Insect Systematics News Today

Take a look back at what readers found most interesting and engaging in 2023—plus what generated buzz in ESA’s family of scientific journals.

Wasps that generate plant growths called galls commonly have large venom glands relative to body size, suggesting a key role for venom in gall formation.

A new study clarifies the evolutionary tree for a broad group of spiders and shows the power of extracting genetic info from museum arthropod collections.

A new spider species in Madagascar forms large colonies where males aggregate. Researchers say they could be "lekking," a mating behavior never before seen in spiders.

The tiny, iridescent parasitoid wasp is the latest insect shown to be a cryptic complex of genetically distinct species.

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Introduction In zoology, the formation of a scientific name for an organism follows a strict set of rules adopted by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. This International Code of Zoological Nomenclature serves to promote the stability, accuracy, and universality of an organism's scientific name. Every proposed scientific name must be unique and distinct from all other names. In this way, every named organism is a distinguishable entity. However, scientific names are no...

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PETALING JAYA: Unlike their American cousins, the cicadas in Malaysia provide less drama. Of the estimated 3,000 known species around the world, seven...