The first phylogeny of Sri Lankan goblin spiders investigates the relationships of these short-range endemic species on the island: doi.org/10.3897/evol...

#Araneae #biogeography #phylogenetics

Devario altus is a newly described fish species established in a study of the phylogeny of Devario species in Sri Lanka. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/evol...

#fish #newspecies #phylogeny @unibe.ch

A re-examination of museum material and newly collected specimens, combined with molecular analyses, confirms this snake is a new-to-science species, described here as Lycodon irwini, named after Steve Irwin! doi.org/10.3897/evol...

Two new species of cobweb spiders are described from Sumatra, Indonesia. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/evol...

#arachnids #biodiversity #taxonomy @kalakemangga.bsky.social @uni-goettingen.de

A new species of burrowing snake of the genus Rhinophis is described from India's Western Ghats: doi.org/10.3897/evol...

#snakes #taxonomy #newspecies

Found on snow in Pakistan, a new species of horsehair worm: doi.org/10.3897/evol...

#Nematomorpha #taxonomy #newspecies @leibnizlib.bsky.social

Two new genera and two new species of mud crickets are described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Learn all about them here: doi.org/10.3897/evol...

@swheads.bsky.social @leibnizlib.bsky.social #fossils #crickets #biodiversity

The first record of the dance fly genus Chillcottomyia from Europe is a new species from Portugal! Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/evol...

#flies #newspecies #taxonomy

One week to go till the 35th European Congress of Arachnology! Our publisher @pensoft.net is proudly sponsoring the event with a free publication to the Best Talk winner.

Three cool new frogs described from Peru's mountains by our author and friend Germán Chávez et al.!

Endemic to the Munim Basin in Northeastern Brazil, this is Hoplias cazumba, a new freshwater fish species whose name means little spirit! Learn all about it here: doi.org/10.3897/evol...

#biodiversity #freshwaterfish #newspecies

An illustrated inventory of the pericopine tiger moths that have been deposited in the Lepidoptera collection at the Museum of Nature Hamburg - Zoology: doi.org/10.3897/evol...

#naturalhistory #moths #Lepidoptera @leibnizlib.bsky.social

The European dwarf mantis (Ameles spallanzania) has established breeding populations in Hungary, with a growing number of observations suggesting continued expansion towards Central Europe, this new study suggests: doi.org/10.3897/evol...

A phylogenetic analysis of the running crab spider genus Gephyrellula, with the description of one new species and new details on distribution: doi.org/10.3897/evol...

#spiders #taxonomy #phylogenetics #biodiversity