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Morphology, Ecology, and Co-occurrence of Iris polystictica and Iris oratoria (Insecta: Mantodea) in the Western Black Sea Region // The North-Western Journal of Zoology, 2025, Vol.21, No.2, pp. 110 – 117.","identifier":"https://biozoojournals.ro/nwjz/content/v21n2/nwjz_251306_Bronskov.pdf","citationProvidedBySource":false}],"curatorialUnits":[],"taxonomicCoverages":[{"description":"The dataset consists of records of mantises (Mantodea).","coverages":[{"scientificName":"Animalia","rank":{"verbatim":"kingdom","interpreted":"KINGDOM"}},{"scientificName":"Arthropoda","rank":{"verbatim":"phylum","interpreted":"PHYLUM"}},{"scientificName":"Insecta","rank":{"verbatim":"class","interpreted":"CLASS"}},{"scientificName":"Mantodea","rank":{"verbatim":"order","interpreted":"ORDER"}},{"scientificName":"Mantidae","rank":{"verbatim":"family","interpreted":"FAMILY"}},{"scientificName":"Eremiaphilidae","rank":{"verbatim":"family","interpreted":"FAMILY"}},{"scientificName":"Empusidae","rank":{"verbatim":"family","interpreted":"FAMILY"}},{"scientificName":"Amelidae","rank":{"verbatim":"family","interpreted":"FAMILY"}}]}],"geographicCoverages":[{"description":"The dataset covers the Black Sea Region, namely territories of Odesa, Mykolaiv administrative regions (Ukraine), Constanta, Tulcea administrative regions (Romania) and Varna, Burgas, Dobrich administrative regions (Bulgaria).","boundingBox":{"minLatitude":42.552022,"maxLatitude":46.767319,"minLongitude":27.181871,"maxLongitude":31.221938,"globalCoverage":false}}],"temporalCoverages":[{"@type":"range","start":"2024-01-21T00:00:00.000+00:00","end":"2025-12-03T00:00:00.000+00:00"}],"keywordCollections":[{"thesaurus":"GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml","keywords":["biodiversity","fauna","mantises","Black Sea Region","Mantis","insects","Occurrence","entomofauna","steper Ukraine"]},{"thesaurus":"GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml","keywords":["Observation"]}],"project":{"title":"Personal investigation","contacts":[{"type":"POINT_OF_CONTACT","primary":false,"userId":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3265-3810"],"firstName":"Oleksandr","lastName":"Bronskov","position":[],"email":[],"phone":[],"homepage":[],"address":[]}],"awards":[],"relatedProjects":[]},"samplingDescription":{"studyExtent":"The southern parts of Odesa region was thoroughly investigated by the author in 2024-2025, and territories in Romania and Bulgaria - during one expedition in September 2025. These are mainly steppe and meadow areas of varying degrees of pasture digression, which have been preserved in the valleys of small rivers, in the coastal strips of seas, lymans and lakes, along beams. Special attention was paid to studying the distribution of praying mantises within settlements. Information on records of 5 species of praying mantises is given.","sampling":"The survey was carried out by mowing with an entomological net and visual observation. At the same time, an entomological net with a diameter of 35 cm and a handle length of 140 cm was used. One series of mowing consisted of 25 double sweeps of the net during 50 steps. Species names of Mantodea are given according to Otte et al. (2023). 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