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Chaboo, Adam, Nishida, Schletzbaum. 2023. Architecture, construction, retention, and repair of fecal shields in three tribes of tortoise beetles. ZooKeys, Research on #Chrysomelidae 9. ZooKeys 1177:87–146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1177.102600
November 27, 2024 at 3:51 PM
hiimrock1.bsky.social
One of the species of Vietnam discovered in 2025: Darwini mole (Euroscaptor darwini)
#Sciart
Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/hiim...
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Zookeys: zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1619...
Darwini mole illustration
February 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM
macroarthropods.bsky.social
This is the Harpacticoida copepod of the genus Hase (rabit in German). Two known species. H. lagomorphicus and H. talpomorphicus. Confocal microscope. Meiofaunal, fossorial, deep sea, abyssal. Described some time ago; me and colleagues
ZooKeys 766(12):1-38
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.766.23899 🧪
December 7, 2024 at 3:29 PM
thbartuschat.bsky.social
Der Morgenschmetterling,
gray ministreak (Ministrymon azia).

By Robbins RK, Glassberg J - A butterfly with olive green eyes discovered in the United States and the Neotropics (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini) doi:10.3897/zookeys.305.5081, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
Sehr heller Schmetterling mit unterbrochener oranger Linie auf Flügelunterseite beim Besuch einer gelben Blüte.
December 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies
New #pygmygoby from #saudi_arabia just surfaced:

Trimma charon

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/BE556840-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
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Freshly collected Trimma charon, paratype, live.
September 25, 2026 at 8:36 AM
laminda.bsky.social
"Phoresy" is a fancy way of saying "hitchhiking," when a living thing rides on the body of another but isn't a parasite, & tiny arachnids called pseudoscorpions (like scorpions, but stingless) use flies like long-distance taxis for jaunts across Europe 🧪

zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1881...
Closeup of a fly (Ceroxys urticae) with a pseudoscorpion (Lamprochernes cf. chyzeri) hanging onto its leg, found in Czechia in 2024 and in the collection of the Silesian Museum. Zookeys 1276: 213-248 Closeup of a fly (Pherbellia annulipes) with a pseudoscorpion (P. scorpioides) hanging onto its leg, found in Slovakia in 2024. Zookeys 1276: 213-248 Closeup of a fly (Fannia canicularis) with a pseudoscorpion (P. scorpioides) hanging onto its leg, found in Slovakia in 2024. Zookeys 1276: 213-248
April 27, 2026 at 12:52 PM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New rain frog from #ecuador just jumped in:

Pristimantis fergusoni

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/6137E4E9-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
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Life color of Pristimantis fergusoni, female holotype.
February 20, 2026 at 10:13 AM
grrlscientist.bsky.social
Pearlescent Blue Damselfish Just Discovered In The Maldives, study out of CalAcademy, published by ZooKeys Journal

by @GrrlScientist

#MesophoticZone #CoralReefs🪸 #ecosystems #MarineBiology #NewSpecies #Fish🐠 #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
December 5, 2024 at 5:59 PM
zookeys.pensoft.net
Four new species of tarantulas with "unusual male sex organs" discovered by @alirezazamani.bsky.social et al, just published in ZooKeys!

Read more here: blog.pensoft.net/2025/08/04/n...
August 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New #amphipod from the #mariana_trench just surfaced:

Princaxelia kahat

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/F10BB474-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
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Princaxelia kahat, holotype ♂.
September 25, 2026 at 12:42 PM
seafloorscience.bsky.social
Finally, not long & not limbless.
Starting with the suggested Elvis worm, Peinaleopolynoe elvisi.
How freaking gorgeous is this worm?

How are these guys allowed to roam around in the dark, deep sea where noone sees them?! Life is wild.
#InsertAnInvert2024
📸https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.48532
The sparkly scaled Elvis Worm.
April 27, 2024 at 8:38 AM
zookeys.pensoft.net
𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, recently described from the South China Sea, is here synonymised with 𝘉. 𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪 (Vietnam) based on nearly identical #DNA sequences ⤵️
doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1273.179260

#isopod #morphology
March 30, 2026 at 7:31 AM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New snake eel from #taiwan just surfaced:

Yirrkala nkust

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/50B54A9D-F018-56E5-956A-358C9A0EC9E2
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1220.130885
#ZooKeys #YirrkalaNkust

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January 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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#NewSpecies!
New semiterrestrial crab from #malaysia just pinched us:

Geosesarma wongi

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/91E6CB1F-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Zookeys #GeosesarmaWongi

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Geosesarma wongi, holotype male. Colour in life.
January 16, 2026 at 8:49 AM
c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
And the answer, as best we can tell is: they have no idea they're as sparkly as a prom dress.

The iridescence is a structural color, a natural consequence of stacking layers of chitin on their plates ('elytra') to sufficient thickness to be protective.

What horrors are they protecting against?
Elvis worms (Peinaleopolynoe). A: P. orphanae, B: P. elvisi, C: P. goffrediae, D: P. mineoi Hatch AS, Liew H, Hourdez S, Rouse GW (2020) Hungry scale worms: Phylogenetics of Peinaleopolynoe (Polynoidae, Annelida), with four new species. ZooKeys 932: 27-74. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.48532
July 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
fishinthenews.bsky.social
#NewSpeciesAlert - #𝑈𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑔𝑖𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠, a #NewSpecies of estuarine #MorayEel is described from #Japan, #Taiwan, the #Philippines, southern #Indonesia, and #Fiji. #Anguilliformes #Muraenidae #Eels
🔓 zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1296...
Huang W-C, Hibino Y, Balisco RA, Liao T-Y (2024) Description of a new uniformly brown estuarine moray eel (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) from the Central Indo-Pacific Ocean. In: Ho H-C, Russell B, Hibino Y, Lee M-Y (Eds) Biodiversity and taxonomy of fishes in Taiwan and adjacent waters. ZooKeys 1220: 15-34. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1220.129685
December 11, 2024 at 1:33 PM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New wasp from #china just stung us:

Diaulinopsis altunensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/5804763C-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys#DiaulinopsisAltunensis

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April 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
zookeys.pensoft.net
🦎 A new species of forest skink was discovered in north-central Vietnam called Sphenomorphus puhoatensis.

➡️ Check out the full paper: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1279.188050
May 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New cricket from #china just chirped:

Diestramima napoensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/2FF1E47F-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #DiestramimaNapoensis

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March 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New copepod from #southchinasea just surfaced:

Monstrilla pseudograndis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/9851EEA4-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #MonstrillaPseudograndis

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August 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
zookeys.pensoft.net
𝘈𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘦 is a newly discovered species of wingless #fly from China that lives in a very specific home: the base of a horseshoe bat's ear! 🦇

Access the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1273.183551

@ucph.bsky.social

#bat #parasite #endoparasite #morphology
March 30, 2026 at 12:39 PM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New snail from #malaysia just crawled in:

Hypselostoma bubalus

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/22793DE1-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #HypselostomaBubalus

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April 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #panama just surfaced:

Konatopus tridens

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/EDB299BE-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #KonatopusTridens

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April 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New amphipod from #japan just surfaced:

Elasmopus lumbiniger

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/A6AB1033-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #ElasmopusLumbiniger

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Elasmopus lumbiniger, paratype female, lateral view.
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
zookeys.pensoft.net
A rare wasp species by the name of 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘹𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 has been identified, marking the first confirmed case of a hymenopteran wasp acting as a primary parasite of an earwig.

This find sheds light on how these tiny wasps interact with their insect hosts in the wild: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1268.181472
February 16, 2026 at 8:12 AM