ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-09-10eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1251.158776
Natdanai Likhitrakarn, Sergei I Golovatch, Sothearen Thi, Chhin Sophea, Vanny Lou, Pablo Sinovas, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Arthit Pholyotha, Warut Siriwut, Ruttapon Srisonchai, Somsak Panha, Chirasak Sutcharit
{"title":"Review of the millipede genus <i>Orthomorpha</i> Bollman, 1893 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) in Cambodia, with new records and descriptions of three new species.","authors":"Natdanai Likhitrakarn, Sergei I Golovatch, Sothearen Thi, Chhin Sophea, Vanny Lou, Pablo Sinovas, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Arthit Pholyotha, Warut Siriwut, Ruttapon Srisonchai, Somsak Panha, Chirasak Sutcharit","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.158776","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.158776","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Southeast Asian millipede genus <i>Orthomorpha</i> Bollman, 1893 currently encompasses 59 accepted species, including three newly described from Cambodia: <i>Orthomorpha tergoaurantia</i> Likhitrakarn, <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>Orthomorpha efefai</i> Likhitrakarn, <b>sp. nov.</b>, and <i>Orthomorpha battambangiensis</i> Likhitrakarn, <b>sp. nov.</b> The new species are described based on distinctive morphological traits, with particular emphasis on gonopodal features. Species descriptions are accompanied by detailed illustrations and scanning electron micrographs (SEM) of the gonopods. An updated identification key to the known <i>Orthomorpha</i> species from Cambodia is also provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1251 ","pages":"251-274"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12444360/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145114313","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}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-09-10eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1251.145353
Ming-Xu Han, Hui-Lin Han
{"title":"A taxonomic review of the genus <i>Eversmannia</i> Staudinger, 1871 (Lepidoptera, Uraniidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species and three new combinations.","authors":"Ming-Xu Han, Hui-Lin Han","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.145353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1251.145353","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Seven species of the genus <i>Eversmannia</i> Staudinger, 1871 are recognized from China. Among them, three species are described as new species: <i>E. atromarginata</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>E. spiralis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, and <i>E. zhangorum</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> New combinations are proposed for three species: <i>E. bicaudata</i> (Moore, [1868]) <b>comb. nov.</b>, <i>E. himala</i> (Butler, 1880), <b>comb. nov.</b>, and <i>E. fuscifrons</i> (Warren, 1896), <b>comb. nov.</b> <i>Eversmannia bicaudata</i> and <i>E. fuscifrons</i> are reported for the first time from China. Adults and genitalia are illustrated, and a key for identifying Chinese <i>Eversmannia</i> species is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1251 ","pages":"275-291"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12444359/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145114270","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}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-09-10eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1251.157981
Eduardo Suárez-Morales
{"title":"Monstrilloid copepods (Crustacea, Copepoda) in the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution: updated redescriptions of Mexican species of <i>Monstrilla</i> Dana.","authors":"Eduardo Suárez-Morales","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.157981","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.157981","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The species of monstrilloid copepods (Monstrilloida: Copepoda: Crustacea) from Mexico that were deposited by the author in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in the 1990s are redescribed based on updated descriptive standards. This study includes the re-examination and redescription of type specimens of several species of <i>Monstrilla</i> Dana, 1849. The redescriptions were prepared following currently used standards that were set after these species were described. This revision reveals previously unnoticed characters that improve the morphological details of these species; new comparisons of some of these species are also provided. This work will allow a more complete and accurate analysis of these Mexican species.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1251 ","pages":"209-250"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12444361/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145114310","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}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-09-05eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1251.156931
Wonwoong Kim, Minsuk Oh, Geonho Cho
{"title":"Taxonomic corrections, new records, and life history information on the jumping tree bugs (Hemiptera, Miridae, Isometopinae) of Korea.","authors":"Wonwoong Kim, Minsuk Oh, Geonho Cho","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.156931","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.156931","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The identities of two species of Korean Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) are clarified based on examination of their type material. The following new synonyms are proposed: <i>Isometopus amurensis</i> Kerzhner, 1988 = <i>Isometopus jejuensis</i> Kim & Jung, 2016, <b>syn. nov.</b> and <i>Myiomma ussuriense</i> Ostapenko, 2001 = <i>Myiomma koreanum</i> Oh & Lee, 2025, <b>syn. nov.</b> <i>Isometopus citri</i> Ren, 1987 is reported from Korea for the first time. Life histories of <i>I. amurensis</i> Kerzhner, <i>I. japonicus</i> Hasegawa, 1946, and <i>I. rugiceps</i> Kerzhner, 1988 are documented based on Korean individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1251 ","pages":"149-171"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12432525/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065638","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}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-09-05eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1251.144156
Xue Wang, Jinlong Ren, Ding Yang, Zhenning Chen
{"title":"Two new species and a new record of the genus <i>Nephrotoma</i> Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Tipulidae) from Northwest China, with a key to species in the region.","authors":"Xue Wang, Jinlong Ren, Ding Yang, Zhenning Chen","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.144156","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.144156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study describes two new species of the genus <i>Nephrotoma</i> Meigen, 1803 from Northwest China, <i>N. furvligulata</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>N. palacea</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, with full descriptions and illustrations. It also records <i>N. lunulicornis</i> (Schummel, 1833) for the first time in China. Updated descriptions and illustrations are also provided for three previously known species, <i>N. geniculata</i> Yang & Yang, 1987, <i>N. joneensis</i> Yang & Yang, 1990, and <i>N. ligulata</i> Alexander, 1925, incorporating new morphological details. An identification key to all <i>Nephrotoma</i> species currently recorded in Northwest China is included to facilitate further research.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1251 ","pages":"173-208"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12432523/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065816","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}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-09-04eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1251.161229
Zhulidezi Aishan, Jin-Ling Wang, Sharengaowa, Serguei V Triapitsyn
{"title":"Polynema (<i>Polynema</i>) Haliday (Hymenoptera, Mymaridae) of Xinjiang: descriptions of three new species, with eleven new records from China.","authors":"Zhulidezi Aishan, Jin-Ling Wang, Sharengaowa, Serguei V Triapitsyn","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.161229","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.161229","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Species of the nominate subgenus of <i>Polynema</i> Haliday (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China are reviewed. Three new taxa are described, P. (Polynema) breviscapus Wang & Aishan, <b>sp. nov.</b>, P. (Polynema) gongliuense Sharengaowa & Aishan, <b>sp. nov.</b>, and P. (Polynema) haloxyloniae Sharengaowa & Aishan, <b>sp. nov.</b> Eight species are newly recorded from China: P. (Polynema) antoniae (Soyka, 1950); P. (Polynema) atrosimile Soyka, 1956; P. (Polynema) bakkendorfi Hincks, 1950; P. (Polynema) bischoffi (Soyka, 1950); P. (Polynema) capillatum Soyka, 1956; P. (Polynema) elongatum Soyka, 1956; P. (Polynema) fumipenne Walker, 1846; and P. (Polynema) pusillum Haliday, 1833. Three additional species are tentatively identified: P. (Polynema) ? elegantissimum Soyka, 1956; P. (Polynema) ? gracile (Nees, 1834); and P. (Polynema) ? neofuscipes (Soyka, 1946). A key to the species of P. (Polynema) from Xinjiang, China is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1251 ","pages":"39-60"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12426629/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065619","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}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-09-04eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1251.154178
Xuejuan Li, Xiaomei Dong, Liliang Lin
{"title":"New insights into the phylogeny of Tetrigoidea (Insecta, Orthoptera), with the announcement of the first mitogenome of the genus <i>Phaesticus</i>.","authors":"Xuejuan Li, Xiaomei Dong, Liliang Lin","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.154178","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.154178","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) has been widely used to infer the phylogeny, origin and evolution of insects. Although mitogenomic data have been used to study the phylogenetic relationships of Tetrigoidea (Orthoptera), larger sample sizes were also essential to explore the detailed phylogenetic relationships of these taxa. In this study, two complete mitogenomic sequences were sequenced from <i>Phaesticus moniliantennatus</i> (formerly <i>Flatocerus daqingshanensis</i> and <i>F. nankunshanensis</i>). The mitogenome sequences were assembled, annotated and analyzed. The length of the mitogenomes was 16,147 and 16,224 bp, and the nucleotide composition was A>T>C>G, A-skew and C-skew. Large intergenic regions between trnS(ucn) and ND1 were identified with a length of 191-233 bp. Phylogenetic analyses showed that Batrachideinae formed the basal position of Tetrigoidea, followed by Tripetalocerinae. The monophyly of several subfamilies was not supported. Within Tetriginae, <i>P. moniliantennatus</i> clustered with a clade containing <i>Systolederus spicupennis</i>, <i>S. hainanensis</i> and <i>S. zhengi</i> (Metrodorinae), indicating their closer phylogenetic relationship. The divergence time results indicated that Batrachideinae diverged at 170.96 Ma and Tripetalocerinae diverged at 149.36 Ma. And the divergence time between <i>P. moniliantennatus</i> and the closely related <i>Systolederus</i> clade was 87.06 Ma. These results represent the available mitogenome sequences of the genus <i>Phaesticus</i> and provide a valuable data resource for reconstructing phylogenetic relationships and studying the differentiation of Tetrigoidea species.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1251 ","pages":"115-130"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12426632/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065590","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}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-09-04eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1251.154911
Yaroslav Syrota, Zuzana Hurníková, Vitaliy Kharchenko, Martina Miterpáková
{"title":"A checklist of helminths (Acanthocephala, Nematoda and Platyhelminthes) found in rodents (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Slovakia.","authors":"Yaroslav Syrota, Zuzana Hurníková, Vitaliy Kharchenko, Martina Miterpáková","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.154911","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.154911","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nearly seven decades have passed since the first records of helminths in rodents in Slovakia were published. Thereafter, the number of documented helminth species within the territory of the country has steadily increased. This checklist compiles data from 34 sources, including 27 academic articles, five unpublished reports, and two conference proceedings produced between 1955 and early 2025. Following a critical review of each source, 73 nominal helminth species from 27 species of rodents, comprising 30 nematodes, 29 cestodes, 13 trematodes, and one acanthocephalan, were included in this checklist. Information on helminth diversity is absent for only two of the 29 rodent species registered in the Slovak Republic: <i>Myocastor coypus</i> and <i>Arvicola scherman</i>. Furthermore, our findings suggest that certain rodent species remain under-researched despite the presence of some information on their helminth fauna. This checklist lays the basis for future helminthological research on rodents in Slovakia. The raw dataset generated for this article is available in the Suppl. material 1.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1251 ","pages":"61-96"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12426630/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065637","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}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-09-04eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1251.152533
Qin Li, Hannes Baur, Tongyou Zhang, Guohua Yan, Yalin Liu, Ekaterina V Tselikh
{"title":"Review of the <i>sequester</i> group of <i>Pteromalus</i> Swederus, 1795 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) with description of three new species.","authors":"Qin Li, Hannes Baur, Tongyou Zhang, Guohua Yan, Yalin Liu, Ekaterina V Tselikh","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.152533","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.152533","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Palaearctic species of the <i>sequester</i> group of <i>Pteromalus</i> Swederus, 1795 are reviewed. Three new species, <i>P. boleensis</i> Yan, Li & Tselikh, <b>sp. nov.</b> (Kazakhstan, China), <i>P. longipedicellus</i> Yan, Li & Tselikh, <b>sp. nov.</b> (China) and <i>P. oscolensis</i> Tselikh, <b>sp. nov.</b> (Russia, China) are described and illustrated. Types of <i>P. cionobia</i> (Erdös, 1953) and <i>P. sequester</i> Walker, 1835 are redescribed. An identification key to females of the <i>sequester</i> group of <i>Pteromalus</i> is given.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1251 ","pages":"97-114"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12426628/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065650","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}
ZooKeysPub Date : 2025-09-04eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1251.150870
Fang-Ting Li, Miao Li, Hong Song, Ben-Yong Mao
{"title":"Revision of the Chinese species of the genera <i>Genimen</i> and <i>Genimenoides</i> (Orthoptera, Acrididae).","authors":"Fang-Ting Li, Miao Li, Hong Song, Ben-Yong Mao","doi":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.150870","DOIUrl":"10.3897/zookeys.1251.150870","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on an examination of types and additional materials, Chinese species in the genera <i>Genimen</i> and <i>Genimenoides</i> were reviewed. As a result of our study, <i>Genimen burmanum</i> Ramme, 1941 was shown not to occur in China, the species <i>Genimen zhengi</i> Mao, Ren & Ou, 2010, <b>syn. nov.</b> was synonymized under <i>Genimen yunnanensis</i> Zheng, Huang & Liu, 1988, and <i>Genimenoides vittatum</i> Mao, Ren & Ou, 2010 was transferred to <i>Genimen</i>, as the new combination <i>Genimen vittatum</i> (Mao, Ren & Ou, 2010), <b>comb. nov.</b> An updated species key for <i>Genimen</i> is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24051,"journal":{"name":"ZooKeys","volume":"1251 ","pages":"131-147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12426626/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065653","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}