🐟🧬Codlets are tiny #fish linking #plankton to predators in the #deepsea, but their babies are hard to tell apart. Using #DNA, researcher ID'd 5 species in Pacific samples and built a visual guide to their larval features. Read more👇https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1284.191403

First study of symphylans from Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, and Shanxi, North China. Two new species described: Symphylella hylophila and S. rotundata, distinguished by process/styli/cerci morphology and supported by DNA barcoding. Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

Deep in the underwater cave known as Turtle Tomb, UKM #marine scientists and citizen scientists have uncovered yet another new marine species, proof that even iconic dive sites still hold surprises. Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

Two new #leafhopper species from China: Eurhadina cervina sp. nov. and E. dashuensis. The article also includes subgenus/species keys, a Chinese Eurhadina checklist, and a revision of E. (Zhihadina) sinica. doi.org/10.3897/zook...

🐜A new species of harvester #ant, Messor odrysarum, has been discovered in the eastern #Rhodopes in Bulgaria! It has been described based on worker, gyne and male castes, using both morphological characteristics and #DNA barcoding. ➡️Full #openaccess study: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

Palaumysis jetama is a new cave mysid, described from Turtle Tomb marine cave, Sipadan Island, Malaysia, the genus's first record from Malaysian waters. Distinguished by body size, antennule segments & pleopod features. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

Pupiformidae fam. nov. and genus Pupiformus gen. nov. have been described from deep-sea animal washings in the Korea Strait (116–123 m). Two species, P. apodus and P. rugosus, are pupa-shaped, legless parasites unlike anything known before: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

🙌 We had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Mattia Iannella at #ECCB2026 at the @pensoft.net stand. ✍️ He's an author of several articles on #Chrysomelidae published in the #OpenAccess journal ZooKeys. Check out the research articles below ⤵️: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

🪸 A novel species of specialised parasitic crustacean that forms galls on deepwater corals near Taiwan has been identified and described in the following study: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1284.189493

🌿 An updated account of the economically damaging Myllocerus crop weevils in Sri Lanka has been compiled to address a shortage of local taxonomic records. 🌾 Diagnostic images and the country's first illustrated identification key have been provided in this study: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1284.191034

🌳 A comprehensive review of the horned treehopper genus Elaphiceps has been published, providing detailed diagnoses, body illustrations, and geographic ranges for all four known species. 🪲 A new diagnostic identification key has also been introduced: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1284.181440

🦀 Six new species of terrestrial freshwater crabs from Thailand have been discovered and described following a detailed re-examination of historic collections and aquarium trade material. Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1284.182481

🌍 The geographical distribution, morphology, and complex taxonomy of the nematode genus Halalaimus have been comprehensively reviewed, resulting in the description of two entirely new species: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1284.187212

Meet Luffy - the new beetle genus named after the One Piece protagonist! 🏴‍☠️🪲 📄 Full taxonomic descriptions: doi.org/10.3897/zook... 📝 More from the researchers on @pensoft.net's blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/07/07/n... #onepiece #newbeetle

🐛 Genetic and morphological analyses have been used to clarify the true boundaries of the scale worm genus Eunoe, revealing that only six of the twenty-one species previously assigned to it truly belong there. 🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.168195

🦀 A new crab species, Eucrate liui, has been described from the South China Sea, alongside the first Chinese record of Eucrate tripunctata, adding to the eight species already known within this widespread Indo-West Pacific genus: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1284.193896

🔬 The caddisfly Psilopteryx psorosa has traditionally been divided into two subspecies, based on subtle differences in male genitalia. It has now been revealed that only a single species is present: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.193317

🧬 A case has been made for DNA barcoding to become a standard part of every invertebrate species description, especially for hard-to-identify "dark taxa" that morphology-based methods struggle to resolve: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.172693 @oulu.fi @biology.ox.ac.uk @cbg-uofg.bsky.social

🕷️ Four new spider species belonging to the genus Pholcus - Pholcus baegamsan, Pholcus hongcheon, Pholcus namhae and Pholcus yeongcheon - have been described from South Korea. Check out the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.184235

🪲 Two new species of seashore-dwelling beetles - Laius simingensis and Laius xiamenensis - have been discovered in Fujian, China, with their identification representing a significant addition to the genus Laius. 🔍 Find out more about them: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.184622

🦌 Genome-wide genetic analysis has been conducted for the first time on the critically endangered Fea's muntjac held in Thai wildlife institutions, with previously undocumented family relationships uncovered. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.186911

🔬 Three new species of spider belonging to the genus Trilacuna have been discovered and described from China, with two identified in Sichuan Province and one found across Chongqing Municipality and Hubei Province: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.194474 #newspider

🎉 Delighted to welcome ZooKeys author Claire Garros to the @pensoft.net booth at the XIII European Congress of Entomology #ECE2026Tours! @cnrs.fr @irbi-tours.bsky.social #Insects #Biodiversity

🌊 The marine caves of the Lesser Antilles and wider Caribbean have been revealed as a treasure trove of crustacean diversity, with an extensive survey of mysid shrimps uncovering three new species and an entirely new genus. 🔬 Check out the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.169111

🦋 The XIII European Congress of Entomology has opened today in Tours, France. 📖 If you are in attendance, come and visit us at the @pensoft.net booth to find out more and say hello! #ECE2026Tours @cnrs.fr @irbi-tours.bsky.social

🐚 Collected from the waters of the East China Sea, a new species of marine snail has been described and illustrated, tentatively assigned to the genus Pseudomphala and distinguished by a suite of specific shell and anatomical characteristics: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.181408

🔬 Drawing on both detailed morphological examination and COI genetic sequencing, seven species of longhorn beetle belonging to the Rhaphuma incarinata species complex have been documented from China: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.170982

🔍 Three new species of leafhopper - Minucella dilatata, M. angusta, and M. elongata - have been described and illustrated from Guizhou Province, China. 🌿 A revised diagnosis and identification key to all species of the genus Minucella have also been produced: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.191246

🌏 Long regarded as an understudied region for parasitoid wasp diversity, the Korean Peninsula has now yielded six newly described species of the genus Aleiodes. 🐝 Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1283.193979

🏔️ From the high-altitude region of Xizang, three new species of spider belonging to the genus Hamataliwa have been brought to light - H. jinlini, H. qomolangma, and H. shufui - with the internal structure of the genus' bulb being illustrated for the first time: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1282.187584