Articles

1. Morphological and temporal variations in the gametogenic development of the killifish Melanorivulus rossoi (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae) in an area under crop influence

   • Monica Cassel
   • Francisco Severo-Neto
   • Adelina Ferreira

   Original Paper 10 July 2023 Pages: 447 - 452

   

2. Sperm storage in Crotalus durissus (Serpentes: Crotalinae): histological insights about the female reproductive tract of pit vipers

   • Rafaella C. Jurkfitz
   • Karina M. P. Silva
   • Selma M. Almeida-Santos

   Original Paper 27 June 2023 Pages: 487 - 496

   

3. Mechanical properties of larval mouthparts of the antlion Euroleon nostras (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) and their correlation with cuticular material composition

   • Wencke Krings
   • Stanislav N. Gorb

   Original Paper Open access 22 May 2023 Pages: 423 - 438

   

4. Chondrocranium and internal oral anatomy of the tadpole of Pleurodema diplolister (Peters, 1870) (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

   • João Lucas P. Ferreira
   • Claylton A. Costa
   • Etielle B. Andrade

   Original Paper 20 May 2023 Pages: 465 - 475

   

5. Biology and morphology of the larvae of Uropyia meticulodina (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae), with discussion on their feeding and defensive strategies

   • Jia-Xin Liu
   • Di Zhao
   • Lu Jiang

   Original Paper 16 May 2023 Pages: 453 - 463

   

6. Anatomical study of the origin and distribution of the lumbosacral plexus and vertebral topography of the medullary cone in capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus, 1766)

   • Anna Cláudia Carolina Shiramizu de Oliveira
   • Erick Eduardo da Silveira
   • Antônio Chaves de Assis Neto

   Original Paper 12 May 2023 Pages: 403 - 409

   

7. Morphological and molecular characterisation of two free-living bacterivorous nematodes belonging to Rhabditida from South Africa

   • E. Shokoohi
   • J. Abolafia

   Original Paper Open access 07 May 2023 Pages: 299 - 311

   

8. Penile morphology of the house mouse (Mus musculus) and harvest mouse (Micromys minutus): focus on the position and function of stalk and lateral bacular mounds

   • Takashi O. Yato
   • Masaharu Motokawa

   Original Paper 25 April 2023 Pages: 393 - 401

   

9. Neuroanatomy and functional morphology of peripheral receptor neurones with direct projections into the protocerebrum of the brains of the locust and a jewel beetle

   • Marcel Hinz
   • Anke Schmitz
   • Helmut Schmitz

   Original Paper Open access 21 April 2023 Pages: 341 - 356

   

10. Morphometrics of teratological specimens from two species of Plaxiphora (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from the South Pacific Ocean

    • Felipe I. Torres
    • Óscar Gálvez-Herrera
    • Christian M. Ibáñez

    Original Paper 21 April 2023 Pages: 279 - 283

    

11. Formation of the mesodermal organs during the metamorphosis and definitive organogenesis in the holothurian Apostichopus japonicus

    • Igor Yu. Dolmatov
    • Talia T. Ginanova
    • Lidia T. Frolova

    Original Paper 18 April 2023 Pages: 357 - 376

    

12. Morphology of the abdominal sternal stridulitrum and tibial plectrum in Pachycorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae)

    • Marcelo Reginato Paim
    • Aline Barcellos
    • Jocélia Grazia

    Original Paper 05 April 2023 Pages: 327 - 340

    

13. Morphological description of the last instar larva of Tipula (Pterelachisus) cinereocincta mesacantha Alexander 1934 (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Tipulidae), a newly recorded crane fly from China

    • Wan-Xin Cai
    • Yue-Tian Gao
    • Lu Jiang

    Original Paper 27 March 2023 Pages: 313 - 325

    

14. Extraembryonic membrane morphology in greater rheas (Rhea americana americana Linnaeus, 1758)

    • Ana Indira Bezerra Barros Gadelha
    • Moacir Franco de Oliveira
    • Carlos Eduardo Bezerra de Moura

    Original Paper 20 March 2023 Pages: 377 - 392

    

15. Towards a functional understanding of the cyclorrhaphan larval head (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha)

    • Graham E. Rotheray

    Review 08 March 2023 Pages: 265 - 278

    

16. Correction to: Exploration of the morphology and functional implications of the forelimb in bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from the Neotropical region

    • Pablo J. Gaudioso
    • M. Julieta Pérez
    • M. Mónica Díaz

    Correction 02 March 2023 Pages: 251 - 251

17. Light and scanning electron microscope observations of the digenean intestinal parasite Acanthostomum spiniceps Looss 1896 (Cryptogonimidae) from the catfish Bagrus bajad and B. docmak

    • Hend E. Allam
    • Mohamed I. Mashaly
    • Mohamed M. EL-Naggar

    Original Paper Open access 02 March 2023 Pages: 285 - 298

    

18. The annual gametogenic cycle of the rock oyster, Saccostrea cucullata, from the Persian Gulf

    • Roghaieh Gheibi Gonbad
    • Negin Salamat
    • Ali Fakhri

    Original Paper 28 February 2023 Pages: 137 - 151

    

19. Comparative reproductive morphology of two species of Macrobdella (Hirudinea: Arhynchobdellida: Macrobdellidae)

    • Anna J. Phillips
    • Freya E. Goetz

    Original Paper 23 February 2023 Pages: 153 - 168

    

20. Morphological aspects of the digestive system in freshwater stingray (Potamotrygon amandae—Loboda and Carvalho, 2013): myliobatiformes; potamotrygoninae

    • Júlia Bastos de Aquino
    • Luana Felix de Melo
    • Rose Eli Grassi Rici

    Original Paper 17 February 2023 Pages: 181 - 191

    

21. Anatomical distribution of celiac artery with histochemical investigation to the proventriculus of barn owl (Tyto alba)

    • M. A. Maher
    • Shaymaa Hussein

    Original Paper Open access 09 February 2023 Pages: 201 - 213

    

22. Simulating cookiecutter shark bites with a 3D-printed jaw-dental model

    • Mark A. Grace
    • Daniel Huber
    • Justin Mann

    Methods Papers Open access 08 February 2023 Pages: 253 - 264

    

23. Sensilla on the labial palps of the cave species Tachycines plumiopedella Li, Feng & Luo, 2021 (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae)

    • Kesong Yin
    • Shihui Huang
    • Changqing Luo

    Original Paper 06 February 2023 Pages: 169 - 179

    

24. Captain America without the shield: elytra loss and the evolution of alternative defence strategies in beetles

    • Jakub Goczał

    Review Open access 06 February 2023 Pages: 131 - 136

    

25. The importance of the diestrus stages (early, middle, late) to the diagnosis of the endometrial disease in the bitch

    • Romina Gisele Praderio
    • Ramiro Rearte
    • María Alejandra Stornelli

    Original Paper 02 February 2023 Pages: 225 - 232

    

26. Macroscopic anatomy of the plexus brachialis and its innervation in the common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

    • Yaser Kianfar
    • Nader Goodarzi

    Original Paper 07 January 2023 Pages: 193 - 199

    

27. Histology and ultrastructure of olfactory and nasal respiratory mucosae in suckling and adult African grasscutters (Thryonomys swinderianus- Temminck, 1827)

    • Boniface M. Kavoi
    • Shem J. Ochieng’

    Original Paper 05 January 2023 Pages: 215 - 223

    

28. Correction to: The integument in troglobitic and epigean woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea): a comparative ultrastructural study

    • Miloš Vittori
    • Jasna Štrus

    Correction 04 January 2023 Pages: 129 - 129

29. Exploration of the morphology and functional implications of the forelimb in bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from the Neotropical region

    • Pablo J. Gaudioso
    • M. Julieta Pérez
    • M. Mónica Díaz

    Original Paper 04 January 2023 Pages: 233 - 249

    

30. Correction to: Formation of buccal armature of Cadlina laevis (Linnaeus, 1767) (Nudibranchia, Gastropoda)

    • A. Mikhlina
    • E. Lisova
    • E. Vortsepneva

    Correction 07 December 2022 Pages: 127 - 127

31. Changes in podial skeletons during growth in the echinoid Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus

    • Shinichiro Kawasaki
    • Akira Yamanaka
    • Chisato Kitazawa

    Original Paper 03 December 2022 Pages: 63 - 75

    

32. Sexual dimorphism in the fish Dormitator maculatus (Teleosti: Eleotridae) from Alvarado Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico

    • Claudia A. Dávila-Camacho
    • Itzel Galaviz-Villa
    • Leonardo Martínez-Cárdenas

    Original Paper 30 November 2022 Pages: 77 - 86

    

33. Effect of age on the structure and activity of the pharynx of the free-living nematode Metarhabditis andrassyana (Rhabditidae)

    • Hiba Fatima
    • Irfan Ahmad

    Original Paper 23 November 2022 Pages: 27 - 33

    

34. Miracidium of Steringophorus furciger (Digenea:Fellodistomidae) and other passive Bucephalata larvae

    • Peter A. Smirnov
    • Anna Gonchar

    Original Paper 23 November 2022 Pages: 1 - 11

    

35. Characterization of Acrobeloides longiuterus (Rashid & Heyns, 1990) Siddiqi, De Ley & Khan, 1992 (Rhabditida: Cephalobidae) from South Africa including the SEM study of the species

    • E. Shokoohi
    • A. Swart
    • J. Abolafia

    Original Paper 16 November 2022 Pages: 13 - 25

    

36. Abundance and distribution of antennal sensilla on males and females of three sympatric species of alpine grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) in Aotearoa New Zealand

    • Mari Nakano
    • Mary Morgan-Richards
    • Steven Trewick

    Original Paper Open access 07 November 2022 Pages: 51 - 62

    

37. SEM study of the mouthparts of Nacolus tuberculatus (Walker) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with comparative notes on other Hemiptera

    • Zhen-Chuan Zhai
    • Jun-Jie Wang
    • Min Huang

    Original Paper 04 November 2022 Pages: 35 - 49

    

38. Micro-morphological characteristics of the oropharyngeal cavity floor of bogue (Boops boops) (Linnaeus, 1758) fish: gross morphology, light, and scanning electron microscopic imaging

    • Mohamed A. M. Alsafy
    • Manal A. Seif
    • Mohamed El Dakroury

    Original Paper Open access 01 November 2022 Pages: 99 - 109

    

39. Morphological comparison of the detailed structure  of gill rakers from three different feeding habits of marine fish species

    • Mohamed A. M. Alsafy
    • Samir A. A. El-Gendy
    • Karam Roshdy

    Original Paper Open access 18 October 2022 Pages: 87 - 97

    

40. Editorial

    • Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa
    • Alexandra Kerbl

    Editorial 17 October 2022 Pages: 221 - 221

41. The missing piece of the puzzle: larval morphology of Xenohyla truncata (Anura: Hylidae: Dendropsophini) and its implication to the evolution of Dendropsophini tadpoles

    • Pedro Henrique dos Santos Dias
    • Bárbara Caroline Marcondes
    • Alexander Haas

    Original Paper Open access 15 October 2022 Pages: 111 - 126

    

42. Formation of buccal armature of Cadlina laevis (Linnaeus, 1767) (Nudibranchia, Gastropoda)

    • A. Mikhlina
    • E. Lisova
    • E. Vortsepneva

    Original Paper 14 October 2022 Pages: 245 - 261

    

43. Phenotypic description of Egyptian endemic centipedes, genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 with a histological study of its venom glands

    • Mahy Mohammed Mona
    • Aalaa I. Atlam

    Original Paper Open access 11 October 2022 Pages: 273 - 281

    

44. Scanning electron microscopy of eggs and adult body parts of Anopheles subpictus (Grassi, 1899) mosquitoes from rural areas of Hooghly, West Bengal, India

    • Madhurima Seal
    • Soumendranath Chatterjee

    Original Paper 11 October 2022 Pages: 263 - 271

    

45. Functional morphology of prey capture in stream-dwelling sailfin silversides (Telmatherinidae) based on high-speed video recordings

    • Benjamin D. Wasiljew
    • Jobst Pfaender
    • Fabian Herder

    Original Paper Open access 05 October 2022 Pages: 347 - 359

    

46. Embryonic development of Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines: Podocnemididae)

    • Maria Fabiele S. Oliveira
    • Layla Ianca Q. Rocha
    • Marcela S. Magalhães

    Original Paper 01 October 2022 Pages: 361 - 371

    

47. Do termitophilous beetles (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) resemble those they live with? Morphometrical and chromatic analysis points to a negative answer

    • Derick Lira
    • Igor Eloi
    • Maria Avany Bezerra-Gusmão

    Original Paper 30 September 2022 Pages: 327 - 334

    

48. New spermatological characteristics in the Hemiuroidea inferred from the ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Gonocerca phycidis a stomach parasite of Gephyroberyx darwinii (Teleostei: Trachichthyidae) off the Senegal coast

    • Aïssatou Bâ
    • Abdoulaye J. S. Bakhoum
    • Yann Quilichini

    Original Paper 30 September 2022 Pages: 223 - 231

    

49. New approaches for studying the functional anatomy of the phallus in Lepidoptera

    • Boyan Zlatkov
    • Vladislav Vergilov
    • Joaquín Baixeras

    Original Paper Open access 20 September 2022 Pages: 335 - 345

    

50. Morphological adaptations of the mouthparts to the ectoparasitic lifestyle of the biting midge Forcipomyia paludis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), specialized in Odonata

    • Sebastian Büsse
    • Hansruedi Wildermuth
    • Stanislav N. Gorb

    Original Paper Open access 13 September 2022 Pages: 307 - 314