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November 17, 2025 (v1)Taxonomic treatmentOpen
Paramesotriton chongqingensis sp. nov. Type material. Holotype: CMNH 1662, adult male, collected from Ditang Township, Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing Municipality, China (29.61°N, 108.19°E; 718 m elevation) by Qi Ma on 30 June 2025. Paratypes: CMNH 1575 (female) collected by Qi Ma, Lipeng Wan on 18 May 2023 at the same...
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Published in Morphological and molecular evidence reveal a new species of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata, Salamandridae) from Chongqing, China, pp. 2207-2220 in Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(4), 2207-2220, 2025.
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Plagiopholis maculosa Qi, Song, Yang, Xu, Fang, Su & Wang sp. nov. Type material. Holotype. SYS r 002979, adult female (Figs 3 – 5 A), collected by Rui-Jian Fang and Jun-Rong Su on 23 June 2025 from Tianjingshan National Forest Park (24.687856°N, 113.033517°E; ca 680 m a. s. l.), Nanling National Nature Reserve, Ruyuan County, Shaoguan City,...
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Published in A new species of Plagiopholis Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes, Pseudoxenodontidae) from Guangdong, China, pp. 2171-2180 in Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(4), 2171-2180, 2025.
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Diagnostic key to the Ochodaeidae species occurring in Israel 1. Bicolored habitus (black pronotum, reddish-brown elytra); eyes reniform in lateral view; small clypeal horn present in both sexes, aligned with anterior margin of clypeus;scutellum narrow,elongate,triangular........ Ochodaeus (Diplochodaeus) alleonis Fairmaire, 1884 –– Monochrome...
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Published in The Ochodaeidae of Israel: A taxonomic review with key to species and updated distribution (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), pp. 1-8 in Faunitaxys (London, England), 13(29), 5, 2025.
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