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Geometric morphometrics of silky pocket mice (Perognathus: Perognathinae: Rodentia) crania reveals new insights into their variation, evolution, and taxonomy Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Bader H Alhajeri, Randa Alaqeely, Hasan Alhaddad
We used cranial geometric morphometric methods (GMM) to explore interspecific variation in Perognathus (silky pocket mice). We digitized 67 cranial landmarks on photographs of 305 adult voucher specimens (10 species and 33 subspecies, 121 localities). After summarizing variation patterns, we explored their association with biological, ecological, and climatic factors, and how (and why) shape evolved
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A holistic perspective on species delimitation outperforms all methods based on single data types in freshwater gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae: Pseudamnicola) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Diana Delicado, Khadija Boulaassafer, Noureddine Khalloufi, Torsten Hauffe
Freshwater gastropods are one of the most species-rich and severely threatened animal groups in continental aquatic ecosystems. Unfortunately, understanding their species diversity, which is key to conservation, is often hampered by their small size, simple morphology, and restricted distribution. This is particularly the case for spring snails of the genus Pseudamnicola (family Hydrobiidae), a species-rich
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Distinct taxonomic practices impact patterns of bird endemism in the South American Cerrado savannas Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Leonardo E Lopes, Luiz P Gonzaga, Marcos Rodrigues, José Maria C da Silva
Identifying endemic species and the areas of endemism delimited by them is central to biogeography. However, the impact of distinct taxonomic approaches on these patterns is often neglected. We investigated how three different taxonomic approaches impact the patterns of bird endemism in the Cerrado. The first two approaches (at species and subspecies levels) were based on traditional taxonomy based
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Exploring the relationship between environment and brain morphology in anurans: a comparative phylogenetic approach Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Maycon Vitor Rodrigues, Sergio Potsch de Carvalho-e-Silva, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Andressa de Mello Bezerra
The correlation of ecological and behavioural characteristics with morphological features of brain structures has been recurrently corroborated for different vertebrate taxa, such as mammals, birds, and fishes. Here, we asked whether such correlations can also be detected in amphibians, an animal group of great interest due to its great behavioural and ecological diversity. We analysed the shape of
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Revision of the genus Robbea (Stilbonematinae: Desmodoridae), worldwide abundant marine nematodes with chromophoric Fe–Br inclusions and the description of a new stilbonematine genus Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Florian Scharhauser, Daniel E M Saavedra, Philipp Pröts, Jörg A Ott, Benedikt Geier, Harald R Gruber-Vodicka, Maxim Polikarpov, Gleb Bourenkov, Nikolaus Leisch
Nematodes are one of the most widespread and abundant animal taxa across aquatic and terrestrial environments. In marine shallow-water, porous sediments, members of the subfamily Stilbonematinae may be found in high numbers. Stilbonematinae are characterized by their coat of symbiotic bacteria, which give the nematodes a white appearance, while the nematodes themselves are usually colourless. We identified
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Total-evidence phylogeny of the subfamily Cylapinae and the divergence dates for its subgroupings (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Anna A Namyatova, Veronica D Tyts
Representatives of the subfamily Cylapinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) mostly inhabit the subtropics and tropics. The group currently comprises five tribes: Bothriomirini, Cylapini, Fulviini, Rhinomirini, and Vanniini. Additionally, the Psallopinae are sometimes included in this subfamily as a tribe. The interrelationships within Cylapinae are unknown, the monophyly is doubtful, and a phylogenetic
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Osteology and phylogenetic position of Plagiosaurus depressus (Temnospondyli: Plagiosauridae) from the Late Triassic of Germany and the repeated loss of dermal bones in plagiosaurids Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Florian Witzmann, Rainer R Schoch
The skull and postcranium of the Late Triassic plagiosaurid temnospondyl Plagiosaurus depressus from Halberstadt (Germany) are redescribed in detail. Plagiosaurus possesses two autapomorphies, the abbreviated tabular and the broad contact between the postorbital and parietal. A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of Plagiosauridae finds a clade Plagiosaurinae consisting of Plagiosaurus and Gerrothorax
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Echoes from the Cretaceous: new fossils shed light on the evolution of host detection and concealed ovipositor apparatus in the parasitoid wasp superfamily Orussoidea (Hymenoptera) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Lars Vilhelmsen, Brendon Boudinot, Josh Jenkins Shaw, Jörg U Hammel, Vincent Perrichot
†Kryptovelona carstengroehni gen. et sp. nov. and †Orussus juttagroehnae sp. nov. are the first female members of the parasitoid wasp family Orussidae recorded from Baltic amber. We describe them, including relevant parts of the internal anatomy examined with synchrotron scanning. The fossils display a number of modifications in the antennae and foreleg correlated with the specialized host-detection
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Modification of vertebral regions explains heart position in arboreal colubrids (Serpentes: Colubridae) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Tamika Nash-Hahn, Natasha Stepanova, Alison R Davis Rabosky, Emma Sherratt
Recent research into the snake vertebral column has highlighted the importance of considering regionalization and its implications for the life history of snakes. Our research delves into the distinctions in vertebral column morphology and regionalization within the snake family Colubridae, comparing arboreal and terrestrial species. Our results provide significant support for dissociation between
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Miocene caddisflies from Australia: iron-rich sediments preserve internal organs, tracheoles, and corneal nanocoating of larvae and pupae Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Michael Frese, Matthew R McCurry, Alice Wells
Trichoptera (caddisflies) are insects with terrestrial adults and aquatic larvae. Although caddisflies spend most of their lives as larvae and pupate in the water, fossils of these stages are rarely found. However, ~100 pupae and uncased larvae were discovered at McGraths Flat, an Australian Miocene Lagerstätte. Many of the fossils are extremely well preserved. In addition to external features that
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The hidden world of fossil larvae: description and morphological insights of an immature scorpionfly (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) from the Baltic amber Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Krzysztof Szpila, Thomas van de Kamp, Elżbieta Sontag, Wiesław Krzemiński, Katarzyna Kopeć, Agnieszka Soszyńska
So far, there has been no information of the pre-imaginal stages in the well-preserved fossil record of the Mecoptera. The first and well-preserved mecopteran larva was discovered in Eocene Baltic amber. The application of synchrotron X-ray microtomography enabled the reconstruction of the body structure with high accuracy, providing a comprehensive set of morphological data that classical stereoscopic
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Increasing the theropod record of Europe: a new basal spinosaurid from the Enciso Group of the Cameros Basin (La Rioja, Spain). Evolutionary implications and palaeobiodiversity Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Erik Isasmendi, Elena Cuesta, Ignacio Díaz-Martínez, Julio Company, Patxi Sáez-Benito, Luis I Viera, Angelica Torices, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola
A new member of Spinosauridae from the Enciso Group (uppermost Barremian–lower Aptian) from Igea (La Rioja, Spain) is here erected on the basis of axial, pelvic girdle, and hindlimb elements that exhibit a unique combination of characters. Riojavenatrix lacustris gen. et sp. nov. is one of the latest Iberian and European spinosaurid taxa. It retains a triangular pubic boot, like the megalosaurids,
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Unravelling the obscure homology: postembryonic development of chaetotaxic traits in a basal hexapod taxon (Collembola: Tomoceridae) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Daoyuan Yu, Yating Zhang, Ziqiang Wang, Feng Hu, Manqiang Liu
Homology assessment is essential for systematic zoology, but for many taxa and traits, precise recognition of homology can be challenging with limited evidence. Tomoceridae is one of the earliest branches in the elongate-bodied springtails (Collembola: Entomobryomorpha), and is among the commonest and best-known families in the class. However, the homology of some important traits is still obscure
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Osteology of the two-fingered oviraptorid Oksoko avarsan (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Gregory F Funston
Oviraptorosaurs are among the most diverse and best-known extinct theropod groups. Their bizarre anatomy and their social and reproductive behaviour are now well understood. Among the oviraptorid subclade, the two-fingered Oksoko avarsan is particularly well-represented. It is known from several exquisite skeletons, preserving not only the entire skeleton, but multiple stages through ontogeny, providing
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Complex geohistory of continental islands advanced allopatric evolution even for the highly dispersive generalist red fox (Vulpes vulpes): multiple phylogenetic groups in the Japanese Archipelago Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Takumi Watanabe, Yuji Yamazaki
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) plays a key role as an apex-generalist predator in terrestrial ecosystems. We estimated the phylogeographic structure, time to most recent common ancestor (tMRCA), and demographic dynamics based on the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b gene and partial D-loop region sequences of 182 red foxes in the Japanese Archipelago, and discussed the geohistory and biotic interactions
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Ecological and phylogenetic influences on limb joint kinematics in wild primates Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Judith Janisch, Allison McNamara, Lydia C Myers, Nicole Schapker, Noah T Dunham, Taylor Phelps, Roger Mundry, Tobin Hieronymus, Liza J Shapiro, Jesse W Young
Arboreal locomotion is precarious and places multiple challenges upon stability. Studies have shown that captive primates respond to narrower and steeper supports by flexing limb joints and adopting a compliant gait. We tested whether these same kinematic responses are adopted by wild primates freely ranging over a variety of supports in their natural habitats. We recorded five species of platyrrhines
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An overview of genetic manipulation tools in the studies of ciliates, with emphasis on gene knockout, knockdown, and overexpression Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Jinyu Fu, Yunyi Gao, Feng Gao, Yalan Sheng, Saleh A Al-Farraj, Zigui Chen, Chundi Wang
Microorganisms have expanded our understanding of biodiversity and exhibit crucial research values. Ciliated protists are a highly differentiated group of eukaryotic microorganisms with exceptional features, such as numerous cilia, dimorphic nuclei, and genome-wide gene rearrangement, that have made them ideal research models for revealing many biological processes. Studies of the ciliate Tetrahymena
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Molecular identification of immature Cerambycinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): revisiting the significance of immature morphologies Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Seunghyun Lee, Seunghwan Lee
The microstructure of immature insect forms plays a crucial role in systematics, especially in inferring phylogenetic relationships and designating the morphological basis for taxonomic units. However, the microstructure of longhorn beetle larvae and pupae is poorly understood, owing to difficulties in obtaining them and technical limitations. Among 90 larvae and 80 pupae collected and photographed
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Unravelling cryptic diversity in the Paratrichodorus allius-group species complex to resolve eight new species of the genus and new insights on the molecular phylogeny (Nematoda: Trichodoridae) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Wilfrida Decraemer, Antonio Archidona-Yuste, Ilenia Clavero-Camacho, Alessio Vovlas, Carolina Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, Alba N Ruiz-Cuenca, Pablo Castillo, Juan E Palomares-Rius
The stubby-root nematode genus Paratrichodorus comprises species of plant polyphagous ectoparasitic nematodes distributed worldwide and a few of them are plant virus-vectors (tobravirus). This is one of the most difficult nematode genera in terms of species identification, since it is phenotypically conserved with closely related species and is highly sensitive to the specimen fixation and preservation
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Comparative anatomy of the vocal apparatus in bats and implications for the diversity of laryngeal echolocation Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Nicolas L M Brualla, Laura A B Wilson, Vuong Tan Tu, Taro Nojiri, Richard T Carter, Thongchai Ngamprasertwong, Thanakul Wannaprasert, Michael Doube, Dai Fukui, Daisuke Koyabu
Most of over 1400 extant bat species produce high-frequency pulses with their larynx for echolocation. However, the debate about the evolutionary origin of laryngeal echolocation in bats remains unresolved. The morphology of the larynx is known to reflect vocal adaptation and thus can potentially help in resolving this controversy. However, the morphological variations of the larynx are poorly known
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From the dark side of paradise: a new natural replication of cave planthopper evolution from Hawaiian lava tubes (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Hannelore Hoch, Megan L Porter, Christy M Slay, Michael E Slay, Mireille Steck, Rebecca A Chong
The Hawaiian Islands are known to harbour a rich and diverse fauna of troglobionts (obligate subterranean species). To date, 74 obligate cavernicolous arthropod species have been documented from across the main Hawaiian islands, the majority of which were from Hawaiʻi Island, and mostly from lava tubes of Kilauea volcano, the youngest volcano on the island. A recent bioinventory of the Kipuka Kanohina
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The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Mark T Young, Eric W Wilberg, Michela M Johnson, Yanina Herrera, Marco Brandalise de Andrade, Arnaud Brignon, Sven Sachs, Pascal Abel, Davide Foffa, Marta S Fernández, Patrick Vignaud, Thomas Cowgill, Stephen L Brusatte
The use of more than one nomenclatural code is becoming increasingly common in some biological sub-disciplines. To minimize nomenclatural instability, we have decided to establish a higher level systematization for Thalattosuchia under both the International Code of Phylogenetic Nomenclature (‘PhyloCode’) and the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (‘Zoological Code’). We undertook a series
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New Cretaceous neosuchians (Crocodylomorpha) from Thailand bridge the evolutionary history of atoposaurids and paralligatorids Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Yohan Pochat-Cottilloux, Komsorn Lauprasert, Phornphen Chanthasit, Sita Manitkoon, Jérôme Adrien, Joël Lachambre, Romain Amiot, Jeremy E Martin
The origin of modern crocodylians is rooted in the Cretaceous, but their evolutionary history is obscure because the relationships of outgroups and transitional forms are poorly resolved. Here, we describe a new form, Varanosuchus sakonnakhonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., from the Early Cretaceous of Thailand that fills an evolutionary gap between Paralligatoridae and Atoposauridae, two derived neosuchian
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The first fossil record of an aquatic caecilian (Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Rodolfo Otávio Santos, Mark Wilkinson, Graziella do Couto Ribeiro, Alberto B Carvalho, Hussam Zaher
The lissamphibian clade Gymnophiona includes approximately 220 recognized modern species known by the English vernacular as caecilians and characterized by their elongated and annulated bodies, without girdles or limbs. Fossils of caecilians are particularly rare and mostly limited to isolated vertebrae. Until now, only four bona fide Gymnophionomorpha species have been named based on fossils. Only
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Biogeography of theropod dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous: evidence from central South America Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Rafael Delcourt, Natan S Brilhante, Ricardo A Pires-Domingues, Christophe Hendrickx, Orlando N Grillo, Bruno G Augusta, Bárbara S Maciel, Aline M Ghilardi, Fresia Ricardi-Branco
In central South America, theropod remains are relatively scarce in comparison to the southern part of the continent, with shed teeth being the primary fossils found in this region. We examined 179 isolated teeth from the Bauru Basin, Brazil, using linear discriminant analysis (LDA; N = 178) and phylogenetic analysis (N = 174). The LDA used eight measurements, and the phylogenetic analysis used seven
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An integrative taxonomic and phylogenetic approach reveals a new genus of Australasian Cycas-pollinating weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Yun Hsiao, Rolf G Oberprieler
Cycas is the second-largest genus of cycads in Australia and the sole cycad genus in Papua New Guinea. In contrast to the other Australian cycads, which are mainly pollinated by weevils of the Tranes group of Molytinae, the Australian Cycas species are pollinated by tiny weevils belonging to the subfamily Cossoninae but representing an unnamed genus. This study evaluates the taxonomic status of these
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Flightless beetles crossed the Pacific Ocean: phylogeny and biogeography of the intertidal genus Diaulota Casey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Kee-Jeong Ahn, Jeong-Hun Song, Jae-Seok Lee
The North Pacific distribution of coastal staphylinids may be explained as the result of either dispersal or vicariance. The intertidal rove beetle genus Diaulota is a submarine group that occurs on the Pacific coasts of the Northern Hemisphere. We performed a phylogenetic analysis of Diaulota using molecular characters (3241 bp) to investigate their biogeographic history and patterns. The data were
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A scientist’s guide to Solifugae: how solifuges could advance research in ecology, evolution, and behaviour Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-30 Eileen A Hebets, Mariela Oviedo-Diego, Franco Cargnelutti, Fedra Bollatti, Lucia Calbacho-Rosa, Camilo I Mattoni, Paola Olivero, Catalina Simian, Debora Abregú, David E Vrech, Alfredo V Peretti
Despite having >1200 described species and despite their nearly worldwide distribution and prevalence in many xeric ecosystems, relative to many other arachnid groups, we know little about the natural history and behaviour of animals in the order Solifugae (camel spiders, sun spiders, sun scorpions, etc.). Here, we review the current solifuge literature through the lens of conceptual research areas
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Systematic rearrangements in an all-genus phylogeny of side-gilled slugs (Heterobranchia: Pleurobranchida) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Juan Moles, Bastian Brenzinger, Maria I Berning, Alexander Martynov, Tatiana Korshunova, Michael Schrödl
The systematics of side-gilled slugs face long-lasting incongruencies provided by morphological and molecular data. Parsimonious morphological assessments divided the single superfamily Pleurobranchoidea into the shell-less Pleurobranchaeidae and the internally shelled Pleurobranchidae, including the aberrant helicoid-shelled Tomthompsonia. Molecular evidence has proven untrustworthy to date, revealing
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The species problem in Artemia Leach, 1819 (Crustacea: Anostraca), a genus with sexual species and obligate parthenogenetic lineages Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Alireza Asem, Gonzalo Gajardo, Francisco Hontoria, Chaojie Yang, Chun-Yang Shen, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Sameer M Padhye, Patrick Sorgeloos
Parthenogenesis is an asexual reproduction mode characterized by the development of a female oocyte without fertilization. From an evolutionary perspective, parthenogenesis seems less successful than the predominant sexual mode, though there are groups in which both reproductive types exist, an example of which is the genus Artemia Leach, 1819. This salt-tolerant crustacean inhabiting hypersaline environments
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A systematic review of the Iberian springsnail subgenus Alzoniella (Navarriella) (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae), with the description of a new potentially relict subfamily Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Fernando García-Guerrero, Jonathan P Miller, Diana Delicado, Marta Novo, Marian A Ramos
The threatened springsnail subgenus Alzoniella (Navarriella) in the Iberian Peninsula has been suggested to be an old and relict lineage of the family Hydrobiidae. The subgenus is represented by two morphological species, both endemic to the Pyrenees and their southern foothills. We conducted phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene fragments of topotypes and other populations
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The first record of the genus Prosantorhinus (Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae) of East Asia Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Danhui Sun, Tao Deng, Shiqi Wang
Prosantorhinus is a genus of small extinct teleoceratine rhinoceroses with shortened limb bones, widely distributed in Europe. However, the Asian evolution of the teleoceratine Prosantorhinus has remained unclear because of a scarcity of fossil records of the genus. Here, we report the first record of Prosantorhinus in East Asia from the Middle Miocene of Tongxin, Ningxia. The new specimen is characterized
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Adaptive tails? Parallel evolution of expanded tails in monsoonal tropics lineages of an Australian gecko radiation (Oedura) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Amy L Green, Paul M Oliver, Jaimi A Gray, Emma Sherratt
Ecological drivers of variation in the morphology of the lizard tail are understudied despite its important and varied functions in defence, locomotion, balance, climbing, and resource storage. We quantified variation in original tail shape and surface area-to-volume ratio (SA : V) in an Australian gecko clade (Oedura) and tested whether environmental variables are predictors of this variation. To
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A new booid snake from the Eocene (Lutetian) Konservat-Lagerstätte of Geiseltal, Germany, and a new phylogenetic analysis of Booidea Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Alessandro Palci, Silvio Onary, Michael S Y Lee, Krister T Smith, Oliver Wings, Márton Rabi, Georgios L Georgalis
We describe two exceptionally preserved fossil snakes from the Eocene Konservat-Lagerstätte of Geiseltal, located in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The two snake specimens, GMH LIX-3-1992 and GMH XXXVIII-20-1964, can be confidently identified as booids based on general morphology and were thus compared to other geographically and/or temporally close fossil booids. We found that GMH LIX-3-1992
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Flying singers: spatio-temporal distribution and acoustic dynamics of two species of Carinetini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) cicadas in sympatry Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Riuler C Acosta, Tatiana P Ruschel, Lucas A Kaminski
The natural history of Neotropical cicadas is poorly understood. Here, we describe comparatively the spatio-temporal distribution and acoustic dynamics of two Carinetini cicadas in sympatry: colourful-cicada, Carineta diardi, and eryngo-cicada, Guaranisaria llanoi. Males of both species emit conspicuous acoustic signals during flight, a rare behaviour in cicadas. Although sympatric and synchronic,
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Delimiting phylogeographic diversity in the genomic era: application to an Iberian endemic frog Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Christophe Dufresnes, Johanna Ambu, Pedro Galán, Fernando Sequeira, Leticia Viesca, Magdalena Choda, David Álvarez, Bérénice Alard, Tomasz Suchan, Sven Künzel, Iñigo Martínez-Solano, Miguel Vences, Alfredo Nicieza
The rich genetic and phenotypic diversity of species complexes is best recognized through formal taxonomic naming, but one must first assess the evolutionary history of phylogeographic lineages to identify and delimit candidate taxa. Using genomic markers, mitochondrial DNA barcoding, and morphometric analyses, we examined lineage diversity and distribution in the Iberian endemic frog Rana parvipalmata
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Myrmecophagy in lizards: evolutionary and ecological implications Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Lucas B Q Cavalcanti, Gabriel C Costa, Guarino R Colli, Eric R Pianka, Laurie J Vitt, Daniel O Mesquita
Myrmecophagy is one of the most common dietary specializations among vertebrates. Ants are an important food resource for many lizard species. Here, we use a large dataset on ant consumption by lizards (345 species, 33 families) to explore evolutionary and ecological correlates of myrmecophagy across the evolutionary history of lizards. Based on literature and previous empirical work, we develop and
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A revision of the higher latitude periwinkle species Laevilitorina caliginosa sensu lato Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Sebastián Rosenfeld, Nicolás I Segovia, Claudia S Maturana, Cristián Aldea, Thomas Saucède, Paul Brickle, Hamish G Spencer, Elie Poulin, Claudio A González-Wevar
The marine gastropod genus Laevilitorina is exclusive to the Southern Hemisphere, with 21 species from southern South America, Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand, and sub-Antarctic Islands. We present a comprehensive revision of Laevilitorina, using molecular and morphological analyses, to address formally the interspecific divergences within the nominal taxon Laevilitorina caliginosa s.l. We confirm
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Tardigrade Augean stables—a challenging phylogeny and taxonomy of the family Ramazzottiidae (Eutardigrada: Hypsibioidea) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Pritam K Dey, Alejandro López-López, Witold Morek, Łukasz Michalczyk
Tardigrade taxonomy is most often hindered by prevalent outdated species descriptions, lack of integrative redescriptions, scarce genetic information, and fragmentary sampling. Here, we diagnose the problems obscuring phylogenetic inference and the taxonomy of the cosmopolitan family Ramazzottiidae. We carried out the most extensive phylogenetic analysis of this family to date, with a considerable
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Four new species of dragonfish genus Eustomias (Stomiiformes: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae) from the western tropical Atlantic, with remarks on Eustomias minimus Clarke, 1999 Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Bárbara T Villarins, Luciano G Fischer, Artem M Prokofiev, Michael M Mincarone
Four new species of the scaleless black dragonfish genus Eustomias are described based on specimens collected during the ABRACOS (Acoustics along the BRAzilian COaSt) expeditions along the Fernando de Noronha Ridge, off northeastern Brazil, western tropical Atlantic. Eustomias (Haploclonus) antea sp. nov. differs from its congeners by having a long chin barbel without appendages, ending in a very small
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Fantastic beasts and how to delimit them: an integrative approach using multispecies coalescent methods reveals two new, endemic Dugesia species (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) from Corsica and Sardinia Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Daniel Dols-Serrate, Giacinta Angela Stocchino, Ronald Sluys, Marta Riutort
Dugesia hepta and D. benazzii are two species found in Sardinia and Corsica. Previous studies have been unable to resolve their evolutionary relationships and there was doubt about the monophyly of D. benazzii. This study used molecular and morphological data to develop a rigorous species-delimitation procedure within an integrative framework. Three different species discovery methods (ABGD, GMYC,
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Anthropause on tardigrade urban communities during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Salta, Argentina Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Andrea González-Reyes, Alfonsina Grabosky, Mariana Rocha, Florentina Ballardini, Belén Ostertag, Sandra Rodríguez-Artigas, Daniel Fernández, José Corronca
The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020. The ‘anthropause’ almost emptied our streets of vehicles. In urban areas, automobile traffic is a major environmental factor, and tardigrades can serve as bioindicators of environmental change. During the winter of 2019–2020, samples were taken both before and during the COVID-19 lockdown. In both cases, traffic variables
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A new fossil frog (Lissamphibia: Anura) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil and the early evolution of neobatrachians Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Rodolfo Otávio Santos, Alberto B Carvalho, Hussam Zaher
Although neobatrachians represent about 95% of anuran diversity, their fossil record, especially during the Mesozoic, remains scarce and often limited to a few damaged specimens with uncertain affinities. In South America, fossil neobatrachians have been identified from the Cretaceous deposits in Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. Here, we describe a new species of fossil neobatrachian from the Late Cretaceous
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Morphology matters: congruence of morphology and phylogeny in the integrative taxonomy of Clevelandellidae (Ciliophora: Armophorea) with description of six new species Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Michael Kotyk, William A Bourland, Matyáš Soviš, Daniel Méndez-Sánchez, Pavel Škaloud, Zuzana Kotyková Varadínová, Ivan Čepička
Armophorid ciliates of family Clevelandellidae represent ecologically interesting symbionts of ecologically interesting hosts: wood-eating cockroaches of subfamily Panesthiinae unrelated to the termite/Cryptocercus lineage. Moreover, these protists exhibit a peculiar morphology, with the posteriorization of oral structures being the most striking of their unique characters. Despite that, the family
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What is a ‘strong’ synapomorphy? Redescriptions of Murray’s type species and descriptions of new taxa challenge the systematics of Hypsibiidae (Eutardigrada: Parachela) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Piotr Gąsiorek, Brian Blagden, Witold Morek, Łukasz Michalczyk
Hypsibiidae are the most species-rich group within the Hypsibioidea, and three (Diphasconinae, Itaquasconinae, and Pilatobiinae) of its four subfamilies are characterized by a division of the foregut into a rigid buccal and a flexible pharyngeal tube. The aim of this work is to provide a comprehensive background for sound taxonomic studies on several hypsibiid lineages. We redescribe the type species
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Searching for Mediterranean bath sponges (Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida: Spongiidae) in the Northeast Atlantic reveals a new species: an integrative taxonomic approach Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Marie Grenier, Charlotte Simmler, Pierre Chevaldonné, Noëlle Callizot, Thierry Pérez
Bath sponges, included in the Spongiidae (Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida), are distributed across the oceans of the world, with a greater abundance in temperate, subtropical, and tropical zones. Their harvest started during ancient times in the Mediterranean Sea, which shed light on the whole family. Most of the Mediterranean Spongiidae have been reported repeatedly from the Northeast Atlantic, notably
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A highly polymorphic South American collared lizard (Tropiduridae: Tropidurus) reveals that open–dry refugia from South-western Amazonia staged allopatric speciation Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 André L G Carvalho, Rafael C B Paredero, David Villalobos-Chaves, Elaine Ferreira, Miguel T Rodrigues, Felipe F Curcio
Research on Pleistocene Amazonian refugia has predominantly targeted forest-dwelling taxa, although evidence suggests that endemic species have also evolved in peripheral Amazonian enclaves of open–dry habitats. In Rondônia, Brazil, Tropidurus lizards are restricted to savannah relicts that were once connected to the core Cerrado biome. These populations are currently allocated under Tropidurus oreadicus
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Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and species delimitation of segmented spider genus Liphistius (Araneae: Liphistiidae) in Thailand Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Varat Sivayyapram, Chawakorn Kunsete, Xin Xu, Deborah R Smith, Prapun Traiyasut, Sureerat Deowanish, Daiqin Li, Natapot Warrit
Mesothelae, or primitively segmented trapdoor spiders, form the most basal clade among living spiders. In Southeast Asia, Liphistius is the only genus recognized in the extant family Liphistiidae. Liphistius taxonomy and species identification are based largely on characters of the genitalia; however, the female genitalia show high intraspecific variation, males are rarely collected, and the phylogenetic
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A revised taxonomy and phylogeny of opalinids (Stramenopiles: Opalinata) inferred from the analysis of complete nuclear ribosomal DNA genes Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Ming Li, Guangran Hu, Weishan Zhao, Hong Zou, Wenxiang Li, Shangong Wu, Guitang Wang, Francisco Ponce-Gordo
The Opalinida comprise ciliated protists that live as intestinal endoparasites in poikilothermic vertebrates. They are classified as one group of colourless Stramenopiles, the Opalinata, along with Proteromonadida (Proteromonas and Karotomorpha). The validity of certain opalinid genera is questionable, and their genetic relationships remain unclear. In this study, we conducted complete ribosomal DNA
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Phylogeny, biogeography, and integrative taxonomic revision of the Afro-Arabian rodent genus Ochromyscus (Muridae: Murinae: Praomyini) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Yonas Meheretu, Ondřej Mikula, Daniel Frynta, Petra Frýdlová, Getachew Mulualem, Leonid A Lavrenchenko, Danila S Kostin, Hassan Sh Abdirahman Elmi, Radim Šumbera, Josef Bryja
The analyses of Plio-Pleistocene speciation processes in the Horn of Africa are relevant for understanding the evolution of biodiversity patterns of this understudied part of the world. Here we analyse comprehensive genomic and morphological data of the recently delimited murid genus Ochromyscus, one of the few with Afro-Arabian distribution. Using an integrative taxonomic approach, we delimit three
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An exploration of autofluorescence in tardigrades (phylum Tardigrada) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Paul J Bartels, David C Coffey, Mathilde Pineau, Łukasz Kaczmarek, Diane R Nelson
Recently it was purported that autofluorescence (AF) in Paramacrobiotus n. sp. provided protection from UV radiation. If true, this would be the first documentation of an adaptive function for AF in any microscopic animal. We review what is currently known about AF in tardigrades, and we provide the first true colour images of tardigrade fluorescence. To assess the hypothesis of AF as UV protection
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Phylogeny-based taxonomic revision and niche modelling of the rove beetle genus Loncovilius Germain, 1903 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-28 José L Reyes-Hernández, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Josh Jenkins Shaw, Alexey Solodovnikov
Using a phylogenetic analysis as a baseline, we conducted a taxonomic revision of the genus Loncovilius Germain, 1903 which now includes 10 valid species. Of them, six species, all restricted to the southern Andean region, are described as new for science: Loncovilius barclayi sp. nov., L. cantharoides sp. nov., L. carlsbergi sp. nov., L. hammondi sp. nov., L. impunctus sp. nov., and Loncovilius variabilis
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Detailed integrative taxonomic analysis reveals large-scale species misidentification of barnacles based on DNA barcoding data Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Zoe Moesges, Dirk Brandis, Christine Ewers
Morphological species identification is the traditional way to identify species. More recently, biodiversity studies have depended on DNA barcoding for species identification. Mismatches between morphological and genetic species identification caused by voucher specimen misidentifications lead to ambiguous species identification. We used barnacles of the genera Amphibalanus and Balanus to investigate
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Fossil frogs (Eleutherodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) from Florida suggest overwater dispersal from the Caribbean by the Late Oligocene Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Maria Camila Vallejo-Pareja, Edward L Stanley, Jonathan I Bloch, David C Blackburn
Establishment of extant terrestrial vertebrate faunas in North America was influenced by a set of factors associated with temporal changes in climate and ecology that operated at different geographic scales. While the biogeography of extant taxa can be inferred from phylogenies, these omit lineages that have gone regionally extinct and for which the only direct evidence is the fossil record. A comprehensive
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The complex case of the calcareous sponge Leucosolenia complicata (Porifera: Calcarea): hidden diversity in Boreal and Arctic regions with description of a new species Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Andrey Lavrov, Irina Ekimova, Dimitry Schepetov, Alexandra Koinova, Alexander Ereskovsky
In this study, we present the first integrative revision of the Boreal and Arctic calcareous sponges of the genus Leucosolenia with a specific focus on its biodiversity in the White Sea. The material for this work included a combination of newly collected specimens from different regions of the North-East Atlantic and the White Sea and historical museum collections. An integrative analysis was implemented
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Tetraploidy in the Boettger’s dwarf clawed frog (Pipidae: Hymenochirus boettgeri) from the Congo indicates non-conspecificity with the captive population Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Václav Gvoždík, Martin Knytl, Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou, Nicola R Fornaini, Barbora Bergelová
Cytogenetics can be used as a tool to study the evolution of polyploidy and taxonomy. Here we focus on aquatic African pipids, dwarf clawed frogs (Hymenochirus). Our study reveals that dwarf clawed frogs, present for decades in captivity, are best referred to as Hymenochirus sp. instead of the commonly used name ‘H. boettgeri’ or sometimes ‘H. curtipes’. We present the first karyotype from a morphologically
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Diversity and biogeography of scale worms in the subfamily Lepidonotopodinae (Annelida: Polynoidae) from Indian Ocean hydrothermal vents with descriptions of four new species Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-17 Yuru Han, Yadong Zhou, Chong Chen, Yueyun Wang
Lepidonotopodinae is a subfamily of Polynoidae endemic to deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems around the world. Nevertheless, their species composition and phylogeny have only been systematically studied in hydrothermal vents of the Eastern and Western Pacific. Here, we morphologically and genetically examined worms in Lepidonotopodinae from vents across three Indian Ocean ridges, revealing two new
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A new basal ginglymodian fish (Holostei: Neopterygii) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) Luoping Biota, Yunnan, China Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Guang-Hui Xu, Xin-Ying Ma
Ginglymodians (e.g. gars) are a group of holostean fishes with a rich fossil history in the Mesozoic. The resolution of interrelationships among extinct ginglymodians is central to the problem of understanding the origin of this clade. Here, a new fossil ginglymodian, Diandongichthys ocellatus gen. et sp. nov., is described based on 13 well-preserved specimens from the Early-Middle Triassic (Anisian)
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Evolutionary origins of the lampriform pelagic radiation Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Chase Doran Brownstein, Thomas J Near
Ray-finned fishes, which compose nearly half of living vertebrate diversity, provide an excellent system for studying the evolution of novel body forms. Lampriformes is a species-poor lineage of acanthomorph ray-finned fishes that has evolved two very different and highly specialized body plans suited to life in pelagic oceanic habitats: the deep, round-bodied bathysomes and the ribbon-like taeniosomes
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Convergent evolution of dark, ultraviolet-absorbing cuticular pigmentation in a new Afro-Oriental Echiniscus brunus species complex (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. (IF 2.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Pritam K Dey, Piotr Gąsiorek, Łukasz Michalczyk
Green, brown and black pigments are uncommon in the otherwise typically yellow to orange Echiniscidae. Viridiscus, a genus currently represented by a handful of species, in which cuticular coloration varies from a light green through dark green to almost black, has been an exception. Here, we uncover a new echiniscid lineage from the primeval subtropical and tropical rainforests of India and Tanzania