About Kyrgyzstan

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History
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Kyrgyz in antiquity
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Kyrgyz in the VI-XII centuries
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Kyrgyz in the XIII—first half of XVIII century
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The struggle for the independence of the Kyrgyz
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Kyrgyzstan as part of Russia
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Kyrgyzstan during the Soviet period
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Kyrgyzstan — a sovereign state
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Historical records
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Kurmanjan Datka
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Chagatai Ulus. Haidu State. Moghulistan
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History and archeology of the ancient Tien Shan
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Peoples movements of Central Asia in the XIX century
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Kyrgyzstan during the Great Patriotic War
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Kyrgyzstan in the 1920s
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1937 in Kyrgyzstan
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Shabdan Baatyr
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Territory, geography and administrative division
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Chuy Region
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Attractions of Chuy Region
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Issyk-Kul Region
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Sights of Issyk-Kul
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Naryn Region
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Attractions of Naryn Region
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Talas Region
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Attractions of Talas Region
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Osh Region
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Attractions of Osh Region
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Batken Region
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Attractions of Batken Region
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Jalal-Abad Region
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Attractions of Jalal-Abad Region
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Cities
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Bishkek
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Streets of Bishkek
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Pishpek - Frunze - Bishkek
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History of the capital of Kyrgyzstan in documents
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Osh
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Osh - 3000
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Naryn
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Jalal-Abad
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Batken
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Talas
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Karakol
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Tokmok
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Cholpon-Ata
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Uzgen
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Kochkor
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Kemin
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Balykchy
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Kyzyl-Kiya
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Mailuu-Suu
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Sulukta
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Tash-Kumyr
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Toktogul
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Kara-Kul
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Kara-Balta
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Kara-Balta - Black Ax
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Kant
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Nature
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Secrets of Issyk-Kul Lake
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Fauna of Kyrgyzstan
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Mammals of Kyrgyzstan
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Birds of Kyrgyzstan
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Fish of Kyrgyzstan
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Amphibians and reptiles of Kyrgyzstan
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Insects of Kyrgyzstan
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Mountains and glaciers
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Red Book
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Animals
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Economy of Kyrgyzstan
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Culture
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Epigraphy
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Folklore
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Kyrgyz heroic epic "Manas"
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The epic "Manas" in prose
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Poetic retelling of the epic "Manas"
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"Semetey" - poetic story
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"Semetey" in prose
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Religion
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Ethnography
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National games
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Customs
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Myths and legends
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Kyrgyz fairy tales
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Kyrgyz cuisine
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Meat and offal dishes
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Soups of Kyrgyzstan
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Main dishes of Kyrgyzstan
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Sweet dishes of Kyrgyzstan
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Drinks of Kyrgyzstan
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Flour products
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Miscellaneous information about Kyrgyzstan
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Historical and holiday dates of Kyrgyzstan
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Famous personalities of Kyrgyzstan
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Women of Kyrgyzstan
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Historical figures
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Heroes of Kyrgyzstan
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Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic
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Heroes of Kyrgyzstan in World War II
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Kyrgyzstanis — Full cavaliers of the Order of Glory
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Sakpa / Balıkçı Kushu / Osprey
Birds

Sakpa / Balıkçı Kushu / Osprey

Osprey Status: Category VII, Least Concern, LC. A representative of a monotypic family and genus in the world's bird fauna. In Kyrgyzstan, the nominal subspecies P.h. haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) migrates.

02.09.2017, 10:00
Red-headed Falcon / Shaheen / Barbary Falcon
Birds

Red-headed Falcon / Shaheen / Barbary Falcon

Barbary Falcon Status: Category III, Critically Endangered, CR: R. Kyrgyz ornithologists believe that this species, which is endangered in Kyrgyzstan, requires a review of its current status on the IUCN list [1]. It is one of 10 species of the genus in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan, inhabiting the subspecies F p. babylonicus P.L. Sclater, 1861.

02.09.2017, 09:00
Krechet / Shumkar / Gyrfalcon
Birds

Krechet / Shumkar / Gyrfalcon

Gyrfalcon Status: Category VII, Least Concern. One of 10 species of the genus in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan. Not listed in the IUCN for Kyrgyzstan [1]. The subspecies Falco rusticolus intermedius Gloger, 1834 is found in the country.

02.09.2017, 07:00
Baloban / Itelgi / Saker Falcon
Birds

Baloban / Itelgi / Saker Falcon

Saker Falcon Status: IV category, Endangered, EN, A2bcd+3bcd. The population of the species in Kyrgyzstan has sharply decreased over the last 5 years, and it is now at risk of extinction. One of 10 species of the genus in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan. The nominative subspecies F.c. cherrug J.E. Gray, 1834 migrates and winters here. The other subspecies are resident: F.c. milvipes Jerdon, 1871, F.c. coatsi Dementiev, 1945, F.c. hendersoni Hume, 1871 [35, 36].

02.09.2017, 06:00
White Stork / Ak Kunash / Белый аист
Birds

White Stork / Ak Kunash / Белый аист

White Stork Status: IV category, Endangered, EN: R. One of the 2 species of the genus found in Kyrgyzstan. The subspecies inhabiting the region is Ciconia ciconia asiatica Severtzov, 1873.

01.09.2017, 19:00
Black Stork
Birds

Black Stork

Black Stork Status: VI category, Near Threatened, NT: R. One of two species of the genus in the avifauna of the Kyrgyz Republic. Monotypic species.

01.09.2017, 18:00
Black-throated Loon
Birds

Black-throated Loon

Black-throated Loon Status: Category III, Critically Endangered, CR: R. Close to extinction in the territory of Kyrgyzstan. The nominal subspecies is found. The bird is the size of a domestic duck.

01.09.2017, 06:00
Renard's Meadow Viper
Amphibians and reptiles

Renard's Meadow Viper

Renard’s Meadow Viper Status: Category VUA4bc. A subspecies of the south-west Palaearctic species, mosaic distribution in the Black Sea-North Turan region; in Kyrgyzstan - sporadically encountered, with a decreasing population. It is kept in serpentariums for venom extraction - pharmaceutical raw material. The species is included in the IUCN RLTS with the category EN A1c+2c [27] and in the Red Book of Uzbekistan [13], and European populations are listed in Appendix I of CITES

01.09.2017, 05:00
Eastern Sand Boa / Chygys Kumchul Muuntkuchu / Tatary Sand Boa
Amphibians and reptiles

Eastern Sand Boa / Chygys Kumchul Muuntkuchu / Tatary Sand Boa

Eastern Sand Boa Status: Near Threatened (NT). One of 10 species of the genus, which includes small representatives of the family, all species of which are included in CITES Appendix II [4 and others]. In Kyrgyzstan, it is a rare species, with its habitat decreasing; the species is listed in the Red Books of Turkmenistan, where it is local and rare [4] (category III), and Tajikistan (category 2) [13].

01.09.2017, 02:00
Schneider's Gold Skink / Kadimka Tartak Skink
Amphibians and reptiles

Schneider's Gold Skink / Kadimka Tartak Skink

Schneider’s Gold Skink Status: Category ENB1ab(iii). A sporadically distributed south-Turanian subspecies of a south-west Palaearctic species, represented in Kyrgyzstan by scattered very small populations [19, 20], vulnerable at the periphery of the species' range; included in the Red Data Book of Tajikistan (category 2) [12].

01.09.2017, 01:00
Yellow-bellied Skink / Butsuz Glass Lizard, Snake-like Glass Lizard / Sheltopusik, or Armour Glass Lizard
Amphibians and reptiles

Yellow-bellied Skink / Butsuz Glass Lizard, Snake-like Glass Lizard / Sheltopusik, or Armour Glass Lizard

Sheltopusik Status: Near Threatened (category NT). A rare widely distributed representative of a monotypic genus, with decreasing populations and habitat range in Kyrgyzstan. Listed in the Red Data Book of Kazakhstan [10]. Its distribution is general and within the country. The range extends from the Balkan Peninsula and Crimea through Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan to Western Pakistan, Badakhshan, Central Asia, and Southern Pri Balkhash [1, 2, 10, 15]. In

31.08.2017, 21:00
Gray Monitor / Boz Echkemer, Boz Zemzem / Transcaspian Desert Monitor
Amphibians and reptiles

Gray Monitor / Boz Echkemer, Boz Zemzem / Transcaspian Desert Monitor

Gray Monitor Status: Category CR A4bc; E. In Kyrgyzstan - fragmented populations of the declining [1, 11, 12] South-Turanian subspecies of the southwestern Palaearctic species, at the periphery of its range; the only representative of the family in the region. The subspecies is included in CITES Appendix I, in the Red Books of the USSR (category III) [14], Kazakhstan (II, VU) [10], and all Central Asian states [1, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13], and according to some data

31.08.2017, 20:00
Central Asian Frog / Kyzyl Koltuk Frog / Middle Asia Wood, or Asiatic Brown, Frog
Amphibians and reptiles

Central Asian Frog / Kyzyl Koltuk Frog / Middle Asia Wood, or Asiatic Brown, Frog

Central Asian Frog Status: Category VUB1ab(iv). A mosaic-distributed species with a disjunct and comparatively narrow range, whose population and habitat area are decreasing. The conservation of nearly half of the known populations in Kyrgyzstan seems impossible without special measures. A natural bioindicator of water pollution [20], listed in the Red Book of Kazakhstan [10].

31.08.2017, 16:00
Green Toad
Amphibians and reptiles

Green Toad

Green Toad Status: VU category B2ab(ii,iii,iv); D2. A rare species in Kyrgyzstan, with a sharp decline in population density in recent times. Insufficiently studied taxonomically [28], it is significant as an object of evolutionary research and in terms of preserving the regional gene pool, being one of two representatives of the Bufonidae family in the fauna of the Republic.

31.08.2017, 15:00
Brown Bear \ Ayyu / Brown Bear
Mammals

Brown Bear \ Ayyu / Brown Bear

Brown Bear Status: VII category, Lower Risk/least concerned, LR/lc. A rare subspecies of bear Ursus arctos isabellinus Horsfeld, 1826 inhabits the territory of the republic.

31.08.2017, 13:00
Red Wolf \ Chёё / Asiatic Wild Dog
Mammals

Red Wolf \ Chёё / Asiatic Wild Dog

Red Wolf Status: III category Critically Endangered, CR: R. There have been no confirmed sightings in Kyrgyzstan over the past 50 years. The only representative of the genus in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan and the CIS.

31.08.2017, 12:05
Bukhara Horseshoe Bat
Mammals

Bukhara Horseshoe Bat

Bokhara Horseshoe Bat Status: Category VI, Near Threatened, NT: R. A rare species for Kyrgyzstan, found at the peripheral part of its range.

30.08.2017, 23:30
Common Water Shrew / Eurasian Water Shrew
Mammals

Common Water Shrew / Eurasian Water Shrew

Common Water Shrew Status: Category VI, Near Threatened, NT: R. A rare species for Kyrgyzstan, found on the periphery of its range. The only representative of the genus in Kyrgyzstan.

30.08.2017, 22:00
Long-eared Hedgehog / Brandt's Hedgehog / Brandt’s Hedgehog
Mammals

Long-eared Hedgehog / Brandt's Hedgehog / Brandt’s Hedgehog

Long-eared Hedgehog Status: VIII category, Data Deficit, DD: R. Rare, vulnerable species, single occurrences known in southern Kyrgyzstan. In 1990, Prucha Kaler captured one specimen at an altitude of 1400 m above sea level in southern Kyrgyzstan and found remains of a skull in the pellets of an owl, which he attributed to the dark-eared hedgehog - Paraechinum hypomelas (more accurate name: Hemiechinus (Paraechinus) hypomelas Brandt, 1836 - long-eared hedgehog).

30.08.2017, 21:00
Whooper Swan
Birds

Whooper Swan

Whooper Swan Status: Category VII, Least Concern, LC. Rare breeding species. One of seven species of the genus in the global fauna and one of three in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan. Monotypic species.

30.08.2017, 16:00
Black Grouse
Birds

Black Grouse

Black Grouse Status: Category VI, Near Threatened: R. The subspecies L. t. mongolicus (Lonnberg, 1904) inhabits the Tian Shan mountains.

30.08.2017, 14:00
Chicherin's Root Borer
Arthropods

Chicherin's Root Borer

Tschitscherin’s Root Borer Status: Category II (VUB2ab(iii)). A narrowly distributed rare species, sporadically inhabiting areas of economic activity [11]. It belongs to a relict genus represented in the fauna of the republic by five species [12], and has aesthetic and scientific significance in the aspects of zoogeography and genetic conservation.

30.08.2017, 13:00
Fergana Sprayer / Fergana Burkyokchu / Fergana Ground Beetle
Arthropods

Fergana Sprayer / Fergana Burkyokchu / Fergana Ground Beetle

Fergana Ground Beetle Status: Category II (VUB1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)c(iii,iv); C2b). A narrowly distributed rare species, sporadically inhabiting areas of economic activity [11], entomophagous. One of two species of the relict oligotypic subgenus, endemic to the Fergana Mountain Range [30], it has scientific significance in terms of zoogeography and genetic conservation.

30.08.2017, 11:30
Galatea Steed / Galatea Bug / Galatea Tiger Beetle
Arthropods

Galatea Steed / Galatea Bug / Galatea Tiger Beetle

Galatea Tiger Beetle Status: Category I (EN B1ab(iv)+2ab(iii,iv)). A narrowly endemic species with a fragmented distribution and decreasing population due to habitat destruction. The taxon has scientific significance in the aspects of zoogeography [31] and conservation of genetic diversity. An entomophage, it has aesthetic value; it is the only representative of the genus in the republic. Listed in the Red Book of Uzbekistan (category VUr D2) [23].

30.08.2017, 10:52
Steppe Dybka / Ayman Katydid / Matriarchal Katydid, Predatory Bush Cricket
Arthropods

Steppe Dybka / Ayman Katydid / Matriarchal Katydid, Predatory Bush Cricket

Steppe Katydid Status: Category II (VU Alc; B2ab(iii,iv); D1+2). A relic steppe species with decreasing numbers; included in the Red Book of the USSR in 1984 (Category II) [26], in IUCN RLTS (Category VU B1+2bd based on an assessment conducted in 1996) [76], and in the Red Book of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Category EN D) [23]. The only one of 12 species of the genus that extends beyond the Mediterranean region.

29.08.2017, 11:00
Crowned Bulbous-Body / Tiken Tail Needle / Coronate Spiketail
Arthropods

Crowned Bulbous-Body / Tiken Tail Needle / Coronate Spiketail

Coronate Spiketail Status: Category II (VUA4bc; B2b(iii,iv); D2). A locally occurring species with a declining population trend. All populations of the subspecies are fragmented, small, and vulnerable. It is of interest for zoogeography, study, and conservation of the regional gene pool. S. coronatus was previously considered a subspecies of ^rdulegaster insignis (Schneider, 1852) [12, 26, etc.], which was included in the Red Book of the USSR in 1984 (Category III) [26]. An

29.08.2017, 10:00
Spider Tricholatis relicta / Tricholatis relict jörgëmushu / Ovchinnikov’s Relic Spider
Arthropods

Spider Tricholatis relicta / Tricholatis relict jörgëmushu / Ovchinnikov’s Relic Spider

Tricholathys relicta Status: Category II (VU B2ac(iii); C2b). A very rare, narrowly localized endemic species. It has significant scientific importance due to its unique morphological and distribution characteristics. The absence of a functional cribellum and calamistrum is unique within the subfamily Tricholathysinae [83]. In the Eastern Hemisphere, it is the only representative of the genus, while other species are found in the western regions of the USA [83].

29.08.2017, 09:00