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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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A reassessment of 𝘓𝘦𝘶𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘴, belonging to the bearded scarab tribe Geniatini, revealed 𝘔𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘦 as a new generic and specific synonym

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#morphology #taxonomy
January 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Five new earwig species of the genus Cranopygia are described and illustrated from South China. Learn more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #earwigs #taxonomy
January 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Description of a new megachilid bee species from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #taxonomy #bees
January 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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The first comprehensive description of cranial morphology and echolocation signatures for Myotis cf. davidii/aurascens bats in a high-altitude habitat: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#bats #phylogenetics #bats
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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A revision of the Korean species of antlions (Myrmeleontidae): doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#antlions #zoology #taxonomy
January 13, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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A phylogenetic analysis of the shrew genus Soriculus has revealed one new species.

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#newspecies #phylogeny #shrews
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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A new amphipod species is described from Japan. Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#fauna #newspecies #taxonomy
January 13, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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Description of two new glass sponge species collected from deep-sea environments in the Indo-West Pacific: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#deepsea #sponges #newspecies
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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As part of investigations on earthworm diversity in northeastern China, a new species has been discovered. Find out all about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#earthworms #taxonomy #invertebrates
January 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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This is Owstonia smithvanizi, a new species of bandfish described from Taiwan. Learn all about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#fish #biodiversity #ichthyology
January 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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A new scorpion species is described and illustrated from Saudi Arabia.

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#taxonomy #phylogeny #newspecies
January 12, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Three closely related species in the moth genus Westermannia are described, two of them new to science. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#taxonomy #newspecies #moths
January 12, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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Description of a new copepod species, from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the Onnuri Vent Field on the Central Indian Ridge: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#taxonomy #newspecies #copepod
January 12, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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Four new cockroach species within the genus Pseudoeupolyphaga are described and illustrated. See the research article here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#cockroach #biodiversity #taxonomy
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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One new species in the leaf beetle genus Zeugophora is described from China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

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#taxonomy #beetles #coleoptera
January 12, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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A taxonomic revision of the spider genus Chrysso and its relatives based on specimens discovered in China: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #newspecies #taxonomy
January 12, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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The geometrid moth Drepanogynis insciata was only known from two historical specimens collected before 1879. Now, it has been rediscovered in South Africa's Western Cape.

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January 12, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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A new spider genus, Shuqiangius, is described, featuring two species, including one new to science: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#spiders #taxonomy #newspecies
January 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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Three melandryid beetle species from China are described as new to science. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #beetles #taxonomy
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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A new coelotine spider species is described from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.

Find all about it in this research article: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#spiders #taxonomy #newspecies
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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The first solenogasters from Puerto Rico are two new species! Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #caribbean #taxonomy
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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A new species of lady beetle is described from the Nanling National Nature Reserve in China.

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#beetles #taxonomy #newspecies
January 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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Two new marine nematode species of the genus Zalonema were identified during a meiofaunal survey of mangrove sediment in China.

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January 9, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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Description of five new species of the wasp family Megaspilidae from Tibet: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #taxonomy #wasps
January 9, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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Two new species of the mite genus Galendromimus Muma are described from the Atlantic Forest of Bahia State, northeastern Brazil: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#biodiversity #taxonomy #newspecies
January 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM