Academic Journal
Q2Evolutionary Systematics
About Evolutionary Systematics
Evolutionary Systematics is a scholarly journal published by Pensoft Publishers. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.539 and H-index of 11.
Coverage: 2017-2025. Research categories: Animal Science and Zoology (Q2); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q2); Insect Science (Q2).
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Amphibian and Reptile Biology; Species Distribution and Climate Change; Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies; Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy; Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy; Fossil Insects in Amber.
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The genus Ferdinandea Rondani, 1844 (Diptera, Syrphidae) in the Palaearctic Realm, with description of a new species from Japan
Ximo Mengual, Katsuyoshi Ichige
2026-10-01 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.210478Record of deep-sea Nephasoma constricticervix (Sipuncula, Golfingiidae) from the Guinea Basin (South-East Atlantic)
Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa
2026-09-29 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.210468First Indian record of Heleniella nebulosa Andersen & Wang (Diptera, Chironomidae): Insights into cryptic diversity and the phylogeny of the genus Heleniella Gowin
Achintya Mahato, Poulami Hui, Niladri Hazra
2026-09-25 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.208449Revisiting Enderlein's Richardiidae (Diptera): an illustrated catalogue of type specimens in the Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS (Warsaw, Poland)
David Schimrosczyk, Marcin Jan Kamiński, Luana Machado Barros
2026-09-21 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.206592Revised concept of the paederine rove beetle genus Lypeticus Sharp, 1886 with the genus Leiporaphes Bernhauer, 1912 as a synonym and three species new to science (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Yoan Camilo Guzman Sarmiento, Dagmara Żyła
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.206974Amphipod diversity in South American high-altitude peatlands: two novel Hyalella species supported by morphological and molecular evidence (Amphipoda, Hyalellidae)
Águeda Verónica Isa-Miranda, Marcela A. Peralta, Carolina Nieto
2026-08-13 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.204482First records of Habeastrum species from Ecuador (Gastropoda, Diplommatinidae)
Bernhard Hausdorf, Marijn T. Roosen, Elicio Tapia
2026-08-03 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.199967New staphyliniform beetles (Histeridae and Staphylinidae) from Iron Formation cave environments in Brazil
Edilson Caron, Lígia Maria Saback Moreira Dornellas, Pedro Giovâni da Silva, Augusto Sarreiro Auler et al.
2026-07-28 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.204098Origins of the northern microrefugial populations of the giant centipede Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829 revealed (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae)
Jan Philip Oeyen, Leif Moritz, Thomas Wesener
2026-07-24 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.205134A new species of Mundochthonius Chamberlin, 1929 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from Tsushima Island, Japan with notes on cryptic diversity and biogeography of the Japanese Archipelago
Kyung-Hoon Jeong, Jaeseok Oh, Rio Shida, Jithin Johnson et al.
2026-07-23 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.199765New Theraphosinae from Ecuador: description of five species (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae, Romopelma, and Homoeomma) with the establishment of a new genus
Nadine Dupérré, Elicio Tapia, David Salazar-Valenzuela
2026-07-02 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.196576New Tetraserica and Trioserica species from China and Vietnam (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericinae, Sericini)
Dirk Ahrens, Phu V. Pham
2026-06-09 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.189744An annotated type catalogue and a fully digitised Crustacea collection of the Museum of Nature Hamburg, Zoology. Part I: Crustacea, Malacostraca, Peracarida, Cumacea
Nancy F. Mercado-Salas, Ute Mühlenhardt-Siegel, Emanuel Pereira, Cristina Garilao et al.
2026-06-05 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.187593Revision of the species of Acanthocnema Becker from Nepal, Myanmar and Yunnan, China, with notes on Acerocnema Becker (Diptera, Anthomyiidae, Scathophaginae)
Bradley J. Sinclair, Toyohei Saigusa
2026-06-03 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.195813First report of the flower-visiting family Iteaphilidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) from Iberia, with the description of a new species of Paraiteaphila Sinclair & Shamshev
Bradley J. Sinclair, Rui Andrade
2026-06-02 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.197944The first fossil member of Aphalaridae (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Psylloidea) from the Miocene of Southern Germany (Randeck Maar)
Liliya Štarhová Serbina, Ulrich Kotthoff, Daniel Burckhardt
2026-06-02 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.190431First fossil of the pseudoscorpion family Chernetidae Menge, 1855 (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
Lena Anke Willmott, Ulrich Kotthoff, Danilo Harms
2026-05-27 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.190572The occurrence of the family Psilidae (Diptera) in Albania, with description of a new Chamaepsila Hendel, 1917 species
Nimród Varga, Áron Horváth, Botond Balogh
2026-05-21 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.188012A new species of Plagiopholis Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes, Pseudoxenodontinae) from southeastern Yunnan, China
Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Dingqi Rao
2026-04-28 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.188735On the discovery of a new polymorphic Happy-Face Spider (Araneae, Theridiidae) from the Western Himalayas, India, with notes on its natural history
Ashirwad Tripathy, Devi Priyadarshini
2026-04-24 · DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.174338Reviews
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