Newly discovered / described species 2018

A new species of four-eyed opossum = Philander pebas
along with a revision of the genus.
A revision of Philander (Marsupialia, Didelphidae). Part 1, P. quica, P. canus, and a new species from Amazonia. (American Museum Novitates, no. 3891)
Voss, Robert S.; Díaz-Nieto, Juan F.; Jansa, Sharon A.; Angermann, Renate.
Date: 2018-01-31
Abstract:
This is the first instalment of a revision of the didelphid marsupial genus Philander, commonly known as gray four-eyed opossums. Although abundant and widespread in lowland tropical forests from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, species of Philander are not well understood taxonomically, and the current literature includes many examples of conflicting species definitions and nomenclatural usage. Our revision is based on coalescent analyses of mitochondrial gene sequences, phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear genes, morphometric analyses, and firsthand examination of relevant type material. Based on these results, we provisionally recognize eight species, of which three are formally treated in this report: P. quica (Temminck, 1824), an Atlantic Forest endemic formerly known as P. frenatus (Olfers, 1818); P. canus (Osgood, 1913), a widespread species formerly treated as a synonym or subspecies of P. opossum (Linnaeus, 1758); and P. pebas, a new species endemic to Amazonia. The remaining, possibly valid, species of Philander can be allocated to two clades. The first is a cis-Andean complex that includes P. andersoni (Osgood, 1913); P. mcilhennyi Gardner and Patton, 1972; and P. opossum. The second is a trans-Andean complex that includes P. melanurus (Thomas, 1899) and P. pallidus (Allen, 1901). Among other nomenclatural acts, we designate a neotype for the long-problematic nominal taxon Didelphis superciliaris Olfers, 1818, and (in an appendix coauthored by Renate Angermann), we establish that Olfers' coeval binomen D. frenata is based on an eastern Amazonian type and is a junior synonym of P. opossum.

 

3 new morey eel-species from the Bay of Bengal :

Three new eel species found in Bay of Bengal

Abstract of the discription of a new genus and new species of electric ghost knifefish from the Amazon Basin :

Melanosternarchus amaru , a new genus and species of electric ghost knifefish (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Amazon Basin | BERNT | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of leaf-litter harvestman from Mexico :

A new leaf-litter harvestman species of the genus Karos (Opiliones: Stygnopsidae: Karosinae), with a reanalysis of the morphological phylogeny of the genus | CRUZ-LÓPEZ | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new dragonfly-species from Mexico :

Erpetogomphus oxybelis sp. nov. from Veracruz, Mexico (Odonata: Gomphidae) | ORTEGA-SALAS | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of blind snake from Rwanda :

A new blind snake of the genus Letheobia (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Rwanda with redescriptions of L. gracilis (Sternfeld, 1910) and L. graueri (Sternfeld, 1912) and the introduction of a non-invasive preparation procedure for scanning electron microscopy in zoology | DEHLING | Zootaxa



Discription of a new species of parasitoid wasp from India :

A new species of Chelonus (Areselonus) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from India reared from Acrocercops lysibathra (Meyrick) on Cordia latifolia Roxb.

Abstract of the discription of a new species of stick insect from Brazil :

Description of a new species of Isagoras Stål (Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae: Xerosomatinae: Prexaspini) from the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil | HELEODORO | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new knifefish from the Neotropics :

Revision of Banded Knifefishes of the Gymnotus carapo and G. tigre clades (Gymnotidae Gymnotiformes) from the Southern Neotropics | CRAIG | Zootaxa

 

There are a lot of new species in Korea apparently. They are all just in time for the Winter Olympics!

 

Abstract of the discription of 2 new frog-species from French Guiana :

On the brink of extinction: two new species of Anomaloglossus from French Guiana and amended definitions of Anomaloglossus degranvillei and A. surinamensis (Anura: Aromobatidae) | ANTOINE | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new beetle-species from Saudi Arabia :

A review of the Subtribe Lebiina Bonelli (Lebiini, Carabidae, Coleoptera) from Southwest of Saudi Arabia | RASOOL | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new cichlid-species from Brazil :

Satanoperca curupira , a new cichlid species from the rio Madeira basin in Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae) | OTA | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new genus and species of beetle from Bolivia :

A new genus and species of Anacolini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae) from Bolivia | SANTOS-SILVA | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of tortrix moths from China :

Synopsis of Pseudacroclita Oku from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) | ZHANG | Zootaxa

 

Abstract of the discription of a new genus and 3 new species of seed shrimps from Australia :

A new Candonopsini (Ostracoda) genus from subterranean waters of New South Wales (Australia) | KARANOVIC | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 3 new crab-species from Indonesia :

Additions to the Indonesian crab fauna of the genus Mariaplax Rahayu & Ng, 2014, and notes on Hexapus timika Rahayu & Ng, 2014 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Hexapodidae) | RAHAYU | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of harvestmans from China :

Two new species of Sabacon Simon, 1879 (Opiliones: Dyspnoi: Sabaconidae) from Yunnan Province, China | ZHAO | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new reed frog from Mozambique :

A new Reed Frog (Hyperoliidae: Hyperolius ) from coastal northeastern Mozambique | CONRADIE | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new hermit crab from South Africa :

A new species of the hermit crab genus Diogenes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | LANDSCHOFF | Zootaxa



Abstract of the discription of a new species of aculeate wasp from Brazil :

A new species of Esagonatopus Olmi (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from Central Brazil | MARTINS | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of brachiop from Scandinavia :

Further revision of the genus Bythotrephes Leydig (Crustacea: Cladocera: Onychopoda): redescription of B. brevimanus Lilljeborg, reevaluation of B. cederströmii Schödler, and description of a new species of the genus | KOROVCHINSKY | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new genus and 2 new species of planthoppers from Socotra island :

Socoflata gen. nov., described for two new planthopper species from the mountains in Socotra island (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae) | STROIŃSKI | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of broconid wasp from India :

First record of the genus Ficobracon (Hymenoptera:Braconidae) from India, with description of new species | MAQBOOL | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of damselfly from Sarawak :

Drepanosticta adenani sp. nov., from the Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary in Sarawak (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) | DOW | Zootaxa

Discription of a new species of knob-scaled lizard from Mexico :

A new species of knob-scaled lizard (Xenosauridae, Xenosaurus) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Puebla, Mexico

 

Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of stone-flies from China :

Two new species of Kamimuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Shaanxi Province, China | LI | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new cyprinid fish-species from India :

Pethia poiensis , a new species of cyprinid fish from the Chindwin Basin of Manipur, India | SHANGNINGAM | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new genus and 3 new beetle-species from Brazil :

Review of Acangassuini Galileo & Martins, 2001 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), with description of a new genus and species, and description of two new species in the tribes Methiini Thomson, 1860 and Oemini Lacordaire, 1868 | NASCIMENTO | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of water strider from Colombia :

A new species of Metrobates Uhler, 1871 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from Colombia | CASTRO-VARGAS | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new lizard-species from Argentina :

A new species of the Liolaemus alticolor - bibronii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from East-central Argentina | VEGA | Zootaxa



Abstract of the discription of a new genus and 4 new species of gall midges :

A needle in a haystack: the new genus Bernadottea (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae, Winnertziinae) with four new species in the Old World | JASCHHOF | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new beetle-species from Iran :

A review of the genus Prosodes Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Iran | CHIGRAY | Zootaxa

 

Discription of 2 new beetle-species from Africa :

https://www.eje.cz/pdfs/eje/2018/01/05.pdf

 

Abstract of the discription of 2 new freshwater shrimps :

The freshwater shrimp family Euryrhynchidae Holthuis, 1950 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) revisited, with a taxonomic revision of the genus Euryrhynchus Miers, 1878 | PACHELLE | Zootaxa

Discription of a new species of freshwater crab from the Seychelles :

A new species of trogloplacine crab of the genus Australocarcinus Davie, 1988 from a freshwater stream in Mahé, Seychelles (Crustacea, Brachyura, Chasmocarcinidae)

Discription of a new mealybug-species from Japan :

First records of the genus Pelionella Kaydan, 2015 in East Asia, with description of a new species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae)

Discription of a new species of water-beetle from China :

A faunistic study of genus Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 of China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)

Discription of a new beetle-species from Colombia :

Description of a new species of Coelosis Hope from Guajira Peninsula, northern Colombia (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Oryctini)

Discription of a new species of fireworm from Japan :

A new species of the rare, deep-sea polychaete genus Benthoscolex from the Sea of Kumano, Japan (Annelida, Amphinomidae)

Discription of 4 new beetle-species from China :

Four new species of Fissocantharis Pic, 1921 (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from China

"New" species of sixgill shark :

https://phys.org/news/2018-02-species-shark-genetic.html

New moth-species from Denmark and the UK :

Rare discovery: New moth species discovered in Denmark

 

Abstract of the discription of a new beetle-species from Brazil :

A new species and new records of Oocyclus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Brazil | JORDÃO | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new shrimp-species from Australia :

A new species of Philocheras (Decapoda: Caridea: Crangonidae) from Western Australia, with a key to all species of this genus worldwide | HAN | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new beetle-species from India :

Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal | POORANI | Zootaxa

Discription of a new species of sponge from the Maldives :

A new species of the calcareous sponge genus Leuclathrina (Calcarea: Calcinea: Clathrinida) from the Maldives | VOIGT | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of tree-frog from Colombia - Venezuela :

A new species of Hyloscirtus (Anura, Hylidae) from the Colombian and Venezuelan slopes of Sierra de Perijá, and the phylogenetic position of Hyloscirtus jahni (Rivero, 1961) | ROJAS-RUNJAIC | Zootaxa

Article about the new species ( with photos and video ) :

New Species of Pygmy Squid Discovered | Biology | Sci-News.com

 

Abstract of the discription of 2 new deepsea cardinalfish-species from the Indian Ocean :

A review of the deepwater cardinalfish genus Epigonus (Perciformes: Epigonidae) of the Western Indian Ocean, with description of two new species | OKAMOTO | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new beetle-species from Costa Rica :

First records of Archiconnus and Obesoconnus in Costa Rica (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) | JAŁOSZYŃSKI | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 3 new species of juwel bugs from India :

The genus Alphocoris in the Indomalaya (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae) | RÉDEI | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 6 new species of spiders from South America :

Revisiting the spider genus Eutichurus Simon, 1897 (Araneae, Eutichuridae): new species and complementary descriptions | BONALDO | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of springtails from Hungary :

New species of Pseudosinella Schäffer, 1897 (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from Hungary | WINKLER | Zootaxa



Abstract of the discription of a new species of "potworm" from Turkey :

A new species of Enchytraeus (Enchytraeidae, Oligochaeta) from the profundal of Lake Van, the world's largest soda Lake (Turkey, East Anatolia) | ARSLAN | Zootaxa

 

Discription of a new species of tanaid from South Korea :

A new species of the genus Hexapleomera Dudich, 1931 from the South Korea, with molecular evidence (Crustacea, Tanaidacea, Tanaididae)

Discription of a new cave-dwelling springtail-species from Italy :

A new cave-dwelling species of Deuteraphorura from northern Italy (Collembola, Onychiuridae)

Discription of a new genus and 2 new species of springtails from the Caucasus :

Paravietnura gen. n., a new intriguing genus of Neanurini from the Caucasus (Collembola, Neanuridae, Neanurinae)

Discription of 2 new planthopper-species from China :

Two new species of the genus Andixius Emeljanov & Hayashi from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae)

Discription of a new species of firefly from Hong Kong :

Oculogryphus chenghoiyanae sp. n. (Coleoptera, Lampyridae): a new ototretine firefly from Hong Kong with descriptions of its bioluminescent behavior and ultraviolet-induced fluorescence in females

Discription of 2 new scorpion-species from California :

Genome-wide SNP data and morphology support the distinction of two new species of Kovarikia Soleglad, Fet & Graham, 2014 endemic to California (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae)

Abstract of the discription of 2 new antlion-species from Southern Africa :

Antlions of southern Africa: genus Crambomorphus McLachlan, 1867, including extra-limital species (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Palparinae: Palparini) | MANSELL | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of crab spiders from the Neotropics :

There and back again: More on the taxonomy of the crab spiders genus Epicadus (Thomisidae: Stephanopinae) | MACHADO | Zootaxa



Abstract of the discription of a new beetle-species from New Zealand :

Review and clinal variation of New Zealand Anabaxis Raffray (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Goniaceritae) | SHEN | Zootaxa

 

Abstract of the discription of 3 new species of catfish from Brazil :

Three new species of Harttia (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from Serra do Cachimbo, Rio Xingu basin, Pará, Northern Brazil | OYAKAWA | Zootaxa

Discription of 2 new cuskeel-fish-species from the Indo Pacific :

Review of the steatiticus -species group of the cuskeel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with description of two new species | UIBLEIN | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 5 new species of fairyflies from the Orient :

Five new species of Cleruchus from the Oriental region and report of Anaphes quinquearticulatus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from India | MANICKAVASAGAM | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 3 new beetle-species from China :

Five new species of Cleruchus from the Oriental region and report of Anaphes quinquearticulatus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from India | MANICKAVASAGAM | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of bee-fly from Iran :

A study of the genus Cyrtosia Perris (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Platypyginae) in Yazd province, Iran, with description of a new species | HAKIMIAN | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of nurse-frog from Brazil :

A new species of nurse-frog (Aromobatidae, Allobates ) from the Juami River basin, northwestern Brazilian Amazonia | SIMÕES | Zootaxa

 

- Discription of a new species of Bombadier beetle from Shanghai :

Flanged Bombardier beetles from Shanghai, China, with description of a new species in the genus Eustra Schmidt-Goebel (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae)

- Discription of a new species of flathead ( fish ) from the Pacific Ocean :

Taxonomic review of the deep water flathead genus Parabembras with description of the new species Parabembras multisquamata from the western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei, Parabembridae)

- Discription of a new species of sea urchin from New Zealand :

A new species of sea urchin associating clingfish of the genus Dellichthys from New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae)

- Abstract ofthe discription of 19 new species of beetles from South America :

The genus Rosalba Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Apomecynini) | SANTOS-SILVA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of moths from China and Vietnam :

A review of Synegiodes Swinhoe, 1892 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), with description of two new species | CUI | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new genus and 9 new species of leafhoppers from Australia :

A new genus Austrimonus for Eutettix melaleucae Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Opsiini) and nine new species | FLETCHER | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new wolf spider-species from Iran :

A new Pardosa species from northern Iran (Araneae, Lycosidae) | SHAFAIE | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of shield wasps from India :

Revision of Cystomastacoides van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with the description of two new species from south India | RANJITH | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new genus and new species of feld scale fron New Caledonia :

A new genus and species of felt scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae) from New Caledonia on an endemic species of Casuarinaceae | HODGSON | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 3 new beetle-species from Ecuador :

New species of Acanthocinini Blanchard, 1845 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) from Ecuador and notes on Parabaryssinus lineaticollis (Gounelle, 1910) | NASCIMENTO | Zootaxa

 

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new moth-species from China :

Two new species, one unrecorded species, and one newly reported male of genus Thiallela Walker, 1863 from China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) | YANG | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new catfish-species from Brazil :

Pseudacanthicus major : description of one of the largest known Loricariidae (Hypostominae: Ancistrini), a species from rio Tocantins basin, Brazil | CHAMON | Zootaxa

- Discription of a new fly-species from Dominica and Montserrat :

New species of Chimerothalassius Shamshev & Grootaert (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae) from the West Indies and Costa Rica | BROOKS | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 3 new species of lace bugs from Vietnam :

New species and new records of Tingidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) from Vietnam | GUILBERT | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new frog-species from Argentina :

A new species of Physalaemus (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Misiones, northeastern Argentina | CARDOZO | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of swimming crab from the South China Sea :

Monomia lucida sp. nov., a new swimming crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae) from the South China Sea | KOCH | Zootaxa

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new frog-species from Vietnam :

A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Son Tra Peninsula, central Vietnam | NGUYEN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new species of caddisflies from Mexico :

Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Santa Catarina Lachatao, Oaxaca, México: New species, new geographical records, and checklist | RAZO-GONZÁLEZ | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new catfish-species from Brazil :

Morphology and molecular data reveal the presence of two new species under Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) species complex | ANGRIZANI | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of tiger beetle from Madagascar :

New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles—17. Description of Pogonostoma ( Microstenocera ) noheli sp. nov. and redescription of P. ( M. ) flavomaculatum W. Horn (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) | MORAVEC | Zootaxa



- Abstract of the discription of a new species of black fly from Thailand :

A new black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) species of the subgenus Asiosimulium Takaoka & Choochote from Thailand | TANGKAWANIT | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new moth-species from Malawi :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4388.1.10

 

- Abstract of the discription of 3 new species of pinguipedid fishes from Australia :

Three new species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) and first records of P. muronis (Tanaka, 1918) and P. rubromaculata Ho, Chang & Shao, 2012 from Australia | JOHNSON | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new beetle-species from Surinam :

Notomicrus petrareptans sp. n., a new seep-dwelling species of Noteridae from Suriname (Coleoptera: Adephaga) | BACA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new treefrog from China :

A new phytotelm-breeding treefrog of the genus Nasutixalus (Rhacophoridae) from western Yunnan of China | YANG | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of puddle frog from West Africa :

A new Puddle Frog, genus Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae), from the eastern part of the Upper Guinea biodiversity hotspot, West Africa | KPAN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new species of shield wasps from the Russian Far East :

New species of the subfamily Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Russian Far East | SAMARTSEV | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of tardigrade from China :

A description of Pseudechiniscus xiai sp. nov., with a key to genus Pseudechiniscus in China | WANG | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new gecko-species from Iran :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4388.2.10

- Abstract of the discription of a new beetle-species from Norway :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4388.2.9

 

Description of a new Tardigrade species from Japan:

An integrative description of Macrobiotus shonaicus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Japan with notes on its phylogenetic position within the hufelandi group

And a few articles about the new species:

New Species of 'Indestructible' Animal Found in Surprising Place

A Totally New Species of Tardigrade Was Just Discovered in a Japanese Carpark

https://gizmodo.com/new-species-of-tardigrade-discovered-in-japanese-parkin-1823393554

New species of microscopic tardigrade discovered in a Japanese parking lot

 

Discription of a new scorpion-species from Somalia :

http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2018_256.pdf

Discription of 2 new scorpion-species from Hispaniola :

http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2018_257.pdf

 

Discription of 5 new species of feder midges from Switzerland :

On the genus Chaetocladius s. str. Kieffer, 1911 from Switzerland with descriptions of five new relic species occurring in glacial alpine springs and streams (Diptera, Chironomidae)

Discription of a new wasp-species from China :

Most northern Oriental distribution of Zethus Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), with a new species from China

- Discription of a new species of Cuckoo wasp from Thailand :

Morphology and review of the odd genus Rhadinoscelidia Kimsey, 1988 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Loboscelidiinae)

- Discription of a new species of shield wasp from Iran :

Revision of the genus Hoplocrotaphus Telenga, 1950 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae)

- Discription of a new species of parasitic wasp from Japan :

Review of the mandibularis group of the genus Dolichomitus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)

- Abstract of the discription of 12 new moth-species from China :

Twelve new species and four new records of Stenoloba Staudinger 1892 from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Bryophilinae) | HAN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of huntsman spider from China :

Taxonomic review of the Sinopoda okinawana -group (Araneae: Sparassidae) in China | ZHONG | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new spider-species from India :

First record of Africactenus Hyatt, 1954 and redescriptions of two poorly known species of Ctenus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Ctenidae, Cteninae) from India | SANKARAN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of angel insect from Kenya :

A remarkable new species of Zoraptera, Zorotypus asymmetristernum sp. n., from Kenya (Insecta, Zoraptera, Zorotypidae) | MASHIMO | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new millipede-species from the Galapagos islands :

Cyrtodesmus baerti , n. sp., a cryptic millipede from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Cyrtodesmidae) | SHEAR | Zootaxa

 

New frog-species :

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-frogs-discovery-species.html

and

A new species of frog from Sri Lanka, revealed during the taxonomic revision of globular frogs

New millipede- and centipede-species :
Discription of 2 new penicillate millipedes from Australia :

Two new Lophoturus species (Diplopoda, Polyxenida, Lophoproctidae) from Queensland, Australia

Discription of 4 new species from China :

Four new species of the Glyphiulus javanicus group from southern China (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae)

Discription of a new centipede-species from Taiwan :

Lithobius (Monotarsobius) meifengensis, a new species of centipede from high altitude forest in central Taiwan (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)

Discription of a new centipede-species from China :

Hessebius luculentus, a new species of the genus Hessebius Verhoeff, 1941 from China (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)

Discription of another new species of centipede-species from China :

Lithobius (Ezembius) tetraspinus, a new species of centipede from northwest China (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)