Zootaxa

Vol. 5846 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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Taxonomic notes on Djalmabatista (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Oriental China, with the description of a new species
- YI-NI ZHANG
- YU ZHAO
- BING-JIAO SUN
- FABIO LAURINDO DA SILVA
- XIAO-LONG LIN
Published : 2026-07-14
Four new species of the rubripes group of Corinna C. L. Koch, 1841 from Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Araneae: Corinnidae)
- MARCOS DRAGO
- PAULO PANTOJA
- CLÁUDIO J. SILVA-JÚNIOR
- ALEXANDRE BONALDO
Published : 2026-07-14
A new species of Calommata (Araneae: Atypidae) from Guizhou Province, China
- YECHENG WU
- JUNHAO CHEN
- XIANG XU
- HAIQIANG YIN
Published : 2026-07-14
Molecular phylogenetics and diagnostic morphology support the description of a new Aeschnophlebia species (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from the central highlands of Vietnam.
- ANTHONY I. COGNATO
- TRUNG T. VU
Published : 2026-07-14
First records of arboreal oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) in Arsi Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
- SERGEY G. ERMILOV
- VLADIMIR M. SALAVATULIN
- JENŐ KONTSCHÁN
- LEONID B. RYBALOV
Published : 2026-07-14
Medusoids in Lytocarpia delicatula (Busk, 1852) (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)
- HORIA R. GALEA
Published : 2026-07-14
Habroloma (Malobroha) sarawakense sp. nov.: A new jewel beetle species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Malaysian Borneo with morphological insights into the enigmatic subgenus Malobroha Cobos, 1979
- YUTAKA TAMADERA
- PAULUS MELENG
- MOHAMAD NAFRI ALI
- MOHAMAD YAZID HOSSMAN
- REIICHIRO ISHII
- KOHEI TAKENAKA TAKANO
- FUJIO HYODO
- SATOSHI YAMASHITA
- CLEMENT HET KALIANG
- YOKO TAKEMATSU
- TAKAO ITIOKA
Published : 2026-07-14
A new species of Lysacris Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampidinae) from Ecuador, with notes on the morphological and ecological diversity of the Vilernina
- DANIELA SANTOS MARTINS SILVA
- MARCELO RIBEIRO PEREIRA
Published : 2026-07-14

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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
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
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
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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**Taxonomic notes on Djalmabatista (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Oriental China, with the description of a new species**

**Four new species of the rubripes group of Corinna C. L. Koch, 1841 from Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Araneae: Corinnidae)**

**A new species of Calommata (Araneae: Atypidae) from Guizhou Province, China**

**Molecular phylogenetics and diagnostic morphology support the description of a new Aeschnophlebia species (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from the central highlands of Vietnam.**

First records of arboreal oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) in Arsi Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

**Medusoids in Lytocarpia delicatula (Busk, 1852) (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)**

Habroloma (Malobroha) sarawakense sp. nov.: A new jewel beetle species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Malaysian Borneo with morphological insights into the enigmatic subgenus Malobroha Cobos, 1979

**A new species of Lysacris Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampidinae) from Ecuador, with notes on the morphological and ecological diversity of the Vilernina**

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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)

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

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)

Family-group names of Recent fishes

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

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