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A special volume published today adds 99 new species from Mêdog and other parts of China 2026-04-01
In today's 677-page special volume on beetle diversity of Mêdog, a new genus and 99 new species are described, with 53 new records. The entire volume is for open access: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1
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A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kokrajhar District, Assam, India
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Description of Apheledessa gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Edessinae) with two new species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Published : 2026-04-13 -
Bufo praetextatus Boie, 1826 is a nomen dubium: an historical analysis of its original description supports the prevailing usage of Bufo japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1838
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Catalogue of type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Spain
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A new species and molecular phylogeny of the Platycerus bashanicus species group (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) endemic to China
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Sexual dimorphism in wing shape of Dolichopus ungulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Hercostomus brevicornis (Staeger, 1842) with morphometric notes on wings of related species of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
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Synonymization of subspecies within Anthroherpon cylindricollis complex (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leptodirini).
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Facing a slithery dragon: systematics of the Petracola ventrimaculata (Boulenger, 1900) species complex (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with description of five new species
Published : 2026-04-13
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Crustacean classification: on-going controversies and unresolved problems*
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A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World
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A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification
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Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Published : 2004-10-12 -
New species, new synonymy, taxonomic notes and new records of bark and ambrosia beetles from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae and Scolytinae)
Published : 2024-03-13 -
Family-group names of Recent fishes
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World Catalogue of the family Lonchaeidae (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha, Acalyptratae)
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Uncovering what lies within: The first scientific account of cave-dwelling ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Philippines with the description of a new genus, new subgenus, and four new species from Mindanao
Published : 2024-03-25