NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF THE SURFACE ANTENNAL SENSORY EQUIPMENT IN FREE-LIVING AND CAVE-DWELLING BEETLES (LEIODIDAE: LEPTODIRINI)

New insights into the evolution of the surface antennal sensory equipment in free-living and cave-dwelling beetles (Leiodidae: Leptodirini)

The stable environment of subterranean realms is characterized by constant darkness, temperature and humidity, and scarcity of resources.This led to similar adaptations in different lineages of Backlight animals, such as the reduction of eyes and pigmentation.It is common textbook knowledge that blindness in cave insects is compensated for by trans

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SPECIFICS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE IMAGE OF RUSSIA IN TEXTBOOKS OF RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE FOR FRANCOPHONES

The article deals with presentation strategies for the target language country image, with foreign textbooks of Russian as material for analysis.Methods used in cognitive linguistics and cultural linguistics (concept and context analysis) have been used to reveal mono-, bi- and multiculturalism strategies used in foreign textbooks of Russian for th

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