Program Overview
Program Overview
| Day 1 | Day 2 |
| 3 December - Morning 9:00 - 11:50 (CET) |
4 December - Morning 9:30 - 11:55 (CET) |
| Session 4. Plant Taxonomy Session 1. Advances in Molecular Systematics* |
Session 3. Animal Taxonomy (Part 1) |
| Break | |
| 3 December - Afternoon 14:00 - 17:35 (CET) |
4 December - Afternoon 14:00 - 16:30 (CET) |
| Session 5. "Paleotaxonomy" |
Session 3. Animal Taxonomy (Part 2) |
*There will be no live session for Session 1. Advances in Molecular Systematics. Selected oral presentation submissions from this session have been included in Session 4. Plant Taxonomy and Session 3. Animal Taxonomy (Part 2).
IOCTX2025 Program (Day 1)
Date: 3 December 2025 (Wednesday)
Morning Session
Session 4. Plant Taxonomy
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 3:00 (EST, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Title |
| 9:00-9:10 | Opening Remark from Conference Chair - Prof. Dr. Mathias Harzhauser | |
| 9:10-9:20 | Dr. Saraj Bahadur Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 9:20-9:40 | Prof. Dr. REN Ming-Xun Invited Speaker |
Karst flora of Hainan Island, China |
| 9:40-10:00 | Prof. Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Invited Speaker |
Asian Flora and the Himalayan Biodiversity Hotspot: Integrating Modern Taxonomy with Interdisciplinary Science |
| 10:00-10:15 | Mian Muhammad Ahmed Oral Speaker |
Integrative Taxonomy of Wild Citrus Germplasm: Linking Molecular and Morphological Evidence to Stress Tolerance |
| 10:15-10:30 | Mariette Jackson Oral Speaker |
The systematics of Nemesia Vent. (Scrophulariaceae): The current status and New Insights |
| 10:30-10:45 | Opeyemi Muideen Mudasiru Oral Speaker |
Taxonomic Insights into Nigerian Terminaliinae (Combretaceae) Based on Molecular and Morphological Evidence: Implications for generic circumscription |
| 10:45-10:50 | SHIWA CHAUBEY Flash Poster Presenter |
Taxonomic Complexity and Ecological Adaptability of Lantana camara L. in India: A Morphological and Molecular Approach |
| 10:50-10:55 | Fateme Salmaniabeiat Flash Poster Presenter |
Morpho-anatomical taxonomic delimitation of Astragalus bruguieri and A. baba-alliar subsp. Nudicarpus |
| 10:55-11:00 | Farzaneh Jafari Flash Poster Presenter |
How to classify a species-rich genus |
| 11:00-11:05 | Thinhinan Khedim Flash Poster Presenter |
Uncovering karyotype and phylogenetic diversity within the North African Allium subgenus Amerallium Traub: Insights on taxonomy and evolution |
| 11:05-11:10 | Khansae Kamal Flash Poster Presenter |
First Record of Stranded Holopelagic Sargassum Morphotypes and Associated Fauna on the Moroccan Atlantic Coast |
| 11:10-11:15 | RAJENDRA YONZONE Flash Poster Presenter |
Cleisostoma linearilobulatum (Seidenfaden & Smitinand) Garay (Orchidaceae): a new record for West Bengal, India |
| 11:15-11:20 | Nina Machado Suzigan Flash Poster Presenter |
Exploring Knowledge Shortfalls on Legumes in the Tocantins-Araguaia Basin |
| 11:20-11:35 | João Carmo Oral Speaker |
Two new species of Hexasepalum (Spermacoceae, Rubiaceae) from the “campo rupestre” of Brazil |
| 11:35-11:50 | Hattos de Freitas Gomes Oral Speaker |
Fabaceae in the Morro do Macaco Environmental Protection Area (EPA), Iporá, Goiás, Brazil |
Afternoon Session
Session 5. "Paleotaxonomy"
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 8:00 (EST, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:10 | Dr. Davit Vasilyan Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 14:10-14:40 | Dr. Thomas Neubauer Keynote Speaker |
Taxonomy in the 21st century: Machine-learning paves the way to bridging paleontology and biology |
| 14:40-15:00 | Dr. Lara Sciscio Invited Speaker |
Tetrapod Ichnotaxonomy: Preservation, practice, and meaning
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15:00-15:15
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Diana Osipova
Oral Speaker
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Hidden species diversity of micro-gastropods from
the Late Pleistocene deposits in Taiwan
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15:15-15:30
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Antonios Isidoros Avrithis
Oral Speaker
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The plant-insect interactions in a newly discovered Middle Miocene locality in Kos island, Greece
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15:30-15:45
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Dimitrios Protopapas
Oral Speaker
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New Paleontological Evidence on Theodoxus micans (Gaudry & Fischer, 1867)
from the Megara Basin: A Potential Correlation with the Extant Species Theodoxus meridionalis (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
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15:45-16:00
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Christos Psarras
Oral Speaker
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Clearing the Taxonomic Mist: New insights into Neogene Conidae diversity through UV imaging of type specimens
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16:00-16:15
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Vincenzo Gesualdi
Oral Speaker
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Revisiting Megalosauripus transjuranicus: new ichnotaxonomical insights
from the Plagne tracksite (Tithonian, France) and implications for Late-Jurassic theropod ichnotaxonomy
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16:15-16:30
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Marcos Vinícius Coelho
Oral Speaker
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Revisiting the fossil polypterid †Polypterus faraou:
taxonomic assessment based on cranial morphology
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16:30-16:45
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Evangelos Vlachos
Oral Speaker
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Nomenclature is the scientific language of Taxonomy, and you already know everything about it
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16:45-17:00
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Paul S Mayer
Oral Speaker
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Using New Technologies to Classify the Pennsylvanian (307 Million Years Old) Problematica Fossil, Tullimonstrum gregarium
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17:00-17:05
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Jonathan P. Miller
Flash Poster Presenter
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Uncovering hidden diversity in Iberian freshwater fossil snails: an integrative approach to Horatia schlosseri (Royo-Gómez, 1922) (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)
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17:05-17:10
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Michael Steenhuyse-Vandevelde
Flash Poster Presenter
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The morphology, phylogeny, and applications of Oligocene–Miocene Asterigerinoides (Foraminifera)
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17:10-17:15
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Ingrid M. Veiga
Flash Poster Presenter
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Taxonomic paleodiversity of the Marizal Formation (Aptian), Tucano Basin (NE Brazil)
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17:15-17:20
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Eduardo I. Faúndez
Flash Poster Presenter
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The female of the first Cretaceous velvet water bug Archaeohebrus alius Zhang, Ren & Yao 2024 (Heteroptera: Hebridae)
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17:20-17:25
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Thales Rodrigues Jardim Barreto
Flash Poster Presenter
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Taxonomical Review of †Ichthyodectiformes—Actinopterygii, Teleostei—from Cretaceous Period in Brazil
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17:25-17:30
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Clarice Assumpção
Flash Poster Presenter
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Taxonomic Review and Anatomical Analysis of Chondrichthyes from the Paraíba–Pernambuco Basin: Itamaracá, Gramame, and Maria Farinha Formations
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17:30-17:35
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Steven E. Jasinski
Flash Poster Presenter
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Re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Compsemys: an enigmatic turtle from around the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary
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IOCTX2025 Program (Day 2)
Date: 4 December 2025 (Thursday)
Morning Session
Session 3. Animal Taxonomy (Part 1)
(Chaired by Prof. Dr. Mathias Harzhauser, Conference Chair)
Time: 9:30 (CET, Basel) | 3:30 (EST, New York) | 16:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Title |
| 9:30-9:40 |
Prof. Dr. Mathias Harzhauser |
Welcome from the Conference Chair |
| 9:40-10:10 | Prof. Dr. Frank E. Zachos Keynote Speaker |
Of Species and Mountains – Grey areas in taxonomy, how they matter, and why they‘re here to stay |
| 10:10-10:25 | Austin Horenkamp Oral Speaker |
Diversity of the squid family Brachioteuthidae in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Southern Ocean |
| 10:25-10:40 | Najmudeen Mohamed Theparambil Oral Speaker |
Molecular evidence for mislabelling and taxonomic redundancy in public records of COI sequences of the genus Lethrinus (Teleostei: Lethrinidae) |
| 10:40-10:55 | M Carmen Cobo Oral Speaker |
Integrative Taxonomy as a foundation for understanding host relationships in Solenogastres |
| 10:55-11:10 | Marlies Monnens Oral Speaker |
Phylogenetic relationships of a new schizorhynch genus refute the monophyly of Schizochilus Boaden, 1963 (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) |
| 11:10-11:25 | Ana Ramos Oral Speaker |
Twenty years of taxonomic and ecological research on African marine benthos |
| 11:25-11:30 | Rasoul Karamiani Flash Poster Presenter |
Taxonomic Synopsis of the Slender Racer Snake Genus Platyceps Blyth, 1860 (Reptilia: Colubridae), from Iran |
| 11:30-11:35 | Onika Mabalabala Flash Poster Presenter |
Genetic diversity, phylogenetic relationships, and systematics of the species-rich Adeonella genus from two bays along the southern coast of South Africa |
| 11:35-11:40 | Fanny Sieler Flash Poster Presenter |
Integrating 3D-imaging with multi-locus phylogenetic analysis to update the diversity of the aegisthid genus Pontostratiotes Brady, 1883 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) |
| 11:40-11:45 | Lais de Mattos Flash Poster Presenter |
Apteronotus albifrons (Otophysi: Gymnotiformes): limitations of pigmentation patterns for the taxonomy of a species complex |
| 11:45-11:50 | Noelia Veronica Guzman Flash Poster Presenter |
Exploring Machine Learning for Species Delimitation in the Trimerotropis pallidipennis Complex (Othoptera: Acrididae) |
| 11:50-11:55 | João Victor Couto Flash Poster Presenter |
AN INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS TO RESOLVE TAXONOMIC DEADLOCKS IN ERGASILID COPEPODS IN THE PLANET |
Afternoon Session
Session 3. Animal Taxonomy (Part 2)
(Chaired by Prof. Dr. Mathias Harzhauser, Conference Chair)
Session 2. Microbial Taxonomy
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 8:00 (EST, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CET | Speaker | Title |
| Session 3 | ||
| 14:00-14:15 | Júlio César do Carmo Vaz Santos Oral Speaker |
Adaptive shifts and diversification of Ferricixius planthoppers in Brazilian caves (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) |
| 14:15-14:30 | Maria Eduarda Almeida dos Santos Oral Speaker |
Diversity of Calcinea (Porifera, Calcarea) from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: New species and wide distributions
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14:30-14:45
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Lorena Ailán-Choke
Oral Speaker
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Integrative taxonomic assessment of Cruzia sp. (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea, Kathlaniidae) from the Argentine black and white tegu lizard: insights into the long-standing Kathlaniidae taxonomic puzzle
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14:45-15:00
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Enrico Lopes Breviglieri
Oral Speaker
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Phenotypic and vocal differentiation among subspecies of Piculus flavigula (Aves, Picidae) suggest a major taxonomic reassessment
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15:00-15:15
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Vanessa Yepes-Narvaez
Oral Speaker
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The taxonomic robustness and complementarity of eDNA metabarcoding provide an effective fish biodiversity assessment in the offshore Colombian Eastern Tropical Pacific
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Session 2
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15:15-15:25
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Dr. Matthias Sipiczki
Session Chair
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Welcome from the Session Chair
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15:25-15:40
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Farzad Aliramaji
Oral Speaker
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Unveiling Hidden Diversity: A New Laimaphelenchus Species from Elm Bark in Northern Iran |
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15:40-15:55
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Natalia Bojanić
Oral Speaker
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Integrated morphometric and DNA metabarcoding assessment of ciliate biodiversity in the Adriatic Sea |
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15:55-16:10
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Ayixon Sánchez-Reyes
Oral Speaker
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GenoScanner: Rapid Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification Using Phylophenetic Species Concept |
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16:10-16:15
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Ana Milićević
Flash Poster Presenter
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Unveiling Cyanobacterial Diversity from Serbian Thermal Springs: Molecular Insights |
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16:15-16:20
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Vanessa Vaz Leonel
Flash Poster Presenter
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Taxonomic characterization of lineages of the genus Ganoderma with emphasis on morphological and molecular analysis |
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16:20-16:30
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Closing Remark from Conference Chair - Prof. Dr. Mathias Harzhauser
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