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Cryptic speciation

Model-based multilocus, genomic, and phenotypic integration reveals species assignment inconsistencies and sampling blind spots across Asian ecozones in Dicroglossidae

Siti N. Othman, Yuran Dong, Boyang Yu, Tae Eun Um, Dallin B. Kohler, Vishal Kumar Prasad, Deyatima Ghosh, Xiaoli Zhang, Jiechen Wang, Amaël Borzée

published 23 Oct 2026

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Climatic and geological drivers of diversity in Iranian Barbels lineage (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae: Barbinae and Torinae): An integrative taxonomic perspective

Hadi Khoshnamvand, Asghar Abdoli, Faraham Ahmadzadeh, Karel Janko

published 11 Jun 2026

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Progress in the molecular phylogeny of Cotesia acuminata and C. melitaearum cryptic species complexes

Julian Schach, Federica Valerio, Anne Duplouy

published 27 May 2026

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Cryptic marine gastropods in Hawai’i exhibit variable response to multidecadal in situ environmental changes

McClaran Shirley, Amber Dawn Stubler

published 06 May 2026

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Cryptic diversity in Astroblepus (Siluriformes: Astroblepidae): Integrative taxonomy reveals evolutionary complexity in the Esmeraldas River Basin, Ecuador

Kevin P. Chugá-Puetate, María Peñaranda-Valla, Daniel Escobar-Camacho, Jonathan Valdiviezo-Rivera, Juan F. Rivadeneira

published 22 Apr 2026

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Molecular evidence of recent hybridization between eastern and western populations of a whitefly species on cassava in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A potential threat to the spread of cassava brown streak disease

Olivier Likiti Kola, Christophe Simiand, Hadija Mussa Ally, Sharon L. van Brunschot, Justin S. Pita, John Colvin, Godefroid Monde Te Kazangba, Hélène Delatte

published 31 Mar 2026

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Effects of two side-by-side camera trap deployments on estimations of richness, abundance, and the detection of medium- and large-sized mammals

Sergio Guerrero-Vázquez, Silvia S. Zalapa, Salvador Mandujano, Ahtziri S. Basilio-Barrera, Marisela Pérez-Moreno

published 27 Mar 2026

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Loss of a major toxin gene cluster defines a metabolic schism and host-specific virulence in Botrytis pseudocinerea

Victor Coca-Ruiz, Adrián García-Barba, Josefina Aleu, Isidro G. Collado

published 24 Mar 2026

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Global COI meta-analysis reveals ocean-basin genetic structure in Sphyrna lewini

Steph Smith, Chelsea Black

published 20 Mar 2026

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Cosmopolitan no more: Phylogenetics and reproductive mode reveal a global species complex in a marine mollusk (Teredinidae)

Nancy C. Treneman, Kelli L. DeLeon, J. Reuben Shipway, Luísa M. S. Borges, Kenneth A. Hayes

published 12 Mar 2026

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eDNA reveals spatial differences in species composition of protected rockfishes

Stephanie A. Matthews, Olivia M. Scott, Meredith V. Everett, Megan R. Shaffer, Elizabeth Andruszkiewicz Allan, Andrew O. Shelton, Gregory D. Williams, Abigail Wells, Krista M. Nichols, Ryan P. Kelly

published 01 Dec 2025

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DNA barcoding for elasmobranch diversity assessment in Thailand: Its advantages and limitations

Jenjit Khudamrongsawat, Tassapon Krajangdara, Thadsin Panithanarak, Ratima Karuwancharoen, Wanlada Klangnurak, Pattarapon Promnun, Wansuk Senanan

published 31 Oct 2025

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Delineation in fuzzy boundaries: Canonical ordination analysis discriminates between cryptic species by linking taxonomy to genetics, morphology, climate, and space

Ioan Sîrbu, Ana Maria Benedek, Sebastian Hofman, Aleksandra Jaszczyńska, Andrzej Falniowski

published 31 Oct 2025

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