S. s. attila Thomas, 1912 — Hungary, Ukraine, C & S Belarus, Romania, Moldova, and S Russia towards the N flank of the Caucasus, but not including the Transcaucasian countries of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The range possibly extends as far S as the Mesopotamian Delta in Iraq, in which case it would likely include W & SW Iran, and possibly E Turkey and Syria, where it borders with lybicus. Such a range could not be easily reconciled with a statement by Groves that "the difference between pigs from N and S of the Caucasus is quite striking; Transcaucasian boars are certainly not attila." This subspecies may also extend into C Asia and include Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, but no data exist to support this. S. s. baeticus Thomas, 1912 — originally described from Coto Donana, S Spain, and later merged with meridionalis; also S Portugal. Unless evidence is found that these Italian and Iberian populations are the relics of a much larger formerly contiguous range, this subspecies should be kept as distinct. S. s. coreanus Heude, 1897 — Korean Peninsula. S. s. eristatus Wagner, 1839 — Himalayas S to C India and E to Indochina (N of the Kra Isthmus). S. s. davidi Groves, 1981 — the arid zone from E Iran to Gujarat, including Pakistan and NW India, and perhaps N to Tajikistan. S. s. leucomystax Temminck, 1842 — main Is ofJapan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Nakadori, Hiburijima, Tojima, Kushima, and other smaller Is). S. s. lybicus Gray, 1868 — Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, in the past also in Lybia, and Egypt. The former Yugoslavia was included in its range, which would suggest that now Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo are within the range of this subspecies, although the exact boundaries are unclear. Pigs from Albania have been assigned to S. s. scrofa. S. s. majori De Beaux & Festa, 1927 — C & S Italian Peninsula. S. s. menidionalis Forsyth Major, 1882 — Corsica and Sardinia, with the proviso that the two populations are very likely to be introduced or feral. S. s. moupinensis Milne-Edwards, 1871 — China, S to Vietnam and W to Sichuan. S. s. nigripes Blanford, 1875 — the flanks of the Tianshan mountains in Kyrgyzstan and NW China (Xinjiang). An animal photographed in NE Iran (Golestan) looked like this subspecies. S. s. nukiuanus Kuroda, 1924 — Iriomote, Ishigaki, Okinawa, Tokunoshima, Amamioshima, and Kakerome Is in the Ryukyu chain in extreme S Japan, though some of these populations have hybridized with introduced domesticates. S. s. sibiricus Staffe, 1922 — Mongolia and Transbaikal (S & E of Lake Baikal). S. s. tawvanus Swinhoe, 1863 — Taiwan. S. s. ussuricus Heude, 1888 — far E Russia and the Manchurian region (China). Korean populations were previously included in this subspecies, but based on new evidence, the Korean taxon seems more similar to moupinensis. S. s. vittatus Boie, 1828 — Malay Peninsula, S of the Isthmus of Kra, the offshore islands of Terutai and Langkawi, Sumatra, Riau Archipelago, Java, Bali, and a range of smaller islands around these, including Babi, Bakong, Batam, Bawean, Bengkalis, Bintan, Bulan, Bunguran, Cuyo, Deli, Durian, Enggano, Galang, Jambongan, Karimon (Riau Is), Kundur, Lagong, Laut, Lingga, Lingung, Mapor, Moro Kecil, North Pagai, Nias, Panaitan, Payong, Penang, Pinie, Rupat, Siantan, Siberut, Simeulue, Singkep, Sugi, Sugi Bawa, Telibon, Tinggi, Tuangku, and the Tambelan Is. This species was originally present from the British Is in the extreme W, through Eurasia from S Scandinavia to S Siberia, extending as far E as Korea and Japan, and SE into some of the Sunda Is and Taiwan. In the S the species ranged along the Nile Valley to Khartoum, and N of the Sahara in Africa, more orless following the continental coasts of S, E, and SE Asia. Within this range it was absent only from extremely dry deserts, e.g. the driest regions of Mongolia and in China W of Sichuan; and alpine zones, such as the high altitudes of Pamir and Tien Shan. In recent centuries, the range of S. scrofa has changed dramatically because of hunting and changes in available habitat. The species disappeared from the British Is in the 17" century, from Denmark in the 19" century, and was greatly reduced in range and numbers in the 20" century from areas as distant as Tunisia, Sudan, Germany, and Russia. Following these severe declines, there were some slight population recoveries in Russia, Italy, Spain, and Germany in the mid-20™ century, and natural and assisted range expansions in Denmark and Sweden. The species has also been inadvertently reintroduced in various locations in the Great Britain via escapees of mixed origin from commercial farming enterprises. Ex-S. scrofa stocks also occur as introduced feral populations in various other parts of the world, including Australia, New Zealand, the eastern Malay Archipelago, and in North, Central, and South America. In all of these areas they are now generally recognized as a major pest.

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Figures 5–6 in Retromalisus damzeni, gen. et sp. nov., a second Baltic amber taxon of the extinct family Berendtimiridae (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Figures 5–6. Details of Retromalisus damzeni gen. et sp. nov., holotype male: 5 pronotum, dorsal view, contour; 6 abdomen, ventral view, contour.

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Figure 3 in Retromalisus damzeni, gen. et sp. nov., a second Baltic amber taxon of the extinct family Berendtimiridae (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Figure 3. Anterior part of body of Retromalisus damzeni gen. et sp. nov., holotype male, ventral view.

FIGURE 5 in Fossil Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Baltic amber

FIGURE 5. Rovenosa khalaimi sp. nov. A and B, Holotype, ovipositor. C, Paratype (KAM 7514-1), head, left lateral view. D, Paratype (KAM 7514-2a), habitus. E, Metasoma. Scale in mm.

FIGURE 3. A in Fossil Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Baltic amber

FIGURE 3. A, Rovenosa alexrasnitsyni sp. nov., holotype, habitus, scale bar = 1 mm. B, Mesosoma and tergites 1–2 of metasoma, left lateral view. Scale in mm.

FIGURE 4. A in Fossil Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Baltic amber

FIGURE 4. A, Rovenosa khalaimi sp. nov., habitus. B, Head and mesosoma, right lateral view. С, Propodeum and first metasomal tergite, right lateral view. Scale in mm.

FIGURE 2. A in Fossil Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Baltic amber

FIGURE 2. A, Puparium of aphidophagous syrphid in Baltic amber (Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphinae) (KAM No. 6361) with an emergence hole typical for Diplazontinae, ventral view. B, Right lateral view; Emergence holes of various recent parasitoids of aphidophagous syrphids (Diptera, Syrphidae, Syrphinae). C, Diplazon pectoratorius. D, Syrphoctonus sp. E and F, Diplazon laetatorius. G, Cryptinae (gen. et sp. indet). H, Asaphes sp. (Pteromalidae). Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURE 3 in The first fossilized comb-clawed beetle of the genus Asiomira Dubrovina, 1973 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from Baltic Amber and notes on the distribution of extant species of the genus

FIGURE 3. Asiomira ophtalmica, general view, Murgab, Turkmenistan (Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences): A—male; B—female.

FIGURE 2 in The first fossilized comb-clawed beetle of the genus Asiomira Dubrovina, 1973 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from Baltic Amber and notes on the distribution of extant species of the genus

FIGURE 2. Asiomira dubrovinae sp. n. from Baltic amber, female, holotype: A—dorsal view; B—right lateral view.

FIGURES 1–6 in Three new chrysophycean stomatocysts with long spines from the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

FIGURES 1–6. Morphology of stomatocysts 3 and 4 observed in SEM. Figs. 1–3. Stomatocyst 3. Fig. 1. General view. Figs. 2, 3. Closeup view. Fig. 2. Tilted specimen. Figs. 4–6. Stomatocyst 4. Fig. 4. Close-up view of distal part of the spine. Fig. 5. General view. Fig. 6. Close-up view.

FIGURES 7, 8 in Three new chrysophycean stomatocysts with long spines from the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

FIGURES 7, 8. Morphology of stomatocyst 5 observed in SEM. Fig. 7. General view. Fig. 8. Close-up view.

FIGURE 5 in Timaviella dunensis sp. nov. from sand dunes of the Baltic Sea, Germany, and emendation of Timaviella edaphica (Elenkin) O.M. Vynogr. & Mikhailyuk (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) based on an integrative approach

FIGURE 5. Timaviella dunensis (Us-6-3): A—overview of colony on the surface of agarized medium: thallus prostrate and in growing inside the medium; B, K—filaments in firm hyaline sheath; C—trichome without sheath; D—fragment of trichome with necridia; note elongated, discoid and obliquely dividing cells; E, G—loosely arranged filaments with geminate false branching; F—consecutive single and geminate false branching; H, I—fragments of filaments with trichomes twisted in the sheath; J—formation of hormogonia, cells with granulations. Scale bars: A—50 μm, B–K—10 μm.

FIGURE 2 in Timaviella dunensis sp. nov. from sand dunes of the Baltic Sea, Germany, and emendation of Timaviella edaphica (Elenkin) O.M. Vynogr. & Mikhailyuk (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) based on an integrative approach

FIGURE 2. Molecular phylogeny of Timaviella based on the 16S rRNA gene concatenated with the 16S-23S ITS sequence comparisons. A phylogenetic tree was inferred by the Maximum Likelihood method with Maximum Likelihood bootstrap support (BP) and Bayesian Posterior Probabilities (PP). From left to right, support values correspond to Maximum Likelihood BP and Bayesian PP; BP values lower than 50% and PP lower than 0.8 not shown. Strain in bold represents newly sequenced cyanobacteria. Authentic strains marked with asterisk.

FIGURE 3 in Timaviella dunensis sp. nov. from sand dunes of the Baltic Sea, Germany, and emendation of Timaviella edaphica (Elenkin) O.M. Vynogr. & Mikhailyuk (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) based on an integrative approach

FIGURE 3. Secondary structure of the main informative helices of region 16S-23S ITS of cultured strains of Timaviella. All differences between strains of T. edaphica (KZ-7-1) and T. dunensis (Us-6-3) are presented in comparison with the authentic strain of T. circinata (GR4). Variable bases are shown with arrows, places of insertions/deletions of base pairs are marked with arrowheads, homological base pairs among different strains are indicated with gray lines. Intraspecific variation inside T. edaphica are shown with the asterisk.

FIGURE 1 in Timaviella dunensis sp. nov. from sand dunes of the Baltic Sea, Germany, and emendation of Timaviella edaphica (Elenkin) O.M. Vynogr. & Mikhailyuk (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) based on an integrative approach

FIGURE 1. Molecular phylogeny of Oculatellaceae (Synechococcales) based on 16S rRNA sequence comparisons. A phylogenetic tree was inferred by the Maximum Likelihood method with Maximum Likelihood bootstrap support (BP) and Bayesian Posterior Probabilities (PP). From left to right, support values correspond to Maximum Likelihood BP and Bayesian PP; BP values lower than 50% and PP lower than 0.8 not shown. Strain in bold represents newly sequenced cyanobacteria. Authentic strains marked with asterisk.

FIGURE 6 in Timaviella dunensis sp. nov. from sand dunes of the Baltic Sea, Germany, and emendation of Timaviella edaphica (Elenkin) O.M. Vynogr. & Mikhailyuk (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) based on an integrative approach

FIGURE 6. Ultrastructure of original strains of Timaviella with characteristic position of thylakoids arranged more or less parallel in a parietal position. T. edaphica (KZ 7-1-2): fragments of trichomes without sheath (A), in multilayered sheath (B), constricted at cross walls, with cyanophycin granules; cells barrel-shaped, isodiametric (A) to elongated (G), end cells (D), trichomes in longitudinal section (E). T. edaphica (KZ 23-2): end cells (C), trichomes in longitudinal section (F). Timaviella dunensis (Us-6-3): fragments of trichomes in thick sheath (H, I), weakly constricted at cross walls; cells cylindrical, elongated, end cells (J–L); formation of necridia (M). S, sheath, Cy, cyanophycin granules, T, thylakoids. Scale bars = 1µm.

FIGURE 4 in Timaviella dunensis sp. nov. from sand dunes of the Baltic Sea, Germany, and emendation of Timaviella edaphica (Elenkin) O.M. Vynogr. & Mikhailyuk (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) based on an integrative approach

FIGURE 4. Timaviella edaphica: A, B—overview of colonies on the surface of agarized medium (A—thallus with wooly surface (freshly isolated strain), B—thallus prostrate and in growing inside the medium); C—loosy aggregated filaments; F, H—filaments with single and geminate pseudobranches; D—bundle of filaments; E—trichomes slightly constricted and granulated at the cross walls; G—trichomes with obliquely dividing cells; I—trichomes with necridia; J—hormogonia. KZ-7-1-2: A–C, D–E, J, Golos-9-1: F, G, KZ-23-2: H, I. Scale bars: A, B—50 μm, C–J—10 μm.