ASU entomologists are actively exploring tropical regions of the world

In the recent months, entomologists of Altai State University (Doctor of Biology R.V. Yakovlev, Candidate of Biology P.Ya. Ustyuzhanin and Candidate of Biology A.V. Volynkin) have published several articles on the fauna of Africa and South -Eastern Asia. A few new species of carpenter moths have been described: two species from Kenya and one species from South Africa and Angola. For the first time the lists of plume moths from the fauna of Bhutan, Cambodia and Liberia have been given. Of course, all the articles have been published in the leading scientific periodicals: journals included in Scopus and Web of Science. A number of reviews on the lichen moths of Indochina have been prepared.

“We are currently engaged in active research of the tropical regions. The fauna of Africa, Madagascar and tropical Asia is well understood by us. Of course, the Neotropical realm (South and Central America) is a much more complicated region, but we gradually begin to dig into it as well. Two weeks ago I received a large number of materials for processing from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela. There is something to work on. I think that in the long term we will be able to prepare at least a dozen articles for high-ranking journals. Of course, the work has become possible due to our international contacts established in various regions of the world,” R.V. Yakovlev said. “Great part of work on the inventory of tropical fauna is now being carried out by Russian specialists. It is very good that some of the work is done at our university.”