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Announcements
Special volume on tropical fish diversity published (with 14 new species) 2025-12-30
In today's special issue of Zootaxa, a collection of 23 open-access papers on tropical fish biodiversity was published. This book includes some of the papers from the International Symposium of Tropical Fish Biodiversity and Conservation held at the National Taiwan Ocean University in Keelung, Taiwan (16–17 May 2025). The book includes one new genus and 14 new species. It was edited by Drs CHIH-WEI CHANG, I-SHIUNG CHEN, MING-FON YEH, KANG-NING SHEN and SHEN-CHIH WANG.
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New wishbone spider species described in Zootaxa featured in a story by Miami Herald 2025-10-06
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862-page monograph revised Australian Thynnidae and Tiphiida with 18 new genera and 116 new species 2025-08-19
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New species of deep-sea fishes described in Zootaxa featured in a story by Miami Herald 2025-02-13
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Studies on the genus Rhyparus Westwood, 1845 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) with description of five new species from Southeast Asia
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Three new species of Microlaimidae (Nematoda: Microlaimida) from intertidal sand of the Sea of Japan
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Description of the immature stadia of Balacha melanocephala (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) with biological notes
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A new species of Ischnocnema lactea series (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the highlands of Serra do Caparaó, Atlantic Forest, southeastern Brazil
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A new species of the chirostylid squat lobster genus Uroptychus Henderson, 1888 (Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from the Hoei Seamount, Nishi-Shichito Ridge, Northwest Pacific off Japan
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Rediscovery of the enigmatic holotype of Buthus barbouri Werner, 1932 (Scorpiones: Buthidae), with a new synonymy
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A new species of the genus Tephriopis Hampson, 1926 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) from China
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Databases of information on the mite families Ologamasidae and Rhodacaridae (Mesostigmata: Rhodacaroidea): unlocking taxonomy, geographical distribution, and habitats
Published : 2026-03-12
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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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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)
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Family-group names of Recent fishes
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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
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World Catalogue of the family Lonchaeidae (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha, Acalyptratae)
Published : 2023-06-26