• New fossil giant panda relatives (Ailuropodinae, Ursidae) : a basal lineage of gigantic Mio-Pliocene cursorial carnivores (American Museum novitates, no. 3996) 

  Jiangzhou, Qigao; Wang, Shiqi (Paleontologist); Hou, Sukuan; Deng, Tao (Paleontologist) (American Museum of Natural History., 2023-03-14)

  Among the fossil members of the giant panda subfamily of ursid carnivorans, Ailuropodinae, one group of species is of giant size, those of Indarctos. Indarctos species have some dental resemblances to and may be closely ...
• A key to the Pacific genera of Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) (American Museum novitates, no. 3995) 

  Carpenter, James M. (James Michael), 1956- (American Museum of Natural History., 2023-03-01)

  A key to the genera of the Eumeninae occurring in Oceania is presented. Hitherto there has been no published key to these genera, making routine identification difficult. New combinations are Pararrhynchium atrum emifasciatum ...
• Revision of the North American Hallodapini (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) (American Museum novitates, no. 3994) 

  Wyniger, Denise; Schuh, Randall T.; Henry, Thomas J. (American Museum of Natural History., 2023-02-17)

  The North American Hallodapini are revised. Cyrtopeltocoris Reuter includes 12 species, five of which (C. brailovskyi, n. sp., C. fractifasciatus, n. sp., C. hallodapoides, n. sp., C. nudipronotum, n. sp., and C. pronotosus, ...
• Bundles of sperm : structural diversity in scorpion sperm packages illuminates evolution of insemination in an ancient lineage (American Museum novitates, no. 3993) 

  Vrech, David E.; Peretti, Alfredo V.; Prendini, Lorenzo; Mattoni, Camilo I. (American Museum of Natural History., 2022-12-13)

  The spermatozoa of scorpions are often bundled together, forming a type of sperm conjugation known as a sperm package. Sperm packages may be found inside the testes and seminal vesicles but vanish in the female atrium, ...
• Systematic review and cranial osteology of Petersius with redescription of P. conserialis (Teleostei: Alestidae) from the Rufiji and Ruvu rivers of Tanzania (American Museum novitates, no. 3992) 

  Melo, Bruno F. 1987-; Stiassny, Melanie L. J. (American Museum of Natural History., 2022-11-15)

  We review the systematics of the monotypic alestid genus Petersius and provide a taxonomic redescription of P. conserialis from eastern Tanzania. Morphological investigation includes direct observation and examination of ...
• A new genus with two new species of Colombian harvestmen (Opiliones: Stygnidae: Stygninae) (American Museum novitates, no. 3991) 

  Villarreal Manzanilla, Osvaldo; Kury, Adriano B.; Colmenares, Pío A. (American Museum of Natural History., 2022-09-16)

  Fortia, gen. nov., a new genus of Stygnidae with two new Colombian species, is diagnosed and described. Two possibly sympatric species Fortia jedi, sp. nov., and Fortia sith, sp. nov. (both from the Sierra Nevada de Santa ...
• A new species of air-breathing catfish (Clariidae: Clarias) from Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo (American Museum novitates, no. 3990) 

  Bernt, Maxwell J.; Stiassny, Melanie L. J. (American Museum of Natural History., 2022-08-30)

  A new species of air-breathing catfish, Clarias monsembulai, is described from Congo River tributaries within and bordering the Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo). The new taxon is recognized by its ...
• Descriptions of the mature larvae of three Australian ground-nesting bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Diphaglossinae and Neopasiphaeinae) (American Museum novitates, no. 3989) 

  Rozen, Jerome G., Jr. (Jerome George), 1928-; Houston, T. F. (Terry F.) (American Museum of Natural History., 2022-06-28)

  Fully fed larvae of three Australian bee species formerly classified as Colletidae: Paracolletini are described and compared in light of recent phylogenetic studies. Two of these species, Leioproctus (Goniocolletes) wanni ...
• The Drosophila funebris species group in North America (Diptera: Drosophilidae) (American Museum novitates, no. 3988) 

  Grimaldi, David A. (American Museum of Natural History., 2022-04-07)

  Although the global human commensal Drosophila funebris (Fabricius) is well known and is the type species of the genus Drosophila Fallén, the four native North American species of the funebris group have been poorly ...
• The itineraries of Alfred Crossley, and natural history collecting in mid-nineteenth century Madagascar (American Museum novitates, no. 3987) 

  Tattersall, Ian (American Museum of Natural History., 2022-04-04)

  Alfred Crossley was one of the most prolific collectors of natural history specimens in Madagascar during the 19th century, with several vertebrate species named for him and numerous vertebrate and invertebrate holotypes ...
• New diminutive Eocene lizard reveals high K-Pg survivorship and taxonomic diversity of stem xenosaurs in North America (American Museum novitates, no. 3986) 

  Smith, Krister T.; Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan S.; Bloch, Jonathan I. (American Museum of Natural History., 2022-02-16)

  We describe a new diminutive early Eocene lizard, Blutwurstia oliviae, gen. et sp. nov., on the basis of associated cranial and postcranial remains from the Clarks Fork Basin of Wyoming. Results from phylogenetic analyses ...
• Description of two new species of Apomecynini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) (American Museum novitates, no. 3985) 

  Gutiérrez, Nayeli; Santos-Silva, Antonio (American Museum of Natural History., 2022-02-08)

  Two new species of cerambycid beetles are described and illustrated: Morrisia skillmani from Guatemala and Adetaptera jejetama from Mexico. Additionally, a map illustrating the geographic distribution of the species of ...
• Cavioids, chinchilloids, and erethizontoids (Hystricognathi, Rodentia, Mammalia) of the early Miocene Pampa Castillo fauna, Chile (American Museum novitates, no. 3984) 

  McGrath, Andrew J.; Chick, Jennifer; Croft, Darin A.; Dodson, Holly E.; Flynn, John J.; Wyss, André R. (American Museum of Natural History., 2022-02-08)

  Caviomorph rodents became important components of South American faunas after their Eocene arrival from Africa. Here we describe the cavioid, chinchilloid, and erethizontoid caviomorphs of the early Miocene Pampa Castillo ...
• A revision of the didelphid marsupial genus Marmosa. Part 4, species of the Alstoni Group (subgenus Micoureus) (American Museum novitates, no. 3983) 

  Voss, Robert S.; Giarla, Thomas C.; Jansa, Sharon A. (American Museum of Natural History., 2021-12-08)

  In this report, the fourth of a revisionary series on mouse opossums (Marmosa), we treat the members of a monophyletic group of trans-Andean taxa that include M. alstoni (Allen, 1900); M. nicaraguae Thomas, 1905; and M. ...
• A new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Coelurosauria) from Khulsan, Central Mongolia (American Museum novitates, no. 3982) 

  Napoli, James G.; Ruebenstahl, Alexander; Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan S.; Turner, Alan H. (Alan Hamilton); Norell, Mark (American Museum of Natural History., 2021-11-08)

  Dromaeosaurid theropods represent a rare but important clade of nonavialan dinosaurs. Their close evolutionary relationship to modern birds has placed them at the center of paleontological research for the last several ...
• A new Troglomorphic, leaf-litter scorpion from Ecuador (Troglotayosicidae: Troglotayosicus) (American Museum novitates, no. 3981) 

  Botero-Trujillo, Ricardo; Ochoa, J. A. (José A.); Prendini, Lorenzo (American Museum of Natural History., 2021-11-03)

  For several decades, Troglotayosicus Lourenço, 1981, remained an enigmatic, monotypic scorpion genus believed to be troglobitic. The discovery and description in recent years of several endogean species of the genus, ...
• Two new Phenacogrammus (Characoidei; Alestidae) from the Ndzaa River (Mfimi-Lukenie basin) of central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo (American Museum novitates, no. 3980) 

  Stiassny, Melanie L. J.; Alter, S. Elizabeth; Monsembula Iyaba, Raoul J. C.; Liyandja, Tobit L. D. (American Museum of Natural History., 2021-11-03)

  Two new Phenacogrammus are described from the Ndzaa River, a small left-bank tributary of the Mfimi-Lukenie River in the central Congo basin. They share with P. deheyni, a congener endemic to the Cuvette Centrale to the ...
• A new species of Histiotus Gervais, 1856 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Pacific Coast of Northern Peru (American Museum novitates, no. 3979) 

  Velazco, Paúl M.; Almeida, Francisca Cunha; Cláudio, Vinícius C.; Giménez, Analía L.; Giannini, Norberto P. (American Museum of Natural History., 2021-10-13)

  The Pacific coastal desert of Peru harbors a unique bat fauna, including narrowly endemic taxa adapted to arid environments. This region was also the setting where several pre-Incan civilizations flourished. The Moche ...
• Description of a new species of rariphotic Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from the Solomon Islands (American Museum novitates, no. 3978) 

  Sparks, John S.; Chaloux, Nicholas; Schelly, Robert C.; Gruber, David F.; Sparks, Tate S.; Phillips, Brennan T. (American Museum of Natural History., 2021-09-30)

  A new species belonging to the pinguipedid genus Parapercis is described herein from a single specimen collected via a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from rariphotic depths in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. ...
• A revision of the genus Hermacha Simon, 1889 (Mygalomorphae: Entypesidae), in southern Africa with revalidation of Hermachola Hewitt, 1915, and Brachytheliscus Pocock, 1902. (American Museum novitates, no. 3977) 

  Ríos-Tamayo, Duniesky; Engelbrecht, Ian; Goloboff, Pablo A. (American Museum of Natural History., 2021-09-02)

  The southern African species of the mygalomorph spider genus Hermacha Simon, 1889, are revised. Eight species are redescribed: H. brevicauda Purcell, 1903; H. caudata Simon, 1889; H. evanescens Purcell, 1903; H. fulva ...

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