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We present a first record of feeding by the freshwater crab species, Parathelphusa pulcherrima on the frog species Hylarana nicobariensis (Ranidae) from Sabah (Borneo, Malaysia) t…

A taxonomic revision of the genus Hygrophorus in China was conducted using integrated morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses, based on sequences of the internal transcr…

Lignicolous freshwater fungi are key decomposers in freshwater ecosystems, playing crucial roles in nutrient cycling and energy flow. During investigations into microfungi in fres…

Asterina comprises obligate biotrophic fungal pathogens that form black colonies on the surface of living leaves and derive nutrients by penetrating host epidermal cells, often re…

Ornithoboea brachycarpa C.Xiong, F.Wen & Y.G.Wei, a new cave-dwelling species discovered in Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically distinctive within …

Ceropegia gengmaensis P.R.Luo, A.Liu & H.Sun, a new species from Gengma County, Yunnan, Southwest China, is described. Both morphological characteristics and chloroplast phylogene…

A new species, Adenia sajoreciae (Passifloraceae), from Kenya is described and illustrated. It is morphologically related to A. ellenbeckii but differs by being glabrous on all pa…

A new species of Phalacrostemma (Annelida, Sabellariidae) is described based on the specimens collected at a depth of 675 m on the Ritto Seamount of the West Mariana Ridge, northw…

Damastes leo (Simon, 1903), comb. nov. (ex Megaloremmius) female is redescribed and the male is described for the first time. The species is endemic to Madagascar, and its range a…

Three new species of the genus Onycholabis Bates, 1873 are described, O. hainanus Bolkiboev & Liang, sp. nov. from Hainan; O. tengjhihensis Bolkiboev & Liang, sp. nov., and O. che…

Caeconyx papso sp. nov. within the family Uristidae is described from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, Northeast Atlantic Ocean. The new species differs from the only other member of …

The genus Glauconycteris (Vespertilionidae) comprises small, forest-dependent bats distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its distinctive morphology, the genus remains poo…

Morphostenophanes ailaoshanensis sp. nov. is described, which is the fourth species distributed in the Ailao Mountains in Yunnan, China. Detailed illustrations of the habitus and …

Two new species of darkling beetles of the genus Morphostenophanes Pic, 1925 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini) are described from Yunnan, China: M. jiaoziensi…

A new species of Pristimantis is described from the Cordillera del Cóndor, Zamora Chinchipe Province, southeastern Ecuador, based on morphological and molecular data, Pristimantis…

Wetlands provide essential ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration, water purification, flood mitigation and biodiversity support. Lake Karataş has been recognised as a…

Stoneflies are a relatively small order of insects comprising over 4,200 extant, described species. They have long been recognised as valuable indicators of water quality, since n…

This study shows how the different environments and biogeographical provinces in the Mexican Transition Zone influence the structure of odonate communities. Through sampling condu…

The orb-weaver spider genus Zangaraneus Mi, Wang & Feng, 2026 contains four species known only from Xizang, China. In our recent study, the fifth species has been found and is des…

This study describes three new species of Palaearctic Collembola—Entomobrya cezarae sp. nov., E. antoniae sp. nov., and Willowsia solanella sp. nov.—collected in Romania. The genu…

Two new species of Spartaeus Thorell, 1891 from southern China are described: S. yingdeensis sp. nov. (♂♀) from Guangdong Province and S. rotiscutus sp. nov. (♂♀) from Yunnan Prov…

In the present study, a distinctive lineage of lymnaeid gastropods from the deep-water deposits of the Late Miocene Lake Pannon (Central Europe) is revised. The examined material …

Meiofauna samples were collected using the multicorer during three FS POLARSTERN research expeditions to the Southern Ocean between 2013 and 2019. The samples yielded, among other…

Highly ornamented protoconchs and a developed posterior canal are exceptionally rare and unique shell characteristics in strict freshwater gastropods. This study combines morpholo…

Within the family Osphronemidae, mouth-brooding fighting fishes are small, air-breathing fish species that hold their eggs and offspring in their buccal cavities as a parental car…

A new species of the benthic harpacticoid genus Laophontella Thompson IC & Scott A, 1903 (Tetragonicipitidae), collected from intertidal habitats along the coast of Korea, is desc…

The genus Pachymerium is nearly cosmopolitan and exhibits considerable dispersal capacity among geophilomorph centipedes. However, its taxonomic study in China remains notably ina…

We describe and illustrate a new genus of Staphylinina, Luffy gen. nov., with two new species: L. schillhammeri sp. nov. from Yunnan, China, and L. nika sp. nov. from northern Lao…

Kaluginia wangi sp. nov., collected from China, is described and illustrated. The species belongs to the tribe Boreoheptagyiini (Diamesinae). The genus Kaluginia is newly recorded…

Significant progress has been made in the cockroach faunistics of some South American countries (i.e., Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, and the Guiana shield) during the last 25 years w…

Two new cave-dwelling species, Triplophysa zhijinensis sp. nov. and Triplophysa dafangensis sp. nov., are described from karst caves in Guizhou Province, southwestern China. Tripl…

Two new species of Calotes lizards, C. thailandensis sp. nov. and C. maehongsonensis sp. nov., are diagnosed and described from Thailand. These new species are most closely relate…

We describe a new species of widow spider (Araneae, Theridiidae, Latrodectus) from the Andean region. DNA barcode sequences are provided. The species is documented from museum spe…

We revise the diagnosis of the flathead genus Elates Jordan & Seale, 1907 and describe a new species based on specimens purchased from a fish market in the southern Philippines. T…

The following new taxa are described from northern Vietnam: Fansipanica milae Páll-Gergely & Dedov, gen et sp. nov., Ducanhia Páll-Gergely, gen. nov. (type species: Helix balansai…

A new species of freshwater goby, Rhinogobius mengyangensis sp. nov., is described from the upper Changjiang River basin in Sichuan Province, China, based on comparative morpholog…

Anapleus pescheli sp. nov. (Italy: Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Sicilia; Greece: Central Greece, Peloponnesus) is herein described and figured and compared to three congeners f…

Spiders of the genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 from Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China are studied. A total of four species are reported and illustrated o…

New morphological, taxonomic, and faunistic data on the genus Pinopellis Assing, 2022 from China are provided. Two new species of Pinopellis are described: P. liaoi sp. nov. (Guan…

A new species of spiny mouse, Mus (Pyromys) dumbara sp. nov., is described from the Dumbara (Knuckles) Mountain Range in Sri Lanka, based on an integrated assessment of external m…

A new species of Odorrana is described from the limestone karst forest in northern Vietnam based on morphological differences and molecular divergence. Morphologically, Odorrana n…

Three new macropterous species of the genus Oedichirus Erichson, 1839 from China, are described and illustrated: O. acutus Tang & Peng, sp. nov. (Libo, Guizhou), O. biwenxuani Tan…

The Neotropical genus Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1822, is one of the most speciose genera in the tribe Deltochilini. This genus of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) is divid…

The taxonomic identity and distribution of Pakistan’s Microhyla in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has not been confirmed at species level using molecular data; historical records relied on mo…

The Himalaya and Hindu Kush remain among the least scientifically explored mountain regions of Asia. Within their vertebrate fauna, pitvipers of the Gloydius himalayanus (Günther,…

Three new species of the genus Hutufeideria are described from the Oriental region. The first species, H. perakensis sp. nov., was collected in Malaysia and differs from its conge…

The order Glomerida (pill millipedes) represents a group of terrestrial invertebrates of high ecological and taxonomic significance, yet its diversity and distribution in China re…

Truncatelloidea is the richest and most diverse group within Mollusca. Both morphological and molecular studies have sought to resolve its phylogenetic framework; however, th…

The hymenopteran parasitoid complex of the families Eurytomidae and Pteromalidae associated with Lixus subtilis Boheman, 1836 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) developing on sugar beet …

Two new species of the genus Stenocranus Fieber, 1866 and Ceratocranus Fujinuma & Hayashi, 2025, S. fodingshanensis Tang, Li & Chen, sp. nov. and C. huaxiensis Tang, Li & Chen, sp…