Biodiversity Data Journal

03/01/2025

A study on the faunal composition of cumaceans associated with the shallow-water hydrothermal vents of Punta Mita in Banderas Bay, Mexico: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e139801
TECNM - Chetumal

31/12/2024

In the last hours of 2024, we take a look at our year!

We thank all our authors, editors, and reviewers for their excellent work, and look forward to the fun and challenges that await us in 2025!

31/12/2024

🦋 A new moth species is described from Wuyishan National Park, China. Find out more about it here: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e139425

31/12/2024

Description of a new cellar spider species of the Pholcus yichengicus species group from China's Hebei Province.

The Pholcus yichengicus species group currently contains 47 species. It is mainly distributed in central and southern China, as well as northern Thailand.Pholcus changli Yao, sp. nov. is described as a new species of the P. yichengicus species group collected from northern China (Hebei Province).

27/12/2024

This is Plutella copaquillaensis, a new diamondback moth species from the arid highlands of northern Chile. Find out all about it here: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e139664

23/12/2024

A new subject editor joins BDJ's team: we welcome Patricia Mergen!

Patricia Mergen has accepted to be subject editor in Biodiversity Data Journal. She has a background in biology and has been working in the field of biodiversity information since 2002. She worked for the Belgian GBIF node until 2005, after which she started working for the Royal Museum for Central....

23/12/2024

How do different habitats influence the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of birds🐦, and what does this mean for conservation and restoration efforts? A study from the the Xiaohongxiang Wetland in China🇨🇳: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e136248

23/12/2024

A new species of the owlet moth genus Gaurenoglaea is described and illustrated from Tibet. Find out more about it here: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e141076

20/12/2024

Volunteers and members of the “Collections Club” of the Field Museum provide a blueprint for how community scientists can help researchers around the world.

20/12/2024

A new species of wasp is described in the chalcidoid genus Mesopolobus. Here's the paper with its description, complete with notes on Bulgarian chalcidoid fauna: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e139403

20/12/2024

A comprehensive compilation of the shallow reef fish abundance, of eight localities of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago in the Southwest Atlantic: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e133462

Ciimar Ibama University of Helsinki

20/12/2024

Two species of the genus Selaginella are reported as new for Senegal. Read more here: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e134350

18/12/2024

The DYNAFOR Lab at INP-ENSAT (Toulouse, France) has a collection of 24,329 wild bee specimens. Here is some data on them.

We've opened a special topical collection on pollinators in France and the French overseas territories, of which this article is part. Check it out at https://bdj.pensoft.net/topical_collection/203

The reported massive decline of arthropods and particularly of pollinators such as wild bees, in terms of abundance and richness, is a threat for crop production and wild plant biodiversity conservation. This decline is mainly explained by a combination of drivers at local- and landscape-scale relat...

18/12/2024

🪲Redescription of the soft-winged flower beetle Intybia swatowensis, based on newly collected specimens from China: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e139509

18/12/2024

A new rove beetle species is described from China's Guangdong Province. Find out more about it here: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e139609

17/12/2024

We just opened a new article collection in collaboration with Bulgarian Barcode of Life - BgBol!

The first five accepted manuscripts will be published free of charge!

A new topical collection, "Towards a DNA barcoding reference database of the Bulgarian biota," is now open for submissions in Biodiversity Data Journal.Initiated by the Bulgarian Barcode of Life consortium, the collection aims to support the open publication of DNA barcoding data of the Bu...

13/12/2024

10/12/2024

A surprisingly small transition zone between Hard Cliff and Maritime Heath habitats in south-western Cornwall was found to support an unusually rich local fauna of ground-nesting bees and wasps. Find out all about it here: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e138021

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign