Systematics and Biodiversity

Papers
(The TQCC of Systematics and Biodiversity 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Bringing Tegenaria boitanii stat. rev. back to life with a review of the Tegenaria percuriosa-complex (Araneae: Agelenidae), description of a new species and insight into their phylogene23
Systematic analysis of the genusEriocaulonL. in India based on molecular and morphological evidence22
Unity in diversity: morphological and genetic variability, integrative systematics, and phylogeography of the widespread nudibranch mollusc Onchidoris muricata15
A new species of Pacifides from the Western Pacific Coast and the first fully freshwater species of the maricolan planarian genus Paucumara (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola)12
A molecular perspective on the systematics and distribution ofLoxopholislizards in South and Central America, with advances on the biogeography of the tribe Ecpleopodini (Gymnophthalmidae: Squa12
Species delimitation and phylogenetic analyses reveal cryptic diversity withinCerebratulus marginatus(Nemertea: Pilidiophora)11
DNA barcode sheds light on species boundaries in the common morphologically variable rove beetle Quedius umbrinus-complex that puzzled taxonomists for more than a century (Coleoptera, Staphylin11
Molecular characterization of the spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in the upper Magdalena River basin, Colombia: Demographic and phylogeographic insights10
Speciation process on Brazilian continental islands, with the description of a new insular lancehead of the genusBothrops(Serpentes, Viperidae)10
Grappleria corona gen. et sp. nov. (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela: Jenseniidae fam. nov.) and an updated molecular phylogeny of ‘dalyelliid’ and temnocephalid microturbellarians8
Systematics, biogeography and phylogenomics of northern bog lemmings (Cricetidae), cold-temperate rodents of conservation concern under global change8
The Temnocephalidae (Platyhelminthes): molecular data illuminate the evolution of an ancient group of symbiotic flatworms8
Reappraisal of the systematics of two sympatric coral snakes (Reptilia: Elapidae) from Northeast India8
A mismatch between morphological and molecular data in lineages ofEnteromius(Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Lowa basin (East Democratic Republic of the Congo: DRC) with the description of 8
When a name changes everything: taxonomy and conservation of the Atlantic bushmaster ( Lachesis Daudin, 1803) (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae)7
Molecular phylogenetic and morphological evidence reveal a rare limacoid snail genus,Khmerquantulagen. nov. (Eupulmonata: Dyakiidae) from Cambodia7
Multiple sources of evidence unravel a complex taxonomic history: the new genus Leonoria of the Spermacoce clade (Spermacoceae-Rubiaceae)7
Systematics and biogeography of theBoana albopunctataspecies group (Anura, Hylidae), with the description of two new species from Amazonia7
Multiples lines of evidence unveil cryptic diversity in theLophostoma brasiliense(Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) complex7
Intercalary plate dynamics in Peridiniopsidaceae (Peridiniales) observed in the tiny dinophyte Parvodinium cf. inconspicuum7
Museum specimens reveal a rare new characid fish genus, helping to refine the interrelationships of the Probolodini (Characidae: Stethaprioninae)7
Phylogenetics and taxonomy of Habenaria sect. Micranthae (Orchidaceae), with the description of an overlooked new species from the Espinhaço mountain range, Eastern Brazil7
Freshwater diversity at a biogeographic edge zone: the high-mountain pea-clams of Ethiopia6
New species of Asymphylodorinae Szidat, 1943 (Digenea: Lissorchiidae), fish parasites from the East Asian Region: morphological and molecular data6
Historical DNA of rare yellow-eared bats Vampyressa Thomas, 1900 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) clarifies phylogeny and species boundaries within the genus6
The curious and intricate case of the European Hediste diversicolor (Annelida, Nereididae) species complex, with description of two new species6
Disentangling disjunctus: an integrated analysis of the patent leather beetle, Odontotaenius disjunctus complex (Passalidae: Coleoptera) with the description of two new 6
Historical connections between Atlantic Forest and Amazonia drove genetic and ecological diversity in Lithobates palmipes (Anura, Ranidae)6
Investigation of the spongillidSpongilla albaCarter, 1849 reveals a new group of brackish-water sponges6
Genetics, geography, and subspecies status of American mink in Florida, with an emphasis on Neogale vison evergladensis6
Correction6
Combined multigene and morphological analysis reveals lineage-specific diversification of the neotropical freshwater crabs of the genusFrediusPretzmann, 1967 (Brachyura, Pseudothelphusidae)6
Systematics of Neotropical electric knifefishTembeassu(Gymnotiformes, Apteronotidae)5
A slippery reality: the epistemological shifting sands of tokogeny, phylogeny, lineages and species delimitation5
The Atlantic connection: coastal habitat favoured long distance dispersal and colonization of Azores and Madeira by Dysdera spiders (Araneae: Dysderidae)5
A new genus of land planarian (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) for a new ‘blind’ species5
A population genetic-level approach to endemic species of Oxalis section Palmatifoliae (Oxalidaceae) in Patagonia5
More geckos, fewer gaps: diversity and distribution of Hemidactylus geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Jordan5
Phylogenetic study and taxonomic update of Chondrina (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Chondrinidae) in the Cantabrian Mountain region (Iberian Peninsula)4
Niche modelling and comparative morphology untangle taxonomy of theDysschema eurociliaclade (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) and reveal a relictual Pleistocene Arc distribution4
Integration of morphological and molecular data reveals further unknown diversity of the Proterodiplostomidae in crocodilians4
Hidden in the litter: cryptic diversity of the leaf-litter toadRhinella castaneotica–proboscideacomplex revealed through integrative taxonomy, with description of a new species from sout4
Disentangling the family Blepharocorythidae (Ciliophora, Entodiniomorphida): a molecular assessment of morphological classification4
Total evidence phylogenetic analysis of Leiosauridae (Squamata) with focus on the ‘para-anoles’ and description of a new Urostrophus species from the Bolivian Andes4
Unveiling the diversity of Giant Neotropical Torrent frogs (Hylodidae): phylogenetic relationships, morphology, and the description of two new species4
On the proposed replacement neotype of Telegonus fulgerator (Walch) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): a reply to Zhang et al. (2022)4
Diversification of the Pristimantis conspicillatus group (Anura: Craugastoridae) within distinct neotropical areas throughout the Neogene4
Molecular and morphological analyses reveal pseudocryptic diversity inMicromelo undatus(Bruguière, 1792) (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Aplustridae)4
Contribution to the lady beetle fauna of the Yucatan Peninsula and integrative taxonomy for species delimitation4
Molecular, morphometric, and spatial data analyses provide new insights into the evolutionary history of the Peromyscus boylii species complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in the mountains of Mexico4
Phenotypic versus genotypic disparity in the Eurasian orchid genus Gymnadenia: exploring the limits of phylogeny reconstruction4
A molecular reconstruction of holarctic Heligmosomidae reveals a new species ofHeligmosomoides(Nematoda: Heligmosomidae) inPeromyscus maniculatus(Neotominae) from Canada4
A new genus of terraranas (Anura: Brachycephaloidea) from northern South America, with a systematic review ofTachiramantis4
Molecular analysis of Indo-Pacific Syllinae annelids with the description of five new species from the Philippine Islands4
Species diversity and systematics of theLeptodactylus melanonotusgroup (Anura, Leptodactylidae): review of diagnostic traits and a new species from the Eastern Guiana Shield4
Three new species of spiny mice, genusNeacomysThomas, 1900 (Rodentia: Cricetidae), from Brazilian Amazonia4
Discovery of a new species of dwarf frog (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae: Alcalus ) extends the northwestern distributional limits of the genus to Northeast India4
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