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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 novel inquiline social parasite ant species of Plagiolepis Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) possessing two queen morphs
Published : 2026-07-13 -
Aegla bambui sp. nov. (Decapoda: Anomura: Aeglidae), a new obligate cave-dwelling species from southeastern Brazil
Published : 2026-07-13 -
A new genus and species of Dipsadidae (Reptilia: Squamata: Serpentes) from Guangdong and Hunan Provinces in Southern China
Published : 2026-07-13 -
Pachycheles ravichandrani, a new species of porcelain crab from Lakshadweep, India (Crustacea: Decapoda: Porcellanidae)
Published : 2026-07-13 -
Descriptions of three new high-altitude species of Karschia from Xizang, China (Solifugae: Karschiidae)
Published : 2026-07-13 -
New species of the porrostomine genus Isuarhynchus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from the Solomon Islands, with a taxonomic note
Published : 2026-07-13 -
Two new species of Dactylogyridae (Platyhelminthes: Monopisthocotyla) parasitizing Astyanax taeniatus (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Fiocruz Mata Atlântica Biological Station, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published : 2026-07-13 -
A new species of the weevil genus Corimalia Gozis, 1885 (Coleoptera: Brentidae: Nanophyinae) from Turkey and Iran
Published : 2026-07-13
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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)
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A new species of Microeledone from Galápagos Islands and an amended diagnosis of the Megaleledonidae (Octopoda: Incirrata)
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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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A new species of Tinamus (Aves: Tinamiformes) from the western Amazon, Brazil
Published : 2025-12-02