OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Subterranean Biology is 2. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Revisiting and rediscovering the tarantulas (Araneae, Theraphosidae) of Culapnitan (Libmanan) Caves in the Philippines: troglomorphism, taxonomy, phylogeny and ecological niche	15
The overview of lithobiomorph centipedes (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha) from caves of Slovenia	12
Comparative phylogeography of two troglobitic Coleoptera (Leiodidae, Leptodirini) species from Romania based on mitochondrial DNA	11
Collecting empires: Dominik Bilimek and early subterranean zoology between politics and field research	10
Two new phreatic snails (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cochliopidae) from the Edwards and Edwards-Trinity aquifers, Texas	8
The biospeleological work of Carl L. Hubbs (1894–1979): an appraisal	7
The troglophilic population of Lithobius peregrinus Latzel, 1880 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha) from Gaura cu Muscă Cave – first record of the species in Romania: morphological variations, asymmetry, ter	7
Integrating formal surveys and local knowledge: Insights into the subterranean fauna of Apulia	6
Distribution of Stenasellidae in Africa and description of a new species of Metastenasellus from Cameroonian groundwaters	6
In Memoriam – Daniel Wu Fong (born December 1, 1954; died April 25, 2025)	6
The first troglobitic Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from the karst area of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil: a threatened species	5
Postembryonic development of the troglobitic planthopper species Valenciolenda fadaforesta Hoch & Sendra, 2021 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Kinnaridae), with a key to nymphal instars	5
Divergent evolutionary pathways for aggression and territoriality in Astyanax cavefish	4
Life history observations of the Illinois state endangered Enigmatic Cavesnail, Fontigens antroecetes (Hubricht, 1940) made under simulated cave conditions	4
Remarkably low genetic diversity in the widespread cave spider Phanetta subterranea (Araneae, Linyphiidae)	4
Four new species of the genus Ochyrocera (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from iron caves of the state of Minas Gerais, with the description of the third anophtalmic species from Brazil	3
Amphicutis stygobita (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata, Amphilepididae), a brooding brittle star from anchialine caves in The Bahamas: feeding, reproduction, morphology, paedomorphisms and tr	3
Why cave planthoppers study matters: are Cixiidae a subtroglophile lineage? (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha)	3
First biological data, associated fauna, and microclimate preferences of the enigmatic cave-dwelling beetle Dalyat mirabilis Mateu, 2002 (Coleoptera, Carabidae)	3
Unique and fragile diversity emerges from Brazilian caves – two new amphibious species of Xangoniscus Campos-Filho, Araujo & Taiti, 2014 (Oniscidea, Styloniscidae) from Serra do Ramalho karst	3
Vertical distribution of spiders (Araneae) in Central European shallow subterranean habitats	3
A new cave population of Astyanax mexicanus from Northern Sierra de El Abra, Tamaulipas, Mexico	3
Four new species of troglomorphic Coecobrya Yosii, 1956 (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from Thailand based on morphological and molecular evidence, with an updated key of Thai troglomorphic species	3
How to map potential mesovoid shallow substratum (MSS) habitats? A case study in colluvial MSS	3
Isotopic variability of δ13C and δ15N signals in cave systems: insights from the blind tetra Astyanax mexicanus	3

Two new troglobitic species of Iansaoniscus from Brazilian caves (Crustacea, Isopoda, Pudeoniscidae)	2
First blind daddy long-legs spiders from Australia and Réunion (Araneae, Pholcidae)	2
A modified trap design for sampling subterranean habitats for central Texas Eurycea salamanders	2
Evidence of ancestral nocturnality, locomotor clock regression, and cave zone-adjusted sleep duration modes in a cave beetle	2
Arthropod diversity in shallow subterranean habitats of the Appalachian Mountains	2
Behavioral observations of the olm (Proteus anguinus) in a karst spring via direct observations and camera trapping	2
Temporal consistency and spatial variability in detection: implications for monitoring of macroinvertebrates from shallow groundwater aquifers	2
The distribution of bat species across the underground sites of Georgia	2
New vouchered and taxonomically verified records of cave-dwelling populations of catfishes of the genus Rhamdia (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from Costa Rica	2
Eupera troglobia sp. nov.: the first troglobitic bivalve from the Americas (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Sphaeriidae)	2
First record of a freshwater cave sponge (Porifera, unknown gen. and sp.) in a cave inhabited by Astyanax cavefish in the Sierra de El Abra, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	2
Evidence for metapopulation structure in seep-dwelling amphipods	2
Whip spiders (Arachnida, Amblypigi) from Colombian Caves: A review, new records and description of a new species	2
Revalidation of the stygobiotic species Haber zavreli (Hrabĕ, 1942) (Clitellata, Naididae, Tubificinae) with discussion on the closely related species Haber speciosus (Hrabĕ, 1931) and Haber monfalcon	2
Checking the depth specificity of a subterranean sampling device in alpine rock debris	2
A new species of Stygobromus Cope, 1872 (Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) from a hypotelminorheic seepage spring in Washington, D.C., USA	2
New records of cave-dwelling populations of Rhamdia catfishes (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae) from Chiapas, Mexico	2
Protocol for lens removal in embryonic fish and its application on the developmental effects of eye regression	2