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  1. A troglobiotic oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida) in European caves: cryptic diversity and a Late Miocene origin of its phyletic lineages

    Article • Systematics and Biodiversity, July 2026, Taylor & Francis

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  2. Terrestrial isopods from the caves of northeastern Iran (Isopoda: Oniscidea) with a redescription of Protracheoniscus turcomanicus Borutzky, 1945

    Article • rej, June 2026, KMK Scientific Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  3. Redescription of two subterranean species of the genus Oncopodura Carl & Lebedinsky, 1905 (Hexapoda, Collembola) from the Balkan Peninsula

    Article • Subterranean Biology, May 2026, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  4. Temperature shapes the cold tolerance and body size of the springtail Isotomiella minor (Hexapoda, Collembola) in contrasting environments

    Article • ZooKeys, April 2026, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  5. Living in isolation vs. apparent freedom: A comparison of genetic diversity and evolution of cave-associated and surface-dwelling oribatid mites of the family Damaeidae

    Article • Systematic and Applied Acarology, January 2026, Systematic and Applied Acarology Society

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  6. A new species of an interesting cave-adapted dipluran (Diplura, Campodeidae, Plusiocampinae) from the Kopet Dagh Mountains in Iran

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, January 2026, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  7. Convergent evolution underground - two new troglomorphic collembolan species of the genus Schaefferia Absolon, 1900 (Collembola, Poduromorpha, Hypogastruridae) from Iran and Montenegro

    Article • Subterranean Biology, November 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  8. Two new species of the genus Acherontiella (Collembola, Hypogastruridae) from caves of the Alborz and Kopet Dagh mountains in Iran

    Article • ZooKeys, October 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  9. Two new cavernicolous species of Entomobryidae (Collembola) from Turkmenistan, Central Asia

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2025, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  10. A new subterranean and troglomorphic species of the genus Oncopodura Carl & Lebedinsky, 1905 (Hexapoda, Collembola) from Samegrelo karst region in Georgia

    Article • Zootaxa, August 2025, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  11. Structure of the genetic variation in the common springtail Isotomiella minor (Hexapoda, Collembola) from contrasting habitats: evidence for different genetic lineages at a regional scale?

    Article • ZooKeys, July 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  12. Psocoptera (Insecta: Psocodea) of Iran with new records from caves

    Article • Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, March 2025, Apex Publishing

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  13. The Unexplored Biodiversity of ‘Glacier Fleas’ (Hexapoda: Collembola): Taxonomy, Distribution and Ecology in the European Alps and Apennines

    Article • Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, January 2025, Wiley

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  14. Biodiversity of a temperate karst landscape–ice cave collapse doline supports high α-diversity of the soil mesofauna

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  15. Two new species of Plutomurus Yosii (Collembola: Tomoceridae) from Georgia and Iran

    Article • Zootaxa, June 2024, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  16. A new subterranean species of Oncopodura Carl & Lebedinsky, 1905 (Collembola, Entomobryomorpha, Oncopoduridae) from a cave in Northeastern Iran

    Article • Subterranean Biology, June 2024, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  17. Global fine-resolution data on springtail abundance and community structure

    Article • Scientific Data, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Toke Høye, Pr Jean-François Ponge, Dr Maria A. Tsiafouli, prof. Ľubomír Kováč, Dr Emma J Sayer

  18. Karst landforms as microrefugia for soil Collembola: Open versus forested dolines

    Article • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, January 2024, University of California Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  19. Two new species of the genus Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901 (Hexapoda, Collembola, Onychiuridae) from Georgian caves with remarks on the subterranean biodiversity of the Caucasus Mountains

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, July 2023, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  20. Troglomorphic adaptations on the northern European frontier: the phylogeny of the cave Pseudosinella (Hexapoda, Collembola) in the Western Carpathians

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, June 2023, Frontiers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  21. Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pr Jean-François Ponge, Dr Maria A. Tsiafouli, prof. Ľubomír Kováč, Dr Emma J Sayer

  22. Karst Dolines Support Highly Diversified Soil Collembola Communities—Possible Refugia in a Warming Climate?

    Article • Diversity, November 2022, MDPI AG

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  23. Two new species of Plutomurus Yosii (Collembola: Tomoceridae) from the Caucasus and central Europe

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2022, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  24. Brazilian cave heritage under siege

    Article • Science, March 2022, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    alice hughes, prof. Ľubomír Kováč, Oana Moldovan, Dr Stefano Mammola, Ana Sofia Reboleira

  25. A comparison of collecting methods in relation to the diversity of Collembola in scree habitats

    Article • Subterranean Biology, September 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  26. A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome

    Article • Conservation Letters, August 2021, Wiley

    Raoul Manenti, prof. Ľubomír Kováč, Oana Moldovan, Dr Stefano Mammola

  27. Cushion plants act as facilitators for soil microarthropods in high alpine Sweden

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  28. Mesofauna at the Soil-Scree Interface in a Deep Karst Environment

    Article • Diversity, May 2021, MDPI AG

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  29. Microclimate and habitat heterogeneity as important drivers of soil Collembola in a karst collapse doline in the temperate zone

    Article • Invertebrate Biology, March 2021, Wiley

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  30. The food web in a subterranean ecosystem is driven by intraguild predation

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  31. A new European species of Ceratophysella (Collembola, Hypogastruridae) revealed by morphological data and DNA barcodes

    Article • ZooKeys, March 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  32. The dilemma of self-citation in taxonomy

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč, Oana Moldovan

  33. Contribution to the genus Plutomurus Yosii (Collembola, Tomoceridae): notes on the morphology of Plutomurus carpaticus Rusek & Weiner and P. unidentatus (Börner)

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2020, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  34. Dynamics of Collembola (Hexapoda) in a forested limestone scree slope, Western Carpathians, Slovakia

    Article • Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, March 2020, National Speleological Society

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  35. Subterranean Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901, (Hexapoda, Collembola) of the Western Carpathians — Troglomorphy at the northern distributional limit in Europe

    Article • PLOS One, January 2020, PLOS

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  36. Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae)

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, January 2020, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Ana Sofia Reboleira, prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  37. Ordered phylogenomic subsampling enables diagnosis of systematic errors in the placement of the enigmatic arachnid order Palpigradi

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  38. Local- versus broad-scale environmental drivers of continental β -diversity patterns in subterranean spider communities across Europe

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Stefano Mammola, prof. Ľubomír Kováč, Dr. Marco ISAIA, Oana Moldovan

  39. Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida: Araneae)

    Article • Biodiversity Data Journal, October 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Stefano Mammola, prof. Ľubomír Kováč, Dr. Marco ISAIA, Oana Moldovan

  40. New species of the genus Megalothorax Willem, 1900 (Collembola: Neelipleona) from a superficial subterranean habitat at Dobšinská Ice Cave, Slovakia

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2019, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  41. Type of fixative solution in pitfall traps as a decisive factor affecting community parameters of Collembola (Hexapoda) inhabiting superficial subterranean habitats

    Article • The Science of Nature, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  42. The succession of soil Collembola communities in spruce forests of the High Tatra Mountains five years after a windthrow and clear–cut logging

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, February 2019, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  43. Morphological and cytogenetic characteristics of Neobisium (Blothrus) slovacum Gulička, 1977 (Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae), the northernmost troglobitic species of the subgenus Blothrus in Europe

    Article • ZooKeys, January 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  44. Testing the climatic variability hypothesis in edaphic and subterranean Collembola (Hexapoda)

    Article • Journal of Thermal Biology, December 2018, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  45. A unique small-scale microclimatic gradient in a temperate karst harbours exceptionally high diversity of soil Collembola

    Article • International Journal of Speleology, May 2018, University of South Florida Libraries

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  46. The activity of saccharolytic enzymes in Collembola is associated with species affinity for caves

    Article • International Journal of Speleology, May 2018, University of South Florida Libraries

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  47. Cave Ecology

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  48. Caves as Oligotrophic Ecosystems

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  49. Ice Caves

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  50. Preamble

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  51. Riparian Collembola (Hexapoda) communities of northern Moldova, Eastern Europe

    Article • ZooKeys, December 2017, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  52. A new troglobiotic Protaphorura (Collembola, Hexapoda) from the Siberia, Russia

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2017, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  53. Erratum: ANDREA PARIMUCHOVÁ & ĽUBOMÍR KOVÁČ  (2016) Redescription of two troglobiotic species of Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901 (Collembola, Onychiuridae) from the Western Carpathians. Zootaxa, 4168: 327–340.

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2017, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  54. The cold-adapted population ofFolsomia manolachei(Hexapoda, Collembola) from a glaciated karst doline of Central Europe: evidence for a cryptic species?

    Article • Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, November 2016, Wiley

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  55. Redescription of two troglobiotic species of Deuteraphorura Absolon, 1901 (Collembola, Onychiuridae) from the Western Carpathians

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2016, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  56. Organic carbon content and temperature as substantial factors affecting diversity and vertical distribution of Collembola on forested scree slopes

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, July 2016, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  57. A new cave species of the genus Protaphorura Absolon, 1901 (Collembola, Onychiuridae) from the Western Carpathians (Slovakia) with critical comments to the Palaearctic representatives of the genus

    Article • Zootaxa, April 2016, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  58. Genus Neelus Folsom, 1896 (Hexapoda, Collembola) reveals its diversity in cave habitats: two new species from Croatia

    Article • Zootaxa, March 2016, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  59. Collembola dynamics along the mesoclimatic gradient in a karst valley

    Article • Biologia, January 2016, De Gruyter

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  60. Food sources of selected terrestrial cave arthropods

    Article • Subterranean Biology, July 2015, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  61. Distributional patterns of cave Collembola (Hexapoda) in association with habitat conditions, geography and subterranean refugia in the Western Carpathians

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, May 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  62. Community composition and cold tolerance of soil Collembola in a collapse karst doline with strong microclimate inversion

    Article • Biologia, January 2015, De Gruyter

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  63. Forest disturbance enhanced the activity of epedaphic collembola in windthrown stands of the High Tatra mountains

    Article • Journal of Mountain Science, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  64. The first phylogenetic analysis of Palpigradi (Arachnida) – the most enigmatic arthropod order

    Article • Invertebrate Systematics, January 2014, CSIRO Publishing

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč, Dr. Marco ISAIA

  65. Four new troglobiotic species of the genus Megalothorax Willem, 1900 (Collembola: Neelipleona) from the Carpathian Mountains (Slovakia, Romania)

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2013, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  66. Microwhip Scorpions (Palpigradi) Feed on Heterotrophic Cyanobacteria in Slovak Caves – A Curiosity among Arachnida

    Article • PLOS One, October 2013, PLOS

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  67. The effect of clear-cutting and wildfire on soil Oribatida (Acari) in windthrown stands of the High Tatra Mountains (Slovakia)

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, March 2013, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  68. Community structure of soil oribatida (acari) two years after windthrow in the high tatra mountains

    Article • Biologia, January 2013, De Gruyter

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  69. Soil Collembola communities along a steep microclimatic gradient in the collapse doline of the Silická ľadnica Cave, Slovak Karst (Slovakia)

    Article • Biologia, January 2013, De Gruyter

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  70. The effect of windthrow, wild fire, and management practices on epigeic Collembola in windthrown forest stands of the High Tatra Mts (Slovakia)

    Article • Biologia, January 2013, De Gruyter

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  71. Distribution and morphology of the European Karst palpigrade Eukoenenia gasparoi (Arachnida: Palpigradi)

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, November 2012, American Arachnological Society

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  72. The impact of disturbance and ensuing forestry practices on Collembola in monitored stands of windthrown forest in the Tatra National Park (Slovakia)

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  73. A three-year study of soil Collembola communities in spruce forest stands of the High Tatra Mts (Slovakia) after a catastrophic windthrow event

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, May 2012, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  74. Diversity and community structure of soil Oribatida (Acari) in an arable field with alluvial soils

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, May 2012, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  75. Changes within collembolan communities in windthrown European montane spruce forests 2 years after disturbance by fire

    Article • Annals of Forest Science, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  76. Redescription of Marstonia comalensis (Pilsbry & Ferriss, 1906), a poorly known and possibly threatened freshwater gastropod from the Edwards Plateau region (Texas)

    Article • ZooKeys, January 2011, Pensoft Publishers

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  77. Revision of the genus Neelus Folsom, 1896 (Collembola, Neelida) with the description of two new troglobiotic species from Europe

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2010, Magnolia Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  78. The effect of mesoclimate on Collembola diversity in the Zádiel Valley, Slovak Karst (Slovakia)

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, September 2008, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  79. The first karyotype study in palpigrades, a primitive order of arachnids (Arachnida: Palpigradi)

    Article • Genetica, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  80. Comparison of collembolan assemblages (Hexapoda, Collembola) of thermophilous oak woods and Pinus nigra plantations in the Slovak Karst (Slovakia)

    Article • Pedobiologia, January 2005, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  81. Soil Oribatida and Collembola communities across a land depression in an arable field

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, November 2001, Elsevier

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč

  82. REVISION OF THE GENUS CATOCALA

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, January 1901, Cambridge University Press

    prof. Ľubomír Kováč