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{"title":"<b>The genus <i>Orthocis</i> Casey in Poland: a key to species and new records of <i>Orthocis juglandis</i> (Reitter, 1885) and <i>Orthocis perrisi</i> (Abeille de Perrin, 1874) (Coleoptera: Ciidae)</b>.","authors":"Roman Królik, Rafał Ruta, Marek Wanat","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5845.1.8","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5845.1.8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A key to identification of <i>Orthocis</i> recorded in Poland is provided and supplemented with high quality photographs. New records of <i>Orthocis juglandis</i> (Reitter, 1885) in Poland and the first record of <i>Orthocis perrisi</i> (Abeille de Perrin, 1874) in Poland are reported. <i>Orthocis pseudolinearis</i> (Lohse, 1965) is excluded from Polish fauna; previous records were based on misidentifications.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5845 1","pages":"157-168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148399377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<b>The thistle flies of the genus <i>Chaetostomella</i> (Diptera: Tephritidae: Terelliini) from Morocco, with a reference to European and Asian fauna</b>.","authors":"Younes El Harym, Andrii M Troshyn, Robert Schreiber, Valery A Korneyev","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5845.1.3","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5845.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The genus <i>Chaetostomella</i> Hendel, 1927 (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the fauna of Morocco is reviewed based on integrative morphological and molecular analyses. Phylogenetic reconstruction using a 657 COI barcoding sequences strongly supports the monophyly of the genus and resolves <i>Chaetostomella steropea</i> as the basalmost lineage, sister to the recently radiated <i>Chaetostomella cylindrica</i> species complex. Two species, <i>Chaetostomella kitanea</i><b>sp. nov.</b> (reared from <i>Cynara scolymus</i> and <i>Carthamus pectinatus),</i> and <i>Chaetostomella</i><i>maroccana</i><b>sp. nov.</b> (reared from <i>Mantisalca salmantica</i> and <i>Ptilostemon rhiphaeus</i>) are described. Despite showing low genetic divergence from <i>C. cylindrica</i>, which indicates their evolutionary youth, both new species exhibit stable diagnostic morphological characters and geographic isolation. <i>Chaetostomella steropea</i> (Rondani, 1870) is redescribed based on specimens reared from <i>Chamaeleon gummifer</i>, representing its first record for North Africa. <i>Tephritis algira</i> Macquart, 1843 is considered a <i>nomen dubium</i>. A preliminary key to the species of <i>Chaetostomella</i> and remarks on the morphology, distribution and examined material of some little-known non-Moroccan species are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5845 1","pages":"52-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148399402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<b>One new species of the genus <i>Neophlugiolopsis</i> Pan & Bian, 2024 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Guangxi, China</b>.","authors":"Zijian Xiong, Keda Chen, Fuming Shi","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5845.1.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5845.1.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5845 1","pages":"197-200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148399325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<b>The first new species of <i>Oxydromus</i> (Annelida: Hesionidae) from the China Seas</b>.","authors":"Qian Jiang, Yinglu Ji, Chaoyang Li, Yadong Zhou, Binruo Wang, Zhi Wang","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5845.1.4","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5845.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Oxydromus</i><i>chinensis</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, a new hesionid species collected from Fujian Province, China, was established based on both morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses. The new species is characterized by having no pigmentation on the body dorsum, double aciculae in both notopodia and neuropodia, and unidentate neuropodial chaetae with partly curved distal ends. Multigene phylogenetic analysis based on five genes (<i>COI</i>, <i>16S rRNA</i>, <i>18S rRNA</i>, <i>28S rRNA</i> and <i>histone H3</i>) supports the independent status of the new species. The partial gene sequences of <i>COI</i> diverged from those of the nearest relative species of <i>Oxydromus</i> in GenBank and BOLD Systems by 22.7%. An updated key to <i>Oxydromus</i> species is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5845 1","pages":"87-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148399328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<b>Revision of the <i>Microphorella chiragra</i> species group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae <i>sensu lato</i>: Parathalassiinae)</b>.","authors":"Scott E Brooks, Jeffrey M Cumming","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5844.1.1","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5844.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The <i>Microphorella chiragra</i> species group is revised and includes <i>M. chiragra</i> Melander, <i>M. longitarsis</i> Melander and <i>M. ornatipes</i> Melander, plus the following 17 newly described species: <i>M. barda</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. bicristata</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. bradleyi</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. dilata</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. discreta</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. enigma</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. megapterna</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. obscura</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. paraplatypeza</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. patrickensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. platypeza</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. sasquatchi</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. setosa</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. shorthousei</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. tubula</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>M. virgata</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>M. wilderae</i><b>sp. nov.</b> The species group occurs in the western Nearctic Region from Washington, Idaho and western Montana south through Oregon and California. The distribution of each species is mapped and a key to males is provided. COI mitochondrial DNA barcode analyses indicate the possible existence of additional cryptic species, and/or high intra-specific DNA barcode variation.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5844 1","pages":"1-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148399101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<b>A revision of the bagworm moths of Madagascar with 26 new species and a checklist update (Lepidoptera, Psychidae)</b>.","authors":"Bruno Rasmussen","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5843.1.1","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5843.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many insects of Madagascar are still to be described; it is notably the case of most Psychidae. This study is aimed at describing and reviewing the Typhoniinae species from Madagascar, bagworm moths mostly collected by Pierre Viette and his colleagues in the 1950s and preserved in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN, Paris). Types of species originally assigned to the genera <i>Melasina</i> Boisduval, 1840 (Viette, 1954-56), <i>Narycia</i> Stephens, 1836 (Meyrick, 1931; 1934), <i>Sapheneutis</i> Meyrick, 1907 and <i>Typhonia</i> Boisduval, 1834 (Sobczyk & Schütt, 2010) are reviewed and classified into a single genus, viz. <i>Plumana</i> Busck, 1911 (split into species-groups). Twenty-one new species of <i>Plumana</i> are described within six species-groups, namely: <i>P. kely</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. hafakely</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. efatrhafa</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. lolonkitana</i> <b>sp. nov</b>., <i>P. androvolana</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. moheli</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. volondavenona</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. hanafina</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. hazavana</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. tanimanga</i><b>sp. nov</b>., <i>P. tebokatsarana</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. kelypentina</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. tany</i><b>sp. nov</b><b><i>.</i></b>, <i>P. tebokany</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. volofotsy</i><b>sp. nov</b>., <i>P. havokavoka</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. masokonditra</i><b>sp. nov</b>., <i>P. roatonony</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. sobczyki</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. mineti</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>P. rougeriei</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> Three new species of <i>Typhonia</i> Boisduval, 1834 are described within a new species-group, namely <i>T. volombonna</i><b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>T. volontany</i><b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>T. telosamihafa</i><b>sp. nov.</b>; two new species of <i>Degia</i> Walker, 1862 are described, namely <i>D. masokely</i><b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>D. lolantsingy</i><b>sp. nov.</b>. In addition to several drawings, high-resolution photographs were taken to illustrate the habitus and various morphological structures (e.g. genitalia and abdominal structures) of the 34 typhoniine species now know to occur in Madagascar (mainly MNHN material). An updated list of the Malagasy Psychidae is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5843 1","pages":"1-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148399057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<b>Catalogue of family Zerconidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) with a key to genera</b>.","authors":"Matej Jandík, Peter Fenďa","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5841.1.1","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5841.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We provide a catalogue of the world species of Zerconidae, which includes 489 valid recent species (including synonyms) with corresponding taxonomic information and references. An illustrated key (based on adult females) to the 45 genera included in the catalogue along with revised generic diagnoses are provided. The following new synonymy is proposed: <i>Betaechinozercon</i> Sikora, 2014 is a junior synonym of <i>Prozercon</i> (<i>Plumatozercon</i>) Urhan & Ayyıldız, 1996. We propose <i>Prozercon americanus</i> (Błaszak, 1982) comb. nov., <i>Zercon maxsellnicki</i> Jandík & Fenďa nom. nov., replacement name for <i>Zercon similis</i> Sellnick, 1958, junior homonym of <i>Zercon similis</i> Mihelčič, 1958. Some species are insufficiently known and could not be reliably identified; these are listed as species <i>incertae sedis</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5841 1","pages":"1-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148398909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<b>Historical review and taxonomic catalogue of the primates (Mammalia) of Ecuador</b>.","authors":"Diego G Tirira","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5842.1.1","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5842.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Knowledge about Ecuadorian primates is abundant yet scattered. This review offers a historical analysis of Ecuador's 23 recognized taxa, beginning with the first written mention of primates in present-day Ecuador in 1553. Over the next 300 years, little information was produced on this group of mammals until 1850, when the number of publications increased, marking the first use of binomial nomenclature and the description of the first species based on Ecuadorian specimens. For clarity, the history of primate research in Ecuador is divided into four periods: Anecdotal (1553-1850), Early (1850-1940), Modern (1940-1980), and Contemporary (1980-present). A total of 324 references were reviewed, documenting the increase in species richness over time. The study includes a taxonomic catalogue of all scientific names used, records of the first confirmed sightings of each species, the earliest locality data, and the first specimens deposited in scientific collections.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5842 1","pages":"1-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148398840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<b>Annotated checklist of Recent Polyplacophora with notes on their systematics</b>.","authors":"Katarzyna Vončina, Enrico Schwabe, Boris I Sirenko, Julia D Sigwart","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5840.1.1","DOIUrl":"10.11646/zootaxa.5840.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The systematics of chitons is based on morphological and molecular data, which resulted in a well-resolved phylogeny, but the progress in resolving some relationships at the family and genus level has been more limited, and revisionary work is ongoing. A checklist of the 1093 accepted chiton species is presented as a platform containing a list of valid Recent species with their classification. Additionally, it contains comments on systematics and taxa position, with suggestions for possible changes. This form of an annotated catalogue, in this and future editions, allows us to clearly document systematic changes and point out the areas which are still in need of revision. The checklist also includes a section on \"phylogenetic systematics\", providing updates on taxa whose molecular phylogenies conflict with previous morphological treatments but whose systematics have not yet been formally clarified. We corroborate the position of <i>Choriplax</i> Pilsbry, 1894a and <i>Cryptochiton</i> von Middendorff, 1847a within Mopalioidea. A new family, Nuttallochitonidae <b>fam. nov.</b>, is established within Cryptoplacoidea to accommodate <i>Nuttallochiton</i> Plate, 1899. <i>Plaxiphora</i> Gray, 1847a is placed in the reinstated family Plaxiphoridae Iredale, 1915, which is treated here at the superfamily rank as Plaxiphoroidea, based on the existing family-group name. The genus <i>Icoplax</i> Thiele, 1893 is restored to its original taxonomic rank as a separate genus. Another revision clarifies the use of the family Ferreiraellidae Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1991 as a substitution of earlier Abyssochitonidae Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1989, as there is clear evidence that Ferreiraellidae should be the accepted family name for the species in <i>Ferreiraella</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5840 1","pages":"1-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148398798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<b>Erratum: DAVID LUGO, DANIEL SUÁREZ, GUSTAVO PEÑA, FRANCISCO LA ROCHE, PILAR DE LA RÚA & CARLOS RUIZ (2026) Updated checklist of the Canary Islands wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) with insights into their biogeographic patterns and citizen science. <i>Zootaxa</i>, 5802 (2): 261-302.</b>","authors":"David Lugo, Daniel Suárez, Gustavo Peña, Francisco LA Roche, Pilar DE LA Rúa, Carlos Ruiz","doi":"10.11646/zootaxa.5839.3.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5839.3.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":24072,"journal":{"name":"Zootaxa","volume":"5839 3","pages":"600"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148399624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}