A new rain frog of the genus <i>Pristimantis</i> (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cordillera del Cóndor, southeastern Ecuador. [PDF]
ZookeysFigueroa-Coronel E +4 more
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Diet of bird‐like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade
Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 4, Page 1760-1778, August 2026.ABSTRACT Troodontidae is a clade of small‐to medium‐sized maniraptoran theropods that mainly lived in Laurasia (modern Asia, North America and Europe) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are believed to have had a variety of diets. The uniqueness of troodontid teeth suggests that they diverged from the typical flesh‐based diet of non‐avian ...
Yui Chi Fan +2 more
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The new genus <i>Bambusiporia</i> and a new species of <i>Etheirodon</i> in <i>Steccherinaceae</i> (<i>Polyporales</i>, <i>Basidiomycota</i>) from China. [PDF]
MycoKeysWang CG +6 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.This study describes a new hexamerous epizoic brittle star species, Gymnolophus sexradia sp. nov., from the South China Sea, which lives on crinoid hosts and exhibits a six‐armed body plan possibly indicating fissiparity. Its vertebral and arm plate structures enhance horizontal flexibility for grasping the host, and phylogenetic analysis based on ...
Ziye Zhang +5 more
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Three new <i>Hutufeideria</i> Hirschmann & Hiramatsu, 1977 from Southeast Asia, with the description of Hutufeideriidae fam. nov. (Acari, Mesostigmata). [PDF]
ZookeysKontschán J, Ábrahám R, Ermilov SG.
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Sedum guniuensis, a New Species of Sedum (Crassulaceae) From Anhui, China
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.A new species of Sedum (Crassulaceae), Sedum guniuensis from the Guniujiang Mountains in southern Anhui, China, is described and illustrated. The new species differs from S. emarginatum by its smaller heart‐shaped leaves and creeping growth habit. ABSTRACT A new species of Sedum (Crassulaceae), Sedum guniuensis from the Guniujiang Mountains in southern
Wan‐Zeng Wang +10 more
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Eight new species of <i>Deltochilum</i> Eschscholtz, 1822 (subgenus <i>D. Deltohyboma</i> Lane, 1946) from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia and Venezuelan Andes (Coleoptera, Scarabaeinae, <i>plebejum</i> species group). [PDF]
ZookeysGonzález-Alvarado A, Neita JC.
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Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 6, Page 933-949, August 2026.ABSTRACT Termites are landscape geo‐engineers whose nesting activities substantially modify the physical and chemical properties of soils. Fossilised termite nests commonly constitute the only identifiable evidence of ancient termite activity and represent valuable trace fossil archives for reconstructing past environments.
Miengah Abrahams +7 more
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Unveiling Species Diversity Within Early-Diverging Fungi from China XIV: Five New Species of Mucorales. [PDF]
J Fungi (Basel)Liu WX +5 more
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Phyllocephalum keralense (Asteraceae) a new species from southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India
Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2026, Issue 8, August 2026.A new species of Phyllocephalum is described and illustrated from Palakkad district of Kerala, India. The new species shows similarity to P. rangacharii but differs with respect to key floral traits, viz. ovoid shape of the capitula, involucral bracts in 3 series, inflated receptacle and ovoid 6‐ribbed ovary with 5–6 densely barbellate pappus setae ...
Arya Sindhu +4 more
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