OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Systematic Entomology is 8. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
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New Caledonian rovers and the historical biogeography of a hyper‐diverse endemic lineage of South Pacific	55
Inconsistent performance of multi‐type genomic data in phylogenomics of neuropteridan insects, with solutions toward conflicting results	52
Systematics and biogeography of the Holarctic dragonfly genus Somatochlora (Anisoptera: Corduliidae)	51
Target enrichment museomics of the Asian long‐horned beetle and its relatives (Cerambycidae: Anoplophora ) reveals two independent origins of life in the	35
Where are the biggest gaps in phylogenetic coverage of insect diversity?	32
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Genome size evolution in grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididae)	29
Systematic revision, molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the antlion tribe Acanthoplectrini (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Dendroleontinae), with emphasis on the Oriental lineage	27
First comprehensive higher level phylogeny of Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) including estimated ages of the major lineages and a review of known zygaenid fossils	24
A comparison of phylogenomic inference pipelines for low‐coverage whole‐genome sequencing in Formica ants	23
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Phylogeny, evolution, and classification of the ant genus Lasius , the tribe Lasiini and the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)	23
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Genomic analysis of Plebejus Kluk (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae) clarifies taxonomy within Europe	21
Anchored phylogenomics and a revised classification of the planidial larva clade of jewel wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)	20
Minute moss beetles in the Southern Hemisphere: Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography and habitat shifts (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)	20
Integrative taxonomy unravels the true identity of Linnaeus' Termes fatalis (Isoptera: Termitidae), the source of termites' name	20
Complementary genomic and morphological data elucidate the phylogeny of obscure darkling beetles (Blaptinae: Platynotini: Eurynotina)	20
A new exceptionally preserved sawfly fossil (Hymenoptera: Pergidae) and an evaluation of its utility for divergence time estimation and biogeography	19
Can species endure massive introgression? Genomic evidence of asymmetric gene flow in Melitaea butterflies	19
Developing Systematic Entomology and expanding its scope	19
Phylogeny of Membracoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) based on transcriptome data	18
Phylomitogenomics reveals mito‐nuclear concordance in social wasps: The performance of mitochondrial markers and gene order for hymenopteran systematics	16

Phylogenomics of the family Lachesillidae (Insecta: Psocodea: Psocomorpha)	16
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Evolution of the North American seed‐harvester ant genus Veromessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)	16
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Systematic and taxonomic revision of emerald and tigertail dragonflies (Anisoptera: Synthemistidae and Corduliidae)	16
A phylogenomic approach to species delimitation in the mango fruit fly ( Bactrocera frauenfeldi ) complex: A new synonym of an important pest species wit	16
Declining rates of species description call for improved taxonomic strategies: Insights from a megadiverse insect order	15
A new phylogeny of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) based on nuclear loci obtained by phylogenomic methods	15
Maritime midge radiations in the Pacific Ocean (Diptera: Chironomidae)	15
Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Luciini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): systematics and life history evolution	14
Hitchhiking into the future on a fly: Toward a better understanding of phoresy and avian louse evolution (Phthiraptera) by screening bird carcasses for phoretic lice on hippoboscid flies (Diptera)	14
Phylogeny and systematics of Sphaeriusidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga): minute living fossils with underestimated past and present‐day diversity	13
Phylogenomics‐based click‐beetle classification tackles multiple origins of phenotypic modifications	12
Multigene phylogeny of blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae) reveals extensive polyphyly of the tribe Lyttini and allows redefining its boundaries	12
Kobayashi, T., Hayashi, M., Kamite, Y. & Sota, T. (2021) Molecular phylogeny of Elmidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) with a focus on Japanese species: Implications for intrafamilial classification.	11
Evolution, systematics and historical biogeography of Palparini and Palparidiini antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae): Old origin and in situ diversification in Southern Africa	11
The phylogeny of ceutorhynchine weevils (Ceutorhynchinae, Curculionidae): Mitogenome data improve the resolution of tribal relationships	11
Unravelling the evolution of mycetophagy and phytophagy in fungus weevils (Curculionoidea: Anthribidae): Phylogenomic insights into Anthribinae paraphyly and tribal non‐monophyly	11
Phylogenomics improves the phylogenetic resolution and provides strong evidence of mito‐nuclear discordance in two genera of a New Zealand cicada (	11
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Phylogenomics and revised classification of Lymexyloidea and Tenebrionoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Cucujiformia)	10
Five good reasons not to dismiss scientific binomial nomenclature in conservation, environmental education and citizen science: A case study with bees	10
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The unresolved phylogenomic tree of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera): Assessing the potential causes and consequences	8
Phylogenomic reconstruction illuminates the evolutionary history of freshwater to marine transition in the subfamily Haloveliinae (	8
Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the leafhopper subfamily Coelidiinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) based on morphological and molecular data	8
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Revision of subfamily Calonecrinae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Nitidulidae) systematics and natural history of a mysterious group	8
A shallow‐scale phylogenomics approach reveals repeated patterns of diversification among sympatric lineages of cryptic Neotropical aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae)	8
Machine learning for expert‐level image‐based identification of very similar species in the hyperdiverse plant bug family Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)	8
A new fossil family of aculeate wasp sheds light on early evolution of Apoidea (Hymenoptera)	8