Taxonomy - Science topic

[PREPRINT] Los partidos políticos con representación parlamentaria cuentan con uno o varios think tanks (TT) financiados con aportaciones privadas y subvenciones de carácter público. Este tipo de laboratorio de ideas se conoce bajo el nombre de advocacy tank (Weaver, 1989) o party tank (Barberá y Arregui, 2011). Son aquellos “think tanks de defensa...

Samsoniella scoliopterygis ( Cordycipitaceae : Hypocreales ), pathogenic on the herald moth Scoliopteryx libatrix ( Erebidae : Noctuoidea ), is described as a new species, based on morphological, ecological and molecular evidence. Infected specimens of this troglophilic moth were recorded from caves, as well as from a copper mine, in southern Engla...

The infrageneric classification of the genus Lepiota has a long history of continuous refinement. Nevertheless, recent studies demonstrated that some of the widely used sections are not monophyletic in their current circumscription. In addition, the genus Echinoderma , or L. sect. Echinatae in the traditional sense, was shown to be polyphyletic. In...

Colletotrichum, a diverse and economically significant genus of fungal pathogens, poses a substantial threat to global agriculture by causing anthracnose and various diseases in a broad spectrum of plant species. The critical importance of comprehending the key aspects of the Colletotrichum genus is underscored throughout, emphasizing the necessity...

Existing discourse corpora annotated under different frameworks adopt distinct but somewhat related taxonomies of relations. How to integrate discourse frameworks has been an open research question. Previous studies on this topic are mainly theoretical, although such research is typically performed with the hope of benefiting computational applicat...

What drives employees to ensure security when handling information assets in organizations? There is growing interest from the security behavior community in how autonomous motivators shape employees' security-related behaviors. To reconcile the scattered viewpoints on autonomous motivation and synthesize findings from studies utilizing various the...

This article aims to analyze the representation of embodiment in Akwaeke Emezi's The Death of Vivek Oji (2020). Exploring the novel's narrative, this paper argues that Emezi employs Igbo spiritual beliefs to dismantle gender taxonomy rooted in the Western episteme. Furthermore, because the novel presents Vivek's existence as deviating from the line...

Rhamdia quelen, Rhamdia branneri and Rhamdia voulezi are morphologically similar species that, until recently, were considered synonymous. Although R. quelen has wide distribution in the Neotropical region, R. branneri and R. voulezi are sympatric and endemic species of the Iguaçu River basin. We used an integrative approach, including morphometric...

This study explores the application of AI-assisted metacognitive strategies by postgraduate students using GenAI tools in academic reading, with a focus on both taxonomy and associated emotional responses. Fifteen postgraduate students participated in an experiment that included pre-training, selecting and reading academic papers, interacting with...

Distribution of the genus Phlomoides Moench in the Fergana Valley (taxonomy, geography, ecology and conservation).

**Artículo que resume la tesis para el optar por título de Ingeniero de Mantenimiento Industrial, UTFSM, Chile. Trabajo de título desarrollado por: Felipe Pinto. Tutor: Carlos Parra. Resumen: El artículo propuesto describe el diagnóstico del sistema de mantenimiento en la planta de envasado de GLP de Lipigas Con-Con, con base en el Modelo de Gesti...

Accurate rib fracture identification and classification are essential for treatment planning. However, existing datasets often lack fine-grained annotations, particularly regarding rib fracture characterization, type, and precise anatomical location on individual ribs. To address this, we introduce a novel rib fracture annotation protocol tailored...

This taxonomic study focuses on the millipede genera, Gigantomorpha Jeekel, 1963, and Orangutana Golovatch, 1996, both in the family Paradoxosomatidae. The present investigation focuses on specimens collected in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, a region known for its remarkable biodiversity. Two new species are described from the Crocker Range Park: Gigant...

Progress in offline reinforcement learning (RL) has been impeded by ambiguous problem definitions and entangled algorithmic designs, resulting in inconsistent implementations, insufficient ablations, and unfair evaluations. Although offline RL explicitly avoids environment interaction, prior methods frequently employ extensive, undocumented online...

The first photographs of preserved material of Andethele huanca Coyle, 1995 are presented based on a specimen collected in 2013 and deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia. Differences in the genitalia of paratypes from disjunct localities are discussed, which may represent separate species an...

We propose the task of legal question generation (QG) as an application in Legal NLP. Specifically, the task is to generate a question, given a context and an optional keyword. We create the first dataset for the QG task in the legal domain, called LegalQ, consisting of 2023 <context, question> pairs spanning the legal systems of multiple countries...

New species of Omophron (s.str.) from southeastern Africa, O. rhodesianum sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Carabidae), belonging to the “capense”—species group, is described, illustrated and compared with closely related species.

Describing populations with peculiar phenotypic features as new taxa can lead to taxonomic inflation, hampering conservation and ecological studies. Here we tested the current taxonomy of the Dianthus virgineus complex, a diverse group of wild carnations that may be taxonomically inflated. We conducted a morphometric study including 28 characters a...

La Sardegna è una terra ricca di essenze arboree e arbustive. La diversità botanica che ormai raccoglie circa 2500 specie, visti i legami tra vegetali e funghi, non può che riflettersi in una parallela biodiversità micologica. L'isola è inoltre poco abitata, quindi le sue foreste sono poco antropizzate, fattore questo che gioca notevolmente a favor...

Performativity of science refers to the phenomenon that the dissemination of scientific conceptualisations can sometimes affect their target systems or referents. A widely held view in the literature is that scientists ought not to deliberately deploy performative models or theories with the aim of eliciting desirable changes in their target system...

The study was to assess the algebraic thinking levels of prospective basic education teachers using solo taxonomy. The study employed pragmatist philosophical paradigm with mixed method research approach. Sequential explanatory mixed methods design was used to reach out to participants selected from four (4) schools through purposive sampling techn...

We perform the first mapping of the ideological positions of European parties using generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a “zero-shot” learner. We ask OpenAI’s Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3.5 (GPT-3.5) to identify the more “right-wing” option across all possible duplets of European parties at a given point in time, solely based on thei...

Reinforcement Learning from Human/AI Feedback (RLHF/RLAIF) has been extensively utilized for preference alignment of text-to-image models. Existing methods face certain limitations in terms of both data and algorithm. For training data, most approaches rely on manual annotated preference data, either by directly fine-tuning the generators or by tra...

Radar observations of 2020 BX 12 conducted with the S -band planetary radar system (2380 MHz, 12.6 cm) at the Arecibo Observatory on 2020 February 4 and 5 revealed that this potentially hazardous asteroid is a binary system. Spectroscopic observations with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias on 2024 February 16 indicate that 2020 BX 12 is an S-comp...

The study was to investigate the relationship between prospective basic education mathematics teachers' demographic factors and their algebraic thinking levels. The study employed positivist philosophical paradigm with quantitative method research approach. Descriptive Survey design was used to reach out to participants through simple random sampli...

Its about corals of the Bay of Bengal of Bangladesh. It explains about corals, geographical distribution, regeneration, and available corals with taxonomy of the Saint Martin's Island and associated water body. Additionally, it describes the coral sampling, preservation and identification technique.

French Bartsia (Odontites jaubertianus: Orobanchaceae) is reported for the first time in the Americas from southern Ontario and southern Ontario where it is naturalized in multiple locations. Identification, distribution, and taxonomy of O. jaubertianus are discussed.

Chipped stone tools termed perforators and gravers are characterized by projections. Although the implied function of these tool types differs, there are no guidelines for classifying perforators and gravers based on their morphology. Consequently, researchers classify these tools differently, which precludes meaningful comparisons of the frequenci...

By giving advice, people receive guidance on how to perform things in better ways. However, others’ opinions might be difficult to digest because some people do not usually accept being directed on what to do or not to do. This requires the language users to attenuate their advice to reduce the negative effect on the addressees by using specific li...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become essential for analyzing complex data and solving highly-challenging tasks. It is being applied across numerous disciplines beyond computer science, including Food Engineering, where there is a growing demand for accurate and trustworthy predictions to meet stringent food quality standards. However, this requi...

This article offers an interpretative reading of research interview data gathered with seven academics in a small English university that caters predominantly to widening participation students. The original interviews aimed to explore the most effective ways academics can support students in developing leadership capability. For this article, the...

Machine learning predictive models rely on data to make predictions for new input data. However, accurate predictions are not always the end goal; practitioners often aim to make informed decisions through optimization problems (OPs) based on these predictions. While the idea that better predictions lead to better decisions was widely accepted, the...

Three species of stolidobranch ascidians, Asajirus arcticus (Hartmeyer, 1923), Eugyrioides pedunculatus (Traustedt, 1886), comb. nov., and Kukenthalia borealis Hartmeyer, 1903 are recorded from the deep waters of the Arctic Ocean for the first time and are briefly described based on new material. The nomenclature of the involved ascidian taxa is di...

We present the first Ecuadorian records of Furipterus horrens (Cuvier, 1828) from outside the Amazon Rainforest. Our specimens, collected in the Río Manduriacu Reserve, Imbabura Province, is the first record of any individual from the family Furipteridae in the Ecuadorian Andes. The genetic divergences observed with cyt-b and COI markers (10–15%) s...

Background Guidelines are essential tools for ensuring high-quality healthcare. However, discrepancies exist between their availability and practical implementation. In the context of palliative care, the extent to which guidelines are implemented and the barriers and facilitators that influence this process remain unknown. Aim The present study a...

Subspace clustering has emerged as a powerful paradigm for analyzing high-dimensional data, where traditional clustering methods struggle due to the curse of dimensionality. By identifying clusters in relevant subsets of dimensions, subspace clustering enhances interpretability, scalability, and robustness in various applications such as bioinforma...

The rapid expansion of the Web of Things (WoT) and the Internet of Things (IoT) has raised security issues, with Denial of Service (DoS) attacks becoming increasingly prevalent. So, the aim of this study is to identify the security concerns in the four architectural layers of the Web of Things, particularly DoS attacks. For this study, existing lit...

Zusammenfassung Digitale Ökosysteme prägen zunehmend das digitale Unternehmertum, indem sie Anbieter und Nachfrager über digitale Plattformen verbinden. Dieser Trend betrifft branchenübergreifend alle Unternehmen und erfordert fundierte strategische Entscheidungen. Auch deutsche Start-Ups haben bewiesen, dass sie beeindruckende Digitale Ökosysteme...

Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown promise in automating discourse annotation for conversations. While manually designing tree annotation schemes significantly improves annotation quality for humans and models, their creation remains time-consuming and requires expert knowledge. We propose a fully automated pipeline that use...

A new genus Proathyreacarus gen. nov. with the type species Athyreacarus staturosus is described. The genus Athyreacarus is divided into three subgenera: Athyreacarus sensu stricto, Athyreacaroides subgen nov. with the type species Athyreacarus brevisetosus, and Parathyreacarus subgen. nov. with the type species Athyreacarus magnificus. Four new sp...

La biodiversidad es, hasta el momento, una característica única del planeta Tierra. Se refiere a todas las formas de vida que han surgido y evolucionado en ella. Se cree que, debido al crecimiento exponencial de las ciencias durante los últimos 250 años, se han clasificado taxonómicamente a la mayoría de los organismos. Sin embargo, algunos experto...

This article analyzes the epistemology of the language/dialect (L/D) dichotomy. The L/D dichotomy gives rise to disputes between “splitters”, who want to split the speech of a given region into more than one “language”, and “lumpers”, who view the region as speaking one “language” albeit with diverse “dialects”. While numerous linguists have declar...

Six new species of the novel carysomus species group in the genus Scrapter Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 are described: Scrapter oxalensis sp. nov. ♀♂, S. oxalicus sp. nov. ♀♂, S. oxaliphilus sp. nov. ♀♂, S. oxalis sp. nov. ♀♂, S. oxalissimus sp. nov. ♀♂ and S. oxaloides sp. nov. ♀. The female of S. carysomus Davies, 2005 is described here for the fi...

A new leafhopper species: Scaphoideus dentarcus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Pakistan. The type specimen of the new species is deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC). A key to Scaphoideus from Pakistan is provided.

Recently, a misconception has been spreading in the taxonomy and biodiversity concepts of North American Artemia, by synonymization of Artemia monica and Artemia franciscana. These taxa are two independent species based on Mayr's accepted "biological species" concept, since they are reproductively isolated. While the endemic A. monica is listed as...

The present study is based on the oribatid mite material collected from litter in Limu Mountain National Forest Park in Hainan Island, China. A list of 55 species and four subspecies, belonging to 37 genera and six subgenera in 29 families, is presented. Among them, two genera and 17 species are newly recorded in China, and one new species, Phthira...

Despite their deleterious effects, small insertions and deletions (InDels) have received far less attention than substitutions. Here we generated isogenic CRISPR-edited human cellular models of postreplicative repair dysfunction (PRRd), including individual and combined gene edits of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) and replicative polymerases (Pol ε and...

Scolomus Townes & Townes, 1950 is a genus in Ichneumonidae, with six species occurring in the Holarctic and Neotropical regions. In this study, a new species is described from Chile, Scolomus valenzuelai Araujo, Pádua & Silva-Santos, sp. nov. Also, the female of S. magellanicus Walkley, 1962 is described for the first time and new occurrences of S....

Taxonomic revision of the Order Primates from "The Primates" (Pelagic Publishing, 2025)

Hill stream fishes are the cold water fishes found in the large river of Nepal. They are distributed from upper riches of river to lower plane area where river flow with less velocity and finally meets ocean. Taxonomy is crucial for understanding species diversity, conservation efforts, and the possible impacts of global warming and habitat destruc...

This paper examines Bank Negara Malaysia's (BNM) Operational Risk Integrated Online Network (ORION, 2021) and its successor, the Operational Risk Reporting (ORR, 2023) policy on operational risk. Our analysis found evidence of significant enhancements in the new policy i.e. the treatment of operational, Shariah non-compliance, cyber, fraud, and sys...

Two new species of oribatid mites are described: Ommatocepheus quetzalli Revelo & Martínez sp. nov. and Eremella (Licnocepheus) cochlearia Revelo & Martínez sp. nov., both collected from bark of Abies religiosa in Monte Tlaloc, Mexico. The genus Ommatocepheus is reported for the first time in Mexico and the Neotropical region. Ommatocepheus quetzal...

The second representative of the family Rotundabaloghiidae (Rotundabaloghia (Cir-cobaloghia) togoensis n. sp.) of Togo is discovered and described. It differs from the congeners based on the pilose v6, v7 and v8 setae, the apically peaked female genital shield, oval pits on dorsal and ventral idiosoma and the R-shaped peritremes. The list and an id...

This paper presents the treecompareR package for R, which provides tools for reproducible visualizations of data through the use of taxonomies. The package builds on developments from ggplot2 and ggtree to provide visualizations tailored for use with taxonomic classification data. Additionally, it provides tools that leverage developments in networ...

Evaluating natural language generation (NLG) is a vital but challenging problem in natural language processing. Traditional evaluation metrics mainly capturing content (e.g. n-gram) overlap between system outputs and references are far from satisfactory, and large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have demonstrated great potential in NLG evalu...

This study explores the integration of ChatGPT technology into Virtual Reality (VR) learning environments to support self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies and foster higher-order thinking skills (HOTS). Utilizing a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design, 81 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to either an experimental group with GPT-...

Cel pracy Celem opracowania jest ocena spółek notowanych na Giełdzie Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie z perspektywy podejmowania przez nie ryzyka związanego z realizacją celów zrównoważonego rozwoju w kontekście ich zgodności z Taksonomią Unii Europejskiej. Materiał i metody Jako parametry ujawnienia informacji w zakresie podejmowania ryzyka ESG...

Omnidirectional image (ODI) data is captured with a field-of-view of \(360^\circ \times 180^\circ \), which is much wider than the pinhole cameras and captures richer surrounding environment details than the conventional perspective images. In recent years, the availability of customer-level \(360^\circ \) cameras has made omnidirectional vision mo...

Informed Machine Learning (Informed ML) refers to the idea of injecting additional prior knowledge into data-driven learning systems. Such knowledge can be given in various forms such as scientific equations or logic rules which provide relevant information about a problem domain or task at hand. Integrating prior knowledge at various stages of the...

This paper examines whether visualizations in cultural heritage fields can move beyond their traditional roles of exploration and analysis to facilitate higher-order cognitive processes central to the practice of “critique”. Drawing on arts and humanities perspectives, we define critical cognition as a mode of inquiry that explores and evaluates th...

The paper focuses on female taxonomy in the texts written by Augustinian friars in the fourteenth century, a very important period for the Order’s identity. The analysis focusses on the Liber Vitas Fratrum and other pastoral and spiritual works, with special attention to those by Simone da Cascia and Girolamo da Siena. In these works, the holiness...

Quantum Federated Learning (QFL) is an emerging field that harnesses advances in Quantum Computing (QC) to improve the scalability and efficiency of decentralized Federated Learning (FL) models. This paper provides a systematic and comprehensive survey of the emerging problems and solutions when FL meets QC, from research protocol to a novel taxono...

The number of studies that combine Evolutionary Machine Learning and self-supervised learning has been growing steadily in recent years. Evolutionary Machine Learning has been shown to help automate the design of machine learning algorithms and to lead to more reliable solutions. Self-supervised learning, on the other hand, has produced good result...

A unified understanding of terms is essential for every scientific discipline: steganography is no exception. Being divided into several domains (e.g., network and text steganography), it is crucial to provide a unified terminology as well as a taxonomy that is not limited to few applications or areas. A prime attempt towards a unified understandin...

Natural Language Processing (NLP) has transformed the way unstructured textual data is processed and analyzed, enabling the extraction of meaningful insights from extensive information sources. Traditional keyword-based retrieval systems often fail to capture the semantic relationships between words, leading to suboptimal search accuracy. The exist...

We present SemEval-2025 Task 5: LLMs4Subjects, a shared task on automated subject tagging for scientific and technical records in English and German using the GND taxonomy. Participants developed LLM-based systems to recommend top-k subjects, evaluated through quantitative metrics (precision, recall, F1-score) and qualitative assessments by subject...

Chlorociboria, a commonly reported saprobic genus in the Chlorociboriaceae, is characterized by discoid, blue-green, olivaceous, yellow or white apothecia, filiform or thin-clavate paraphyses, cylindric-clavate asci, and elliptic to fusiform, filiform, or allantoid, and hyaline ascospores. According to our morphological and phylogenetic studies of...

Personalized preference alignment for large language models (LLMs), the process of tailoring LLMs to individual users' preferences, is an emerging research direction spanning the area of NLP and personalization. In this survey, we present an analysis of works on personalized alignment and modeling for LLMs. We introduce a taxonomy of preference ali...

Five species of the genus Thubana Walker, 1864 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from China are described as new: Th. porcata sp. nov., Th. quadrilatera sp. nov., Th. rongjiangensis sp. nov., Th. similidalgona sp. nov. and Th. yingjingensis sp. nov. Two species are newly recorded for China: Thubana circularis Park, 2006 and Thubana fangens...

1. Background Parasitoid-host interactions are key drivers of insect community structure, with host concealment influencing parasitoid diversity and parasitism rates. However, the effectiveness of different host defense strategies against parasitoids remains insufficiently understood. 2. Objective This study examines how host concealment level af...

Background There are indications that clinical studies investigating the surgical treatment of acetabular fractures assess different outcomes. This heterogeneity reduces the comparability of study results and, thus, limits the knowledge generated from research. Core outcome sets (COS) contain a minimum set of outcomes that should be measured in stu...

Robotic technology is expected to transform rehabilitation settings, by providing precise, repetitive, and task-specific interventions, thereby potentially improving patients’ clinical outcomes. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been widely applied in different areas to support robotic rehabilitation, from controlling robo...

The length of day variations with periods from five to one hundred years are mainly due to core‐mantle interactions. Assuming a differential velocity between the core and the mantle, we investigate the pressure coupling on a core‐mantle boundary (CMB) interface with topography. Including rotation, buoyancy, and magnetic effects in local models of t...

This paper introduces a comprehensive system for detecting hallucinations in large language model (LLM) outputs in enterprise settings. We present a novel taxonomy of LLM responses specific to hallucination in enterprise applications, categorizing them into context-based, common knowledge, enterprise-specific, and innocuous statements. Our hallucin...

We propose critical interactivity as a concept to study and design the dynamic and transitory aspects of data visualizations. Theoretically, interactivity is often described as the means to support analytical tasks, while in practice, it encompasses the techniques that alter visual representations. These notions are a useful starting point to study...

Creating an inclusive art environment requires engaging multiple senses for a fully immersive experience. Culture is inherently synesthetic, enriched by all senses within a shared time and space. In an optimal synesthetic setting, people of all abilities can connect meaningfully; when one sense is compromised, other channels can be enhanced to comp...

The taxonomy of several genera of African Cerambycini is reviewed. Ptycholaemus Chevrolat, 1858 is considered as a senior synonym of Striatoptycholaemus Lepesme & Breuning, 1956 n. syn. and the following taxonomy is proposed: Ptycholaemus bouakensis (Lepesme & Breuning, 1956) n. comb., P. longicollis Schwarzer, 1931 rest. comb.; P. striaticollis Bo...

Here two new mountainous species of Seira are described from South America: S. antonioi sp. nov. from the Brazilian Amazon, Roraima state and S. paramilloensis sp. nov. from the Andes, Antioquia Department (Colombia), both devoid of macrochaetae on the first abdominal segment and with a dense chaetotaxy laterally on the fourth abdominal segment. Th...

Graph Convolutional Networks (GCNs) have become an essential tool for handling graph‐structured data, enhancing the functionality of conventional convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in non‐Euclidean contexts. GCNs are particularly proficient in tasks such as node classification, link prediction, and graph clustering by collecting information from...

Smart contracts have accelerated the adoption of blockchain technology across various domains by enabling coded agreements between transaction participants. However, increased software defects and vulnerabilities in smart contracts, driven by developer inexperience with languages like Solidity and a lack of effective detection tools, pose significa...

Two little-known genera, Mimofulvius Schmitz, 1978 and Rhinophrus Hsiao, 1944, are reported from Thailand for the first time. A new species of Mimofulvius, M. castaneus sp. nov., is described, and the male of the type species of the genus, M. pentatomus Schmitz, 1978, is documented for the first time. A key to species of Mimofulvius is given. Habit...

Action Valuation (AV) has emerged as a key topic in Sports Analytics, offering valuable insights by assigning scores to individual actions based on their contribution to desired outcomes. Despite a few surveys addressing related concepts such as Player Valuation, there is no comprehensive review dedicated to an in-depth analysis of AV across differ...

The 16S rRNA gene is frequently sequenced to classify prokaryotes and identify new taxa. If sequences from two strains share less than ~99% identity, the strains are usually classified as different species. Classification thresholds for genera and other ranks have also been proposed, but they are based on dated datasets. Here we update these thresh...

A new ramarioid species, described herein as Phaeoclavulina aurantilaeta, was collected from the Bamian Mountain National Nature Reserve, Hunan Province, China, in 2024. Phylogenetic analyses of the nucleotide sequences of two loci (ITS and LSU) well supported the new species within the genus Phaeoclavulina and formed an independent lineage. This s...

The present study describes a new Mediterranean terebellid, Spinosphaera latachaeta sp. nov., found along the Aegean coast of Türkiye and the Sea of Marmara, between 27 and 80 m depth in soft substrata. It can be morphologically distinguished from all other species of Spinosphaera having 18 pairs of notopodia, double rows of uncini present until th...

Drawing inspiration from Oliver Williamson’s work, we employ a ‘discriminating alignment’ approach to explain how established organizations select and govern external sources of innovation. Our framework integrates ‘standard’ governance mechanisms, such as licensing and joint ventures, with ‘emerging’ mechanisms, such as hackathons and accelerators...

Springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) are unique among Alpine arthropods for including cryophilic species, able to live in contact with glacial ice, the so-called 'glacier fleas'. Despite being historically recorded, their taxonomy and distribution are largely unknown. In this article, we present the first comprehensive study of ice-dwelling springtai...

A new species of Mycetophilidae in the genus Docosia Winnertz, 1864 is described, Docosia tazekkae Chandler, El Mouden & Belqat, sp. nov., with the addition of eighteen new records of fungus gnats to the fauna of North Africa. Most of the new taxa of fungus gnats are found in Morocco, especially in the National Park of Tazekka, where a total of 69...

Mangrove ecosystems, located in the land-sea interface, host a diverse array of fungi. In this paper, we introduce a novel genus, three novel species and one new record of fungi collected from mangrove environments in Pranburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand. We establish Pseudomelanconiella as a new genus in Melanconiellaceae, to accommodate Pseudo...

Three new Tyrannochthonius species are described, including detailed diagnosis and illustrations: T. rudongyanensissp. nov., T. tianisp. nov., and T. yanwuensissp. nov. All samples were collected from the hypogean habitats in Guangxi, China. A distribution map of all Tyrannochthonius species in Guangxi is provided.

The genus Troglorhopalurus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) is endemic to northeastern Brazil and comprises cave-dwelling species with limited distributions. Based on newly collected specimens, this study provides a description of a new cave-dwelling Troglorhopalurus species and the first detailed description of the male hemispermatophore of the genus. Trogl...

When a vision-language model (VLM) is prompted to identify an entity depicted in an image, it may answer 'I see a conifer,' rather than the specific label 'norway spruce'. This raises two issues for evaluation: First, the unconstrained generated text needs to be mapped to the evaluation label space (i.e., 'conifer'). Second, a useful classification...

Hypothesis generation is a fundamental step in scientific discovery, yet it is increasingly challenged by information overload and disciplinary fragmentation. Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) have sparked growing interest in their potential to enhance and automate this process. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of hypothesis...