Biodiversity and Conservation

6 April 2021

Phylogenomic analyses reveal a Gondwanan origin and repeated out of India colonizations into Asia by tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

Saoirse Foley, Henrik Krehenwinkel, Dong-Qiang Cheng, William H. Piel

Patricia Gandini –– An important contribution to the knowledge of the family Theraphosidae.

6 April 2021

Identification problems of travelling snail species—new exotic introductions to tropical greenhouses in Gothenburg, Sweden (Gastropoda: Achatinellidae, Strobilopsidae, Helicarionidae)

Ira Richling, Ted von Proschwitz

Patricia Gandini –– An important contribution for Conservation

9 March 2021

Fall supplemental feeding increases population growth rate of an endangered caribou herd

Douglas C. Heard, Kathryn L. Zimmerman

Patricia Gandini –– An interesting management action that will contribute to the recovery of an endangered species

3 March 2021

An integrative approach to infer systematic relationships and define species groups in the shrub frog genus Raorchestes, with description of five new species from the Western Ghats, India

Sonali Garg, Robin Suyesh, Sandeep Das, Mark A. Bee, S. D. Biju

Patricia Gandini –– An important contribution to the Indian herpetofauna knowledge

2 March 2021

Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Aphaenogaster swammerdami group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sandor Csősz, Ana C. Loss, Brian L. Fisher

Joseph Gillespie –– Csosz et al. provide a taxonomic revision of a commonly encountered, yet morphologically peculiar, ant genus in Madagascar that will improve the ability to assess ant diversity across the island.

16 February 2021

Historical and current distribution ranges and loss of mega-herbivores and carnivores of Asia

Tariq Mahmood, Tuong Thuy Vu, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Faraz Akrim, Shaista Andleeb, Muhammad Farooq, Abdul Hamid, Nadeem Munawar, Muhammad Waseem, Abid Hussain, Hira Fatima, Muhammad Raza Khan, Sajid Mahmood

Korakot Nganvongpanit –– This study had demonstrated the distribution of Asia’s megafauna species.

11 February 2021

Using natural history collections to investigate changes in pangolin (Pholidota: Manidae) geographic ranges through time

Emily Buckingham, Jake Curry, Charles Emogor, Louise Tomsett, Natalie Cooper

José Maria Cardoso da Silva –– This is an important paper that can be useful for improving pangolin conservation.

11 January 2021

The 2020 elephant die-off in Botswana

Rudi J. van Aarde, Stuart L. Pimm, Robert Guldemond, Ryan Huang, Celesté Maré

David Roberts –– The recent elephant die-off in Botswana has received considerable interest from the media and conservation scientists how the reason for this die-off has remained unresolved. Through an understanding of the ecology of the region, the authors provide a credible argument for disease being the likely cause.

5 January 2021

A new species of Munida Leach, 1820 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Munididae) from seamounts of the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park

María de los Ángeles Gallardo Salamanca, Enrique Macpherson, Jan M. Tapia Guerra, Cynthia M. Asorey, Javier Sellanes

Wagner Magalhães –– The article described a new species of squat lobster from seamounts using morphological and DNA data. The results are relevant for crustacean taxonomy, seamount ecology and marine biogeographical studies.

11 December 2020

Portanini (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Peru: checklist with new records and descriptions of two new species

Jádila Santos Prando, Clayton Corrêa Gonçalves, Daniela Maeda Takiya

Joseph Gillespie –– Important contribution to the systematics of Neotropical Portanini.