In a 232-page monograph published today, Dr James Blake added 54 new species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida). This book is part of the collection "Toward a million new species".
Read more about A monograph on Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) added 54 new speciesIn today's Megataxa, a 248-page monograph on Linyphiidae by four arachnologists documents 107 spider species across 61 genera from some southern provinces of China, including 74 new species and five new genera.
Read more about Arachnologists described 74 new species and 5 new genera of spiders from ChinaHighly cited: The 738-page monograph "New concepts and methods for phylogenetic taxonomy and nomenclature in zoology, exemplified by a new ranked cladonomy of recent amphibians (Lissamphibia)" by Dubois et al. received its 100th citation today in Web of Science Core Collection.
Read more about Highly cited: 100 cites to Dubois et al (2021)'s monograph "New concepts and methods for phylogenetic taxonomy and nomenclature in zoology"In a 217-page monograph published today, Australian taxonomists Dr Bruce Jenkins and Dr Frank Köhler described 40 new species of snails from a survery of 462 sites across Australasia, the Indo-West Pacific, and in temperate zones of the northern and southern Pacific. https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.13.1.1
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In a 266-page monograph published today, Thomas Donnelly and Milen Marinov described ten new species plus one new subspecies of damselflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) from Fiji. https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.14.1.1
Read more about Ten new species of damselflies from FijiThree Chinese taxonomists described nine new hypogean species of pseudoscorpions in a 74-page article today.
Read more about Chinese taxonomists described nine new hypogean species of pseudoscorpionsROHAN PETHIYAGODA's paper "Policing the scientific lexicon: The new colonialism?" received its 10th citation according to Google Scholar. This paper is also the most-viewed paper in Megataxa.
Read more about Cited 10 times since mid-2023: Policing the scientific lexicon: The new colonialism?A new opinion piece published in Megataxa today (Conix et al. 2023) calls for preregistration in the field of taxonomy and discusses its potential benefits and objections.
Read more about Preregistration in taxonomyToday we conclude the first year of Megataxa with a massive monograph of 660 pages, including 178 new species and 37 new genera of copepods belonging to the family Notodelphyidae.
Read more about A perfect conclusion of the first year of Megataxa!