Current Volume
VOL. 64, 2025
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Hematology and Plasma Biochemistry in Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus): Baseline Reference Intervals Based on Captivity Status, Blood Sampling Sites, and Handling Methods
Takaomi Ito*, Takao Segawa
2
Morphological Traits and Specialization of Neotropical Flower-hummingbird Networks
Kelly Christie dos Santos Costa, Érica Vanessa Durães de Freitas, Walter Santos de Araújo*
3
The Relationship Between Relative Brain Size and Avoidance of Vehicular Collisions in Birds is Subtle
Robert M. Zink*, Brittaney L. Buchanan
4
Evolutionary Insights into Muscle Fiber Distribution in the Twin Tails of Ornamental Goldfish
Kinya G. Ota*, Gembu Abe, Chen-Yi Wang, Ing-Jia Li, Paul Gerald Layague Sanchez, Tzu-Chin Chi
5
Does Seasonality Influence the α and β-diversity of Soil Fauna? A Case Study of Terrestrial Isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) Assemblage in the Colombian Caribbean Tropical Dry Forest
Katty Margarita Morales-Vega, Carlos Mario López-Orozco*, Yesenia M. Carpio-Díaz, Ricardo Borja-Arrieta, Carlos Taboada-Verona, Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho, Gabriel R. Navas-S
6
Thermal Biology and Metabolic Scope of Two Species of Juvenile Gastropod Mollusks Inhabiting Kelp Forests
Ana Denise Re-Araujo*, Fernando Díaz§, J. Pablo Sánchez-Ovando§, Fabiola Lafarga-de la Cruz, Laura Alvarez-Lee, Luis Enrique Angeles-Gonzalez
7
Trophic Cascades and Habitat Suitability in Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve: Impacts of Prey Depletion and Climate Change on Predator-Prey Dynamics
Krishnendu Basak*, Chiranjib Chaudhuri*, M. Suraj, Moiz Ahmed
8
First Insights into the Vertical Patterns of Size Distribution, Abundance, and Spatial Aggregation of the Sea Urchin Pseudechinus magellanicus (Echinoidea) on a Wave-exposed Rocky Shore in San Jorge Gulf, Argentina
Damián Gaspar Gil*, Héctor Eliseo Zaixso
9
Recent Divergence of Neolitsea-associated Pseudasphondylia Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) with Description of a New Species from Taiwan
Sheng-Feng Lin*, Makoto Tokuda, Man-Miao Yang, Gene-Sheng Tung, Liang-Yu Pan
10
Kuayguara etymatee sp nov., a New Genus and Species of Artotrogidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) with an Uncommonly Atrophied Leg 1
Amilcar Farias*, Elizabeth G. Neves, Rodrigo Johnsson
11
Integrative Taxonomy Uncovers Four New Species and One New Record of Land Hermit Crabs Coenobita Latreille, 1829 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae) from Indonesia
Hsi-Te Shih*§, Dwi Listyo Rahayu§, Félix Adhi Pramono
12
Dietary Diversity of the Amami Rabbit Endemic to Insular Evergreen Forests
Kei’ichiro Iguchi*, Shinji Takahashi, Mariko Suzuki, Mitsutake Tabata, Shin-ichiro Abe
13
Temporal Profile of Histological Changes During the Ovarian Cycle, Secretory Cycle of the Colleteric Gland, and Molt Cycle of the Mantle Cavity in the Mature Externa of the Parasitic Barnacle Polyascus planus
Hsiang-Yin Chen, Hung-Chang Liu, Jean-Yves Toullec, Chi-Ying Lee*
14
Integrative Description of a New Freshwater Tardigrade Species, Dactylobiotus taiwanensis (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Murrayidae), Discovered Through Social Media
Daniele Camarda, Chih-Yu Pai, Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen, Daniel Stec*
15
First Description of Life Stages of Anilocra prionuri Williams and Bunkley-Williams, 1986 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) and Growth-associated Morphological Changes
Hiroki Fujita*, Takeshi Ohnaka
16
Trait-environment Relationship in Tadpole Communities of the Southern Atlantic Forest
Roseli Coelho dos Santos*, Diego Anderson Dalmolin, Diego Brum, Renata Krentz Farina, Elaine Maria Lucas, Alexandro Marques Tozetti
17
Niche Segregation and Habitat Suitability of the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) and Asiatic Jackal (Canis aureus), Two Sympatric Canids in Northern Punjab (Pothwar Plateau), Pakistan
Muhammad Farooq, Tariq Mahmood*, Muhammad Sajid Nadeem, Hira Fatima, Faraz Akrim, Nadeem Munawar
18
Genome-wide SNP Analyses Reveal High Gene Flow of Endemic Smallscale Croaker (Boesemania microlepis) in the Lower Mekong Basin
Quyen Dang Ha Vu, Christopher E. Bird, Oanh Thi Truong, Sang Quang Tran, Ellen E. Biesack, Amanda S. Ackiss, Kent E. Carpenter*, Binh Thuy Dang*
19
First Description of Female and Larva of Phyllocycla basidenta Dunkle, 1987 (Anisoptera: Gomphidae), and Ecological Niche Modeling of Phyllocycla species in Northwestern Argentina
Carlos Molineri*, José S. Rodríguez, Carolina Nieto
20
A Key to Identify the Snakes of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, along with Notes on Geographical Records
Igor Veronese de Luna, Miguel Relvas Ugalde*, Mariana Rocha Santos Guimarães, Kauann Hoffmann, Nathalie Citeli, Mara Cintia Kiefer, Breno Hamdan
21
Two New Genera and Species of Polynoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) Associated with Sea Urchins
Naoto Jimi*, Natsumi Hookabe, Sau Pinn Woo, Hisanori Kohtsuka
22
Hidden but not Forgotten: Molecular Diversity and Species Delimitation of Proseriata (Platyhelminthes: Rhabditophora) across the Brazilian Coastline, with Focus on Genus Kata
Thainá Cortez*, Taynara Cândido, Maikon Di Domenico, Sónia C. S. Andrade*
23
Contrasting Structural Changes in Two Benthic Invertebrate Communities After an Extraordinary Rainfall Event in Liuqiu Island, Taiwan
Dun-Ru Kang, Meng-Ying Kuo, Shui-Kai Chang, Jing-Ying Wu, Te-Yu Liao, Mei-Fang Lin, Shyh-Min Chao, Li-Lian Liu*
24
A Systematic Review of Species Classification Using Deep Learning Algorithms and Gender Identification of Tribolium castaneum Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Anurupa Mistry, Chetas Hedaoo, Archana Sharbidre*, Jayashri Bagade*, Sangeeta V. Pandit
25
Developmental Stages of an Invasive, Non-indigenous Sea Louce Caligus sclerotinosus Roubal, Armitage and Rhode, 1983 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) Parasitic on Red Sea Bream Pagrus major (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) Collected from Japan
Yusuke Nishida, Panakkool Thamban Aneesh*, Yusuke Kondo, Ione Madinabeitia, Hirofumi Yamashita, Sho Shirakashi, Kazuo Ogawa, Kaori Wakabayashi, Kenta Adachi, Susumu Ohtsuka*
26
Description of a New Species of the Intertidal Limpet Patelloida (Patellogastropoda: Lottiidae) from Wakayama and Kochi, Japan
Faith Jessica Paran*, Takenori Sasaki, Akira Asakura, Tomoyuki Nakano*
27
Visitors Without Passports: A Synthesis of Invasion Routes and Phylogeographic Patterns in the Asian Tiger Mosquito Based on Single-Locus Genetic Analyses
Juan C. Londoño-Sanchez, Carol E. Florez-Estrada, Bryan S. Valencia-Marin, Oscar Alexander Aguirre-Obando*
28
A New Genus of Freshwater Crab from the Upper Guinea forests of West Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae: Liberonautinae), with Keys to the Species and an Updated Key to the Liberonautine Genera
Neil Cumberlidge*, Pierre A. Mvogo Ndongo, Rebecca L. Fitch
29
Exponential Increase in a Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting Population: Investigating the Role of Multi-decadal Nest Protection in Kyparissia Bay, Greece
Dimitris Margaritoulis*, ALan F. Rees, Thomas E. Riggall
30
Economically Important Insects on Cruciferous Crops (Brassicaceae): An Updated Global Inventory
Sourav Chakrabarty, Pathour R. Shashank*
31
Understanding the Global Dynamics of Pyrethroid Resistance-related kdr mutations in Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) (Diptera: Culicidae)
Bryan Steven Valencia-Marín, Oscar Alexander Aguirre-Obando, Angela María Palacio-Cortés, Patrícia Lawane de Freitas, Juliane Maria Vink, Mário Antônio Navarro-Silva*
32
Leech Infestation Patterns between Native and Invasive Freshwater Turtles: Implications for Invasion Success
Sabine B. Rocha*, Carlos Rouco, Nayara Louback-Franco, Carlos Eduardo V. Grou, Ricardo M. Takemoto
33
Investigating Bark and Ambrosia Beetle Communities in Apple Orchards of East Java, Indonesia
Hagus Tarno*, Yogo Setiawan, Desna Ayu Mentari, Kunihiko Hata, Jianguo Wang
34
The Complete Larval Development of the Pedunculated Barnacle Capitulum mitella (Crustacea: Cirripedia) Using a Standardized Terminology
Ryusuke Kado*, Niklas Dreyer, Jørgen Olesen, Dieter Waloszek, Jens T. Høeg
35
Behavioral Variation in Individual and Group Exploration of the Tropical Fire ant Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Li‑Chuan Lai*, Chorng-Bin Hsu
36
First Survey of Land Snails in Mount Hamiguitan: Biodiversity and Environmental Insights from a UNESCO World Heritage and ASEAN Heritage Park in the Philippines
Christian A. Magapan, Cirilo O. Ybañez Jr.*
37
Notes on the Diet and Size of the Upside-down Jellyfish Cassiopea
Kaden Muffett*§, Marta Mammone*§, Ramón D. Morejón-Arrojo, Andrea Toso, Lara M. Fumarola, Anabelle Marques Klovrza, Valentina Cardona, Serafin Mendez Geson III, Claire E. Rowe, Anthony Bellantuono, Maria Pia Miglietta, Rachel Collin
38
Two New Cave-restricted Species of Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from Northeastern Brazil
Lucas Guimarães, Guilherme C. Prado, Rodrigo L. Ferreira
39
Seasonal Dynamics of Epifaunal Communities on the Sargassum Beds of the Coast of Noto Peninsula, Japan
Keito Tsunoda, Yukimasa Higashide, Shouzo Ogiso, Nobuo Suzuki, Kenji Toyota*
40
Tissue-specific Thermal Acclimation in Chinese Bulbuls: Differential Physiological Response Rates to Temperature Increases
Qi Xia, Shouhui Wang, Xinyue Shao, Ming Li, Jing Wen*, Jinsong Liu*
41
Niche Restriction and Host Gut Bacterial Sensitivity in Intestinal Nematodes of the African Nightcrawler
Ming-Chung Chiu, Sheng-Chiang Chu, Yi-Te Lai, Zhao-Hui Lin, Hao-Yu Kuo, Hsuan-Wien Chen, Jui-Yu Chou
42
Distribution, Sampling Effort, and Species Richness of Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Chiapas, Mexico
Gibrán Sánchez-Hernández*, Eduardo Rafael Chamé-Vázquez
43
Biodiversity of Tardigrade in Holes on Concrete Blocks in Urban Habitats - a Metabarcoding Approach
Vecchi Matteo*
44
Complete Mitochondrial Genome with Phylogenetic Analyses of a New Caenrhabditis Species from Ta Kou Nature Reserve, Vietnam
Viet Dai Dang*, Jung-Chen Hsu, John Wang*
45
Diversity of Aegla (Decapoda: Anomura) from the Tietê River watershed in the Atlantic Rainforest, Southeastern Brazil, with Description of Two New Species
Sérgio L.S. Bueno*, Jéssica Colavite, Ericson C. Igual, Luiz Sérgio F. Martins, Jeniffer N. Teles, Marcos Tavares, Fernando L. Mantelatto
46
Updated Redescription and Transcriptomic Insights into Anthopleura nigrescens (Verrill, 1928) (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) from Shallow-water Hydrothermal Vents at Kueishan Island and Rocky Shores in the Western Pacific
Mei-Fang Lin*, Nicholas Wei Liang Yap
47
The Phylogenetic Position of Stylochoposthia Faubel, 1983 (Polycladida, Acotylea) Provides Insights into the Evolution of the Copulatory Apparatus
Yuki Oya*, Aoi Tsuyuki
48
Two New Species of Glyptothorax from the Mekong River Drainage in Cambodia and Laos (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Sisoridae)
Heok Hee Ng*, Maurice Kottelat
49
Effectiveness of DNA Barcoding Libraries Boosted through Taxonomy: the Case of a Neglected Taxon within an Underexplored Region
Giada Zucco*, Sara La Cava, Teresa Bonacci, Stefano Scalercio
50
Global Biogeography of Predatory Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae: Asopinae): Richness, Endemism and Regionalization
Talita Roell*, João Afonso Poester-Carvalho, Luiz Alexandre Campos, Augusto Ferrari
51
Immature Stages of White Belt Owlet Butterfly Opoptera fruhstorferi (Röber, 1896) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) and its Natural Enemy, with a Summary of Brassolini Parasitoids
Suianne Cajé*, Iracilda Maria de Moura Lima, Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke, Mirna Martins Casagrande
52
Rapid Distribution Updates for Arachnids of Conservation Concern through Citizen Collaboration: the Case of the Spider Macrothele calpeiana (Walckenaer, 1805) (Mygalomorphae: Macrothelidae)
Fernando Cortés-Fossati
53
Morphology and Genetic Diversity of Golden Silk Orb-weaver (Nephila) Siders in Thailand
Fah Lertkulvanich, Akarapong Swatdipong, Natapot Warrit, Mingkwan Nipitwattanaphon*
54
Diversification Processes of the Common Cricket Loxoblemmus appendicularis (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in Southeastern Taiwan Island
Cheng-Lung Tsai§, Chen-Yu Liu§, Ming-Yih Chen, Wen-Bin Yeh*
55
Could Crustaceans’ Ovary Synthesize Ecdysone? First Evidence in a Crab Species During Intermolt
María Paz Sal Moyano, Magdalena Graziano, Rodrigo Da Cuña, Ivana S. Canosa, Gabriela R. Silveyra, Enrique M. Rodríguez*, Tomas A. Luppi
56
Impacts of Climate Change on the Potential Habitat Suitability of Pomacea canaliculata and Pomacea maculata in East Asia
Ran Wei, Hong-Fang Xie, Cheng-Dong Wu, Jie Hu, Yu-Zhou Du*
57
Spelaeogammarus quilombola sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Bogidielloidea: Artesiidae): a New Stygobitic Amphipod for Brazil, with a Supplementary Description of Spelaeogammarus bahiensis Da Silva Brum, 1975
Júlia Barbosa Galo, Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira*
58
Oceanic Influences on Mud Crab (Scylla olivacea) Reproductive Traits: A Comparative Study Across the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Husneya Rensep, Yutaka Takeuchi, Sofiyudin Maae, Teuku Haris Iqbal, Nirattisai Petchsupa, Payap Masniyom, Supaporn Saengkaew, Sitthisak Jantarat, Sukree Hajisamae*