Evolutionary Systematics

🐸 New frog!

This is Xenophrys pangdaensis, a new species from Tibet that was just described in our journal: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1182.106828

Restricted to the Sakarya River basin, this is Oxynoemacheilus sakaryaensis, one of two new species of nemacheilid loaches just described from Turkey. Read more about it here: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.99.102575

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi

🆕 A new fossil family and 10 new species of jewel wasps were just described!

➡ Read more on the Pensoft Publishers blog: https://blog.pensoft.net/2023/10/26/oldest-family-of-jewel-wasps-discovered-from-cretaceous-amber-in-lebanon/

📖 Study published in JHR: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.105494

Lebanese University Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart

Description of a new species of the giant pill millipede genus Sphaerobelum from Thailand🇹🇭 based on morphological and DNA data: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1181.109076

Khon Kaen University - มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น
Chulalongkorn University
Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen - Muséum des Sciences naturelles
UAntwerpen
Mahasarakham University

👋 Meet Achalinus sheni, the 27th known species in Achalinus, a genus of small to medium-sized nocturnal non-venomous snakes: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1181.109462

Five types of cercariae were identified in an investigation of pulmonate snail species in the vicinity of a cercarial dermatitis outbreak area in Thailand.

https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.107847

Silpakorn University Universität Hamburg

New research paper introduces & demonstrates the application of the FAIR Digital Objects framework to Digital Extended Specimen (DES) through a thought exercise & practical use.

📸 Тhe figure pinpoints the FDO interface with protocols that is needed for access to the objects. The figure also shows existing digital objects and Collections (as in museum collections) contributing to the digital extended specimen objects through create and update operations and receiving credit and usage information for their contributions.

📄 Read more: https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.9.e108808

The research paper is part of a collection of outcomes from the 1st International Conference on FAIR Digital Objects, held last year in Leiden🇳🇱 (FDO 2022).

👉 Go to: https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.coll.190 to also find 51 abstracts submitted to the conference. More full papers are coming soon!

Una nueva araña australiana lleva el nombre de Venom y Tom Hardy La nueva especie ha sido descubierta en Tasmania durante un estudio en favor de la conservación de su biodiversidad.

A new species of spiny mouse was discovered in Ecuador!

Read our blog post to learn about the creature and its rainforest habitat:

https://blog.pensoft.net/2023/09/13/new-species-of-spiny-mouse-discovered-in-rainforest/

Research published in ZooKeys

Can you see why this spider was named after Tom Hardy and his Marvel character, Venom?
Check out the Pensoft Publishers blog to read more about the !

https://blog.pensoft.net/2023/09/11/the-venom-spider-new-genus-named-after-tom-hardys-marvel-character/

Murdoch University UFRJ - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro WA Museum Boola Bardip

The Venom Spider: new genus named after Tom Hardy’s Marvel character Researchers referenced the British actor and Spider-Man villain due the unusual pattern on the Australian arachnid's abdomen.

Say hello to Dixonius fulbrighti, a new species of leaf-toed gecko from the Central Highlands of Vietnam!

Description: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.105850

Universiti Malaysia Sabah San Diego Natural History Museum

🔓 🦎 • 2023 :: fulbrighti • A of Dixonius (Squamata: ) from Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands, Vietnam
novataxa.blogspot.com/2023/08/dixonius.html 🦎
DOI: doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.105850 🔓

Abstract :: Another new species of Dixonius, D. fulbrighti sp. nov., is described from Province, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, using an integrated approach based on morphological, categorical (color pattern), and mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 gene (ND2) and its flanking tRNAs data. Phylogenetic analyses recovered Dixonius fulbrighti sp. nov. as closely related to D. from Gia Lai Province and part of a clade that includes D. minhlei, D. siamensis, and D. somchanhae. Multivariate (PCA, DAPC, and MFA) and univariate (ANOVA) analyses of 15 meristic (scale counts), six morphometric (mensural), and five categorical (color pattern and morphology) characters from 44 specimens of all eight species of Dixonius from Vietnam, , and clearly demonstrated that Dixonius fulbrighti sp. nov. is statistically different and diagnostically distinct from all closely related species of Dixonius. This new species discovery highlights the underestimated diversity and the importance of continued fieldwork in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.



V. Q. Luu, J. L. Grismer, et al. 2023. . 7(2): 267-284.
DOI: doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.105850

Story on our latest study, published on August 23: As the evening hues descended upon Vietnam's wilderness, a tiny wanderer caught the discerning eyes of our researchers. 🌄 What seemed like just another forest dweller turned out to be an entirely new species!

Bumpy baby creature found on ‘sky islands’ in Vietnam — and discovered as new species The small animals were sitting on the forest floor, researchers said.

Description of a new species of Atractus snake from the humid montane forest of the Andes of northern Peru, Cajamarca department, occurring at elevations of 1641 to 2161 m: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.102578

Rainforest Partnership

Description of a new species and subspecies of darkling beetle in the genus Thraustocolus from Oman: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.105423

A warm welcome for this new species of spiny-backed tree frog from Peru!

Description here: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.102360

Rainforest Partnership PUCE_Ecuador

🔓 🐸 • 2023 :: vasquezi • A of Spiny-backed Tree Frog, Genus Osteocephalus (Anura ), from the Yanachaga Chemillén National Park in central Peru
novataxa.blogspot.com/2023/07/osteocephalus.html 🐸
DOI: doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.102360 🔓

Abstract :: We describe a new species of Osteocephalus Fitzinger, 1843 using morphological traits of adult and its larvae, as well as molecular evidence. The new species occurs in the forest of the Cordillera del Yanachaga in the of central Peru, at elevations between 1000 and 1150 m a.s.l. It belongs to the Osteocephalus and is the sister species of O. mimeticus. It is most similar to three species with predominantly dark irises, tuberculate dorsal skin, and brown dorsal coloration: O. festae Peracca, 1904, O. mimeticus Melin, 1941, and O. verruciger Werner, 1901. Of these three species, the most similar is O. mimeticus. However, the new species can be easily distinguished from O. mimeticus by having a cream or creamy-tan venter with a well-defined pattern of brown chocolate blotches and flecks (venter cream, tan, or brown without marks in O. mimeticus). The tadpoles of O. vasquezi sp. nov. are strikingly different from the tadpoles of O. mimeticus by having a larger oral disk with nine lower labial tooth rows (only six in O. mimeticus). Tadpoles of the new species and those of O. festae are unique among Osteocephalus by belonging to the suctorial ecomorphological guild as shown by their large oral disks. Our time tree suggest that the new species diverged from its sister species at the beginning of the Pleistocene, ~2.5 million years ago.

Osteocephalusmimeticus

P J. Venegas, L A. García-Ayachi, et al. 2023. Evolutionary Systematics. 7(2): 237-251.
DOI: doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.102360

This recent study reports four new fossil lucanids from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Three of these stag beetle species are unusually small in size, making them the smallest known so far from the family: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.104597

Hokkaido University

Another reason to celebrate, if you needed any: Evolutionary Systematics has moved up Scopus quartiles. We're now in Q1 for Insect Science as well as for Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Great to see recognition to the hard work of our talented authors, dedicated reviewers, and diligent editorial team!

The colour-changing lizard Ptyctolaemus chindwinensis first described in Evolutionary Systematics has been included in WWF's Greater Mekong Report as one of the notable new species discovered in Myanmar:

WWF Greater Mekong Report puts a spotlight on a new species of agamid lizard described in Evolutionary Systematics A colour-changing agamid lizard from Myanmar is among the highlights of the recent WWF Greater Mekong Report for new species described in 2021 and 2022 from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam.  Ptyctolaemus chindwinensis might be quite familiar to readers of Evolutionary Sy...

🦎 New gecko alert!

Two new species described here: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1163.101230

La Sierra University American Museum of Natural History San Diego Natural History Museum

When he first found Scinax pyroinguinis, German Chavez was "quite surprised and kind of speechless". Luckily, he later talked to us about what it felt like to discover this beautiful frog.

Hop over to the Pensoft Publishers blog to find out more about this curious creature!

A new “groins of fire” frog, from the Peruvian Amazon | Blog "When we found this new species in the Amazon lowlands of central Peru, we were quite surprised and kind of speechless."

All the way from central Peru, we bring you a new species of glass frog! Read its description here: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.102950

Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt Rainforest Partnership Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Technische Universität Braunschweig

This beautiful new species of frog described in our journal is already threatened by habitat loss - while its common name might sound funny to some, it is actually a reference to the devastating forest fires in the Amazon.

New frog species with "groins of fire" discovered in Amazon with colors that resemble flames One of the researchers who found the frog said his immediate reaction was "Bloody hell!"

New frog species with "groins of fire" discovered in Amazon with colors that resemble flames One of the researchers who found the frog said his immediate reaction was "Bloody hell!"

📰 Story on one of our latest new species, a beautiful glass frog from Peru with a "surprising" name!

‘Peculiar’ creature with see-through body and ‘striking’ eyes found in Peru forest The amphibian was named after the Latin word for “surprising,” researchers said.

📢 Dive into the Amazon forest with the curiously named 'Groins of Fire' frog! 🐸🔥 Check out the fascinating blog post by Germán Chávez, telling us more about the discovery of this remarkable new species.

A new “groins of fire” frog, from the Peruvian Amazon | Blog "When we found this new species in the Amazon lowlands of central Peru, we were quite surprised and kind of speechless."

Three new genera are presented in the moth family Metarbelidae. Read all about them in this article by Museum der Natur Hamburg researchers: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.85204

🔓 🐸 • 2023 :: pyroinguinis • Rising from the Ashes: A New (Anura: ) from A Wildfire-threatened Area in the Lowlands of central
novataxa.blogspot.com/2023/05/pyroinguinis.html 🐸
DOI: doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.102425 🔓
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Abstract :: We describe a new species of tree frog from the middle , Peru. Scinax pyroinguinis sp. nov. is known from two males found in a patch of Amazon at 160 masl. Externally, the new species is similar to those in the Scinax rostratus group but it differs from all members by having a rounded head from dorsal view without proboscis or pointed tubercle on the tip of the snout, large conical tubercles on upper eyelids and heels, and bright orange blotches and spots on groins, posterior surface of thighs, and shanks. Genetic analysis supports our morphological study and confirms S. pyroinguinis sp nov as a new species, being tentatively the most basal member of the S. rostratus group. The is only known from the type locality that is currently threatened by habitat loss caused by .



Etymology: The specific epithet is an adjective that means “groins of fire”, and is formed from the combination of the Greek prefix “ ” (=fire) and the Latin name “inguen” (= ). The name refers to the striking orange blotched groins of the new species which remind us the flames of the wildfires threatening its habitat.

G. Chávez, W. Aznaran, et al. 2023. Rising from the Ashes: ... . 7(1): 183-194.
DOI: doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.102425
twitter.com/GermnChvez4/status/1655965304160387075
facebook.com/GermanChavez332/posts/10160178425978800

🔓 🦎 • 2023 :: candesi • A of Microteiid Lizard ( : Cercosaurini) from A Remote Area in the Peruvian Andes
novataxa.blogspot.com/2023/04/selvasaura.html
DOI: doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118
facebook.com/GermanChavez332/posts/10160151754598800 🔓

Abstract :: We describe a new species of Selvasaura lizard from the western slopes of the eastern Andes of central . Among other characters, the new species differs from congeners in having keeled dorsal scales and more transverse rows of scales on dorsum. We present a phylogeny as additional evidence supporting delimitation of the new species.



G. Chávez, et al. 2023.  . 7(1): 123-132.
DOI: doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118
facebook.com/GermanChavez332/posts/10160151754598800

🦎 A new species of Selvasaura lizard is described from the western slopes of the eastern Andes of central Peru! Read more about it here: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118

Florida International University Corbidi - Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad

A new monotypic true bug genus is described to accommodate this beautiful new species, Malleusocoris minimus, known from Argentina and Brazil.

Read more here: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.100968

CCONICET DialogaUUniversidad Nacional de La Plata | UNLP

Threatened by habitat loss, this new species of frog is called Phrynopus apumantarum. It was discovered in Peru's grasslands.

Read more about it here: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.96258

Florida International University

If you like ABBA's songs and musicals, maybe you've considered naming a spider genus after the band?🕷

No, wait, that was our authors Pedro Castanheira and Volker Framenau. Abba transversa is a beauty!

New spider genus named after pop band ABBA | Blog Two ABBA-mad arachnologists from Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, have described a new genus dedicated to the famous band.

An updated phylogeny of Asian pit vipers and a revised classification: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.97026

Mizoram University Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) OFFICIAL PAGE. MES Abasaheb Garware College Thackeray Wildlife Foundation

Description of one new species of biting midge of the subgenus Forcipomyia, one new record of the subgenus Dycea, and two new records of the subgenus Euprojoannisia from West Bengal: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.97331

Today is Taxonomist Appreciation Day! Let's thank the incredible professionals who classify and organize living organisms. We're celebrating their important work by looking back to some of the amazing discoveries we've published as new species.

We recently published a new spider genus named after Swedish pop legends ABBA.

Here's a nice little story on our study.

Mamma Mia! Scientists Name New Spider Genus After Iconic Band ABBA [Photo] Scientists Dr. Pedro Castanheira and Dr. Volker Framenau of Murdoch University identified the new genus after conducting a comprehensive review of orb-weaving spiders in Australian collections.

There is a new orb-weaving spider genus in town, and it has a stellar name!

Study: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.98015

New spider genus named after pop band ABBA Two scientists from Murdoch University in Perth (Australia), Dr Pedro Castanheira and Dr Volker Framenau, described a new spider genus of Araneids following a comprehensive study of orb-weaving spiders found in Australian zoological collections. They named it after one of their favourites bands, the...

In a study of leaf-footed bugs, the subgeneric name Spilopleura is removed from synonymy under Acanthocephala and elevated it to generic rank including two species.

👉 Read more in this research article: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.94403

Universidad Nacional de La Plata | UNLP CONICET Dialoga