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Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): …
Fourteen species of the genus Boreophilia Benick are now recognized in North America. Boreophilia insecuta (Eppelsheim), reported by Lohse (1990) from North America, is a misident…
Designation of a neotype for Enteromius pallidus (Smith, 1841), an endemic cyprinid minnow from the Cape Fold Ecoregion…
Enteromius pallidus was described by Smith in 1841 without a designated type specimen for the species. Herein, we designate a specimen from the Baakens River system as a neotype f…
Taxonomy of the thelyphonid genus Typopeltis Pocock, 1894, including homology proposals for the male gonopod structures…
The genus Typopeltis Pocock, 1894 is poorly known regarding its systematics, natural history, and distribution, despite important taxonomic advances during the 1990s. Currently, o…
Morphology, molecular genetics, and acoustics reveal two new species of the genus Leptobrachella from northwestern Guiz…
Two new species of the genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925, L. bijie J. Wang, Y.L. Li, Y. Li, H.H. Chen & Y.Y. Wang, sp. nov. and L. purpuraventra J. Wang, Y.L. Li, Y. Li, H.H. Chen …
Description of a new species of Rhinocoeta Burmeister, 1842 (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from the South African Northern …
Rhinocoeta namaqua sp. nov. is recognised as a separate species from its closest relative, R. cornuta (Fabricius, 1781) after a review and close analysis of specimens recently col…
Taxonomic status and behavioural documentation of the troglobiont Lithobius matulici (Myriapoda, Chilopoda) from the Di…
Lithobius matulici Verhoeff, 1899 is redescribed based on type material and newly collected specimens. Strandiolus jugoslavicus Hoffer, 1937, described from another cave in the sa…
Rove beetles of the genus Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Russia: a key to species and annotated catalogue
This paper is the first inventory of the fauna of the rove beetle genus Quedius in the Russian Federation. It provides an annotated catalogue of 88 species of Quedius currently re…
A Revision of North American Lactura (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Lacturidae)
The Lactura Walker, 1854 fauna north of Mexico is revised. Six species are documented, one new species Lactura nalli Matson & Wagner, sp. n. is described, and two new synonymies a…
First record of the genus Empidideicus Becker, 1907 (Diptera, Mythicomyiidae) in China and the Oriental Region, with de…
Empidideicus Becker, 1907 is newly recorded from China and the Oriental Region, with one new species, E. pentagonius sp. n., described and illustrated. Observations are provided o…
A new semislug of the genus Laocaia (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicarionidae) from Vietnam
A new species of the genus Laocaia Kuzminykh, 1999, Laocaia simovi Dedov & Schneppat, sp. nov., is described, which was collected from a single locality in northern Vietnam. Color…
A new caruncle-bearing fanged frog (Limnonectes, Dicroglossidae) from Laos and Thailand
A new species of the dicroglossid frog genus Limnonectes is described from recent and historical museum specimens collected in central and southern Laos and northeastern Thailand.…
A new species of Bestiolina (Crustacea, Copepoda, Calanoida, Paracalanidae) from coastal waters of the Colombian Pacifi…
Plankton samples obtained from estuarine waters of the Colombian Pacific yielded adults specimens of an undescribed species of a paracalanid copepod of the genus Bestiolina. It mo…
Ichthyofaunal list of the continental slope of the southern Gulf of Mexico
Four oceanographic cruises were carried out between April 2011 and May 2013 on the continental slope of the southern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in a depth range of 290 to 1200 m on boar…
A new and cryptic species of Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania, Austral…
Lissodesmus piscator sp. nov. differs from the 30 previously described Lissodesmus species in the form of the femoral process of the gonopod telopodite, which is tripartite with a…
New species and new records of the genus Deinopteroloma Jansson, 1946 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae) from China
New morphological, taxonomic and faunistic data of the genus Deinopteroloma Jansson, 1946 from China are provided. Two species are described and illustrated: D. songi Peng & L.-Z.…
Type material comparison of possible cryptic species of the genus Electrogena (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in Central…
The genus Electrogena Zurwerra & Tomka, 1985 is a diverse mayfly group in the Western Palaearctic with a partially unclear taxonomy, even in well-examined areas such as Central Eu…
Two new species of the genus Symphylella (Symphyla, Scolopendrellidae) from Tibet, China
The Symphyla of Tibet are studied for the first time. Symphylella macropora sp. n. and Symphylella zhongi sp. n. from southeastern Tibet are described and illustrated. Symphylella…
Two new and one little-known damsel bug of the subfamily Prostemmatinae Reuter (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nabidae) from C…
Two damsel bugs belonging to two genera of the subfamily Prostemmatinae from China are reported as new to science: Alloeorhynchus (Alloeorhynchus) yunnanensis sp. n. and Rhamphoco…
Systematic re-structure and new species of Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) after morphological revision and molecular phyloge…
Detailed morphological study of more than 2600 North East Atlantic (NEA) sphaerodorids (Sphaerodoridae Annelida) and phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences of representatives of s…
Montiphylax, (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae), a new genus to accommodate the western North American species: Stenophylax a…
Montiphylax, a new genus within the Limnephilidae, is proposed to include Philocasca alba, P. antennata, and P. thor. Characters for the adults and larvae are presented to separat…
An unknown collection of lizards from Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a herpetologically understudied country with few published papers since the end of “Afghanistan’s Golden Age” from the 1930s to the 1970s. Although a detailed check…
Reef-associated fishes from the offshore reefs of western Campeche Bank, Mexico, with a discussion of mangroves and sea…
A series of small emergent coral reefs and shallow, submerged coralliferous banks are scattered along the western edge of Campeche Bank (southwest Gulf of Mexico), 150–200 km offs…
Review of the genus Stigmus Panzer (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) in China, with description of five new species from the O…
Five new species of the genus Stigmus: S. capoblongus Bashir & Ma, sp. n., S. denticorneus Bashir & Ma, sp. n., S. fronticoncavus Bashir & Ma, sp. n., S. interruptus Bashir & Ma, …
Anatomical and phylogenetic investigation of the genera Alabastrina Kobelt, 1904, Siretia Pallary, 1926, and Otala Schu…
This study presents new insights in the anatomy of genital organs of some large helicid gastropods from northern Africa. The genetic analysis with the markers COI, 16S, H3, and 5.…
New genera, a new species, and a key to the genera of Ashieldophyinae (Acari, Eriophyoidea) from India
Two new genera, Brevishieldophyes Chakrabarti & Pandit, gen. n. and Mesoshieldophyes Chakrabarti & Pandit, gen. n., and a new species Mesoshieldophyes varecae Chakrabarti & Pandit…
Richness and composition of anuran assemblages from an Amazonian savanna
The Amazonian savannas occupy approximately 150,000 km2 of the Brazilian Amazon, occurring in scattered isolated patches over large areas of forest in the states of Amapá, Amazona…
A review of Aulacospira Möllendorff, 1890 and Pseudostreptaxis Möllendorff, 1890 in the Philippines (Gastropoda, Pupill…
The genera Aulacospira and Pseudostreptaxis of the Philippines are revised based on the collections of the Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum (Frankfurt am Main, Germa…
Two new species of the ant genus Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Thailand
Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 is a small myrmicine genus of the tribe Crematogastrini. Seventeen species of the genus have been recorded from Southeast Asia. Herein, two new species f…
Myrmarachnine jumping spiders of the new subtribe Levieina from Papua New Guinea (Araneae, Salticidae, Myrmarachnini)
A previously unreported radiation of myrmarachnine jumping spiders from New Guinea is described, which, although having few known species, is remarkably diverse in body forms. Thi…
An annotated type catalogue of seven genera of operculate land snails (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) in the Natural H…
The collection of the seven cyclophorid snail genera housed in the Natural History Museum, London (NHM), includes 95 available species-level names belonging to the genera Pterocyc…
Review of the genus Bolbochromus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Geotrupidae, Bolboceratinae) in the Philippines
The genus Bolbochromus Boucomout, 1909 from the Philippines is reviewed for the first time. Six species in two subgenera, Metabolbochromus Krikken & Li, 2013 and Bolbochromus, inc…
Two new species of Yunnanomonticola Telnov (Coleoptera, Anthicidae) from China
Two new species of the genus Yunnanomonticola Telnov, 2002 are described based on the specimens collected in China. Yunnanomonticola latissima sp. n. is collected from Yunnan and …
Four new species of Philoplitis Nixon (Braconidae, Microgastrinae) with an updated key and illustrations of all describ…
The Microgastrinae genus Philoplitis Nixon is revised and four new species are described: P. keralensis sp. n. and P. trifoveatus sp. n. authored by Ranjith & Fernandez-Triana, an…
First description of the male of Volesus nigripennis Champion, 1899, with new records from Ecuador and Panama, taxonomi…
The genus Volesus Champion, 1899 is redescribed and the male of V. nigripennis Champion, 1899 is described for the first time and found to be similar to the female in both structu…
Dwarfs under dinosaur legs: a new millipede of the order Callipodida (Diplopoda) from Cretaceous amber of Burma
The entire Mesozoic Era is rather poor in millipede (class Diplopoda) fossils, with less than a dozen species being taxonomically described. Here, we describe the first fossil mil…
Review of the fish parasitic genus Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from South Afric…
The branchial-attaching cymothoid genus, Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 is a genus with a worldwide distribution of 36 species, including the three species described here. Elth…
A new species of Wesmaelius Krüger from Mexico, with a key to the New World species of the subgenus Kimminsia Killingto…
Wesmaelius (Kimminsia) nanacamilpa Marquez & Contreras, sp. n., a brown lacewing from Tlaxcala state, Mexico is described and illustrated. This is the second recorded species of W…
A new Nigerian hunter snail species related to Ennea serrata d’Ailly, 1896 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Streptaxidae) with n…
Ennea nigeriensis sp. n. is described from southeastern Nigeria on the basis of external and internal shell morphology. Following Pilsbry’s formal criteria of a single palatal fol…
Conchological and molecular analysis of the “non-scaly” Bornean Georissa with descriptions of three new species (Gastro…
The Bornean representatives of the genus Georissa (Hydrocenidae) have small, dextral, conical, calcareous shells consisting of ca. three teleoconch whorls. Our recent study on the…
Sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) of Singapore: redescription and taxonomy of Phymanthus pinnulatus Martens in Klunzi…
Despite the ubiquity of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) in tropical ecosystems, our understanding of their biodiversity and taxonomy is limited. Here we re-establish the ident…
Multilocus genetic and morphological phylogenetic analysis reveals a radiation of shiny South Asian jumping spiders (Ar…
This study presents a systematic revision of South Asian members of the Tribe Chrysillini Simon, 1901. Genetic and morphological variations were analysed of a “similar-looking” gr…
Molecular evidence for cryptic species in the common slug eating snake Duberria lutrix lutrix (Squamata, Lamprophiidae)…
We examined the impact of climatic fluctuations on the phylogeographic structure of the common slug eating snake (Duberria lutrix lutrix) throughout its distribution in South Afri…
A new soil centipede from South-East Asia with a unique arrangement of ventral glands, and a revised synopsis of Gonibr…
A new gonibregmatid centipede, Vinaphilus unicus gen. n., sp. n., is described based on two females from a single location in northern Vietnam. The new genus and species are disti…
New records of Benthesicymus Bate, 1881 (Dendrobranchiata, Penaeoidea, Benthesicymidae) from the abyssal depths of Taiw…
The deep-sea Benthesicymus shrimps generally inhabit waters deeper than 1000 m deep. Recent deep-sea cruises off Taiwan collected two species of Benthesicymus Bate, 1881 from the …
Simopone fisheri sp. n., a new species of Dorylinae ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China, with an illustrated key …
Simopone fisheri sp. n., a new species of the subfamily Dorylinae, is described based on the worker caste. The new species is separated easily from the other named congeners by th…
Cryptic diversity in Lithobates warszewitschii (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae)
Lithobates warszewitschii is a species of ranid frog distributed from southern Honduras to Panama. This species suffered severe population declines at higher elevations (above 500…
An annotated list of the Chamaemyiidae (Diptera, Acalyptrata) of Turkey with new records and additional data
A list of all the species of Chamaemyiidae known from Turkey is compiled from the literature and supplemented by new records. A total of 40 species in five genera is given with up…
A new species of Pista Malmgren, 1866 (Polychaeta, Terebellidae) from the north-western Mediterranean Sea
A new species of Terebellidae, Pista colini sp. n., has been identified from the harbour of Banyuls-sur-Mer, north-western Mediterranean Sea. This new species was found in very hi…
Four new species of Hexanchorus Sharp from Ecuador (Coleoptera, Elmidae) with DNA barcoding and notes on the distributi…
The riffle beetle genus Hexanchorus Sharp, 1882 is distributed from Mexico to Argentina, forming an important component of the freshwater invertebrate fauna of Latin America. With…
A monograph on the genus Tetraserica from the Indochinese region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)
In this monograph on the Indochinese species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 all species distributed in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and mainland Malaysia are covered a…
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