Quantitative image analysis applied to revise the taxonomy of the Palearctic Earophila badiata species group (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae) The geometrid moth Earophila badiata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), which occurs widely in the Palearctic realm, has rapidly filled a large gap in its range across southern Finland during the past tw...

With @nathist.bsky.social we revisited the Earophila badiata complex by using:
Quantitative wing image analysis
Genitalia + micro-CT
mtCOI barcodes

No support for several named taxa → synonymies proposed; fennokarelica reduced below subspecies rank.
peerj.com/articles/206...
#IntegrativeTaxonomy

New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt

Alone no more — Integrative #taxonomy of New Zealand odd-clawed #spiders challenges the monotypy of #Pianoa and #Gradungula (#Araneae: #Gradungulidae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70006

#IntegrativeTaxonomy
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social

New research in #RESSystematicEnt

Integrative #taxonomy unravels the true identity of Linnaeus' #Termes fatalis (Isoptera: #Termitidae), the source of termites' name
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70016

#Phylogenies #IntegrativeTaxonomy #Sequencing
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyeco.bsky.social

Large-scale integrative taxonomy of the smallest insects reveals astonishing temperate diversity
Favret, C., Hebert, C.
Paper
Details
#InsectDiversity #IntegrativeTaxonomy #TemperateBiodiscovery

Revision of the Lygodactylus tolampyae complex, with descriptions of three additional new dwarf gecko species from Madagascar’s North West | Zootaxa

In #Zootaxa, Vol.5665(3)
"Revision of the Lygodactylus tolampyae complex,with descriptions of three additional new dwarf gecko species from Madagascar’s North West"
#integrativeTaxonomy #Reptilia #Squamata #gekkonidae
#sp.nov.
Vences,M., Miralles,A., @isyeb.mnhn.fr et al.
mapress.com/zt/article/v...