#NewSpecies! New dance fly from #portugal just landed: Chillcottomyia ovaticornis Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/EFC88F6D-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/evol... #EvolutionarySystematics #ChillcottomyiaOvaticornis #FAIRdata #biodiversity #nature #conservation #entomology #diptera #fly #dance

Two new genera and two new species of mud crickets are described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Learn all about them here: doi.org/10.3897/evol... @swheads.bsky.social @leibnizlib.bsky.social #fossils #crickets #biodiversity

The first record of the dance fly genus Chillcottomyia from Europe is a new species from Portugal! Find out more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/evol... #flies #newspecies #taxonomy

Genetic and morphological analyses reveal that 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑟𝑦𝑠𝑜𝑝𝑦𝑔𝑢𝑠 is a species complex, uncovering three new species in Peru’s Andes and clarifying their evolutionary relationships. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zse....

One week to go till the 35th European Congress of Arachnology! Our publisher @pensoft.net is proudly sponsoring the event with a free publication to the Best Talk winner.

Researchers describe a new species of Asian leaf litter toad, belonging to the genus 𝐿𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎, from Yunnan, China, based on morphological and molecular evidence. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/zse....

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲! To celebrate our recent move over to Bluesky, enjoy a collection of weird and wonderful discoveries published in our journal! 🧵(1/15)

This is Synodus autumnus, a new lizardfish species widely distributed in the eastern Indian and Pacific oceans. Learn more about it in this study: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #taxonomy #fish #newspecies

A taxonomic revision of the Quasipaa verrucospinosa complex in Vietnam yielded two new frog species. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #phylogeny #taxonomy #frogs

A new species of deep-sea limpet, discovered 6 km beneath the northwestern Pacific, has beeen named after a #ONEPIECE character. Find out why on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/07/24/n...

"These frogs are powerful reminders of how much we still don’t know about the Andes.” Great story behind the research of Chavez et al into the beauty and diversity of Andean frogs and their latest study in Evolutionary Systematics! blog.pensoft.net/2025/06/27/h...

We're excited about the European Congress of Lepidopterology in August! evolsyst.pensoft.net/news/932

The three really fascinating frogs from Peru described in our journal have made their way to @forbes.com in this excellent article! www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

Three new species of terrestrial breeding frog from Peru. evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/1485...

Three cool new frogs described from Peru's mountains by our author and friend Germán Chávez et al.!

Endemic to the Munim Basin in Northeastern Brazil, this is Hoplias cazumba, a new freshwater fish species whose name means little spirit! Learn all about it here: doi.org/10.3897/evol... #biodiversity #freshwaterfish #newspecies

An illustrated inventory of the pericopine tiger moths that have been deposited in the Lepidoptera collection at the Museum of Nature Hamburg - Zoology: doi.org/10.3897/evol... #naturalhistory #moths #Lepidoptera @leibnizlib.bsky.social

Your favourite evolutionary science journal just got even better as we report a 2024 Scopus CiteScore of 2.6 and move to Q1 in Animal Science and Zoology! evolsyst.pensoft.net/news/874

Considered an endemic species until now, Attenborough's myotis (Myotis attenboroughi) is now also confirmed to occur in Grenada and Suriname. #biogeography #taxonomy #bats @edfabreu.bsky.social #conservation doi.org/10.3897/evol...

The European dwarf mantis (Ameles spallanzania) has established breeding populations in Hungary, with a growing number of observations suggesting continued expansion towards Central Europe, this new study suggests: doi.org/10.3897/evol...

It's #DeepDay, a day to celebrate the world’s largest, least explored habitat: the deep sea. Today we thank all those working to understand and protect the darkest depths of our planet. #DefendTheDeep @deepseaconserve.bsky.social 🧵(1/7)

A phylogenetic analysis of the running crab spider genus Gephyrellula, with the description of one new species and new details on distribution: doi.org/10.3897/evol... #spiders #taxonomy #phylogenetics #biodiversity

We invite you to register for @35theca2025.bsky.social - the winner of the Best Talk award might get the chance to publish with us for free! evolsyst.pensoft.net/news/838