Zoologica Scripta

Papers
(The median citation count of Zoologica Scripta is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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Assessing phenovariant species pairs of moray eels: Hybridization, introgression, and morphology14
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Species boundaries and phylogenetics of Aelia stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in China, with notes on mito‐nuclear discordance13
The (non) accuracy of mitochondrial genomes for family‐level phylogenetics in Erebidae (Lepidoptera)13
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Systematics and evolutionary history of raft and nursery‐web spiders (Araneae: Dolomedidae and Pisauridae)11
Phylogeny of the land snail Levantina reveals long‐distance dispersal in the Middle East11
Biogeographic reconstruction of the migratory Neotropical fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Characiformes)10
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Corrigendum to the paper: Reassessing the systematics of Leptodeira (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) with emphasis in the South American species10
Mitogenomes provide insights into the phylogeny and evolution of brittle stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea)9
Phylogeography of a Small Mammal (Blarinella quadraticauda) Distributed Around the Sichuan Basin, Southwest China9
High utility of Ultraconserved Elements (UCE) for disentangling the elusive relationships of tarantulas9
Morphological, molecular and phylogenetic characterization of Leptopsylla segnis and Leptopsylla taschenbergi (Siphonaptera)9
The systematics of Tachymenini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae): An updated classification based on molecular and morphological evidence9
Independent origins or single dispersal? Phylogenetic study supports early Cenozoic origin of three endemic Indo‐Sri Lankan Lygosomine skink genera9
The role of systematics for understanding ecosystem functions: Proceedings of the Zoologica Scripta Symposium, Oslo, Norway, 25 August 20228
Phylogeny of Neobursaridium reshapes the systematics of Paramecium (Oligohymenophorea, Ciliophora)8
Integrative taxonomy tests possible hybridisation between Central Asian cerambycids (Coleoptera)8
Linnean shortfall and space‐time patterns in species description of New World coralsnakes (Serpentes: Elapidae)8
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Genomic analysis of Bornean geckos (Gekkonidae:Cyrtodactylus) reveals need for updated taxonomy7
Origin of endemic species in a moderately isolated ancient lake: The case of a snakehead in Inle Lake, Myanmar7
Integrative Taxonomy and Geographical Distribution of Antennella billardi and Antennella varians (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in the Southwestern Indian Ocean7
Speciation in the Iranian plateau: Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary history of the Persian long‐tailed desert lizard7
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Capitella (Annelida: Capitellidae) species in the Gulf of Mexico: Delimitation, phylogeography and phylogeny7
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The effect of the Messinian salinity crisis on the early diversification of the Tettigettalna cicadas6
Hidden in the plains: Two new extra‐andean species of Euathlus (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from Argentina with comments on their sexual behaviour6
Mitogenomic phylogeny of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda)6
Time‐Calibrated Phylogeny of River Snails (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) Reveals a New Viviparid Genus With a “Lazarus Species”6
Evolutionary history of New World crakes (Aves: Rallidae) with emphasis on the tribe Laterallini6
Ancistroceruswasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from the Centre of Europe: Phylogeny, cryptic species, neutral and non‐neutral markers6
Phylogeny of the tribe Riorajini with comments on the morphological character evolution within Rajiformes (Chondrichthyes, Batoidea)6
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New Insights Into the Diversity of the Amphipod Family Typhlogammaridae From the Dinaric Karst6
New insights into the phylogeny and evolution of Chinese Ovophis (Serpentes, Viperidae): Inferred from multilocus data6
Taxonomic myths and phylogenetic realities in the systematics of the Opisthorchiidae (Trematoda)6
Molecular Phylogeny of Mouse‐Tailed Bats (Chiroptera: Rhinopomatidae): Evolutionary Insights Into a Desert‐Dwelling Family6
On the Relationships and Origin of the Worldwide Haminoea sensu lato Marine Molluscs (Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea) and the Importance of In‐Depth Taxon Sampling6
New insights on the evolution of processionary moths (Thaumetopoea spp., Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) based on a RAD‐seq phylogeny5
Diversification of Alpine Soil Animals Corroborates Uplifts and Environmental Changes of Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau and Himalayas: Insights From Molecular Phylogeny and Cryptic Diversity of the Isotom5
Historical Climate and Biome Association Drove Phylogeographic Patterns in the Dwarf Swamp Frog (Anura: Leptodactylidae)5
Taxonomic status of hares (Lepus spp.) in Xinjiang, China (Lagomorpha: Leporidae): An integrative approach5
Cryptic diversity and historical biogeography of a nurse‐frog species complex (Allobates tinae): Insights on biotic diversification in Brazilian southwestern Amazonia5
A novel freshwater‐adapted genus revealed: Integrative taxonomy and biogeography of freshwater razor clams (Bivalvia: Pharidae) in East Asia5
Diversity and phylogeny of demosponge fauna in the abyssal nodule fields of the eastern Clarion‐Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean5
An integrative species delimitation approach uncovers eriophyoid mite Diptilomiopus ligustri species complex (Acariformes: Eriophyoidea)5
Evolution of Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) Across the Palearctic Mountains: The Biogeographical Links Between the Caucasus and Adjacent Ranges, Central Asia and the Himalayas5
Unveiling the spatiotemporal evolutionary patterns of eriophyoid mites in China5
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Epikarst Drives Speciation in Stygobiotic Harpacticoid Copepods: An Integrative Taxonomic Study of Elaphoidella in the Western Carpathians with Description of a New Species4
Systematics of the Enigmatic Neotropical Rodent Genus Microakodontomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): New Evidence Supporting Its Distinctiveness and Endangered Status4
Notes on the ecology and distribution of a water flea complex (Anomopoda, Daphniidae) revealed by new DNA barcodes in the Iberian Peninsula4
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Insights into the evolutionary history of Diestramimini cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae)4
A new antshrike (Aves: Thamnophilidae) endemic to the Caatinga and the role of climate oscillations and drainage shift in shaping cryptic diversity of Neotropical seasonal dry forests4
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First multigene phylogeny of Cumacea (crustacea: Peracarida)4
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Reconstructing host plant repertoire and timing of evolution of phyline plant bugs (Hemiptera, Miridae)4
Assessing evolutionary history and species boundaries in a polymorphic tropical lizard, the Aspidoscelis lineattissimus species complex (Squamata, Teiidae)4
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A new lineage of fresh‐ and brackish‐water mussels (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from Southeast Asia4
Leveraging museum specimens, genomics and legacy datasets to unravel the phylogeny and biogeography of cryptin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptini)4
Z‐chromosome outliers as diagnostic markers to discriminate Mallard and Chinese Spot‐billed Duck (Anatidae)4
Evolutionary divergence of the smooth snake (Serpentes, Colubridae): The role of the Balkans and Anatolia4
Conservation genetics of barbel species (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) facing hybridization and introgression along an elevational gradient in protected areas of northern Italy4
Underestimated diversity: Integrative taxonomy of Mesenchytraeus (Enchytraeidae, Clitellata) from Changbai Mountain, China4
Phylogenetic relationships among horseshoe bats within the Rhinolophus ferrumequinum group (Mammalia, Chiroptera)3
Phylogeny of European Pyrochroa (Coleoptera, Pyrochroidae) reveals cryptic taxa and different glacial histories3
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The New Old Rat (Rattus, Mammalia) From Turkestan: Revisiting From a Genomics Perspective3
A non‐monophyly of ‘crowned’ Daphnia (Ctenodaphnia) Dybowski et Grochowski, 1895 (Cladocera: Daphniidae): From genomes to morphology3
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Molecular phylogeny of Cercopidae (Hemiptera, Cercopoidea)3
Peeking back in time: Novel insights into the evolutionary relationships of diplommatinids (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoroidea) from around Australia3
Species of the cyprinid genusGarrain Mount Kenya, East Africa: Species delineation, taxonomy and historical biogeography3
Integrative Analyses Reveal Sigmohymena gen. nov. and the Ninth Pattern of Undulating Membranes in Hypotrichia (Protista, Ciliophora): Insights From Polygenic Analysis on Undulating Membranes E3
Integrative taxonomy documents two additional crypticErithacusspecies on the Canary Islands (Aves)3
A complete COI library of Samoan butterflies reveals layers of endemic diversity on oceanic islands3
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Genetic structuring and species boundaries in the Atlantic stony coral Favia (Scleractinia, Faviidae)3
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Discordant phylogenies in the Sorex araneus group (Soricidae, Mammalia): Footprints of past reticulations?3
Evolution of Multimodal Courtship Behaviour in the Grasshopper Subfamily Gomphocerinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae)3
Untangling deep‐sea corals systematics: Description of a new family, Stephanocyathidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), through a genomic approach3
Diversity of Siphonaria Sowerby I, 1823 (Gastropoda, Siphonariidae) in the Seychelles Bank and beyond3
Rove beetles occurred widely along the Pacific coasts of the Northern Hemisphere: Phylogeny and biogeography of the marine littoral Psammostiba (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)3
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Caucasian/Pontic–Mediterranean disjunction and recolonization of Europe by Pomatias (Hyrcania) species (Caenogastropoda, Pomatiidae)3
Molecular Systematics of Gryllidea Based on Mitochondrial and Ribosomal DNA Data3
Evolution of calling songs in the grasshopper subfamily Gomphocerinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae)3
Historical Fragmentation in Atlantic Forest Explains the Diversification of a Clade of Mountaintop Bromeligenous Frogs (Leptodactylidae: Crossodactylodes)2
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Integrative taxonomy of Flatbill Flycatchers (Tyrannidae) reveals a new species from the Amazonian lowlands2
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Biogeography, speciation and niche evolution of doraditos (Aves: Pseudocolopteryx)2
Macroevolutionary trends and diversification dynamics in the hindgut order Clevelandellida (Ciliophora, Armophorea)2
Genetic analysis of Discogobio (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in the Central Yunnan Basin: Effects of geological events and conservation perspectives2
Inverse Latitudinal Diversity Gradient, Systematics and Historical Biogeography in the Gomphocerinae Grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae)2
An Integrative Approach With Cytogenetic and Molecular Data of the Leaf‐Cutting Ant Acromyrmex hystrix (Latreille, 1802) Highlights a Notably Derived Karyotype in the Genus2
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Multilocus genetic and morphological phylogenetic analysis: Unveiling a new genus and species in the Tribe Nannenini of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae)2
Molecular Taxonomy and Biogeography of the Copper Butterfly Genus Phoenicurusia and Genus‐Level Classification of the Subfamily Lycaeninae (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)2
Species delimitation of rice seed bugs complex: Insights from mitochondrial genomes and ddRAD‐seq data2
2D approach to reconstruct the evolutionary history of clevelandellids (Ciliophora, Armophorea) inhabiting the hindgut of the Panesthiinae cockroaches2
Integrated Molecular and Morphological Analyses Resolve Long‐Standing Classification Challenges in the Sinistral Flatfish Family Bothidae (Teleostei: Carangiformes)2
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Phylogenomics of the catfish family Pimelodidae with focus on the genus Pimelodus support the recognition of Sorubiminae and Pimelodinae (Teleostei, Siluriformes)2
Tightly linked evolution of Franco‐Iberian earthworms (Prosellodrilini, Lumbricidae) and the Pyrenean Mountains supported by molecular phylogenetics2
Neogastropod (Mollusca, Gastropoda) phylogeny: A step forward with mitogenomes2
New integrated evidences reveal male polymorphism and species delimitation in stalk‐eyed fruit flies2
Phylogeny and evolutionary timescales of the tribes Tagiadini and Celaenorrhinini (Hesperiidae, Pyrginae) inferred from mitochondrial genome and nuclear genes2
Repeated colonization of the Northern Limestone Alps from the Southern Limestone Alps by the rock‐dwelling snail species Cochlostoma henricae2
A new species of Homonota (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) from the Uruguayan Savanna2
A phylogeographic analysis of the North American medicinal leech, Macrobdella decora (Say, 1824)2
Integrative approach resolves the systematics of barred wolf snakes in the Lycodon striatus complex (Reptilia, Colubridae)2
First support for phylogenetically segregated ecotypes and delineating thresholds for inter‐ and intraspecific ranks in phytophagous Central Asian beetles (Coleoptera)2
Taxonomic revision and dissolution of the genus Monachoides (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)2
Biogeographic influences on the evolution and historical dispersal of the Australo‐Pacific Dacini fruit flies (Tephritidae: Dacinae)1
Multilocus phylogeny reveals habitat driven cryptic diversity in Ochotona rufescens (Ochotonidae)1
Phylogenomic reconstruction influenced by assembly and annotation parameters: Using whole genome data to unravel the relationships of Spionidae (Annelida)1
River drainage rearrangements and the phylogeographic pattern of the annual fish Austrolebias arachan (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae)1
Factors affecting the accuracy of molecular delimitation in minute herbivorous mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea)1
Phylogenetic conflict between species tree and mitochondrial gene trees in Murininae (Mammalia, Chiroptera) and validation of the genus Harpiola1
Revisiting the genus Pseudocuneopsis (Bivalvia, Unionidae): Morphology, mitochondrial phylogenomics, and the description of a new species1
Position of the ammodile and the origin of Gerbillinae (Rodentia): Out of the Horn of Africa?1
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New insights into the phylogeny of Neogastropoda aided by draft genome sequencing of a volutid snail1
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The first enteric amphilinid cestode (Cestoda, Amphilinidea), parasitic in a cichlid fish (Actinopterygii, Cichlidae) from the western Amazon, represents a new genus and species1
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Diversity, morphology, and phylogeny of freshwater mussels of the genus Nodularia (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from China, with descriptions of four new species1
Taxonomic Deception via Obvious Traits: Oversplitting in European Vallonia Risso, 1826 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Valloniidae)1
Integrative taxonomy reveals inflated biodiversity in the European Temnothorax unifasciatus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)1
Hidden diversity of Aegla (Decapoda, Anomura) in a priority area for conservation1
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A case of cryptic diversity in the bat Hsunycteris thomasi (Lonchophyllinae, Chiroptera): New insights into unrecognized species1
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Identification of Big Cats' Skulls by Palatine Bones1
Late Cenozoic environmental changes drove the diversification of a weevil genus endemic to the Cape Floristic Region1
Morphological and genetic diversity in a South American forest‐dependent bat1
Evolution and biogeography of Anablepsoides killifishes shaped by Neotropical geological events (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae)1
Unilocus delimitation methods reveal the underestimated species diversity of Thomasomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae)1
A renaissance of microRNAs as taxonomic and phylogenetic markers in animals1
Mitogenomic phylogeny resolves Cuneopsis (Bivalvia: Unionidae) as polyphyletic: The description of two new genera and a new species1
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Revision of the Tribe Bythinini (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) From Korea With Molecular Phylogeny1
Integrative taxonomy of an East Asian songbird indicates rapid dwarfism after island colonization1
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