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What makes South American Ungulates so unique?🦏🍃 #FossilFriday
Check out our new comprehensive combined-evidence #phylogeny of #Toxodontidae!!! #Paleontology #Evolution #Fossils #Argentina #CONICET

doi.org/10.1111/cla....

Two archosaurs (diapsids) enjoyed the sun while this mammal (synapsid) enjoyed watching them. But hey—we are all tetrapods. #phylogeny #tetrapods #archosaurs

Two new records of the Green Trinket Snake (𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘮) and the Northern Polymorphic Asian Cat #Snake (𝘉𝘰𝘪𝘨𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴) confirm their distribution in China. Check out all the details here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#phylogeny #biodiversity #morphology

New work in #RESSystematicEnt

First total evidence dated #phylogeny of the #scorpion genus #Urophonius (#Bothriuridae), with new insights into the transition to winter activity, and the description of the first highland Andean species of the genus
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70032

@gkergoat.bsky.social

evolutionary tree of a group of microbes

New #ISEPpapers! Single‐Cell Transcriptomes and Phylogenomic Analysis of Uncultivated #Oxymonads: Morelia Trznadel et al. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #Protists #Microbes #Evolution #TreeOfLife #Phylogeny

Using 485 nuclear orthologous loci and complete chloroplast genomes from 108 globally distributed samples (57 species), this diagram illustrates phylogenetic relationships within Lonicera. Coalescent-based analyses revealed that incomplete lineage sorting is the dominant source of discordance, whereas introgression is widespread but weak and contributes little to topological conflict.

🐝A honey of a paper!
💐Liu et al. share insights into the #phylogeny and biogeographic #evolution of #honeysuckles, plus a reference for future studies on the evolutionary history of both #plant and #animal lineages.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jse....
@wileyecology.bsky.social
#PlantSci

Do you remember the Tree Of Life Project that attempted to created an interactive phylogeny of every living thing? I couldn't even find it on the @internetarchive.bsky.social
Did some blood thirsty pharma wraith buy it & privatize the whole thing?
#phylogeny
#biology

Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny - Nature Methods This Resource paper presents a global SARS-CoV-2 phylogenetic tree of 4,471,579 high-quality genomes consistently constructed by Viridian, an efficient amplicon-aware assembler.

A new resource re-assembles millions of SARS-CoV-2 #genomes using an amplicon aware pipeline (Viridian) to remove systematic sequencing errors and provide a high quality global #phylogeny of 4.47M samples 🧬🌍
📄 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-02947-1
👤 EVBC members: Martin Hölzer, Marie Lataretu

Integrative taxonomy of the Praomys tullbergi complex (Rodentia, Muridae): a new species from West Africa Abstract. The rodent genus Praomys, endemic to the Afrotropical region, is characterized by significant diversity including cryptic species that complicate

New in #Journal_of_Mammalogy
"Integrative taxonomy of the Praomys tullbergi complex (Rodentia, Muridae): a new species from West Africa."
Hounmavo, A., Delapré, A., Cornette, R., Nicolas, V. @isyeb.mnhn.fr et al.
#phylogeny #cryptic_species #Fazao-Malfakassa_National_Park
👉 doi.org/10.1093/jmam...

🧬🦋Special issue "Insect Taxonomy in the Era of Mitogenomics" in journal Life, @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social, explores how mitochondrial genomes transform(ed) entomological systematics. #mitogenomes #mitochondria #entomology #taxonomy #phylogeny
Submit your work at www.mdpi.com/journal/life...

Undescribed ant species with provisional identifier Leptanilla zhg-my06 (credit: Zachary Griebenow, AntWeb 2026).

New #OpenAccess work by Z. Griebenow in #RESSystematicEnt explored the #phylogeny of the #Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: #Formicidae) ant family using high-throughput sequencing & Bayesian total-evidence inference, with accommodation of systematic bias.
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70038

#UCEs #Phylogenomics

New #OpenAccess work in #RESSystematicEnt

The revival of tribes: An analysis of #Platystomatidae (#Diptera, #Tephritoidea) #phylogeny based on external morphological traits
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70036

#Morphology
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

Image courtesy of João P.V. Rodrigues

In this study, Feng et al. integrated the Red List and the Legal Protection List, using large-scale phylogeny and geographic data, to assess the legal protection biases and gaps for threatened vascular plants in China.
doi.org/10.59717/j.x...
#botany #phylogeny #LifeSciences

Geographic conservation patterns of three dominant ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungal genera (Sebacina, Russula and Inocybe) associated with global Pinaceae hosts.

#PhylogeneticConservatism sustains stable associations across #Pinaceae genera (#Ectomycorrhiza), while environmental filtering drives species-specific community differentiation at local scales on the #Qinghai_TibetanPlateau.

#CommunityAssembly | #Phylogeny

doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Panel of morphological images and phylogenetic datasets from a study that establishes a robust phylogenetic tree, molecular clock dating, and biogeography of the phytopathogenic fungal genus Phaeolus, established based on internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and nuclear large ribosomal subunit (nLSU) sequences.

🍄The #fungal genus Phaeolus is a major #conifer #pathogen.
🌲Cui et al. explore its #phylogeny, #divergence times, and #biogeography, laying the foundation for future pathogen control and #ecological #conservation.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jse.... @wileyecology.bsky.social #PlantScience #trees #fungi

New research in #RESSystematicEnt

Phylogenomic insights into the tribal-level #phylogeny of #Typhlocybinae
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70033

#Phylogenomics #Leafhoppers #USCOs #UCEs #Morphology
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

New research in #RESSystematicEnt

#Phylogeny, #biogeography and ecological diversification of the Oriental #cicadas in the tribe #Platypleurini (#Hemiptera, #Cicadidae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70030

#Biodiversity #Phylogenetics
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

New research in #RESSystematicEnt

#Phylogeny and ecological diversity of Palaearctic #Coleophoridae (#Lepidoptera: #Gelechioidea)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70029

#Phylogenetics #Biodiversity
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Credit: Jim Hayden

Credit: Jim Hayden

New work by @jakebethin.bsky.social, @dr-akito.bsky.social et al. in #RESSystematicEnt describes a #phylogeny of the aquatic #moth subfamily #Acentropinae (#Lepidoptera: #Crambidae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70027

#Phylogenetics
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Photo credits: Jim Hayden

New research in #RESSystematicEnt

#Biogeography of the widespread #Aotearoa #NewZealand mite harvester genus #Rakaia (#Arachnida, #Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) based on #UCE-derived subgenomic data
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70021

#Phylogeny #Phylogenetics
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

🦈 #shark #phylogeny

🐸 𝘕𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘲𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, a #frog species described in 2023 and previously known only from Chongqing, China, has now been recorded in Zheng'an County, Guizhou Province ⤵️
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#morphology #phylogeny #tadpoles

Description of two new scutigeromorph centipede species from China: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#centipedes #phylogeny #taxonomy

Downloads – Fern Tree of Life Current and past versions of FTOL available for download

After a >1 yr hiatus, the #fern tree of life (FTOL) #phylogeny is back with another update! 🌿 🌏 🧬

For the first time including >1,000 whole plastomes and >6,000 fern species!

Available at fernphy.github.io/downloads.html

𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘪 is a new species of #springtail (Heteromurinae) discovered in Central Thailand.

Its identification follows an integrative #taxonomic approach combining morphological and #molecular data.

See the #OA article here: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

#newspecies #taxonomy #phylogeny

Phylogeny Explorer - Birds of the World Species accounts for all the birds of the world.

This is awesome!

The new illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer let you trace any bird's lineage, compare species relationships, and explore major evolutionary milestones 🤓🐦

#birds #phylogeny #explorer @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

An integrative taxonomic study described two new earthworm species in the genus Drawida.

Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#earthworms #taxonomy #phylogeny

Soaring Systematics: an evaluation of biogeography and flight behavior in dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) using phylogenomics Abstract. Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) are descended from what were most likely the first winged animals, which flew ∼320 million years a

Years of fun collaboration, led by Dr. Lacie Newton together with our #GEODE #NSF #DRAGONFLY #phylogeny #systematics team, Seth Bybee, John Abbott, Rob Guralnick, Vincent Kalkman, and rest of #GEODE community!

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Three new species of freshwater snails are described from Lake Bitahai in northwestern Yunnan, China. Learn more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#endemicspecies #snails #phylogeny