Hamburg museum’s hidden frog and snake types reshape herpetology catalogue
A newly published second addition to the Hamburg herpetological type catalogue documents 53 additional type specimens, designates three new lectotypes, ...
Tag: taxonomy
Lost Type Specimens of Crimean Shemaya Rediscovered in Vienna, Fixing a Name for an Endangered Fish
Rediscovered type specimens of the endangered Crimean shemaya Alburnus mentoides have been identified in Vienna collections, allowing designation of a ...
New spider species Chumma foordi discovered in South Africa’s Kirstenbosch garden
A new species of the spider genus Chumma, C. foordi, is described from Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in the Western Cape, ...
Forgotten borage species returns from synonymy as DNA and nutlets seal the case
Phylogenomic and morphological evidence has reinstated Lappula betpakdalensis as a distinct species, overturning a decades-old synonymization and sharpening the picture ...
Velvet Spider Mystery Solved as Scientists Finally Describe Elusive Female After 28 Years
Researchers have described the first known female of Eresus lavrosii, revealing new details about the ecology, diet, and distribution of ...
Hidden pygmy grasshoppers revealed in Kerala’s Ramsar wetlands
A three-year survey of Kerala's Kole wetlands has documented twelve pygmy grasshopper morphospecies, including two genera never before recorded in ...
Crane fly with unknown youth: DNA barcodes reveal first larva of Nipponomyia and a new Korean species
A new crane fly species from South Korea comes with the first-ever description of a Nipponomyia larva, confirmed by DNA ...
Yangtze Finless Porpoise Deserves Full Species Status, Review Finds
A new review synthesises morphology, anatomy, genetics and population genomics to argue that the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise should ...
Sixteen novel Aureobasidium species discovered on flowers of northern Thailand
A survey of fungi on flowers in Chiang Mai and Phayao provinces has revealed sixteen previously unknown Aureobasidium species, doubling ...
Hidden Moth Species Discovered Hiding in Plain Sight Across the Mediterranean
A moth long considered one of Europe's most recognizable micromoths turns out to be two species: DNA barcodes and genital ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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