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Open-access, peer-reviewed journal for taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, and evolution of animals of any geological age from any part of the world.

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Helobdella is the most speciose leech genus worldwide. Now, two newly described species from Mexico join its ranks: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#leeches #newspecies #freshwater
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A new millipede species, Cyphocallipus africanus, is described from Morocco, proving the occurrence of native species of the order Callipodida on the African continent.

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November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A new species of horned toad is described from central China - learn more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#toads #newspecies #phylogeny
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Fourteen species of Aprostocetus Westwood from China are reviewed, including one new species, and new country records for four species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#parasitoids #taxonomy #newspecies
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Four new species of the sheet web spider family Linyphiidae are described from China's Hunan Province. Read more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#spiders #taxonomy #newspecies
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Two new gecko species are described - find out all about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#gecko #taxonomy #newspecies
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A new genus is established for a new species of slug caterpillar moth. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#moths #taxonomy #newspecies
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A new species of the copepod genus Pseudodiaptomus is described from specimens collected from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#copepods #endemicspecies #newspecies
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A phylogenetic analysis of Tui Chubs (Siphateles spp.) from the Great Basin, focusing on refining their taxonomic classification: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#fishes #phylogenetics #ichthyology
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Donacia koreana is a new reed beetle species from South Korea. Learn all about it in this new research article: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #beetles #taxonomy
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A new genus and species of the pleasing fungus beetle tribe Languriini is described and illustrated from Asia: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#taxonomy #newspecies #beetles
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A comprehensive dataset of the mtDNA 16S rRNA region for aquatic coleopteran and hemipteran insects distributed in Japan: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#insects #DNAbarcoding #eDNA
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The moth genus Euryobeidia is reviewed based on morphological characters and available molecular data, and four new taxa are described within it: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #taxonomy #Lepidoptera
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The color pattern shift in King Ratsnakes (Elaphe carinata carinata) is likely associated with body weight, but not age, this study found: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#snakes #reptiles #zoology
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A new cave-dwelling loach was discovered in an underground river outlet in Xiaoganxi Village, Yunnan Province, China. Learn more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#cavefish #loach #phylogeny
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
An update to the systematics of silverfish of the subfamily Heterolepismatinae, based on morphological and molecular data of new taxa from the Atacama Desert: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#silverfish #newspecies #taxonomy
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A new cave-dwelling loach was discovered in an underground river outlet in Xiaoganxi Village, Yunnan Province, China. Learn more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Seventeen species of Pediciinae crane flies were found during studies on the Korean Peninsula, three of them described as new. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#taxonomy #newspecies #entomology
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A new leafhopper genus of the tribe Athysanini, including two new species. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#taxonomy #leafhoppers #newspecies
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
So far only known the from montane evergreen forests of Darongshan Nature Reserve in Guangxi, China, this is Leptobrachella darongshanensis, just described as a new species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#bioacoustics #phylogeny #taxonomy
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Sequencing of two Chinese stick insect species, Sceptrophasma bituberculatum and Macellina souchongia: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#mitogenome #DNA #phylogeny
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Pavona giannii is a new species of reef-dwelling coral described based on newly collected material across the Indian Ocean and historical museum specimens.

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November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Description of four new species in the seed-beetle genus Amblycerus: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#beetles #taxonomy #newspecies
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Tuberstira pennis is a new genus and species within the long-jointed beetle tribe Lagriini, subtribe Statirina, described from China. Find out all about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#beetles #newspecies #taxonomy
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Detailed morphological (re)descriptions of two copepod species from Korea, including one new to science: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #crustaceans #meiofauna
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM