IF 1.3 3区生物学

ZooKeys Pub Date : 2025-09-23 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1253.161933

Santosh Bhattarai, Bivek Gautam, Bishal Prasad Neupane, Akshay Khandekar, Tejas Thackeray, Ishan Agarwal, Ashley R Olson, Fiona Hogan, Wendy Wright

{"title":"Description of two new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Nepal.","authors":"Santosh Bhattarai, Bivek Gautam, Bishal Prasad Neupane, Akshay Khandekar, Tejas Thackeray, Ishan Agarwal, Ashley R Olson, Fiona Hogan, Wendy Wright","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1253.161933","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1253.161933","url":null,"abstract":"Two new species of Cyrtodactylus from the khasiensis group are described using morphological characters supported by molecular analyses based on the mitochondrial ND2 gene. Cyrtodactylus makwanpurgadhiensis sp. nov. and C. chure sp. nov. from the Siwalik Mountains in central Nepal are at least 11.2% divergent from other Nepalese congeners and 16.7% from each other and can be distinguished by a combination of morphometric and meristic traits. The description of two new species from the Siwalik Mountains underscores the conservation significance of this region, a relatively young, dry, and geologically unstable range of the Himalayan orogen. Despite serving as a border between the lowland (Terai) and Himalayan range, it remains underrepresented in both biodiversity assessments and conservation planning in Nepal. Our findings suggest the need for a robust and targeted species research program and to prioritise this landscape for conservation actions.","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1253 ","pages":"131-160"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12485482/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145213911","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}

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Dicranota Zetterstedt, 1838 crane flies (Diptera, Pediciidae) of Korea. Dicranota Zetterstedt， 1838韩国鹤蝇（双翅目，马蛉科）。

IF 1.3 3区生物学

ZooKeys Pub Date : 2025-09-23 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1253.146576

Sigitas Podenas, Jin Whoa Yum, Neung-Ho Ahn, Soen Yi Kim, Jisoo Kim, Virginija Podeniene

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Weight as a driver of ontogenetic color pattern shift in the King Ratsnake Elaphe carinata carinata (Günther, 1864) (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Weight是鼠王蛇Elaphe carinata carinata (g<e:1> nther, 1864)（爬行动物，蛇类，蛇科）个体发生颜色模式转变的驱动因素。

IF 1.3 3区生物学

ZooKeys Pub Date : 2025-09-23 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1253.143797

Zhihao Jiang, Yi Zhang, Wei Zhao, Song Huang, Ruyi Huang, Tierui Zhang, Jing Yu, Yanan Gong, Zhangbo Cui, Zicheng Su, Xinge Wang, Jinmin Chen

{"title":"Weight as a driver of ontogenetic color pattern shift in the King Ratsnake Elaphe carinata carinata (Günther, 1864) (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae).","authors":"Zhihao Jiang, Yi Zhang, Wei Zhao, Song Huang, Ruyi Huang, Tierui Zhang, Jing Yu, Yanan Gong, Zhangbo Cui, Zicheng Su, Xinge Wang, Jinmin Chen","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1253.143797","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1253.143797","url":null,"abstract":"In many snakes, the color pattern of neonates differs from that of adults, often superficially resembling a separate species. This phenomenon is known as ontogenetic color pattern shift. Ontogenetic shift may be associated with changes in body weight or age. We addressed this question using the King Ratsnake, Elaphe carinata carinata (Günther, 1864), a species that shows ontogenetic changes in color pattern. Five gravid King Ratsnakes were collected in June 2021 at Huangshan City, Anhui Province, China. Sixty-six fertilized eggs were laid in July, and all eggs hatched and produced neonates in September 2021. Both weight and age since birth were recorded before every feeding, over a period of 22 months. We observed marked ontogenetic color change as snakes grew. As the body weight of the neonates reached ~40 g, the color pattern gradually became a \"semi-pattern\", where only the color pattern on the front half of the body resembled that of adults. When the body weight reached ~80 g, the \"semi-pattern\" gradually became a \"full-pattern\", where the color pattern over the whole body was consistent with that of adults. A subset of individuals did not take food, and thus did not grow at all. These individuals experienced no ontogenetic color change, though they were the same age as ones who did, but were much smaller. Our results show that the color pattern shift in King Ratsnakes is likely associated with body weight, but not age.","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1253 ","pages":"93-102"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12485480/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145213956","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}

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Serralanguria, a new genus of Languriini (Coleoptera, Erotylidae) from the Oriental Region, including one new species and one species transferred from the genus Languria. ·东方地区蓝蝇属（鞘翅目，蛱蝶科）一新种——Serralanguria，包括一新种和一从蓝蝇属转移的种。

IF 1.3 3区生物学

ZooKeys Pub Date : 2025-09-23 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1253.157027

Zheng-Zhong Huang, Xing-Ke Yang, Si-Qin Ge

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Mitochondrial DNA 16S region and voucher specimen collection of Japanese aquatic Coleoptera and Hemiptera for environmental DNA metabarcoding analyses. Mitochondrial日本水生鞘翅目和半翅目DNA 16S区和代金券标本的环境DNA元条形码分析。

IF 1.3 3区生物学

ZooKeys Pub Date : 2025-09-23 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1253.146226

Naoyuki Nakahama, Kei Hirasawa, Masaya Kato, Kohei Watanabe, Seikan Kurata, Masakazu Hayashi

{"title":"Mitochondrial DNA 16S region and voucher specimen collection of Japanese aquatic Coleoptera and Hemiptera for environmental DNA metabarcoding analyses.","authors":"Naoyuki Nakahama, Kei Hirasawa, Masaya Kato, Kohei Watanabe, Seikan Kurata, Masakazu Hayashi","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1253.146226","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1253.146226","url":null,"abstract":"Aquatic coleopteran and hemipteran insects primarily inhabit lentic waters, many of which are at risk of extinction due to development, agriculture, and invasive alien species. Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis has recently emerged as a powerful tool for conducting comprehensive distribution surveys. The cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) universal primers are conventionally used for DNA barcoding but they often result in non-specific amplification and frequent amplication failures. Primers in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) 16S rRNA region that alleviate these issues have been developed and are considered helpful for eDNA analysis. It is necessary to accumulate reference sequences of the mtDNA 16S rRNA region in aquatic coleopteran and hemipteran insects. However, molecular identification at the genus or species level remains challenging, as only a few of these insect groups in Japan have registered reference DNA sequences for both the mtDNACOI and 16S rRNA. Therefore, we constructed a comprehensive dataset of the mtDNA 16S rRNA region for these insects distributed in Japan. As a result of this study, we were able to obtain partial sequences of the mtDNA 16S rRNA region from 140 coleopteran taxa (35.5% of Japanese aquatic species or subspecies) and 58 hemipteran taxa (45.3% of Japanese aquatic species or subspecies). These voucher specimens were deposited in four research institutions. The DNA sequence datasets are expected to significantly contribute as an essential database for eDNA analysis and other DNA metabarcoding studies.","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1253 ","pages":"103-119"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12485484/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145213927","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}

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The genus Euphitrea Baly, 1875 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticitae) in Taiwan, with description of three new species. The台湾Euphitrea Baly属，1875（鞘翅目，金蝇科，Galerucinae, Alticitae），附三新种描述。

IF 1.3 3区生物学

ZooKeys Pub Date : 2025-09-19 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1252.150362

Chi-Feng Lee

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What drives the reduction of hindwings in Galerucinae sensu stricto (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)? A case study based on the Taiwanese fauna. What驱动窄感Galerucinae sensu stricto（昆虫亚目，鞘翅目，蛱蝶科）后翅的减少？基于台湾动物群的个案研究。

IF 1.3 3区生物学

ZooKeys Pub Date : 2025-09-19 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1252.142772

Chi-Feng Lee

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A catalog of Cassidinae leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) collection deposited in the Insect Collection of the College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, China. A长江大学农学院昆虫馆藏卡西丁亚科叶甲虫（鞘翅目，金甲科）收藏目录。

IF 1.3 3区生物学

ZooKeys Pub Date : 2025-09-19 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1252.139438

Chaokun Yang, Liang Zhang, Ping Wang, Guanglin Xie, Wenkai Wang

{"title":"A catalog of Cassidinae leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) collection deposited in the Insect Collection of the College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, China.","authors":"Chaokun Yang, Liang Zhang, Ping Wang, Guanglin Xie, Wenkai Wang","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1252.139438","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1252.139438","url":null,"abstract":"A catalog is presented of species of the subfamily Cassidinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) deposited in the Insect Collection of the College of Agriculture, Yangtze University in Jingzhou, Hubei, China. A complete list of all specimens for each species is provided, together with the label data. A total of 1,207 adult specimens of Cassidinae were examined, representing 53 species, 13 genera, and six tribes. Fourteen species are recorded in Hubei Province for the first time: Aspidomorpha (s. str.) transparipennis (Motschulsky, 1860), Basiprionota gressitti Medvedev, 1957, Callispa dimidiatipennis Baly, 1858, Cassida australica (Boheman, 1855), C. expansa Gressitt, 1952, C. juglans Gressitt, 1942, C. pallidicollis Boheman, 1856, C. postarcuata (Chen & Zia, 1964), C. quinaria (Chen & Zia, 1964), C. rati Maulik, 1923, C. sigillata (Gorham, 1885), Glyphocassis (Hebdomecosta) spilota (Gorham, 1885), Hispellinus chinensis Gressitt, 1950, and H. moerens (Baly, 1874). Five species are newly recorded from Chongqing: Aspidomorpha (s. str.) difformis (Motschulsky, 1860), Cassida sauteri (Spaeth, 1913), C. vespertina Boheman, 1862, Gly. (Hebdomecosta) spilota (Gorham, 1885), and Dactylispa chinensis Weise, 1905. Furthermore, Callispa almora Maulik, 1923 is new to Zhejiang Province, Platypria aliena Chen & Sun, 1962 is new to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Cassida rubiginosa Müller, 1776 is new to Sichuan Province.","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1252 ","pages":"182-218"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12475922/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186892","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}

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Editorial. 社论。

IF 1.3 3区生物学

ZooKeys Pub Date : 2025-09-19 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1252.153532

Caroline S Chaboo, Yoko Matsumura, Michael Schmitt

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Aedeagal sensilla of Agelastica alni (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). Aedeagal银针蝇的感受器（鞘翅目，金针蝇科，银针蝇科）。

IF 1.3 3区生物学

ZooKeys Pub Date : 2025-09-19 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1252.148748

Michael Schmitt

{"title":"Aedeagal sensilla of Agelastica alni (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae).","authors":"Michael Schmitt","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1252.148748","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1252.148748","url":null,"abstract":"The intromittent part - the median lobe - of the male copulatory organ - the aedeagus - of beetles is strongly sclerotised and so could give the impression of being just a rigid tube, not providing any sensory input to the male beetle. However, it has already been shown that in many beetle species, the median lobe bears sensilla of different types and in different densities. Here, the morphology of the cuticular elements of putative sensilla on the median lobe of the alder leaf beetle, Agelastica alni (Linnaeus, 1758) and their spatial distribution on this organ are described. There are especially two types of sensilla located in large numbers on the median lobe. One is mamilliform and is probably a bimodal uniporous sensillum, the other is cup-shaped with a pore on top suggesting a contact chemosensor. In addition, there are numerous - presumably mechanosensitive - sensilla basiconica. The density of these sensilla is higher apically and on the lower side than basally and on the upper side of the median lobe. These findings confirm earlier ideas that the male copulatory organs in beetles are not sensory-blind but are sensitive to mechanical and chemical stimuli.","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1252 ","pages":"139-150"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12475926/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145186834","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}

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