Europeanjournaloftaxonomy

The Parallelodontidae are a long-living family in the bivalve superfamily Arcoidea, ranging from the Devonian to the Recent. Their fossil taxonomic diversity, however, is poorly known – especially so for the Palaeozoic. Here, we intend to fill this gap and provide a list of all Palaeozoic genus- and species-group names of the family published in the literature. This nomenclat...

In this study, we examined ostracode biodiversity and species taxonomy, based on morphological characteristics, from the sulfate-bicarbonate rich, oligotrophic, and freshwater Bacalar hydrological system. A total of 19 species belonging to five subfamilies were identified. Here, we describe five new species: Cypris nicte Macario-González & Cohuo sp. nov., Pse...

We present an annotated catalogue compiling all of praying mantises (Mantodea) specimens housed at the Zoological Institute and Museum Greifswald (ZIMG, Germany), mostly from Gerstäcker’s collection. Images of all type specimens and their corresponding labels are also included. In addition, comments about the type status of specimens previously misidentified as types or incor...

Abstract. Two new species of the hoverfly genus Eristalinus Rondani, 1845 (Diptera: Syrphidae) are described from West Bengal, India, based on the adult morphology of both sexes and DNA barcode data. The new species, Eristalinus sapphirinus Roy, Naskar & Banerjee sp. nov., is characterized by its distinctive blueish black colouration, a strongly tapering...

Spumacinctus gen. nov. is described as a new saltatorial genus of Scirtidae, comprising three species: Spumacinctus mindu gen. et sp. nov., and Spumacinctus porcicaudalis gen. et sp. nov. from the Brazilian Amazon, and Spumacinctus championi (Picado, 1912) comb. nov., a species previously placed in Scirtes Illige...