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Papers

(The median citation count of Zoologica Scripta is 1. 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.)

Article	Citations
Evolutionary history of Heptapteridae catfishes using ultraconserved elements (Teleostei, Siluriformes)	20
Mitogenomes provide new insights into the evolutionary history of Prodiamesinae (Diptera: Chironomidae)	19
Phylogenetic relationships among cryptic species of the Phyllotis xanthopygus complex (Rodentia, Cricetidae)	18
Congruence between molecular and morphological systematics of Alpine non‐biting midges (Chironomidae, Diamesinae)	14
Systematics of tardigrada: A reanalysis of tardigrade taxonomy with specific reference to Guil et al. (2019)	14
Mitogenomics reveals phylogenetic relationships of Patellogastropoda (Mollusca, Gastropoda) and dynamic gene rearrangements	14
The Phyllotis xanthopygus complex (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in central Andes, systematics and description of a new species	14
When morphology does not match phylogeny: The puzzling case of two sibling nudibranchs (Gastropoda)	14
Mitogenomic phylogeny resolves Cuneopsis (Bivalvia: Unionidae) as polyphyletic: The description of two new genera and a new species	13
Phylogeny of Neobursaridium reshapes the systematics of Paramecium (Oligohymenophorea, Ciliophora)	13
Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden cestode diversity in Pimelodus catfishes in the Neotropics	12
Emerging patterns in phylogenetic studies of trichomycterid catfishes (Teleostei, Siluriformes) and the contribution of Andean diversity	12
A molecular phylogeny of Tetrastemma and its allies (Nemertea, Monostilifera)	12
Phylogeny of Meloini blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae) and patterns of island colonization in the Western Palaearctic	12
Neogastropod (Mollusca, Gastropoda) phylogeny: A step forward with mitogenomes	11
Species diversity in Friesea (Neanuridae) reveals similar biogeographic patterns among Antarctic Collembola	11
Extracting ‘legacy loci’ from an invertebrate sequence capture data set	10
Gene tree quality affects empirical coalescent branch length estimation	10
Mitogenomic phylogeny of mud snails of the mostly Atlantic/Mediterranean genusTritia(Gastropoda: Nassariidae)	10
Total‐evidence phylogeny of the coastalCafiuscomplex (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) and its new generic concepts	10
Resolving the species status of overlooked West‐Palaearctic bumblebees	9
Phylogeny of European Pyrochroa (Coleoptera, Pyrochroidae) reveals cryptic taxa and different glacial histories	9
Putative ITS2 secondary structure model and multi‐gene phylogenies of tetrahymenids (Ciliophora, Hymenostomatia) parasitizing planarians and crayfish worms	9
Convergent evolution: A new subfamily for bipaliin‐like Chilean land planarians (platyhelminthes)	9
Integrative systematics of the scleractinian coral genera Caulastraea, Erythrastrea and Oulophyllia	9

Mitogenomics supports the monophyly of Mysidacea and Peracarida (Malacostraca)	8
Reassessing the systematics of Leptodeira (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) with emphasis in the South American species	8
Late Cenozoic environmental changes drove the diversification of a weevil genus endemic to the Cape Floristic Region	8
Genomic assessment of the Phyllodactylus tuberculosus complex (Reptilia: Phyllodactylidae) in America	8
Is ‘everything everywhere’? Unprecedented cryptic diversity in the cosmopolitan flatworm Gyratrix hermaphroditus	8
Revisiting Pholidopterini (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae): Rapid radiation causes homoplasy and phylogenetic instability	7
Phylogeography of mangrove pit vipers (Viperidae, Trimeresurus erythrurus‐purpureomaculatus complex)	7
The more you search, the more you find: Cryptic diversity and admixture within the Anatolian rock lizards (Squamata, Darevskia)	7
Phylogeography and systematics ofAlgyroides(Sauria: Lacertidae) of the Balkan Peninsula	7
Mitogenomic phylogeny of bee families confirms the basal position and monophyly of Melittidae	7
The (non) accuracy of mitochondrial genomes for family‐level phylogenetics in Erebidae (Lepidoptera)	7
Host specialization is ancestral in Torymus (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) cynipid gall parasitoids	7
Phylogeography of a widespread Palaearctic forest bird species: The White‐backed Woodpecker (Aves, Picidae)	7
Geometric morphometrics reveal sister species in sympatry and a cline in genital morphology in a ghost spider genus	7
Evolution of calling songs in the grasshopper subfamily Gomphocerinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae)	6
Species delimitation of rice seed bugs complex: Insights from mitochondrial genomes and ddRAD‐seq data	6
Confirming the systematic position of two enigmatic shrimps, Amphionides and Procarididae (Crustacea: Decapoda)	6
Systematics and cryptic diversification of Leptodactylus frogs in the Brazilian campo rupestre	6
The systematics of Tachymenini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae): An updated classification based on molecular and morphological evidence	6
Reassessing North Eastern Atlantic‐Mediterranean species of Trapania (Mollusca, Nudibranchia)	6
Fine‐scale population structure within an Eastern Nearctic snake complex (Pituophis melanoleucus)	6
Historical biogeography of Heteropterinae skippers via Beringian and post‐Tethyan corridors	6
End of a mystery: Integrative approach reveals the phylogenetic position of an enigmatic Antarctic tardigrade genus Ramajendas (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada)	6
Decrypting species in the Nacobbus aberrans (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae) complex using integrative taxonomy	6
A renaissance of microRNAs as taxonomic and phylogenetic markers in animals	5
Molecular systematics, higher‐rank classification and Gondwanan origins of Cryptocephalinae leaf beetles	5
A mitogenomic phylogeny of the Entomobryoidea (Collembola): A comparative perspective	5
Biogeographic reconstruction of the migratory Neotropical fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Characiformes)	5
Insights into the phylogeny of three systematically controversial subfamilies of urostylid ciliates based on rDNA	5
Phylogenomic resolution of the monotypic and enigmatic Amarsipus, the Bagless Glassfish (Teleostei, Amarsipidae)	5
Entangled Aeglidae (Decapoda, Anomura): Additional evidence for cryptic species	5
Phylogeny of Urostylididae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea) reveals rapid radiation and challenges traditional classification	5
Diversification in highlands: phylogeny and taxonomy of pikas of the subgenus Conothoa (Lagomorpha, Ochotonidae)	5
Phylogeny of the land snail Levantina reveals long‐distance dispersal in the Middle East	5
Overlooked biodiversity of mitochondrial lineages in Hemiodus (Ostariophysi, Characiformes)	5
Within‐island diversification in the land snail genus Formosana (Gastropoda, Clausiliidae) in Taiwan	5
Evolution and biogeography of Anablepsoides killifishes shaped by Neotropical geological events (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae)	5
Integrative ichthyological species delimitation in the Greenthroat Darter complex (Percidae: Etheostomatinae)	4
Concatenated data and dense taxon sampling clarify phylogeny and ecological transitions within Hypotricha	4
On the end of evolution – Humankind and the annihilation of species	4
Genome‐wide SNPs confirm plumage polymorphism and hybridisation within a Cyornis flycatcher species complex	4
The wealth of shared resources: Improving molecular taxonomy using eDNA and public databases	4
Integrative taxonomy tests possible hybridisation between Central Asian cerambycids (Coleoptera)	4
Factors affecting the accuracy of molecular delimitation in minute herbivorous mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea)	4
Stable climate corridors promote gene flow in the Cape sand snake species complex (Psammophiidae)	4
Mitogenomic phylogeny of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda)	4
Genomic analysis of Bornean geckos (Gekkonidae:Cyrtodactylus) reveals need for updated taxonomy	4
The role of systematics for understanding ecosystem functions: Proceedings of the Zoologica Scripta Symposium, Oslo, Norway, 25 August 2022	4
First multigene phylogeny of Cumacea (crustacea: Peracarida)	4
Multilocus species delimitation and phylogeny of the genus Calommata (Araneae, Atypidae) in southern China	4

Corrigendum to the paper: Reassessing the systematics of Leptodeira (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) with emphasis in the South American species	3
Systematics of the shrimp genus Atya (Decapoda, Atyidae) in the light of multigene‐based phylogenetic and species delimitation inference	3
Assessing phenovariant species pairs of moray eels: Hybridization, introgression, and morphology	3
Improved phylogenetic resolution within Neritidae (Gastropoda, Nertimorpha) with implications for the evolution of shell traits and habitat	3
Cryptic genetic lineages of a colonial ascidian host distinct microbiomes	3
Integrative taxonomy of Flatbill Flycatchers (Tyrannidae) reveals a new species from the Amazonian lowlands	3
Molecular systematics and biogeographic insights of the Calomys callosus complex (Rodentia, Cricetidae)	3
Revealing diagnostic characters through morphological evolution in cleptoparasitic spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae, Ceropales)	3
Revealing cryptic diversity and population divergence in subtropical aphids throughDNAbarcoding	3
Molecular phylogenetics and premating isolation in the punctoid land snails of Belau (Republic of Palau, Oceania)	3
Multilocus phylogenetics of smooth clam shrimps (Branchiopoda, Laevicaudata)	3
A double‐edged sword: Unrecognized cryptic diversity and taxonomic impediment in Eois (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)	3
Mitogenomes provide insights into the phylogeny and evolution of brittle stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea)	3
The diversification of termites: Inferences from a complete species‐level phylogeny	3
The effect of the Messinian salinity crisis on the early diversification of the Tettigettalna cicadas	3
Evolutionary divergence of the smooth snake (Serpentes, Colubridae): The role of the Balkans and Anatolia	3
New insights into the phylogeny and evolution of Chinese Ovophis (Serpentes, Viperidae): Inferred from multilocus data	2
The Sulawesi Thrush (Cataponera turdoides; Aves: Passeriformes) belongs to the genus Turdus	2
Molecular systematics of tamarins with emphasis on genusTamarinus(Primates, Callitrichidae)	2
High utility of Ultraconserved Elements (UCE) for disentangling the elusive relationships of tarantulas	2
Incisor enamel microstructure places New and Old World Eomyidae outside Geomorpha (Rodentia, Mammalia)	2
Integrative approach resolves the systematics of barred wolf snakes in the Lycodon striatus complex (Reptilia, Colubridae)	2
Multilocus phylogeny reveals habitat driven cryptic diversity in Ochotona rufescens (Ochotonidae)	2
Family–level phylogeny of infraorder Systellognatha (Insecta: Plecoptera) inferred from mitochondrial genomes	2
Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the South Asian freshwater‐fish genus Puntius (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)	2
Molecular phylogeny of Cercopidae (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea)	2
New Caledonia's enigmatic terrestrial diving beetle Typhlodessus monteithi is a derived species of Paroster	2
Independent origins or single dispersal? Phylogenetic study supports early Cenozoic origin of three endemic Indo‐Sri Lankan Lygosomine skink genera	2
Taxonomic revision of the Tropiocolotes nattereri (Squamata, Gekkonidae) species complex, with the description of a new species from Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia	2
Z‐chromosome outliers as diagnostic markers to discriminate Mallard and Chinese Spot‐billed Duck (Anatidae)	2
Revisiting the genus Pseudocuneopsis (Bivalvia, Unionidae): Morphology, mitochondrial phylogenomics, and the description of a new species	2
Phylogeography and species delimitation of the Neotropical frog complex (Hylidae: Scinax granulatus)	2
Species of the cyprinid genusGarrain Mount Kenya, East Africa: Species delineation, taxonomy and historical biogeography	2
Position of the ammodile and the origin of Gerbillinae (Rodentia): Out of the Horn of Africa?	2
Population genetic structure and implication for adaptive differentiation of the snail (Gastropoda, Provannidae) in deep‐sea chemosynthetic ecosystems	2
Evolutionary history of New World crakes (Aves: Rallidae) with emphasis on the tribe Laterallini	2
Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships of the Prionospio complex (Annelida, Spionidae) in the Northeast Atlantic	2
Morphological, molecular and phylogenetic characterization of Leptopsylla segnis and Leptopsylla taschenbergi (Siphonaptera)	2
Combining RADseq and contact zone analysis to decipher cryptic diversification in reptiles: Insights from the Spiny‐footed Lizard (Reptilia, Lacertidae)	2
Sperm phylogeny of Characidae (Teleostei, Characiformes)	2
Ancistroceruswasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from the Centre of Europe: Phylogeny, cryptic species, neutral and non‐neutral markers	2
Alone on an island: The reassessment of an enigmatic species of Handmaiden Moth (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) endemic to Mauritius	2
Peeking back in time: Novel insights into the evolutionary relationships of diplommatinids (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoroidea) from around Australia	1
Morphological and genetic diversity in a South American forest‐dependent bat	1
Capitella (Annelida: Capitellidae) species in the Gulf of Mexico: Delimitation, phylogeography and phylogeny	1
2D approach to reconstruct the evolutionary history of clevelandellids (Ciliophora, Armophorea) inhabiting the hindgut of the Panesthiinae cockroaches	1
A new lineage of fresh‐ and brackish‐water mussels (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from Southeast Asia	1
Multilocus phylogeography of Italian Moorish geckos adds insights into the evolutionary history of European populations	1
Phylogenetic relationships among horseshoe bats within the Rhinolophus ferrumequinum group (Mammalia, Chiroptera)	1
Molecular analysis separates the Atlantic population of Montagu's stellate barnacle into two cryptic species	1
Taxonomic myths and phylogenetic realities in the systematics of the Opisthorchiidae (Trematoda)	1
Speciation in the Iranian plateau: Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary history of the Persian long‐tailed desert lizard	1
Phylogeny of Neobursaridium reshapes the systematics of Paramecium (Oligohymenophorea, Ciliophora)	1
From historical expedition diaries to whole genome sequencing: A case study of the likely extinct Red Sea torpedo ray	1
Leveraging museum specimens, genomics and legacy datasets to unravel the phylogeny and biogeography of cryptin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptini)	1
Cryptic, sibling or neither of the two? Integrative species delimitation ofPsylliodesflea beetles with overlapping ranges	1
Diversity of Siphonaria Sowerby I, 1823 (Gastropoda, Siphonariidae) in the Seychelles Bank and beyond	1
Hidden diversity in eastern North America: The genus Ligidium (Oniscidea, Ligiidae) in the southern Appalachian Mountains	1
Discordant phylogenies in the Sorex araneus group (Soricidae, Mammalia): Footprints of past reticulations?	1
Unlocking the evolution of abdominal specializations in Luciuranus fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)	1
Molecular phylogenetics of Doraditos (Aves, Pseudocolopteryx): Evolution of cryptic species, vocal and mechanical sounds	1
Underestimated diversity: Integrative taxonomy of Mesenchytraeus (Enchytraeidae, Clitellata) from Changbai Mountain, China	1
Genome‐wide DNA and phenotypic information supports recent colonization of South American grasslands by Correndera Pipit (Aves, Motacillidae)	1
Insights into the systematics of Alluaudinella and allied Aethiopomyia and Ochromusca (Muscidae, Diptera)	1
Integrative taxonomy documents two additional crypticErithacusspecies on the Canary Islands (Aves)	1