taxonomy

Somewhere in the naming of animals, science and theology have always made uneasy company. The Old Testament hands Adam his first job: go through every creature and give it a name. Taxonomy, in other words, is possibly the oldest human profession. Peter Huemer, a moth researcher at the Tyrolean State Museum in Innsbruck, seems to reckon it’s also one of the most urgent. His newest contribution to …

Followers of Ze Frank submitted over 8,000 names for a newly discovered chiton The post Scientists Turn to the Internet to Name New Species appeared first on Nautilus .

Scientists are discovering species quicker than ever before, with more than 16,000 new species discovered each year.

A taxonomic revision describes 22 new species, with two of the names honoring prominent figures of Chilean culture. The post From science to literature: New arachnid taxa named after Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda first appeared on Blog .

Ovophis jenkinsi is dark brownish-grey, with trapezoidal patches on its back. It is endemic to China's Yingjiang County and is not difficult to find in the wild. The post Lazy predator: A new species of mountain pit viper from China first appeared on Blog .

Wildlife & Biodiversity - Juniper Publishers Abstract With the devaluing of the skills of morphological taxonomists misidentification of parasites appears to be increasing. In this paper examples from the acanthocephalan literature are reported. The need for morphological taxonomic expertise is emphasised including the importance of examining specimens. Keywords: Helminth misidentification; …

Get to know the most exciting new species published in Pensoft journals last year. The post Celebrating taxonomic discoveries: Top 10 new species of 2023 first appeared on Blog .

Measuring less than 9 cm with an orange tongue, it inhabits subtropical and tropical forests, thriving in various landscapes including urban areas. The post New reptile on the block: A new agamid lizard species discovered in China first appeared on Blog .

We look back on this incredible journey with pride and appreciation for the countless researchers, authors, reviewers, and supporters who have helped make this dream a reality. The post Celebrating ZooKeys: 15 years of taxonomic excellence first appeared on Blog .

By the middle of the 20th century the museum-based classical zoologists were being looked down on. Their traditional pursuit of describing, naming and cataloguing species that were believed to be newly discovered, or of revising classifications and taxonomy of whole groups of animals, was—and indeed in Britain still is—most definitely out of fashion. The classical museum zoologists, with some not…

Systematics of Tardigrada: A reanalysis of tardigrade taxonomy with specific reference to Guil et al. (2019) by: James F. Fleming and Kazuharu Arakawa Summarized by Joshua Golub, a senior at the University of South Florida in the department of geosciences.… Continue reading →

You probably remember from introductory biology course, that the official way of naming a species is the binomial ("two-name") system. Each species name is composed of the genus name and the specific epithet.   For example, Quercus alba is the name for the white oak. Quercus is the genus, which contains a number of other species of oaks, and alba is the specific epithet that refers exclusively to…

Repositories and data indexing platforms, such as GBIF, BOLD systems, or iDigBio hold documented specimen or occurrence records along with their record ID’s. In order to streamline the authoring process, save taxonomists’ time, and provide a workflow for peer-review and quality checks of raw occurrence data, the ARPHA team has introduced an innovative feature that makes it possible to … Continue …

Botanist Dick Brummitt passed away on September 18, 2013.  I missed the opportunity to post a tribute to him at the time, and September of last year also flew by, so in the waning days of September 2015, I will at least mark the second anniversary of his passing.  He is someone we should remember. Who was Dick Brummitt?  He had a long productive career as a plant taxonomist, primarily at the Roya…

DISCOVERED: A New Species Of TARANTULA AS BIG AS THE HUMAN FACE [W/ VIDEO] Scientists have discovered a new species of tiger spider living in northern Sri Lanka. Scientists have found a new species of tarantula as large as the average human face.Ranil Nanayakkara and his colleagues discovered Poecilotheria rajaei, a new species of tiger spider, in northern Sri Lanka. It was first noticed in 2…