Insect Systematics and Diversity

Papers
(The median citation count of Insect Systematics and Diversity is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
High throughput sequence data for association and description of female Calicnemia haksik (Odonata: Platycnemididae)38
Comparative Phylogeography in the Taiwan–Luzon Volcanic Belt Indicates Fast Diversification History of Pachyrhynchus Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)37
Crane fly (Diptera: Tipuloidea) systematics: past, present, and future26
Looks can be deceiving: a possible novel mimicry assemblage in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), with phylogeny and new species of firefly-like Hemilophini23
Integrative taxonomy for species delimitation in genus Plautia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from China19
Afrocosmoderes bark beetles (Curculionidae, Scolytinae): an ancient, but overlooked, species radiation of pygmy borers in Madagascar19
Morphology-based Phylogenetic Analysis of Membracoidea (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) With Placement of Fossil Taxa and Description of a New Subfamily17
Ultraconserved elements, DNA barcoding and morphology unravel the diversity and evolution of the Hypoponera pruinosa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in I17
Phylogenetic bridging by Cretaceous Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea): Burmese amber fossils highlight early diverging lineages17
Across mountains and ocean: species delimitation and historical connectivity in Holarctic and Arctic-Alpine wolf spiders (Lycosidae, Pardosa)12
Odonata systematics: past, present, and future: a review of the phylogenetic works in Anisoptera (dragonflies)11
Climate Relicts: Asian Scorpion Family Pseudochactidae Survived Miocene Aridification in Caves of the Annamite Mountains11
Ecological, morphological, and molecular diversification in a clade of Melanesian Ethmostigmus centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha), with the descri11
Species delimitation and biogeography of Adelgidae (Hemiptera): phylogeographic origin of newly discovered Adelges in Taiwan and their North American sister10
The Nylanderia fauna of Vietnam: a morphological and phylogenomic revision (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)9
Paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) from Xiede (Eocene, central Tibetan Plateau): systematics and paleoecological implications9
Museomics reveals patterns of within-species divergence and diversification in Troides birdwings (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)8
“Picking up signals” in male genital morphospace and integrating phylogenomics to delimit Neotropical Nylanderia Emery species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)8
Genomics helps resolve allopatric COI (Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) divergences in selected alpine Lepidoptera and allows for a taxonomic revision of the Symmoca signella8
Integrative systematics of Cheguevaria Kazantsev, 2007 (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Cheguevariinae) identifies genetic stability in color-polymorphic individuals and a disjoint relationship with Am8
Prey-associated genetic differentiation in two species of silver fly (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae), Leucotaraxis argenticollis and L. piniperda7
Endemic and cryptic: different biogeographic histories of three Italian blister beetles of the genus Meloe (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Meloinae: Meloini)7
Microallopatric speciation in the relict dung beetle genus Grebennikovius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the Eastern Arc Mountains7
Preliminary phylogenomic analyses reveal multiple reversions to nocturnal behavior and morphology within the primarily diurnal tribe Adesmiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)6
Phthiraptera systematics: past, present, and future6
A relict subterranean spider (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Troglohyphantes) reveals a unique component of the biogeography of Corsica6
Phylogenomics of the major lineages of Bembidion and related ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini)6
Untangling the Beet Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) species complex: a case study in integrative taxonomy6
Phylogeny and diversification analyses of extant planthopper families (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) based on a mitochondrial dataset reveal ancient lineages originating during the Jurassic and originally6
Species delimitation under allopatry: genomic insights within and across continents in Lepidoptera5
The past and present of a mute cricket: a re-understanding of the Goniogryllus Chopard, 1936 based on an integrative taxonomic study (Orthoptera: Gryllinae; Gryllini; Brachytrypina)5
Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1 evolution and its relationship to sociality: hymenopteran Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 1 exhibits accelerated evolution in variable exon regions5
Climatic Niche Conservatism and Ecological Diversification in the Holarctic Cold-Dwelling Butterfly Genus Erebia5
Integrative systematics and conservation of endangered Carabus nankotaizanus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Taiwan5
Serial amber fossils unveiling the innovation process of mouthparts in water boatmen (Hemiptera: Corixoidea) in the phylogenetic context of total evidence5
Illuminating the darkness: an exceptionally diverse fauna of subterranean Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Asian karsts5
Synthesis of the host associations of Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera): a key to illuminating a dark taxon5
Phylogenomics supports a new subfamily of paedomorphic net-winged beetles (Coleoptera: Lycidae) endemic to the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot4
UCE phylogenomics, biogeography, and classification of long-horned bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerini), with insights on using specimens with extremely degraded DNA4
Phylogenetic analysis of Syrphidae (Insecta, Diptera) based on low-coverage whole genomes4
Comparative anatomy of venom glands suggests a role of maternal secretions in gall induction by cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)4
Discovery in leaf litter: uncovering the systematics of Porcelloderes (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phimophorinae)4
Phylogenomics reveals within species diversification but incongruence with color phenotypes in widespread orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini)4
A re-assessment of Palaeotanyrhina (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) elucidates the phylogeny of Leptopodoidea4
New fossil species of Trechinae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from mid-Cretaceous French amber helps refining the age of the subfamily and its tribes under total-evidence dating4
Phylogeny, molecular species delimitation, and biogeography of the cryptic subgenus Ulopsina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ulopinae)4
Correction to: Comparative anatomy of venom glands suggests a role of maternal secretions in gall induction by cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)4
Jewels of the desert: natural history and species-level phylogeny of Stiriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)4
Scaling up taxonomic training through a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) and descriptions of 4 new ant species in the genus Nylanderia 3
High sexual display trait diversity without measured genetic divergence in a montane hybrid zone involving young species (Habronattus americanus subgroup, Araneae: Salticidae)3
Camel spider trait evolution demonstrates repeated patterns of convergence (Arachnida: Solifugae: Eremobatidae)3
Xenos vesparum(Strepsiptera: Xenidae)—A New Insect Model and Its Endoparasitic Secondary Larva3
Genomic integrity of Phyciodes butterfly species in a region of contact (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)3
Unsupervised machine learning for species discovery in Eurytoma and Phylloxeroxenus (Hymenoptera: Eurytomi3
A review of Appalachian Dasycerus Brongniart and the recognition of cryptic diversity within Dasycerus carolinensis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae)3
Regionally localized population genetic structure of a non-native terrestrial isopod ( Porcellio spinicornis ) (Isopoda: Porcellionidae)3
Correction to: Zygoptera systematics: past, present, and future3
The first Chinese protolindeniid fossil (Odonata: Petalurida: Protolindeniidae) highlighting the evolution of wing hinge structures of Odonata3
Systematics of the thread-legged bug genus Gardena (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) in East Asia: species delimitation, molecular phylogenetics, and evo3
Trichoptera systematics: past, present, and future—making the case for continued caddisfly taxonomic research2
Correction to: UCE phylogenomics, biogeography, and classification of long-horned bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerini), with insights on using specimens with extremely degraded DNA2
A Parasitoid Puzzle: Phylogenomics, Total-evidence Dating, and the Role of Gondwanan Vicariance in the Diversification of Labeninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)2
Disguise or surprise: spider antipredator adaptations as a function of the architecture of their webs2
The evolution of 2 male terminalia periphallic structures in Drosophila and related genera (Diptera: Drosophilidae)2
Phylogenetic systematics, diversification, and biogeography of Cerurinae (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) and a description of a new genus2
Using integrative taxonomy to delimit species in the plant bug genus Pseudoloxops (Hemiptera: Miridae) in French Polynesia2
Ontogenetic modifications produce similar phenotypes in distantly related click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae)2
Repeated Alpine Flight Loss Within the Widespread New Zealand StoneflyNesoperla fulvescensHare (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae)2
Reviewers for Insect Systematics and Diversity (November 2021–October 2022)2
Evolutionary history of soil-feeding Neotropical termites reveals recent divergences linked to geologic-climatic influences2
Phylogeny and evolution of larval feeding mode in the megadiverse superfamily Sciaroidea (Diptera)2
Revisiting the identity of the enigmatic † Cariridris bipetiolata (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) using micro-computed tomography2
Erebidae systematics: past, present, and future—progress in understanding a diverse lepidopteran lineage2
Discovery and Genetic Characterization of Single Cohort Adult Colonies With Male Aggregations, and Preliminary Evidence for Lekking in a Malagasy Kite Spider (Isoxya, Gasteracanthinae)2
Reviewers for Insect Systematics and Diversity (November 2024 to October 2025)2
Taxonomy in the digital era: ZooBank allows the registration of unavailable taxonomic works2
A phylogenomic monograph of West-Palearctic Nomada (Hymenoptera: Apidae)2
Molecular Phylogeny of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) Reveals the Polyphyletic Nature ofTrogodermaLatreille and the Taxonomic Placement of the Khapra BeetleTrogoderma granariumEverts2
Diversification patterns of Haeterini butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)2
Systematics of Sphecidae sensu lato : Past, Present, and Future—Quantifying Diversity, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny2
Sampling poorly studied lineages improves resolution in mitogenome-based phylogenies of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)2
Building a community-based taxonomic resource for digitization of parasites and their hosts2
Osmooka , a new spider genus from Madagascar: a surprising relative of the Australian fauna (Araneae: Paraplectanoididae)2
Correction to: Microallopatric speciation in the relict dung beetle genus Grebennikovius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the Eastern Arc Mountains2
Demographic history of Platypus quercivorus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a beetle causing mass mortality of oak trees, in eastern Japan2
Colonization, diversification and speciation of the genus Hipparchia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Canary Islands2
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