Last call for #iBOL2026 abstracts. Submit your oral or poster abstract by 12 June 2026 and share your research with the global DNA barcoding community in Bangkok. 2–6 Nov 2026 dnabarcodingconference.com #DNAbarcoding #BiodiversityGenomics

The first paper has been published in the Special Issue "#Taxonomy of #Psylloidea" 👉A New #Trioza Species (#Hemiptera: #Triozidae) from Japan Associated with #Urtica (#Urticaceae) brnw.ch/21x3dKC #mdpiinsects #COI #DNAbarcoding #newspecies #phylogeny #psyllid

How do we find them all? A new CBG study tested six arthropod sampling methods across 13 Canadian national parks. About 55% of detected species were collected by only one method, showing why no single trap is enough. Read: doi.org/10.4039/tce.2026.100… #Biodiversity #DNAbarcoding

#NewSpeciesAlert - 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑎, a new species of deepwater catshark (Pentanchidae), is described from specimens collected off the Kollam slope, southwest coast of India, at a depth of 400–650 m. This new species is placed in the 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑠 subgroup among the three groups divided within the genus 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑠. 🔒 mapress.com/zt/article/view/… 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲 DNA barcoding reveals a new species of deepwater catshark of the genus 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑠 (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from India, in the Southeastern Arabian Sea 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Beura, S., K.k, B. & Banerjee, D. (2026) DNA barcoding reveals a new species of deepwater catshark of the genus 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑠 (Chondrichthyes: Pentanchidae) from India, in the Southeastern Arabian Sea. Zootaxa, 5828 (2), 303–317. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.582… 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 This article provides a description of a new species of a catshark of the family Pentanchidae, 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑎 sp. nov. based on 4 specimens, which include two males and two females ranging from 439–473 mm TL, collected off the Kollam slope, Southwest coast of India, at a depth of 400–650 m. This new species is placed in the 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑠 subgroup among the three groups divided within the genus 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑠 and is characterized by the following features: slender body, tapering posteriorly; nostril length is smaller than internarial width; pre-outer nostril length shorter than interorbital space; pre-outer nostril length 3.7(3.5–5.2) % TL; pre-oral length shorter than the mouth width, 33.6(31.7–34.0)% head length and 8.1(7.1–8.1)% TL; nostril-mouth space shorter than nostril length, about 0.4 (0.3–0.4) times; upper labial furrows longer than the lowers furrows; internarial width slightly greater than or equal to orbit length, about 1.09(1.0–1.11) times; 5th gill slit height smallest, about 46.8(46.8–62.5)% eye length; Inter-dorsal space 9.3(8.8–10.5) % TL; first dorsal fin smaller than the second dorsal fin; first dorsal fin insertion is opposite to anal fin origin; anal fin base length is greater than pectoral-pelvic space and pelvic-anal space; pectoral to pelvic space greater than pelvic to anal space; spiral valve turns 11–12; total vertebrae 105–115. 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑎 sp. nov. is also distinguished from its congeners based on DNA sequence divergence of the COI gene. This new species has a distribution along the Kollam slope, Arabian Sea, whereas its three closest congeners, based on a molecular level, are from distant locations: 𝐴. 𝑛𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑖 from Southwestern Pacific Ocean, 𝐴. 𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑟ℎ𝑦𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑠 from Northwest Pacific and 𝐴. 𝑒𝑥𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠 from New Zealand. 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 Cover image for study - 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑎. © 2026 the Author(s). Published in the journal Zootaxa. #NewSpecies #Ichthyology #Taxonomy #Biodiversity #Apristurus #Chondrichthyes #Pentanchidae #India #Sharks #Catshark #DeepWater #Ocean #ArabianSea #CatSharks #KollamSlope #DNABarcoding

#NAU #PMI #SpeciesFromFeces #WalkerLab #Genetics #Conservation #environmentalDNA #bat #bats #batgenetics #batDNA #batsinbridges #batroost #whitenosesyndrome #conservationgenetics #barcoding #DNAbarcoding #cave #batcave #SFF #labteam #fieldwork #batteam

#IchthyofaunaChecklist - Researchers in this study produced a database of the ichthyofauna for Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses and adjacent areas in northeastern Brazil by integrating molecular and morphological data, enabling a revision of the ichthyofauna, including nomenclatural updates and correct identifications. Studies like this are essential for conservation strategies, providing critical baselines for the conservation and management of regional fish fauna. Accurate species identification is a challenge in megadiverse regions, where morphology alone can lead to overestimation or underestimation of biodiversity. In this context, the incorporation of molecular approaches, such as DNA barcoding, has been useful for accurately estimating regional biodiversity, revealing cryptic diversity, and enabling non-specialists to identify species. "results show that the diversity of some genera has been underestimated in previous studies (e.g. 𝐸𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑎 Jordan & Evermann, 1896, with three instead of one species previously recorded from PNLM and adjacent areas), while other genera had their diversities overestimated (e.g. 𝐵𝑟𝑦𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑝𝑠 Kner, 1858, with one instead of two species, although two morphotypes are recognized) (other examples can be found in Table 2), and are discussed below." "Previous studies recorded 60 fish species in PNLM and adjacent areas, and some of these previously recorded species had their identifications revised in the present study...... Consequently, this study expands the known ichthyofaunal diversity of the PNLM and its surrounding areas to a total of 70 species." Ichthyofauna checklists and rapid assessments are important tools for biologists, researchers, conservationists, and government bodies/NGOs. They provide critical baselines for the conservation and management of regional fish fauna. Our understanding of species composition in a territory evolves due to species movements across borders, extinctions, introductions, and new taxonomic evidence. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲 Unveiling fish diversity in the Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses and adjacent areas through DNA barcoding, Northeastern Brazil Open-access - link.springer.com/article/10… 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 de Oliveira Vieira, L., Kuranaka, M., Garcia-Ayala, J.R. et al. Unveiling fish diversity in the Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses and adjacent areas through DNA barcoding, Northeastern Brazil. Biologia 81, 142 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s11756-026-0… 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 Accurate species identification is a challenge in megadiverse regions, where morphology alone can lead to overestimation or underestimation of biodiversity. In this context, the incorporation of molecular approaches, such as DNA barcoding, has been useful in accurately estimating regional biodiversity, revealing cryptic diversity, and enabling identification by non-specialists. This study generated a molecular database of fishes for Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses and adjacent areas, based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. Haplotype analyses were conducted using Maximum likelihood (ML), and the delimitation of Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) combined the following methods: Kimura 2-parameter model (K2P), Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning (ASAP) and Poisson Tree Processes (PTP) methods, using K2P ≥ 2% to resolve cases of incongruence between ASAP and PTP. A total of 59 species were recorded, distributed across 51 genera, 29 families, and 13 orders. In total, 258 sequences were analyzed (Two hundred and fifty-three generated in this study and five additional from GenBank), corresponding to the 59 species. K2P genetic distances revealed a clear separation between intraspecific and interspecific variation, with maximum and minimum values of 1.78% and 3.63%, respectively, resulting in a barcoding gap of 1.85% without overlap, demonstrating the high efficiency of the COI marker in species discrimination. Five new records for the area were identified, including two non-native species. The integration of molecular and morphological data enabled a revision of the ichthyofauna, including nomenclatural updates and the correction of identifications. These findings are essential for conservation strategies. 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 See study Figures for details. © 2026 the Author(s). Published in the journal Biologia. An open access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) licence. creativecommons.org/licenses… #Ichthyofauna #Brazil #Ichthyology #Taxonomy #Biodiversity #AquariumHobby #Fishkeeping #Aquarist #TropicalFish #DNABarcoding #ConservationStrategies #Conservation #FreshwaterConservation #Freshwater

The #iBOL2026 abstract deadline has been extended. Submit your oral or poster abstract by July 12, 2026 and present your research in Bangkok. 2–6 November 2026 dnabarcodingconference.com #DNAbarcoding #BiodiversityGenomics

Speaker spotlight for #iBOL2026! Meet three more plenary speakers joining us in Bangkok: John Archibald, Laura Melissa Guzman Uribe, and Otso Ovaskainen. 2–6 November 2026 dnabarcodingconference.com #DNAbarcoding #BiodiversityGenomics

This International Day for Biological Diversity, CBG is highlighting how DNA barcoding, metabarcoding, and eDNA connect local biodiversity discoveries to global science. Looking ahead to iBOL 2026 in Bangkok. 2–6 Nov 2026 dnabarcodingconference.com #iBOL2026 #DNAbarcoding

🧬On the International Day for #BiologicalDiversity, researchers have released a blueprint for a global #DNAbarcoding network, drawing on experiences from 20 countries to outline 10 recommendations for building successful national nodes. #OA study here: doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.10.1832…

Speaker spotlight for #iBOL2026! Meet three of our plenary speakers: Anne Chao, Iliana Bista, and Mark Blaxter. Join us in Bangkok, Thailand, from 2–6 November 2026 for the 10th International Barcode of Life Conference. dnabarcodingconference.com #DNAbarcoding #BiodiversityGenomics

#SIF DNA barcoding of Guyana's fungarium IDs 11 new species & 3 new genera, highlighting the value of preserved specimens for biodiversity research. @MaximumAcademic #DNABarcoding #Fungi Details: maxapress.com/article/doi/10…

The Bulgarian Barcode of Life is launching its new seminar series focused on hot scientific topics of practical and academic importance. The first session begins with a dive into @GBIF. More info: phytokeys.pensoft.net/news/1… #GBIF #DNAbarcoding

DNA Barcoding of Eight Species of the Subtribe Polyommatina (Polyommatinae, Lycaenidae) from North Western India indianentomology.org/index.p… #entosocindia #entomologicalsocietyofindia #Society #DNABarcoding #Polyommatina #Polyommatinae #Lycaenidae #NorthWesternIndia #Biodiversity

🪲🌍 The tropics hold the HIGHEST insect diversity and the BIGGEST knowledge gaps 📣 CALL FOR PAPERS | Frontiers in Insect Science Integrative Taxonomy to Reduce Linnean & Wallacean Shortfalls #IntegrativeTaxonomy #Entomology #Biodiversity #Systematics #DNAbarcoding #Frontiers

🆕The @BioGenEurope - which now gives way to BGE - represented a landmark in European research collaboration, bringing together the #DNAbarcoding (@iBOLEurope) and #reference #genomes (@erga_biodiv) communities. 🔓Check out the Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.12.e1875….

A larva of the Lion Fish (Pterois miles) from the Mediterranean Sea. Tuna–TunEMed 2025 survey. Documenting early life stages of an invasive species is key to understanding its spread. #Mediterranean #Ichthyoplankton #LarvalEcology #DNABarcoding

Akdeniz’in derinliklerinden bir Aslan Balığı (Pterois miles) larvası. Orkinos–TunEMed 2025 surveyinden. İstilacı bir türün en erken evresini belgelemek, yayılım dinamiklerini anlamak için kritik. #Mediterranean #Ichthyoplankton #LarvalEcology #DNABarcoding Animated by Veo

Enseñando Genética #DNABarcoding en el III Congreso Talento, Ciencia y Juventud organizado por @diputacionMLG Talleres @enc_ciencia y Sociedad Malagueña de Astronomía. Con @PlanetaExplora @segenetica

Hot off the press! Long-read sequencing for #biodiversity analysis #eDNA #metabarcoding #DNAbarcoding