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A new gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia nanjiensis sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Gorgoniidae) from the Nanji Islands, Chi…
Members of the genus Pseudopterogorgia Kükenthal, 1919 are widely distributed in shallow water of the Indo-West Pacific. During an investigation of benthic biodiversity in the sub…
Four new species of Laelius Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Korea with an updated key to species in the Eastern …
The genus Laelius Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) is a cosmopolitan bethylid genus with 68 valid species distributed across most zoogeographic regions worldwide. This taxo…
A new species of the rare genus Endogeophilus from southern France, with a key to the European genera of Geophilidae s.…
The geophilid centipede Endogeophilus alberti sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on a single specimen collected from Provence, southern France. It is very similar to E. i…
Discovery of a new soft-bodied click-beetle genus from Namibia with a unique morphology leads to a modified diagnosis o…
Drilini are soft-bodied predatory click beetles with incompletely metamorphosed females. Approximately 150 described species are distributed in the Afrotropical, Palaearctic and O…
Old World Micropholcus spiders, with first records of acrocerid parasitoids in Pholcidae (Araneae)
Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen, 1987 is one of only two Pholcidae genera known to occur both in the Old and New Worlds. However, there are major morphological and ecolog…
Smooth post-labial chaetae in Homidia (Collembola, Entomobryidae) and the description of four new species from China wi…
Four new species of Homidia are described from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Homidia longiantenna sp. nov. is characterised by its long antenna and slightly expande…
First record of Buninotus Maldonado Capriles and B. palikur Castro-Huertas, Forero & Melo from Brazil, with taxonomic n…
Buninotus Maldonado Capriles, 1981 and Buninotus palikur Castro-Huertas, Forero & Melo, 2022 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae, Saicini) are recorded from Brazil for the first time…
A new four-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from the north of Espinhaço Mountain Range, …
A new species of Amphisbaena is described from the north of Espinhaço Mountain Range, municipality of Caetité, state of Bahia, Brazil. Amphisbaena amethysta sp. nov. can be distin…
Melita panda, a new species of Melitidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Japan
A new intertidal species of the melitid amphipod, Melita panda, from the Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, is identified and described. Melita panda sp. nov. differs from the similar M.…
Four new species of the genus Hendelia Czerny, 1903 (Diptera, Clusiidae) from China
Four new species of the genus Hendelia Czerny, 1903 collected from China, are described as new to science: H. latustigenis sp. nov., H. macrocera sp. nov., H. deltoides sp. nov. a…
Description of a new species of Chrysonotomyia Ashmead from Houston, Texas, USA (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae)
A new species of the genus Chrysonotomyia Ashmead, Chrysonotomyia susbelli sp. nov., is described from the Rice University campus in Houston, Texas, USA. The species is a parasito…
Elachista dimicatella sensu auctt.—a complex of neglected species diversity (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) from European m…
Elachista dimicatella Rebel, 1903, has so far been considered a species in Europe with restricted distribution from Ukraine to western France. The species occurs on mountainous re…
The genus Platydracus Thomson in Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)
A study on Platydracus species of Hainan Province, China is presented. Platydracus hainanensis sp. nov., Platydracus aureolus sp. nov. and Platydracus zhouchenglini sp. nov. are d…
A new toad of Oreolalax Myers & Leviton, 1962 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Sichuan Province, southwest China
A new species of the genus Oreolalax Myers & Leviton, 1962 is described from Sichuan Province, southwest China. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial gene sequenc…
Molecular and morphological identification of larvae of Carangidae (Teleostei, Carangiformes) species from southern Gul…
The description of diagnostic morphological characters and DNA barcoding of fish larvae from nine species of the carangid family are provided from specimens collected during a wee…
A new species and some new distribution records of the genus Apatetica Westwood from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, …
Five species of Apatetica Westwood, 1848 from China are recorded and illustrated: Apatetica angusticollis sp. nov. from Sichuan, A. confusa Assing, 2018 from Yunnan, A. intermedia…
Integrative taxonomy reveals two new giant pill-millipedes of the genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from eastern Thailand (Dip…
A large amount of material of the millipede genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 was collected during 2014–2023 from many parts of eastern Thailand. An integrative study of morphological ch…
The Grumpy dwarfgoby, a new species of Sueviota (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from the Red Sea
A new gobiid species is described from ten specimens, 9.2 – 16.7 mm SL, collected from the Saudi Arabian Red Sea. The new species is most similar to Sueviota pyrios from the Gulf …
Complete mitochondrial genome of Plecia longiforceps Duda, 1933 (Diptera, Bibionidae) and its implications for a phylog…
Over the past decade, the prevalence of mass outbreaks involving non-native insects has sparked concerns about their potential negative impact on human inhabited areas and local e…
New faunistic records of chironomids and phantom midges (Diptera, Chironomidae and Chaoboridae) from Ukraine indicate r…
The aquatic insect fauna of the Eastern Carpathians is poorly known, especially in Ukraine. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted faunistic surveys of Chironomidae and Chaob…
A new species of genus Acrossus Mulsant, 1842 (Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae, Aphodiini) from South Korea
A new species of the genus Acrossus Mulsant, 1842, Acrossus baei sp. nov. from South Korea, is described and illustrated on the basis of morphology and mitochondrial COI sequences…
A new southern Atlantic cryptic marine shrimp species of Acetes (Decapoda, Sergestidae)
A recently published molecular phylogenetic analysis, focusing on selected Western Atlantic subspecies of Acetes americanus Ortmann, 1893 and allies, was inconclusive about relati…
A new species of karst-dwelling bent-toed gecko of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from east…
A new karst-dwelling bent-toed gecko of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius group is described from Khlong Hat District, Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand, based on an integrative taxo…
Review of the genus Salicarus (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae)
The genus Salicarus Kerzhner, 1962 is revised, with differential diagnoses and redescriptions provided for nine species. Three distinct species groups were recognized within the g…
Taxonomic diversity of amphibians (Amphibia, Anura) and reptiles (Reptilia, Testudines, Squamata) in a heterogeneous la…
In Mexico, land use changes have significantly impacted the diversity of amphibians and reptiles in a negative way. In light of this, we evaluate the alpha and beta components of …
Further notes on the genus Eurhaphidophora Gorochov, 1999 (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) with description of a new spec…
This paper revises the genus Eurhaphidophora from China and describes a new species, i.e., Eurhaphidophora dulongjiangensis Zhu & Shi, sp. nov. The females of Eurhaphidophora tara…
Four new species of the genus Yunguirius (Araneae, Agelenidae) from China
Four new species of Yunguirius B. Li, Zhao & S.Q. Li, 2023 are described from China, namely: Yunguirius parvus Wei & Liu, sp. nov. (♀), Yunguirius trigonus Wei & Liu, sp. nov. (♀)…
Expanding the knowledge of the bat fauna of the Brazilian Caatinga: new geographical records of molossid bats (Chiropte…
The Caatinga, an exclusive biome in Brazil, is the largest tropical dry forest area in the Americas. It is characterized by a semi-arid climate and various soils that harbor a gre…
Description of Nilssondytes diversus gen. et sp. nov. from Venezuela (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae, Cybistrinae)
A new genus, Nilssondytes gen. nov., is described for a unique new species, Nilssondytes diversus sp. nov., from Venezuela. This paper corrects an inadvertent mistake in a paper b…
Two new species of Macropelopia (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Oriental China, delineated with morphology and COI sequenc…
Two new species, Macropelopia (Macropelopia) excavata Xu & Fu, sp. nov. and Macropelopia (Macropelopia) quadrimacula Xu & Fu, sp. nov., are described as male adults. A key to iden…
The description of the first rock-dwelling species of butterfly lizard Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 (Squamata, Agamidae) from…
A new species of rock-dwelling Leiolepis is described from the Khorat Plateau in northeastern Thailand. Leiolepis glaurung sp. nov. can be differentiated from all other sexual spe…
Two new species and a new record of the ant genus Meranoplus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Tha…
Meranoplus Smith, 1853 is distributed in the Old World tropics, from Africa, Asia, New Guinea to Australia. There are four species Meranoplus bicolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1844), M. …
Morphological and molecular data warrant the description of a new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura, Megophryidae) f…
Recent phylogenetic studies in Himalayan lazy toads of the genus Scutiger Theobald, 1868 revealed the presence of genetically deeply divergent lineages. The taxonomy of S. nepalen…
Four new earthworm species of the genera Amynthas and Metaphire (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae) from Hunan and Anhui prov…
This paper describes four new species earthworms from Hunan and Anhui provinces, China, Amynthas xiangtanensis Qiu & Jin, sp. nov., Amynthas taoyuanensis Qiu & Jin, sp. nov., Amyn…
A new species of the genus Serangium Blackburn (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from China, with description of the immature…
A new species Serangium xinpingensis Huang & Wang, sp. nov. is described from Yunnan Province, China, as a newly discovered predator on Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera, Sterno…
Altimella gen. nov., a new genus of Cicurinidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Xizang, China, with description of two new sp…
Altimella Wang & Zhang, gen. nov., a new genus belonging to Cicurinidae, is established, and two new species are described, Altimella nedong Wang & Zhang, sp. nov. (♂♀, type speci…
Two new species of freshwater goby (Teleostei, Gobiidae) from the Upper Youshui River, Chongqing, China
Two previously unknown species of Rhinogobius have been discovered in the streams of the Upper Youshui River, within the Yuan River Basin, Xiushan County, Chongqing, China. These …
Two new species of the family Aoridae (Crustacea, Malacostraca, Amphipoda) from Korean waters
Two new species of the family Aoridae, one from the genus Aoroides Walker, 1898, and other from the genus Grandidierella Coutière, 1904, are reported from Korean waters. Aoroides …
Four new species of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae, Liphistiidae, Liphistiinae) from Myanmar
Four new species of Liphistius belonging to the birmanicus species group are described from Myanmar based on both sexes: L. kalaw Zhan & Xu, sp. nov. (♂♀), L. kanpetlet Zhan & Xu,…
Discovery of a new tarantula species from the Madrean Sky Islands and the first documented instance of syntopy between …
The Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona are renowned for their exceptional biodiversity and high levels of endemism. Morphological, genomic, behavioral, and distributiona…
New records and revised distribution of tiger beetles in China (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae)
Based on the examination of specimens housed in several scientific collections, we expand the known tiger beetle fauna of China, and eight species are recorded from China for the …
Taxonomic review of Amemboa Esaki, 1925 from China, with description of a new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Gerridae)
The species of Amemboa Esaki, 1925 from China are reviewed. Amemboa hainanica sp. nov., is described from Hainan Island, and Amemboa burmensis J. Polhemus & Andersen, 1984 is newl…
Three new spider species of Belisana Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from karst caves, with a list of Belisana speci…
Three new species of the genus Belisana Thorell, 1898 are described from karst caves in Guangxi, China: Belisana langping Zhang, Li & Yao, sp. nov. (♂♀), B. lingui Zhang, Li & Yao…
Description of five larvae of the genus Gnaptorina Reitter, 1887 from Xizang, China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Blaptin…
With 39 described species in three subgenera, the Gnaptorina is the second most species-rich genus in the subtribe Gnaptorinina (Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae). In this study, a phylog…
Delimitation of the widely distributed Palearctic Stenodema species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae): insights from mo…
Species delimitation presents a significant challenge in biology, particularly in systematics. Here, an integrative approach is employed to assess the species boundaries of widely…
The jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) in Urban Green Spaces of Bogotá (Colombia), with descriptions of two new…
In a survey of the arthropod fauna of 33 Urban Green Spaces (UGS) in Bogotá, Colombia, between 2017 and 2019, 21 species (3,825 specimens) of Psylloidea were collected. These repr…
Systematics and biogeography of Appalachian Anillini, and a taxonomic review of the species of South Carolina (Coleopte…
In the eastern United States, 74 species of Anillini in two genera have been described, with most belonging to Anillinus Casey. Until now, no systematic framework has existed for …
Caligus selenecola sp. nov. (Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) parasitic on the hairfin lookdown Selene brevoortii (Gill) f…
Specimens of a caligid copepod (Siphonostomatoida) were found on the gills of the hairfin lookdown Selene brevoortii (Gill) (Carangidae) from off Mazatlán, Sinaloa (north-western …
A description of a new species of Mongolodiaptomus Kiefer, 1937 (Copepoda, Calanoida, Diaptomidae) from Thailand with a…
The genus Mongolodiaptomus is widely distributed in stagnant water bodies in Southeast Asia. During a comprehensive collection of freshwater copepods from different areas in Thail…
First report of albinism for Achalinus sheni (Serpentes, Xenodermidae), with extended diagnosis of the species
Albinism is an uncommon phenomenon and inherited condition in animals characterized by a partial or complete lack of melanin. The family Xenodermidae Gray, 1849, is a group of cae…
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