Zoosystematics and Evolution

28/08/2026

🐸 A new species of leaf litter toad, Leptobrachella jinzhongshanensis, has been described from Longlin County, Guangxi, China, identified by its patterned flanks, bicoloured iris and marbled underside: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.195575

25/08/2026

Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ) launches a new topical collection, titled "Beyond Digitization: Open Digital Curation of Collections-based Biodiversity Data”, aimed at exploring the Open Digital Curation. Guest editors of the collection are Mr. David Shorthouse (acting as an ind...

21/08/2026

Meet Laimosemion laranja, a new killifish from Brazil's lower Rio Amazonas Basin in Amapá. It shares its color pattern with the L. geayi group but stands apart in fin, scale and skull traits, and its cox1 DNA diverges 5.3-12.3% from close kin.

Full study: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.187659

LISE - Laboratório de Ictiologia Sistemática e Evolutiva Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação University of West Florida OU Department of Biology

20/08/2026

🤝Great catching up with Prof. Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa at in Uppsala!

✏️He's a Former Editor-in-Chief of Evolutionary Systematics and current subject editor at Zoosystematics and Evolution.
🔬Check out some of his papers below:

"A new record of the meiobenthic priapulid Tubiluchus from Cabo Verde and a comparison of external characters in adults within the genus" ➡ https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.10.181089

"Chordodes colchis (Nematomorpha, Gordiida), a new species from Georgia"➡
https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.12938

18/08/2026

🪸 We attended another interesting talk at , this time by Kaveh Samimi-Namin: "Re-describing Octocoral Type Material in the Museomic Era: Linking Historical Names to Modern Phylogenies."

🗨️ He discussed how re-describing old octocoral type specimens, now combined with museomic approaches, can anchor historical names to modern phylogenies and resolve long-standing taxonomic uncertainty in the group.

🙌 A reminder that museum collections are essential infrastructure for modern taxonomy!

⬇️ Kaveh is an author in both ZooKeys and Zoosystematics and Evolution. Access two of his most recent papers below:

A new genus of soft coral: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/110617/
An annotated catalogue of black corals: https://zse.pensoft.net/article/192821/

Uppsala University Svenska Systematikföreningen

17/08/2026

📢 We're at the 4th BioSyst.EU Meeting in Uppsala, Sweden (17-19 August 2026)!

🔬 This biennial event brings together European systematists and biodiversity researchers through their national societies, with three days of keynotes, symposia and an excursion to round things off.

🤝 Come and find us at our booth to chat about our publishing services - from manuscript to publication, plus our tools for taxonomic and biodiversity data.

📚 We'd also love to introduce you to our journal portfolio, including titles such as ZooKeys, MycoKeys, PhytoKeys, Metabarcoding & Metagenomics - MBMG Journal and Zoosystematics and Evolution.

📍 See you there!

Uppsala University Svenska Systematikföreningen

13/08/2026

📢 Just days left! Pensoft Publishers will be in Uppsala - join our team at the 4th BioSyst EU meeting (17-19 Aug) to explore our open-access journals and chat with our team about publishing your research.

Learn more: https://zse.pensoft.net/news/1413

Between 17-19 August 2026, Pensoft will exhibit at the 4th BioSyst EU meeting, taking place in Uppsala, Sweden. The conference is organized by the Swedish Systematics Association.The three-day conference will celebrate European systematics and biodiversity research at its very origin: Uppsala i...

10/08/2026

🦀 Two new genera and species of freshwater crab, Angiangmon nuicoto and Lamdongmon tanhlinhensis, have been discovered during recent surveys in southern Vietnam: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.187291

05/08/2026

🌏 The 5th International Congress on Southeast Asian Gateway Evolution (SAGE 2026) is now underway in Phuket, Thailand!

🔬 Bringing together global researchers to showcase the latest breakthroughs in systematics, ecology, and evolutionary biodiversity science - read more here: https://zse.pensoft.net/news/1391

🏆 Student delegates can win a free publication in a Pensoft Publishers journal for Best Student Oral Presentation or the Poster Popular Vote.

03/08/2026

🦎 A striking new skink species, Scincella gigas, has been discovered in the mountains of Yunnan Province, China, and is the largest member of its genus ever recorded.

🏷️ Its name is derived from the Greek word for "giant", and it has been given the common name of "Giant Ground Skink.

➡️ Full study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.204139