Friday, February 20, 2026

[Paleontology • 2026] Spinosaurus mirabilis • Scimitar-crested Spinosaurus species from the Sahara caps stepwise spinosaurid radiation

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Spinosaurus mirabilis Sereno, Vidal, Myhrvold, Johnson-Ransom, Ciudad Real, Baumgart, Sánchez Fontela, Green, Saitta, Adamou, Bop, Keillor, ...

[Arachnida • 2026] Pikelinia floydmuraria • Another Web in the Wall: A New Pikelinia Mello-Leitão, 1946 (Araneae: Filistatidae) from Colombia

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  Pikelinia floydmuraria    Villarreal, Delgado-Santa, González-Gómez, Rodríguez-Castro, Román, Agudelo & García, 2026 DOI:  doi.org/10....
Thursday, February 19, 2026

[Arachnida • 2026] Titanidiops kolhapurensis • A New Species of the Trapdoor Spider Genus Titanidiops Simon (Araneae: Idiopidae) from western Maharashtra, India

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  Titanidiops kolhapurensis Gangalmale, Thackeray, Khandekar & Gaikwad, 2026 DOI:  doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2603654 ABSTRACT A new ...

[Ichthyology • 2025] Allohistium anas • Genomic and Phenotypic Delimitation of Species in a Temperate Aquatic Biodiversity Hotspot

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  Allohistium anas  Near & MacGuigan, in  MacGuigan, Taylor, Ghezelayagh, Wood, Simmons, Mollish et  Near, 2025.  Cinder Darter  ||   DO...

[Botany • 2026] Ditassa scholaris (Apocynaceae) • A New Species from Bahia (Brazil), in honour of a distinguished scholar of “Asclepiadaceae”

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  Ditassa scholaris  Rapini & Giul.   and  D. glaziovii  E.Fourn. in  Rapini, Bitencourt, Giulietti  et  Harley, 2026.  DOI:  doi.org/10...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

[Herpetology • 2025] Telescopus insularis, T. mazuchi, T. smidi, T. urii, ... • What is revealed from a widely distributed species in Africa and Southwest Asia? The Case of the Telescopus dhara–obtusus species complex (Squamata: Colubridae)

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   Telescopus urii , Telescopus salvadori ,  Telescopus smidi ,     Telescopus forskali   Ribeiro-Júnior, Koch, Flecks, Campbell, Calvo, Spa...

[Ichthyology • 2026] Mesoaphyosemion izyarae • A New killifish Species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from southern Equatorial Guinea

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Mesoaphyosemion izyarae  Ott, Sonnenberg & Van der Zee, in  Sonnenberg ,  Ott , Rodriguez, Olias, Martinez  et  Van der Zee,  2026.  DOI...

[Entomology • 2026] Richtersveldiella sanparkensis, Pentamerica gazella, Nama mirifica, ... • A New Genus and Six New Species of Namaini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from the Richtersveld (South Africa, Northern Cape)

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  Richtersveldiella sanparkensis  Borovec & Meregalli,   2026 DOI:  doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.2.2       Researchgate.net/publication...

[Botany • 2025] Tessmannia princeps (Fabaceae: Detarieae) • A New rainforest Tree from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania

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Tessmannia princeps  A.Bianchi, Tomasi, Mwakisoma, Barbieri & Q.Luke,  in  Bianchi ,  Tomasi ,  Mwakisoma ,  Barbieri  et   Luke,  2025....

[Ichthyology • 2026] Hongshuia wangi & H. boulobos • Two New Species of the Cyprinid Genus Hongshuia (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Pearl River Basin, Southwest China, with a Re-evaluation of the Taxonomic Status of H. paoli

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   (A)  Hongshuia wangi ; (B)  H. boulobos  Zeng & Zhang,     in  Zeng, Tan, B.-L. Zhang et  E. Zhang, 2026.    https://zoolstud.sinica....

[Crustacea • 2026] Ghatiana dhritiarum • A New Species of freshwater crab in the Genus Ghatiana (Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from the central Western Ghats, India

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Ghatiana dhritiarum    Pati, Naik & Gouda, 2026 DOI:  doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e20260586   Abstract A new species  of freshwater crab,  ...