Phylogenetic analysis of Chlorogomphidae, using both nuclear and mitochondrial markers, revealed that the family is best treated as containing a single genus, Chlorogomphus. Chlorogomphus montanus is synonymised to Chlorogomphus nasutus, and Chlorogomphus urolobatus is synonymised to Chlorogomphus infuscatus. The previous synonymy of Chlorogomphus suzukii and Chlorogomphus tunti is confirmed. Other potential synonyms are discussed, including C. nasutus, which actually refers to two (not three) species – herein considered as C. nasutus and C. satoi – leaving the genus with 56 species. (Image credit: left, Tom Kompier; right, Fang-Shuo Hu.)

Invertebrate Systematics
Volume 39 Number 9 2025
Pseudoscorpions are an ancient arachnid group with a fossil record that extends to the Devonian, with all modern families having likely evolved during the Mesozoic. One of the rarest pseudoscorpion families, Menthidae, is sporadically distributed around the world, and ever since its description has been included in the superfamily Garypoidea. Based on new Sanger sequencing and phylotranscriptomic data, Menthidae are inferred to be a member of the superfamily Neobisioidea, and the sister-group to a clade that includes Gymnobisiidae, Neobisiidae and some Syarinidae. (Image credit: Mark Harvey.)
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