Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Papers
(The TQCC of Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches176
The evolutionary diversity of barnacles, with an updated classification of fossil and living forms70
Second specimen of the Late Cretaceous Australian sauropod dinosaurDiamantinasaurus matildaeprovides new anatomical information on the skull and neck of early titanosaurs31
A tenuis relationship: traditional taxonomy obscures systematics and biogeography of the ‘Acropora tenuis’ (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) species complex29
A new rhinoceros clade from the Pleistocene of Asia sheds light on mammal dispersals to the Philippines27
Phylogenetics and phylogeography of red deer mtDNA lineages during the last 50 000 years in Eurasia27
Neurovascular evidence for a co-occurrence of teeth and baleen in an Oligocene mysticete and the transition to filter-feeding in baleen whales26
Renaming taxa on ethical grounds threatens nomenclatural stability and scientific communication26
Mitogenomic phylogeny and fossil-calibrated mutation rates for all F- and M-type mtDNA genes of the largest freshwater mussel family, the Unionidae (Bivalvia)24
Diversity, distribution and molecular species delimitation in frogs and toads from the Eastern Palaearctic24
Multilocus phylogeny, natural history traits and classification of natricine snakes (Serpentes: Natricinae)23
Taxonomic, palaeobiological and evolutionary implications of a phylogenetic hypothesis for Ornithischia (Archosauria: Dinosauria)23
Including fossils in phylogeny: a glimpse into the evolution of the superfamily Evanioidea (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) under tip-dating and the fossilized birth–death process22
A new multilocus phylogeny reveals overlooked diversity in African freshwater crabs (Brachyura: Potamoidea): a major revision with new higher taxa and genera21
The common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) ecotypes of the western North Atlantic revisited: an integrative taxonomic investigation supports the presence of distinct species21
Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda)20
Revision of the higher taxonomy of Neotropical freshwater crabs of the family Pseudothelphusidae, based on multigene and morphological analyses19
Gorgocephalidae (Digenea: Lepocreadioidea) in the Indo-West Pacific: new species, life-cycle data and perspectives on species delineation over geographic range19
A multigene phylogeny of the eristaline flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), with emphasis on the subtribe Criorhinina19
Cutting the Gordian knot: a historical and taxonomic revision of the Jurassic crocodylomorphMetriorhynchus19
A procolophonid reptile from the Lower Triassic of Australia19
Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)18
Paraphyly and low levels of genetic divergence in morphologically distinct taxa: revision of the Pseudoanthidium scapulare complex of carder bees (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini)18
Wanted, tracked down and identified: Mesozoic non-biting midges of the subfamily Chironominae (Chironomidae, Diptera)18
Multiple convergences in the evolutionary history of the testate amoeba family Arcellidae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida: Sphaerothecina): when the ecology rules the morphology18
The Macrobiotus ariekammensis species complex provides evidence for parallel evolution of claw elongation in macrobiotid tardigrades17
One hundred and sixty years of taxonomic confusion resolved:Belonocnema(Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) gall wasps associated with live oaks in the USA16
New data on the mitochondrial genome of Nematocera (lower Diptera): features, structures and phylogenetic implications16
Reassessing the phylogeny and divergence times of sloths (Mammalia: Pilosa: Folivora), exploring alternative morphological partitioning and dating models15
Species limits, patterns of secondary contact and a new species in theTrogon rufuscomplex (Aves: Trogonidae)15
Phylogeny and revised classification of the saucer bugs (Hemiptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae)15
Addressing the Linnean shortfall in a cryptic species complex14
The evolution of anteriorly directed molar occlusion in mammals14
Elasmobranch diversity across a remote coral reef atoll revealed through environmental DNA metabarcoding14
The killer’s toolkit: remarkable adaptations in the canine teeth of mammalian carnivores14
Comprehensive phenotypic phylogenetic analysis supports the monophyly of stromateiform fishes (Teleostei: Percomorphacea)13
Morphology and Bayesian tip-dating recover deep Cretaceous-age divergences among major chrysidid lineages (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)13
A phylogenomic look into the systematics of oceanic squids (order Oegopsida)13
New species of mammaliaform and the cranium ofBorealestes(Mammaliformes: Docodonta) from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles13
Revision of Beroidae (Ctenophora) in the southern seas of Europe: systematics and distribution based on genetics and morphology13
The selective drivers of allometry in sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii)13
Diplura in caves: diversity, ecology, evolution and biogeography12
The Zagros Mountains acting as a natural barrier to gene flow in the Middle East: more evidence from the evolutionary history of spiny-tailed lizards (Uromasticinae:Saara)12
Interrelationships of Polydolopidae (Mammalia: Marsupialia) from South America and Antarctica12
Diversity and systematics ofTrichomycterusValenciennes 1832 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) in the Rio Doce Basin: iterating DNA, phylogeny and classical taxonomy12
Morphological phylogenetics provide new insights into the classification and evolution of fossil soldier beetles from Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)12
Phylogenetic revision of the shrimp generaEphyrina,MeningodoraandNotostomus(Acanthephyridae: Caridea)11
A new species of tree hyrax (Procaviidae:Dendrohyrax) from West Africa and the significance of the Niger–Volta interfluvium in mammalian biogeography11
Molecular phylogeny of European Runcinida (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): the discover of an unexpected pool of complex species, with special reference to the case ofRuncina coronata11
Molecular phylogeny of the limacoid snail family Dyakiidae in Southeast Asia, with the description of a new genus and species11
Phylogeny and biogeography of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae (Arachnida: Amblypygi)11
The story of a rock-star: multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in the starred or roughtail rock agama,Laudakia stellio(Reptilia: Agamidae)11
Cephalic salt gland evolution in Mesozoic pelagic crocodylomorphs11
Systematics and phylogeography of western Mediterranean tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae)11
A new extinct species of Polynesian sandpiper (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae:Prosobonia) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, and the phylogenetic relationships ofProsobonia10
A standardized terminology of spines in the order Siluriformes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi)10
Call me by my name: unravelling the taxonomy of the gulper shark genus Centrophorus in the Mediterranean Sea through an integrated taxonomic approach10
Automatic identification of bird females using egg phenotype10
Macroevolutionary ecomorphology of the Carnivora skull: adaptations and constraints in the extant species10
Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of four karyorelictid species belonging to the genera Apotrachelocerca and Tracheloraphis (Protozoa: Ciliophora), with descriptions of two new species10
Darwin’s closet: the queer sides of The descent of man (1871)10
Emerging global novelty in phyllobothriidean tapeworms (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) from sharks and skates (Elasmobranchii)10
Combined threats to native smooth-shelled mussels (genus Mytilus) in Australia: bioinvasions and hybridization10
Descriptions of eleven new species of squat lobsters (Crustacea: Anomura) from seamounts around the Yap and Mariana Trenches with notes on DNA barcodes and phylogeny10
Review of the extinct ‘shrew-opossums’ (Marsupialia: Caenolestidae), with descriptions of two new genera and three new species from the Early Miocene of southern South America10
Integrative taxonomic revision of the woodlouse-hunter spider genusDysdera(Araneae: Dysderidae) in the Madeira archipelago with notes on its conservation status10
Small islands and large biogeographic barriers have driven contrasting speciation patterns in Indo-Pacific sunbirds (Aves: Nectariniidae)10
Across the great divide: revision of the genusEupetaurus(Sciuridae: Pteromyini), the woolly flying squirrels of the Himalayan region, with the description of two new species10
Using 3D geometric morphometrics to aid taxonomic and ecological understanding of a recent speciation event within a small Australian marsupial (Antechinus: Dasyuridae)10
The skull of Sanajeh indicus, a Cretaceous snake with an upper temporal bar, and the origin of ophidian wide-gaped feeding9
DNA barcoding and coalescent-based delimitation of endosymbiotic clevelandellid ciliates (Ciliophora: Clevelandellida): a shift to molecular taxonomy in the inventory of ciliate diversity in panesthii9
Ontogeny and variation of the pachycephalosaurine dinosaurSphaerotholus buchholtzae, and its systematics within the genus9
New Asian and NearcticHypechiniscusspecies (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) signalize a pseudocryptic horn of plenty9
Osteology and phylogenetic position of the diminutive ‘microsaur’Odonterpeton triangularefrom the Pennsylvanian of Linton, Ohio, and major features of recumbirostran phylogeny9
Mineralized-tissue histology reveals protracted life history in the Pliocene three-toed horse from Langebaanweg (South Africa)9
Marzanoptera tersillae, a new balaenopterid genus and species from the Pliocene of Piedmont, north-west Italy9
An extraordinary case of elytra loss in Coleoptera (Elateroidea: Lycidae): discovery and placement of the first anelytrous adult male beetle9
A widespread Ponto-Caspian invader with a mistaken identity: integrative taxonomy elucidates the confusing taxonomy ofTrichogammarus trichiatus(=Echinogammarus) (Crustacea: Amphipoda)9
Morphological disparity in a hyperdiverse mammal clade: a new morphotype and tribe of Neotropical cricetids9
The Pristimantis trachyblepharis species group, a clade of miniaturized frogs: description of four new species and insights into the evolution of body size in the genus9
Global phylogeny of the inquilinous gall wasp tribe Synergini (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Cynipidae): first insights and establishment of a new cynipid tribe9
Postcranial skeletal development of Mugil cephalus (Teleostei: Mugiliformes): morphological and life-history implications for Mugiliformes9
From the mud to the tree: phylogeny ofAustrolebiaskillifishes, new generic structure and description of a new species (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)9
The braincase, brain and palaeobiology of the basal sauropodomorph dinosaurThecodontosaurus antiquus9
Osteology and phylogenetic relationships ofLigabuesaurus leanzai(Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Patagonia, Argentina9
Phylogeny of the new subfamily Cladodinae: neotenic fireflies from the Neotropics (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)9
Updating the phylogeny and taxonomy of pleurostomatid ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora) with establishment of a new family, a new genus and two new species9
A new lineage of deep-reef gobies from the Caribbean, including two new species and one new genus (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Gobiosomatini)8
Eucyon khoikhoisp. nov. (Carnivora: Canidae) from Langebaanweg ‘E’ Quarry (early Pliocene, South Africa): the most complete African canini from the Mio-Pliocene8
A taxonomic reassessment of native and invasive species ofCorbiculaclams (Bivalvia: Cyrenidae) from the Russian Far East and Korea8
High-level taxonomic splitting in allopatric taxa causes confusion downstream: a revision of the nudibranch family Сoryphellidae8
Parallel evolution of toepads in rock-dwelling lineages of a terrestrial gecko (Gekkota: Gekkonidae:Heteronotia binoei)8
The evolution ofBolbites onitoides(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Phanaeini): its phylogenetic significance, geographical polychromatism and the subspecies problem8
Sleeping with the enemy: unravelling the symbiotic relationships between the scale wormNeopolynoe chondrocladiae(Annelida: Polynoidae) and its carnivorous sponge hosts8
Cladistic analysis ofParaphasma(Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae) highlights the importance of the phallic organ for phasmid systematics8
Reappraisal and new material of the holotype ofDraconyx loureiroi(Ornithischia: Iguanodontia) provide insights on thetempoandmodoof evolution of thumb-spiked dinosaurs8
Complete mitochondrial genomes from museum specimens clarify millipede evolution in the Eastern Arc Mountains8
First use of acoustic calls to distinguish cryptic members of a fish species complex8
Phylogeny of Chrysopidae (Neuroptera), with emphasis on morphological trait evolution8
The explosive radiation, intense host-shifts and long-term failure to speciate in the evolutionary history of the feather mite genusAnalges(Acariformes: Analgidae) from European passerines8
Revised phylogeny from complete mitochondrial genomes of phyllostomid bats resolves subfamilial classification8
The first comprehensive, multigene molecular phylogeny for big-headed flies (Diptera: Pipunculidae)8
Phylogeography of the endemic red-tailed cicadas of New Zealand (Hemiptera: Cicadidae:Rhodopsalta), and molecular, morphological and bioacoustical confirmation of the existence of Hudson’sRh8
A redescription and re-evaluation ofKekenodon onamata(Mammalia: Cetacea), a late-surviving archaeocete from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand8
Total-evidence dating and morphological partitioning: a novel approach to understand the phylogeny and biogeography of augochlorine bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)8
Mitochondrial sequences of the extinct Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus confirm its phylogenetic placement8
Revision of the generic classification of pike cichlids using an integrative phylogenetic approach (Cichlidae: tribe Geophagini: subtribe Crenicichlina)8
Is mimicry a diversification-driver in ants? Biogeography, ecology, ethology, genetics and morphology define a second West-PalaearcticColobopsisspecies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)8
Species boundaries and phylogeographic patterns in new species ofNannoniscus(Janiroidea: Nannoniscidae) from the equatorial Pacific nodule province inferred from mtDNA and morphology8
The postcranial anatomy ofWhatcheeria deltaeand its implications for the family Whatcheeriidae8
Morphology-based cladistics splinters the century-old dichotomy of the pied harvestmen (Arachnida: Gonyleptoidea: Cosmetidae)8
An integrated approach to re-evaluate the validity of the family Leptobathynellidae (Crustacea: Bathynellacea)7
Phylogeny and classification of jumping plant lice of the subfamily Liviinae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae) based on molecular and morphological data7
Diversity of schizomids (Arachnida: Schizomida) revealed by new fossil genera and species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber with implications for a Gondwanan origin of the Burma Terrane7
Placing taxonomic nomenclatural stability above ethical concerns ignores societal norms7
Overlooked cryptic diversity inMuschampia(Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) adds two species to the European butterfly fauna7
Shedding light on species boundaries in small endogeic animals through an integrative approach: species delimitation in the centipedeClinopodes carinthiacus(Chilopoda: Geophilidae) in the south7
The skeletal remains of the euryhaline sclerorhynchoid †Onchopristis(Elasmobranchii) from the ‘Mid’-Cretaceous and their palaeontological implications7
Pelecanimimus(Theropoda: Ornithomimosauria) postcranial anatomy and the evolution of the specialized manus in Ornithomimosaurs and sternum in maniraptoriforms7
Phylogeny, species delimitation and population structure of the steppe-inhabiting land snail genusHelicopsisin Eastern Europe7
The Namaini, a new weevil tribe with six new genera from South Africa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)7
Moss mimesispar excellence: integrating previous and new data on the life history and larval ecomorphology of long-bodied craneflies (Diptera: Cylindrotomidae: Cylindrotominae)7
Taxonomy in the phylogenomic era: species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships among North American ants of theCrematogaster scutellarisgroup (Formicidae: Hymenoptera)7
Some morphologically distinguishable hypotrich ciliates share identical 18S rRNA gene sequences – taxonomic insights from a case study onOxytrichaspecies (Protista, Ciliophora)7
The evolution of tinamous (Palaeognathae: Tinamidae) in light of molecular and combined analyses7
Testing palaeodrainage hypotheses in south-eastern Brazil: phylogeography of the sinistral livebearer fish of the genus Phalloceros (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)7
Morphology and phylogeny of scalopine moles (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Scalopini) from the eastern Himalayas, with descriptions of a new genus and species7
Review of the hagfishes (Myxinidae) from the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of four new species and their phylogenetic relationships7
From 13 to 22 in a second stroke: revisiting the European Eumida sanguinea (Phyllodocidae: Annelida) species complex7
Butterfly–parasitoid–hostplant interactions in Western Palaearctic Hesperiidae: a DNA barcoding reference library7
Evolutionary history of Sundaland shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae:Crocidura) with a focus on Borneo7
The first known riodinid ‘cuckoo’ butterfly reveals deep-time convergence and parallelism in ant social parasites7
The first cave associated genus of Berothidae (Insecta: Neuroptera), and a new interpretation of the subfamily Cyrenoberothinae6
Redescription, taxonomic revaluation and phylogenetic affinities of Proterochampsa nodosa (Archosauriformes: Proterochampsidae) from the early Late Triassic of the Candelaria Sequence (Santa Ma6
Phylogeny, species delimitation and biogeography of the endemic Palaearctic tribe Tomarini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)6
Mosaic patterns of homoplasy accompany the parallel evolution of suspensory adaptations in the forelimb of tree sloths (Folivora: Xenarthra)6
Cryptic lineages, cryptic barriers: historical seascapes and oceanic fronts drive genetic diversity in supralittoral rockpool beetles (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)6
Integrative taxonomy of calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea) from Réunion Island, Indian Ocean6
Shell features and anatomy of the springsnail genus Radomaniola (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) show a different pace and mode of evolution over five million years6
Combined phylogeny and new classification of catsharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes)6
Exploring the basal topology of the heteronemertean tree of life: establishment of a new family, along with turbotaxonomy of Valenciniidae (Nemertea: Pilidiophora: Heteronemertea)6
Morphological and molecular phylogeny ofEpiperipatus(Onychophora: Peripatidae): a combined approach6
Diversification and species limits in scale-backed antbirds (Willisornis: Thamnophilidae), an Amazonian endemic lineage6
Evolution of macroglands and defensive mechanisms in Leiuperinae (Anura: Leptodactylidae)6
X-ray microcomputed and synchrotron tomographic analysis of the basicranial axis of emydopoid dicynodonts: implications for fossoriality and phylogeny6
Neither slugs nor snails: a molecular reappraisal of the gastropod family Velutinidae6
Phylogenetic analysis of the predatory plant bug subfamily Deraeocorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) based on molecular and morphological data6
Fossil Felidae (Carnivora: Mammalia) from the Yuanmou hominid site, southern China (Late Miocene) and its significance in the living environment of the fossil ape6
Integration patterns of cheek teeth and ecomorphological evolution in grinding herbivores: the case of caviine rodents (Caviomorpha: Caviidae)6
Phylogenetic relationships of Brachycera (Insecta: Diptera) inferred from mitochondrial genome sequences6
Discovery of two ‘chimeric’ Gastrotricha and their systematic placement based on an integrative approach6
Integrative taxonomy of giant crestedEusirusin the Southern Ocean, including the description of a new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae)6
The fifth family of the true crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera: Ensifera: Grylloidea), Oecanthidae defin. nov.: phylogenetic relationships and divergence times6
Dental polymorphisms inCrocidura(Soricomorpha: Soricidae) and evolutionary diversification of crocidurine shrew dentition6
Is stability too revered in zoological nomenclature?6
Leech anticoagulants are ancestral and likely to be multifunctional6
Revisiting the phylogenetic predicament of the genusHuia(Amphibia: Ranidae) using molecular data and tadpole morphology6
Osteological characters of birds and reptiles are more congruent with molecular phylogenies than soft characters are6
Adaptation to graviportality in Rhinocerotoidea? An investigation through the long bone shape variation in their hindlimb6
Phylogenetic analyses of a new freshwater amphipod reveal polyphyly within the Holarctic family Crangonyctidae, with revision of the genus Synurella6
Going underwater: multiple origins and functional morphology of piercing-sucking feeding and tracheal system adaptations in water scavenger beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea)6
Filling Linnean shortfalls increases endemicity patterns: conservation and biogeographical implications for the extreme case ofLiolaemus(Liolaemidae, Squamata) species6
Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Miocene Ethiopian amber: filling gaps in the geological record of African terrestrial biota6
Neotropical jewels in the moss: biodiversity, distribution and evolution of the genus Barbaria (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae)6
A phylogeny with divergence-time estimation of planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) based on mitochondrial sequences6
Two sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the Southern Ocean with evidence of a deep-sea, polar lineage of burrowing sea anemones6
Neolepetopsid true limpets (Gastropoda: Patellogastropoda) from Indian Ocean hot vents shed light on relationships among genera6
FromArgetoZenarge: adult morphology and phylogenetics of argid sawflies (Hymenoptera: Argidae)6
Phylogeny of a new ciliate family Clampidae fam. nov. (Protista: Ciliophora), with notes on morphology and morphogenesis6
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