Zootaxa

Vol. 5823 No. 1

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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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Two new species of Callyntrura Börner (Collembola: Entomobryidae), with redescription of CallyntruraHandschinphysaescheri Handschin, and a new record of Collembola from India
- PRITHA MANDAL
- GURUPADA MANDAL
- SOUVIK MAZUMDAR
- SURAJIT KAR
Published : 2026-06-08
Note on the Indian barracudina Magnisudis indica (Ege, 1953) from Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea, with comments on adult tooth loss (Family Paralepididae)
- HSUAN-CHING HO
- HSIN-HUI LI
- CHIEN-HSIANG LIN
Published : 2026-06-08
Beneath the surface: A new northern species of Trogloraptor (Araneae: Trogloraptoridae), genetic diversity and natural history
- MADELINE M. JONES
- FINN WATSON
- MARSHAL HEDIN
- GRETA J. BINFORD
Published : 2026-06-08
Molecular and morphological evidence for considering Odorrana gigatympana (Orlov, Ananjeva & Ho, 2006) a junior synonym of Odorrana absita (Stuart & Chan-ard, 2005) (Anura: Ranidae)
- TAN VAN NGUYEN
- ANNA S. DUBROVSKAYA
- TOSAPHOL SAETUNG KEETAPITHCHAYAKUL
- SON XUAN LE
- KATSUYUKI EGUCHI
- NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV
Published : 2026-06-08
A new species of the genus Pristiceros Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Europe and Japan
- NAMIKI KIKUCHI
- LENNART BENDIXEN
- THOMAS CLARK
Published : 2026-06-08
Three new species and a newly discovered male of the genus Caryanda (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from Yunnan, China
- HONG SONG
- FANG-TING LI
- ZHI-LONG YIN
- MIAO LI
- BEN-YONG MAO
Published : 2026-06-08
New cirripedes (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Hannover area, Germany
- ANDY S. GALE
- JOHN W.M. JAGT
Published : 2026-06-08
On South American spiders previously misplaced in Psilochorus Simon (Araneae: Pholcidae), with the description of a new genus with a remarkable disjunct distribution
- BERNHARD A. HUBER
- GUANLIANG MENG
- JIMMY CABRA GARCÍA
Published : 2026-06-08

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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
A new species of Microeledone from Galápagos Islands and an amended diagnosis of the Megaleledonidae (Octopoda: Incirrata)
- JANET R. VOIGHT
- STEPHANIE M. SMITH
- SALOME BUGLASS
- ALEXANDER ZIEGLER
Published : 2026-05-25
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

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Announcements

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

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**Two new species of Callyntrura Börner (Collembola: Entomobryidae), with redescription of CallyntruraHandschinphysaescheri Handschin, and a new record of Collembola from India**

**Note on the Indian barracudina Magnisudis indica (Ege, 1953) from Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea, with comments on adult tooth loss (Family Paralepididae)**

**Beneath the surface: A new northern species of Trogloraptor (Araneae: Trogloraptoridae), genetic diversity and natural history**

**Molecular and morphological evidence for considering Odorrana gigatympana (Orlov, Ananjeva & Ho, 2006) a junior synonym of Odorrana absita (Stuart & Chan-ard, 2005) (Anura: Ranidae)**

**A new species of the genus Pristiceros Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Europe and Japan**

**Three new species and a newly discovered male of the genus Caryanda (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from Yunnan, China**

New cirripedes (Crustacea, Thoracica) from the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Hannover area, Germany

**On South American spiders previously misplaced in Psilochorus Simon (Araneae: Pholcidae), with the description of a new genus with a remarkable disjunct distribution**

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)

**A new species of Microeledone from Galápagos Islands and an amended diagnosis of the Megaleledonidae (Octopoda: Incirrata)**

Family-group names of Recent fishes

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

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