Zootaxa

Vol. 5793 No. 2

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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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First approach to the knowledge of Orthocentrus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae) in Colombia: Description of ten new species, addition of new records, and taxonomic key to Colombian species
- DIEGO ÁLVAREZ-ARELLANO
- SHIRLEY PALACIOS-CASTRO
Published : 2026-04-22
Redescription of the genus Turnicola Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1938 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) and its type species
- DAOJIAN CHEN
- ALEXANDRA A. GROSSI
- MIN ZHANG
- XIAOWEN CHEN
- FASHENG ZOU
- DANIEL R. GUSTAFSSON
Published : 2026-04-22
Leptopodidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of China: key, checklist, and new records
- YANHUL WANG
- PINGPING CHEN
- QIANG XIE
Published : 2026-04-22
Synopsis of the Indian and Sri Lankan Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 1910 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Trichopolydesmoidea), with the description of two new epigean species from India
- PRADEEP M. SANKARAN
- SERGEI I. GOLOVATCH
- JOHN HOLLIER
Published : 2026-04-22
A new species of the genus Xiaomyia Sæther & Wang (Diptera: Chironomidae) from West Bengal, India
- POULAMI HUI
- ACHINTYA MAHATO
- NILADRI HAZRA
Published : 2026-04-22
A new mud-nesting Fanged Frog (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Arunachal Pradesh with notes on L. longchuanensis from India
- BITUPAN BORUAH
- N. V. RAJIV
- SOURAV DUTTA
- ABHIJIT DAS
Published : 2026-04-22
Prionospio (Annelida: Spionidae) from Indian waters, with description of a new species from Sri Lanka
- VASILY I. RADASHEVSKY
- R.G.D. RANGANA JAYAWICKRAMA
- K.B. SUNEETHA GUNAWICKRAMA
Published : 2026-04-22
Erratum: ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA, FRANCISCO ERIBERTO DE LIMA NASCIMENTO & LARRY G. BEZARK (2026) On Lamiinae (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera) from the Neotropical region: new species and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa, 5787 (2): 329–344.
- ANTONIO SANTOSSILVA
- FRANCISCO ERIBERTO DE LIMA NASCIMENTO
- LARRY G. BEZARK
Published : 2026-04-22

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Crustacean classification: on-going controversies and unresolved problems*
- GEOFF A. BOXSHALL
Published : 2007-12-21
A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World
- PHILIPPE V. ALVES
- FABIANO M. VIEIRA
- CLÁUDIA P. SANTOS
- TOMÁŠ SCHOLZ
- JOSÉ L. LUQUE
Published : 2015-02-12
A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification
- DAVID C. MARSHALL
- MAX MOULDS
- KATHY B. R. HILL
- BENJAMIN W. PRICE
- ELIZABETH J. WADE
- CHRISTOPHER L. OWEN
- GEERT GOEMANS
- KIRAN MARATHE
- VIVEK SARKAR
- JOHN R. COOLEY
- ALLEN F. SANBORN
- KRUSHNAMEGH KUNTE
- MARTIN H. VILLET
- CHRIS SIMON
Published : 2018-05-28
Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
- JOHN K. TUCKER
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)
- THOMAS H. ATKINSON
Published : 2024-03-13
Family-group names of Recent fishes
- RICHARD VAN DER LAAN
- WILLIAM N. ESCHMEYER
- RONALD FRICKE
Published : 2014-11-11
A new species of Tinamus (Aves: Tinamiformes) from the western Amazon, Brazil
- LUIS A. MORAIS
- MARCO A. CROZARIOL
- FERNANDO I. GODOY
- RICARDO A. A. PLÁCIDO
- MARCOS A. RAPOSO
Published : 2025-12-02
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
- ALEXANDER ANICHTCHENKO
- MILTON MEDINA
Published : 2024-03-25

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A special volume published today adds 99 new species from Mêdog and other parts of China 2026-04-01

105 new species of crickets (Orthoptera) from the United States and Mexico 2026-03-18

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First approach to the knowledge of Orthocentrus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae) in Colombia: Description of ten new species, addition of new records, and taxonomic key to Colombian species

**Redescription of the genus Turnicola Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1938 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) and its type species**

Leptopodidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of China: key, checklist, and new records

Synopsis of the Indian and Sri Lankan Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 1910 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Trichopolydesmoidea), with the description of two new epigean species from India

**A new species of the genus Xiaomyia Sæther & Wang (Diptera: Chironomidae) from West Bengal, India**

**A new mud-nesting Fanged Frog (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Arunachal Pradesh with notes on L. longchuanensis from India**

Prionospio (Annelida: Spionidae) from Indian waters, with description of a new species from Sri Lanka

Erratum: ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA, FRANCISCO ERIBERTO DE LIMA NASCIMENTO & LARRY G. BEZARK (2026) On Lamiinae (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera) from the Neotropical region: new species and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa, 5787 (2): 329–344.

most viewed

Crustacean classification: on-going controversies and unresolved problems*

A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World

A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification

Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

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)

Family-group names of Recent fishes

**A new species of Tinamus (Aves: Tinamiformes) from the western Amazon, Brazil**

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

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