Europeanjournaloftaxonomy

The Neotropical genera Parasphen Enderlein, 1922 and Ptilosphen Enderlein, 1922 are revised. Parasphen rufipes (Fabricius, 1805) is given as a new combination, Parasphen frontalis Cresson, 1930 and Parasphen amazonicus ruficauda Curran, 1932 are treated as new synonyms of Parasphen rufipes comb. nov., Ptilosphen rufifr...

Eleven new species of Tyrannochthonius from Guangxi Province in southern China are described, including detailed diagnosis and illustrations: T. baiseensis sp. nov. from Dayan Cave (Lingyun County), T. fenghuangensis sp. nov. from Unnamed Cave 3 (Bama Yao Autonomous County), T. laqiuensis sp. nov. from Laqiu Ca...

A taxonomic revision of the genus Capparis L. has been carried out in Vietnam. Based on the examination of 552 herbarium specimens and on field surveys, 38 species, 11 subspecies and 3 varieties, all belonging to Capparis sect. Monostichocalyx Radlk., are recognized in the study area. Among these, a new subspecies, C. acutifolia

Several marine expeditions by the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Karubenthos and Madibenthos) with the RV “L’Antea” around the French Caribbean Islands, allow for the first time to highlight, among benthic faunas, the presence and diversity of representatives of the phylum Brachiopoda. Thirty species, including two new ones: Tichosina madininensis sp....

Four new species of the genus Macrobiotus are described from Asia and Africa: Macrobiotus witalinskii sp. nov., M. dalaticus sp. nov., M. surmaczi sp. nov., and M. hoianicus sp. nov. Species delimitation is based on detailed morphological and morphometric analyses using phase-contrast light microscopy and scanning electron microsco...