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Open-access, peer-reviewed journal for taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, and evolution of animals of any geological age from any part of the world.

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Two new gecko species are described - find out all about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#gecko #taxonomy #newspecies
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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We were very saddened to find out about Don Lafontaine's passing.

He had a stellar career in lepidopterology and was deeply involved in our journal's development as editor and author.

He will be missed.

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Canadian lepidopterologist J Donald Lafontaine passed away
Renowned Canadian lepidopterologist J Donald Lafontaine passed away on 20 November 2025.After decades of collaboration with the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes in Ott...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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A love letter to #spiders and everything they do for us, referencing a 2023 ZooKeys study by @mhedin.bsky.social and @forthespiders.bsky.social where they described 10 new cave spider species!

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Wait, don’t kill that spider! They protect us from disease
When you see a spider in your house, stop and think before you kill it. Spiders do more good for humans than harm.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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#LiteratureNotice Yang et al. Two new species and additional records of the genus Asiageodromicus Shavrin, 2024 from Xizang, southwest China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, #Omaliinae) doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles
Habitus A Asiageodromicus dawai sp. nov. B Asiageodromicus zhangi sp. nov. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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#NewSpecies!
New silverfish from #chile just snuck in:

Lapidisma paposanum

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/C01ACF83-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #LapidismaPaposanum

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #nature #wildlife #conservation #insects #silverfish
Lapidisma paposanum, living specimen.
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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#NewSpecies!
New leaf insect from #indonesia just got stuck:

Phyllium ouelleti

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/95185840-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #PhylliumOuelleti

#FAIRdata
#OA #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #entomology #phasmatodea #leafinsect
Phyllium ouelleti holotype female. Habitus, dorsal.
November 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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A new genus is established for a new species of slug caterpillar moth. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#moths #taxonomy #newspecies
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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A new species of the copepod genus Pseudodiaptomus is described from specimens collected from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#copepods #endemicspecies #newspecies
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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A phylogenetic analysis of Tui Chubs (Siphateles spp.) from the Great Basin, focusing on refining their taxonomic classification: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#fishes #phylogenetics #ichthyology
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Donacia koreana is a new reed beetle species from South Korea. Learn all about it in this new research article: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #beetles #taxonomy
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Another great example of how @inaturalist.bsky.social observations enhance taxonomic studies. Here is the iNat observation from which the photo of a live specimen of *Serralanguria sinensis* (new species, type species of new genus) came.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Subfamily Languriinae
Languriinae from 中国广西壮族自治区桂林市龙胜各族自治县 on June 20, 2025 at 09:23 AM by Shiwan Lu
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November 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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A new genus and species of the pleasing fungus beetle tribe Languriini is described and illustrated from Asia: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#taxonomy #newspecies #beetles
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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A comprehensive dataset of the mtDNA 16S rRNA region for aquatic coleopteran and hemipteran insects distributed in Japan: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#insects #DNAbarcoding #eDNA
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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The moth genus Euryobeidia is reviewed based on morphological characters and available molecular data, and four new taxa are described within it: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #taxonomy #Lepidoptera
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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The color pattern shift in King Ratsnakes (Elaphe carinata carinata) is likely associated with body weight, but not age, this study found: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#snakes #reptiles #zoology
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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A new cave-dwelling loach was discovered in an underground river outlet in Xiaoganxi Village, Yunnan Province, China. Learn more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#cavefish #loach #phylogeny
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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An update to the systematics of silverfish of the subfamily Heterolepismatinae, based on morphological and molecular data of new taxa from the Atacama Desert: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#silverfish #newspecies #taxonomy
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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A new cave-dwelling loach was discovered in an underground river outlet in Xiaoganxi Village, Yunnan Province, China. Learn more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Seventeen species of Pediciinae crane flies were found during studies on the Korean Peninsula, three of them described as new. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#taxonomy #newspecies #entomology
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Miao et al. Two new species of Danaceothrix Majer, 1989 (Coleoptera, Dasytidae) from Xizang, China doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #newbeetle #Danaceothrix
Habitus of Danaceothrix species, dorsal view: D. medogense sp. nov. (A, B), D. xizangense sp. nov. (C, D). A, C. Males; B, D. Females. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Fun fact: some tortoise beetle larvae also use a poop backpack, sometimes mixed with shed exoskeleton bits, for protection. To make the poopy pack, it extends its telescopic anus & literally shits on itself
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www.livescience.com/animals/beet...
A tortoise beetle. The beetle is flat, black and smooth, and on its back is a large mass that kind of looks like dreadlocks Image: https://www.britannica.com/animal/Insects-That-Wear-Things Tortoise beetle from the side. It has a large black mass on its back made of poop, and its butt is a long tube that is reaching around to the poop on its back
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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A new leafhopper genus of the tribe Athysanini, including two new species. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#taxonomy #leafhoppers #newspecies
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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So far only known the from montane evergreen forests of Darongshan Nature Reserve in Guangxi, China, this is Leptobrachella darongshanensis, just described as a new species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#bioacoustics #phylogeny #taxonomy
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Sequencing of two Chinese stick insect species, Sceptrophasma bituberculatum and Macellina souchongia: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#mitogenome #DNA #phylogeny
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Pavona giannii is a new species of reef-dwelling coral described based on newly collected material across the Indian Ocean and historical museum specimens.

Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM