Arhiva pentru cuvântul-cheie: Zoologie

The brochure „Ladybugs (Insecta: Coccinelidae) from the Republic of Moldova”, authors – Bușmachiu Galina, Bacal Svetlana, Burduja Daniela, Calestru Livia and Belova Victoria, includes the study of the diversity of ladybug species in the country – the best-known group of coleopterous insects, preferred and loved by children. For the first time for the Republic of Moldova, there were described 48 species of ladybugs, which belong to 28 genera and 7 tribes and were found in forests, parks, gardens and agrocenoses. As some of them are rare and little-studied species, this work can be used as a...

We are happy to announce that Natalia Dibolscaia, trainee scientific researcher in the Laboratory of Terrestrial Vertebrates, will benefit from March 1, 2022 of the scholarship in the field "Global Monitoring of the Planet”, with the research topic “Monitoring of bat species in the urban environment of the Republic of Moldova”. It is worth to mention that Natalia is a PhD student at the specialty 165.02. Zoology within the Doctoral School of Biological, Geonomic, Chemical and Technological Sciences, organizing doctoral institution – the State University of Moldova, scientific advisor – Dr...

The most numerous animals on Earth are insects, exceeding one million species distributed in the most diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Currently, 20% of the known insect species are butterflies, and about 40% – beetles. Approximately 1000 species of macrolepidoptera and 2550 species of beetles are known in the Republic of Moldova, the number of which is increasing every year due to research conducted by entomologists. Unfortunately, in the last 30-40 years we have witnessed an alarming decline in insects. Their diversity and number decrease by 2.5% annually, and the most affected...