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{"title":"<i>Endoxocrinus</i> (<i>Diplocrinus</i>) <i>kexuei</i>, a new species of stalked crinoid (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Isocrinida, Balanocrinidae) from rotten wood in the cold seep area of the Taixinan Basin, South China Sea.","authors":"Shao'e Sun, Zijie Mei, Zhongli Sha","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.128991","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.128991","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new species of stalked crinoid, Endoxocrinus (Diplocrinus) kexuei<b>sp. nov.</b> belonging to the family Balanocrinidae, is described from cold seeps in the South China Sea. The general appearance of the new species is similar to E. (Diplocrinus) alternicirrus, but can be distinguished from its congener in both morphological characteristics and significant genetic divergences. Endoxocrinus (Diplocrinus) kexuei<b>sp. nov.</b> shows cryptosymplexies without marked symmorphy, and an axial canal usually incompletely filled with a lattice needlelike network, preserving an irregular secondary lumen. The new species attribution is well supported by genetic distance based on the mitochondrial <i>c</i> oxidase subunit I (<i>COI</i>), and molecular phylogenetic analyses based on <i>COI</i> and <i>16S</i> rRNA. This discovery enhances our understanding of species diversity of <i>Endoxocrinus</i> crinoids in the South China Sea.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1241 ","pages":"185-204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12179643/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A new barracudina (Aulopiformes, Paralepididae, <i>Stemonosudis</i>) from Somalia, with additional records of <i>S.siliquiventer</i> from the Caribbean Sea.","authors":"Hsuan-Ching Ho, Tsung-Yu Yang","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.138677","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.138677","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new species, <i>Stemonosudisadenensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, of slender barracudina is described based on a specimen collected off Somalia, Western Indian Ocean. The new species differs from its congeners by having a uniformly brown body, without distinct black patches; nostrils slightly before the posterior end of the maxilla; anus above the tip of the appressed pelvic fin; lateral-line scales: prepelvic 39, predorsal 48, preanal 59, total 81; vertebrae: prepelvic 38, prehaemal 42, predorsal 46, preanal 59, caudal 53, and total 95; and total gill rakers 68. Additional records of <i>Stemonosudissiliquiventer</i> Post, 1970 from the Caribbean Sea are also provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1241 ","pages":"93-104"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12179653/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A review of <i>Terrilimosina</i> Roháček, 1983 (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) from China with new records and three new species.","authors":"Wenqiang Cao, Hui Dong, Ding Yang","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.146200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1241.146200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 14 species of <i>Terrilimosina</i> Roháček now known from China are reviewed and keyed, including three new species (<i>T.bicruris</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>T.dentata</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, and <i>T.digitata</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>), three newly recorded species (<i>T.deemingi</i> Marshall, 1987, <i>T.longipexa</i> Marshall, 1987, and <i>T.unio</i> Marshall, 1987), and one subspecies (<i>T.maoershanensis</i> Su, 2011) is elevated to species rank. Chinese distribution records are updated, and figures and illustrations are provided for the 14 species of <i>Terrilimosina</i> recorded from China.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1241 ","pages":"139-169"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12179644/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A newly discovered species of the genus <i>Scorpiops</i> Peters, 1861, subgenus <i>Euscorpiops</i> Vachon, 1980 from Doi Phu Kha National Park, Thailand (Scorpiones, Scorpiopidae).","authors":"Eric Ythier, Ondřej Košulič, Wasin Nawanetiwong, Wilson R Lourenço","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.142549","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.142549","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new scorpion species, Scorpiops (Euscorpiops) doiphukha<b>sp. nov.</b>, belonging to the family Scorpiopidae Kraepelin, 1905, is described based on 12 specimens of both sexes (three adults and nine immatures) collected in Doi Phu Kha National Park, Nan Province, Thailand. The new species presents key features exhibited by scorpions of the subgenus Euscorpiops and can be characterized notably by a large size, a sexual dimorphism strongly marked with male pedipalps elongated, a distinct trichobothrial pattern and other morphological features. This new taxon represents the 115^th species among the currently recognized species for the genus <i>Scorpiops</i> Peters, 1861, and the 44^th species described for the subgenus Euscorpiops Vachon, 1980. It is likely an endemic element of Thailand's scorpion fauna, raising the number of known Scorpiops (Euscorpiops) species in the country to 13. Ecological and distributional aspects of the new species are discussed and compared with closely related <i>Scorpiops</i> species, highlighting its distinctiveness within the genus.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1241 ","pages":"171-184"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12179651/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The taxonomy of <i>Cyrtodactylusconsobrinus</i> (Peters, 1871) (Squamata, Gekkonidae) and the description of a new species from the Thai-Malay Peninsula.","authors":"L Lee Grismer, Amanda Kaatz, Jesse L Grismer, Eddie Nguyen, Jeren J Grergory, Perry L Wood, Matthew L Murdoch, Shahrul Anuar, Chan Kin Onn, Muhamad A Muin, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Nikolay A Poyarkov, Evan S H Quah","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.149552","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.149552","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Phylogenetic analyses based on 1459 base pairs of the mitochondrial gene ND2 and its flanking tRNAs indicate that <i>Cyrtodactylusconsobrinus</i> from the type locality in Sarawak, East Malaysia (Borneo) and <i>C.consobrinus</i> from Peninsular Malaysia are not conspecific. Both populations as well as <i>C.hutan</i> from East Malaysia form a strongly supported monophyletic group even though their relationships to one another remain unresolved. <i>Cyrtodactylusconsobrinus</i> from peninsular Malaysia is described herein as the new species <i>C.peninsularis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> whose type locality is Gunung Belumut, Johor State. <i>Cyrtodactyluspeninsularis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is diagnosable from all other species in the <i>malayanus</i> group by having statistically different morphospatial positions in multiple factor analyses (MFA) based on size-corrected morphometric and meristic characters. ANOVA analyses of these characters recovered significantly different mean values between <i>C.peninsularis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and varying combinations of all other <i>malayanus</i> group species across several size-corrected morphometric and meristic characters. Genetic variation within <i>C.peninsularis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is geographically structured across six well supported monophyletic mitochondrial lineages bearing an uncorrected pairwise sequence divergence ranging from 0.97-4.5%. Despite its well supported phylogeographic structure, PCAs and ANOVAs recovered statistically weak morphological separation among the lineages and as such, all are considered conspecific pending a genomic analysis. The phylogeographic structure within the forest-dwelling <i>C.peninsularis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is quite similar to that of the stream-adapted ranid frog genus <i>Amolops</i> and less so to that of the microhabitat specialists of the <i>C.pulchellus</i> group and the forest generalist <i>C.quadrivirgatus</i>, all of whom are sympatric across Peninsular Malaysia.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1241 ","pages":"105-137"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12179647/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Two new species and additional records of the genus <i>Asiageodromicus</i> Shavrin, 2024 from Xizang, southwest China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae).","authors":"Yi Yang, Nima Danzeng, Zhong Peng","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.150872","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.150872","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Asiageodromicusdawai</i> Yang & Peng, <b>sp. nov.</b> (Xizang: Langkazi) and <i>Asiageodromicuszhangi</i> Yang & Peng, <b>sp. nov.</b> (Xizang: Cuona) are described and illustrated. Additional records of <i>A.namucuoicus</i> (Cheng & Peng, 2020) are reported. A key to the Chinese species of the genus <i>Asiageodromicus</i> Shavrin, 2024 is given.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1241 ","pages":"83-91"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12177511/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A revision of the four Afrotropical and Palaearctic <i>Sphyracephala</i> Say (Diptera, Diopsidae) with an illustrated overview of the other five <i>Sphyracephala</i>.","authors":"Hans R Feijen, Frida A A Feijen, Cobi Feijen","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.151490","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1241.151490","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the Afrotropical Region, <i>Sphyracephalabeccarii</i> (Rondani) and <i>S.munroi</i> Curran are found, the former just extending into the Palaearctic Region. In the latter region, <i>S.babadjanidesi</i> Zaitzev occurs in the Balkan and Caucasus Regions and <i>S.nigrimana</i> Loew in Far Eastern Russia and North-Eastern China. The European stalk-eyed fly <i>S.europaea</i> Papp & Földvári is proposed as junior synonym of the Eurasian stalk-eyed fly <i>S.babadjanidesi</i>. In North America <i>S.brevicornis</i> (Say) and <i>S.subbifasciata</i> Fitch occur. The four true Holarctic <i>Sphyracephala</i> are shown to reach their northern limits between 45°30'N and 48°20'N. These species hibernate and show characteristic clustering behaviour in spring and autumn. The four Palaearctic and Afrotropical <i>Sphyracephala</i> are redescribed and extensively illustrated. A key is given to all nine <i>Sphyracephala</i> presently recognised. The subdivisions within the genus are discussed. A cladogram, based on morphological, molecular, wing morphometric and allometric considerations, is presented. It shows the two species groups recognised. Each species group is divided into two subtaxa. Geometric morphometric analysis supports the grouping in four subtaxa as well as the synonymy of <i>S.babadjanidesi</i> and <i>S.europaea</i>. In <i>Sphyracephala</i>, both sexual monomorphism and dimorphism with relation to eye span occur. The allometric lines for males and females of eight species are compared. A clear link is found between allometric slopes and the four subtaxa distinguished. In <i>Sphyracephala</i>, female-biased, balanced, and male-biased sex ratios are found. A remarkable case of female-biased sex ratio distortion is reported for <i>Sphyracephalabeccarii</i>. In Continental Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, a balanced sex ratio was found, while in Madagascar a female-biased 2:1 ratio was found. This represents the first case of a female-biased sex-ratio in a geographically isolated population of a monomorphic diopsid.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1241 ","pages":"1-81"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12177517/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"On small huntsman spiders (Araneae, Philodromidae) occurring in Guizhou and Hubei provinces, China.","authors":"Jianshuang Zhang, Chengwen Zhang, Yang Zhong","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1240.149456","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1240.149456","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spiders of the family Philodromidae Thorell, 1869 from Guizhou and Hubei provinces, China are studied. A total of three genera and seven species are reported and illustrated, comprising <i>Sinodromuslanyue</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (newly recorded genus for Hubei), and all known species from both provinces: <i>Philodromusauricomus</i> L. Koch, 1878, <i>P.guiyang</i> Long & Yu, 2022, <i>P.subaureolus</i> Bösenberg & Strand, 1906, <i>P.paiki</i> Jang, Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2024 (the previously records of <i>P.spinitarsis</i> Simon, 1895 from Guizhou and Hubei are presumed to be misidentifications, and should belong to <i>P.paiki</i>), <i>P.rufus</i> Walckenaer, 1826 (new record for Hubei) and <i>Tibellusjaponicus</i> Efimik, 1999 (new record for Hubei). Detailed descriptions, diagnoses, and illustrations of <i>S.lanyue</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>P.guiyang</i> are given, and the male of <i>P.guiyang</i> is diagnosed and described in English for the first time. The other five species are also re-illustrated. Their DNA barcodes were obtained for species delimitation, matching of sexes and future use.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1240 ","pages":"327-368"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171733/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144318144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Dacini fruit flies of Borneo: an annotated checklist with 89 species including three new to science (Tephritidae, Dacinae).","authors":"Camiel Doorenweerd, Arthur Y C Chung, Andi Maryani A Mustapeng, Daniel Rubinoff","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1240.148768","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1240.148768","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fruit flies of the tribe Dacini (Tephritidae) include many agricultural pests, but also crucial pollinators of orchids and other plants. Surveys for Dacini fruit flies were conducted using methyl eugenol, cue lure, and zingerone as male attractants across Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia in 2018 and 2019, in habitats ranging from primary forest in highly protected Conservation Areas, selectively logged forest, secondary forest, and highly disturbed sites. Because 2019 was a mast year with mass fruiting, our surveys of that year collected more than 33,000 flies, compared to just more than 500 flies in 2018 - with similar trapping efforts. Our work adds 46 species to the 43 previously known from Borneo, bringing the total for the island to 89. Three new species are described: Bactrocera (Bactrocera) melanobivittata Doorenweerd, <b>sp. nov.</b>, Dacus (Mellesis) danumensis Doorenweerd, <b>sp. nov.</b>, and Zeugodacus (Zeugodacus) cataracta Doorenweerd, <b>sp. nov.</b> The new species are only found in conservation areas; <i>B.melanobivittata</i> is attracted to methyl eugenol and <i>D.danumensis</i> and <i>Z.cataracta</i> are attracted to zingerone. A discussion on how biogeographic affinities of the species in the checklist support a strong biogeographic boundary across Wallacea is provided, significant records are highlighted, and the relevance of these fly species for protecting agriculture as well as native ecosystems is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1240 ","pages":"305-325"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171731/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144318145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of the wolf spider genus <i>Acantholycosa</i> Dahl, 1908 from China (Araneae, Lycosidae).","authors":"Xiang-Yun Zhang, Zhi-Sheng Zhang, Lu-Yu Wang","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1240.146399","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1240.146399","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The genus <i>Acantholycosa</i> Dahl, 1908 from China is reviewed, including five species: <i>A.aborigenica</i> Zyuzin & Marusik, 1988, <i>A.lignaria</i> (Clerck, 1757), <i>A.sterneri</i> (Marusik, 1993), <i>A.zang</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (♂♀) and <i>A.zhangi</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (♂♀). <i>Acantholycosaaborigenica</i> and <i>A.sterneri</i> are recorded from China for the first time. Detailed descriptions are presented, along with photos of the habitus and copulatory organs, and a distribution map.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1240 ","pages":"239-256"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12166387/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}