OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Zoologischer Anzeiger is 4. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
An integrative description of Minibiotus ioculator sp. nov. from the Republic of South Africa with notes on Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño et al., 2017 (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae)	46
Description of Milnesium pentapapillatum sp. nov., with an amendment of the diagnosis of the order Apochela and abolition of the class Apotardigrada (Tardigrada)	21
Relationships of a new species support multiple origin of melanism in Trichomycterus from the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)	16
Revisiting the genus Mesobiotus Vecchi et al., 2016 (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) – remarks, updated dichotomous key and an integrative description of new species from Madagascar	15
Agroecological effect and sexual shape dimorphism in medfly Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) an example in Croatian populations	13
Cryptic refugee on the northern slope of the Greater Caucasian Ridge: Discovery of niphargus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) in the North Ossetia–Alania, North Caucasus, separated from its relativ	12
Two new catfish species from central Brazil comprising a new clade supported by molecular phylogeny and comparative osteology (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)	12
Phylogenetic position, complete larval development and larval sexual dimorphism in a rhizocephalan barnacle, Lernaeodiscus rybakovi sp. nov. (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala: Peltogastridae), parasitizing th	11
Elucidating species diversity of genus Betta from Aceh waters Indonesia using morphometric and genetic data	11
Revisiting the systematics of the Leptodactylus melanonotus group (Anura: Leptodactylidae): Redescription of L. petersii and revalidation of its junior synonyms	11
Assessing the influence of allometry on sexual and non-sexual traits: An example in Cicindelidia trifasciata (Coleoptera: Cicindelinae) using geometric morphometrics	10
Functional morphology and sexual dimorphism of antennae of the pear lace bug Stephanitis nashi (Hemiptera: Tingidae)	10
On the intertidal firefly genus Micronaspis Green, 1948, with a new species and a phylogeny of Cratomorphini based on adult and larval traits (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)	10
A morphometric comparison of the cranial shapes of Asian dwarf hamsters (Phodopus, Cricetinae, Rodentia)	10
Comparative epidermal microstructure anatomy and limb and tail osteology of eyelid geckos (Squamata: Eublepharidae): Implications of ecomorphological adaptations	10
Integrative approach reveals new species of water bears (Pilatobius, Grevenius, and Acutuncus) from Arctic cryoconite holes, with the discovery of hidden lineages of Hypsibius	9
A new subfamily of Gonyleptidae formed by false Discocyrtus Holmberg, 1878 from Brazil, with revalidation of Pachylobos Piza, 1940 and description of a new genus	9
The Merodon planifacies subgroup (Diptera, Syrphidae): Congruence of molecular and morphometric evidences reveal new taxa in Drakensberg mountains valleys (Republic of South Africa)	9
Integrative description of a new species of Acanthodasys Remane, 1927 (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida, Thaumastodermatidae) based on four distinct morphological techniques and molecular data	9
Comparative study on the physical mapping of ribosomal genes and repetitive sequences in Friesella schrottkyi (Friese 1900) (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini)	9
First insight into cryptic diversity of a Caucasian subterranean amphipod of the genus Niphargus (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae)	9
The coracoid bar and its phylogenetic importance for elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes)	8
Acoustic allometry, background stream noise and its relationship with large-bodied and voiceless rheophilic frogs	8
Burrowing specializations in a lacewing larva (Neuroptera: Dilaridae)	8
Comparative osteology of the fossorial frogs of the genus Synapturanus (Anura, Microhylidae) with the description of three new species from the Eastern Guiana Shield	8

The role of hand, feet, and digits during landing in anurans	8
A phantom on the trees: Integrative taxonomy supports a reappraisal of rear-fanged snakes classification (Dipsadidae: Philodryadini)	7
Sensory structures on the larval antennae and mouthparts of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)	7
Two new species of mud dragons (Scalidophora: Kinorhyncha) inhabiting a human-impacted mangrove from Mayotte (Southwestern Indian Ocean)	7
Sexual dimorphism, ontogeny and static allometry of a semi-fossorial snake (genus Atractus)	7
Morphometrics reveal inter- and intraspecific sexual dimorphisms in two Hawaiian Schindleria, the long dorsal finned S. praematura and the short dorsal finned S. pietschmanni	7
Echinoderes vulcanicus sp. nov. from the active marine volcano Piip – the first representative of the Kinorhyncha in the Bering Sea (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida)	7
An interactive identification key to species of Echinoderidae (Kinorhyncha)	7
The first Neotropical Capbrya Barra, 1999 (Collembola: Orchesellidae: Nothobryinae) and the reinterpretation of Nothobryinae systematics	6
Cytogenetic studies on the social parasite Acromyrmex ameliae (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) and its hosts reveal chromosome fusion in Acromyrmex	6
Evolutionary history of the Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus): It emerged on the Eurasian continent in the Miocene	6
Comparative morphology between the white grubs Pseudosymmachia tumidifrons and Brahmina faldermanni (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) using scanning electron microscopy	6
Genetic diversity and population structure of the native Western African honeybee (Apis mellifera adansonii Latreille, 1804) in Nigeria based on mitochondrial COI sequences	6
Updated diagnoses for the cricket family Trigonidiidae (Insecta: Orthoptera: Grylloidea) and its subfamilies (Trigonidiinae, Nemobiinae), with a review of the fossil record	6
Antennomere numbers in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): unique patterns and tentative explanations	6
Don't put all your eggs in small baskets: Ineffective guardians, incidence of parasitoids and clutch size of Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae, Theridiidae) along an urban gradient	6
Phenotypically exceptional Echiniscus species (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from Argentina (Neotropics)	6
Anatomical reconfiguration of the optic lobe during metamorphosis in the blow fly Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) revealed by X-ray micro-computed tomography	6
Phylogenetic analysis of the winter and southernmost scorpion genus Urophonius (Bothriuridae), with the description of two new Patagonian species	6
Origin and intraspecific diversification of the scincid lizard Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus with implications for historical island biogeography of the Central Ryukyus of Japan	6
Ultrastructural features of aporocotylid blood flukes: The tegument and sensory receptors of Sanguinicola inermis Plehn, 1905 from the pike Esox lucius, with a comparative analysis of their traits wit	6
Reef forming Serpula vermicularis from Scotland and Ireland: Tube structure, composition and implications	6
Echinoderes zacharyi sp. nov., a new kinorhynch in the E. coulli species group (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from the Gulf of Mexico	6
Comparative osteology of paradoxical frogs (Hylidae: Pseudae) with comments on diagnostic features, evolutionary trends and potential aquatic adaptations	6
Comparative larval buccopharyngeal morphology of two glass frog species (Anura: Centrolenidae: Vitreorana)	6
Review of the genus Dinelytron Gray (Prisopodidae: Prisopodinae: Prisopodini), with a phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Prisopodini, including the description of a new genus	6
Unmasking a master of camouflage: The rich morphology, taxonomy, and biology of the Brazilian stick insect Canuleius similis (Phasmatodea: Heteronemiidae), with general considerations on phasmid genit	5
Chromosome puzzle in the southernmost populations of the medically important scorpion Tityus bahiensis (Perty 1833) (Buthidae), a polymorphic species with striking structural rearrangements	5
Trends in morphological relationships among Gangetic Cyprinids	5
A new genus and species of Nanaloricidae (Loricifera: Nanaloricida) from the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone	5
A new genus of lime treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae: Sphaenorhynchini)	5
Cocoons of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): First overview of morphology reveals unexpected traces of taxonomy	5
Fluctuating asymmetry and oxidative stress indicate environmental stress of Cane toads Rhinella marina	5
Recent Apareiodon species evolutionary divergence (Characiformes: Parodontidae) evidenced by chromosomal and molecular inference	5
Morphometric and genetic variations of four dominant species of snappers (Lutjanidae) harvested from the Northern Coast of Aceh waters, Indonesia	5
Oxynoemacheilus fatsaensis, a new nemacheilid loach from the Elekçi Stream in Northern Anatolia (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)	5
Poduromorpha (Collembola) from a sampling in the mesovoid shallow substratum of the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (Madrid and Segovia, Spain): Taxonomy and Biogeography	5
Spermiogenesis and sperm ultrastructure as sources of phylogenetic characters. The example of characid fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes)	5
Sperm ultrastructure of Prodistomum polonii (Digenea, Lepocreadioidea), an intestinal parasite of the Atlantic horse mackerel, Trachurus trachurus (Teleostei, Carangidae), from the Gulf of Gabes, Medi	5
Review of the reproductive behavior and spermatophore morphology in the whip spider genus Heterophrynus Pocock, 1894 (Arachnida, Amblypygi), with description of new data and a new species	5
Genetic and phenotypic variability in populations of the Macrobrachium amazonicum complex: New findings to the upper Paraná Hydrographic Basin	5
Elucidating taxonomic problems of two closely related freshwater prawn lineages of the genus Macrobrachium (Caridea: Palaemonidae): A geometric morphometrics approach	5
Regional differences in the skin of the desert hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus) with special reference to hair polymorphism	5
Phylogeny of the clade K92 (Opiliones, Laniatores, Gonyleptidae) with description of a new subfamily and discussion on the evolution of caelopygine facies and sexual dimorphism	5
An enigmatic interstitial trichomycterine catfish from south-eastern Brazil found at about 1000 km away from its sister group (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)	5
Description of a new and two known species of the insect–associated genus Oigolaimella Paramonov, 1952 (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) with a note on the biology, biogeography and relationship with congene	4
A review of the biology of Symphrasinae (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae), with the description of the egg and primary larva of Plega Navás, 1928	4
Phylogenetic signal in the skull of cowbirds (Icteridae) assessed by multivariate and cladistic approaches	4
Taxonomic revision of the populations assigned to Octodon degus (Hystricomorpha: Octodontidae): With the designation of a neotype for Sciurus degus G. I. Molina, 1782 and the description of a new subs	4
Revision of Taiwanese and Ryukyuan species of Eleganesia Alencar & Azevedo, 2018 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)	4

Mouthparts and associated sensilla of adult Panorpidae (Insecta: Mecoptera)	4
Phylogenetic analyses and species delimitation of Nephotettix Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) in China based on molecular data	4
Morphological study of members of the genus Echeneibothrium (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidea: Echeneibothriidae) from rajiform skates of the Argentine Sea and analysis of the phylogenetic relationships withi	4
Sympatric sister species with divergent morphological features of psammophilic catfishes of the south-eastern Brazilian genus Microcambeva (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)	4
Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Labracetabulum gephyroberici (Digenea, Opecoelidae) intestinal parasite of Gephyroberyx darwinii (Teleostei, Trachichtyidae) in Senegal	4
The first two cases of antisymmetry in the male genitalia of Phasmatodea reveal a new species of Isagoras Stål, 1875 (Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae: Xerosomatinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	4
A wolf spider from South American grasslands: phylogenetic placement and redescription of Paratrochosina amica (Mello-Leitão 1941)	4
The influence of Pleistocene glaciations on the distribution of obligate aquatic subterranean invertebrate fauna in Poland	4
A century of stasis: Taxonomy of Ctenomys (Rodentia: Hystricomorpha) populations in northeastern Patagonia limits, Argentina	4
Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Pilumnus Leach, 1815 (Eucrustacea: Brachyura: Pilumnidae) in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman	4
From sperm plug formation to ovulation: morphological and ultrastructural modifications in the seminal receptacle of the blue crab Callinectes danae	4
Virtual sections and 3D reconstructions of female reproductive system in a carabid beetle using synchrotron X-ray phase-contrast microtomography	4
Morphological analyses of the adult and juvenile stages of the stalked jellyfish Craterolophus convolvulus (Johnston, 1835) (Cnidaria: Staurozoa: Stauromedusae: Craterolophidae) using micro-CT	4
Taxonomic revision and first phylogeny of Climacia McLachlan, 1869 (Neuroptera: Sisyridae), with new species and identification key	4
Beauty under the mud: Soil crypsis in new species of the Malagasy genus Ankaratrix (Opiliones: Triaenonychidae: Triaenobuninae)	4
First account on Loricifera from New Zealand: A new species of Pliciloricus, and a Shira larva with postlarva representing the new genus and species Patuloricus tangaroa gen. et sp. nov	4
Filling the gaps: The mitogenomes of Afrotropical egg-guarding frogs based on historical type material and a re-assessment of the nomenclatural status of Alexteroon Perret, 1988 (Hyperoliidae)	4
Syntopy of two species of rock lizards (Darevskia raddei and Darevskia portschinskii) may not lead to hybridization between them	4
Form and function of the feeding apparatus of sirenid salamanders (Caudata: Sirenidae): Three-dimensional chewing and herbivory?	4
Evolution in the understorey: The Sulawesi babbler Pellorneum celebense (Passeriformes: Pellorneidae) has diverged rapidly on land-bridge islands in the Wallacean biodiversity hotspot	4
On the phylogenetic relationships of Muscopilio, a new Andean genus of basibiont harvestmen (Opiliones: Agoristenidae)	4
Molecular systematics of the genus Necromys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) reveals two cryptic and syntopic species in western Cerrado of Brazil	4
Under threat: Two new troglobitic species of Girardia (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) from sandstone and limestone caves in Brazil	4
Sexual dimorphism and variability of craniomandibular morphology in the Japanese giant flying squirrel, Petaurista leucogenys (Rodentia: Sciuridae)	4
Functional ultrastructure and cytochemistry of vitellogenesis stages of Rohdella amazonica (Aspidogastrea, Aspidogastridae, Rohdellinae), a parasite of the Amazoninan banded puffer fish Colomesus psit	4
Systematics of Neotropical Oecetis McLachlan, 1877 (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae): When the taxonomy and phylogeny meet	4