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2026

• 2026/06

  Richter, C., Schneider, M., Wolf, D., Walther, F., Hausdorf, B., Hovakimyan, H., Sahakyan, L., Fuchs, M., Faust, D.

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  Quantifying quaternary climate variability in the Southern Caucasus using land snail shell isotope transfer functions and climatic niche modeling

  Quaternary Science Reviews, 381

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/05

  GOLLES, T., YOO, J., WESENER, T.

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  Description before extinction: a new genus and ninth species of indigenous Polydesmida from Madagascar (Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae)

  Zootaxa, 1, 5807

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Pramkasem, S., Danaisawadi, P., Haas, A.

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  Larval description of Leptobrachellamurphyi Chen, Suwannapoom, Wu, Poyarkov, Xu, Pawangkhanant, and Che, 2021 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand, including genetic and morphological comparisons to other Leptobrachella of the region.

  The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 74

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Sullivan, K.A., Klabacka, R.L., Catenazzi, A., Pérez Z, J., Venegas, P.J., Wood, P.L., Browne, D.C., Koch, C., van Leeuwen, J.P., Valdez, F., Nielsen, S.V., Bauer, A.M., Sites, J.W., Aguilar Puntriano, C., Greenbaum, E., Gamble, T.

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  One if by land, two if by sea: molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Neotropical leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus )

  Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 4, 206

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Krings, W., Riesel, T., Kaiser, T.M., Daasch, A., Schulz-Kornas, E., Gorb, S.N.

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  Tooth Shape Controls Stiffness and Food Collection Efficiency in Biomimetic Radular Teeth

  Biomimetics, 4, 11

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Harvey, M.S., Dupérré, N., Sagastume-Espinoza, K.O., Rix, M.G., Wilson, J.D.

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  The type specimens of the Australian open-holed trapdoor spiders attributed to the genus Proshermacha (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae)

  Australian Systematic Botany

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Dupérré, N., Tapia, E.

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  Description of Five New Species of Schizomida, Including a Troglophile Species (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from Ecuador

  Arthropoda, 2, 4

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Lopardo, L., Dupérré, N., Hormiga, G., Michalik, P.

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  Taxonomic reassessment and rejection of the spider family Fonteferreidae Wunderlich, 2023 (Araneae)

  ZooKeys, 1278

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Escamilla-Vega, E., Murillo-Rincón, A.P., Seton, L.W.G., Koch, A., Kyomen, S., Fortmann-Grote, C., Hammel, J.U., Moritz, T., Kaucká, M.

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  Developmental dynamics of catshark cranial neural crest cells provide insights into gnathostome facial evolution

  Development

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Salden, T., Schneider, J., Mikó, I., S. Peters, R.

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  Update on the enigmatic Pteroceraphron mirabilipennis Dessart, 1981 (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronidae): description of male and first record from the Neotropics, including first DNA barcodes

  Biodiversity Data Journal, 14

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Koppetsch, T., Burriel-Carranza, B., Glynne, E., Wipfler, B., Luo, X., Johnsen, A., Adams, D.C., Carranza, S., Matschiner, M.

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  Phenotypic crypticity despite strong phylogenetic divergence: diversification dynamics in a species complex of Arabian Pristurus geckos

  Evolution

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  YANG, Z., LIU, W., BAI, M., AHRENS, D., ZHENG, Y., LIU, Y.

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  An update to the taxonomy of Sericini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae) from Xizang, China

  Zootaxa, 1, 5786

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Koch, A.

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  Über den Entomologen Erich Schmidt (1890–1969), seine vorzeitige Entlassung aus dem Museum Koenig Bonn und das NS-Komplott gegen die Gründung der Alexander-Koenig-Stiftung

  Bonner Geschichtsblätter, 74

• 2026/04

  Roesch, M.A., Bunbury, N., Harris, D.J., Rocha, S., Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N., Gower, D.J., Berke, G., Marques, C., Rocamora, G., Zora, A., Engelkes, K.

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  Inter- and intraspecific morphometric divergences in a Seychelles endemic gecko genus

  BMC Ecology and Evolution, 1, 26

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Assou, D., GNIMASSOUN, J.B.G., AHOEDO, K., AKOETEY, C.Y.M., DENDI, D., AULIYA, M., D'Cruze, N.C., KETOH, G.K.K., SEGNIAGBETO, G.H., LUISELLI, L., MORITZ, T.

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  Trends in catch and effort in Western African coastal lagoon system fisheries and their socio-economic implications

  Environmental Research Communications

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Becher, E., Nurinsiyah, A.S., Hausdorf, B.

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  Phylogeny, species delimitation, and biogeography of the arboreal land snail genus Amphidromus on Java Island, Sundaland

  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Aßmann, O., Böhme, W.

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  Beobachtungen zum Droh-und Abwehrverhalten der Äskulapnatter

  Feldherpetologisches Magazin, 23

• 2026/04

  Ingenbrand, E., Thiesmeier, B., Böhme, W.

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  Postmortale Blaufärbung bei Waldeidechsen mit Anmerkungen zu Farbabweichungenlebender Wald-und Zauneidechsen

  Feldherpetologisches Magazin, 23

• 2026/04

  Schmied, H., Böhme, W.

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  Abfolge passiver Abwehrmechanismen einer juvenilen Barren-Ringelnatter –Bemerkungen zur Evolution der Thanatose bei westpaläarktischen Wassernattern

  Feldherpetologisches Magazin, 23

• 2026/04

  Skoracki, M., Patan, M., Töpfer, T., Hromada, M., Sikora, B.

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  First record of Picobiinae mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) parasitising potoos (Aves: Nyctibiiformes), with description of a new species

  Systematic Parasitology, 2, 103

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  KAISER, H., KAISER, C.M., NISHIKAWA, K.

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  Bufo praetextatus Boie, 1826 is a nomen dubium: an historical analysis of its original description supports the prevailing usage of Bufo japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1838

  Zootaxa, 2, 5792

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Erickson, M.F., McLean, D.J., Herberstein, M.E.

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  Are Toxic Butterflies More Easily Detected by Human ‘Predators’?

  Ecology and Evolution, 4, 16

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Khan, M., Joshi, M., Ryrholm, N., Huemer, P., Espeland, M., Ivanov, V., Mutanen, M.

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  Target capture efficiently resolves the long‐standing taxonomic dead end of Diachrysia moths

  Systematic Entomology, 2, 51

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/04

  Krings, W., Becker, S., Huttegger, G., Gorb, S.N., Horstmann, M.

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  Beyond morphology: Material alterations as inducible defenses in Daphnia longicephala

  Journal of Biosciences, 2, 51

  https://doi.org/

• 2026/03

  Gabelaia, M., Tarkhnishvili, D., Adriaens, D., Ginal, P., Misof, B., Wipfler, B.

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  Climate-Correlated Phenotypes in Caucasian Rock Lizards (Squamata: Lacertidae)

  Herpetologica, 1, 82

  https://doi.org/