Newly discovered / described species 2019

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

New species of grasshopper genus Aptoceras Bruner, 1908 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Ommatolampidinae, Ommtolampidiini) from Iguaçu National Park (Southern Brazil), including a taxonomic key and distribution data | DA COSTA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new gecko-species from India :

Two new Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Shevaroy massif, Tamil Nadu, India, with a preliminary ND2 phylogeny of Indian Cnemaspis | KHANDEKAR | Zootaxa

 

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new species of velvet ants from Australia :

Four new species of Australian velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae, Aglaotilla ) reared from bee and wasp nests, with a review of Australian mutillid host records | TAYLOR | Zootaxa

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

A new species of Amolops (Anura: Ranidae) from China, with taxonomic comments on A. liangshanensis and Chinese populations of A. marmoratus | LYU | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of dink frog from Costa Rica :

A new species of dink frog, genus Diasporus (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae), from the Caribbean foothills of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica | ARIAS | Zootaxa

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

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4609.2.6

- Discription of a new moth-species from Peru :

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4609.2.8/25264

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of skink from Malaysia :

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4609.2.10

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of sand frog from Namaqualand :

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4609.2.2

 

- Discription of a new moth-species from Portugal and France :

Ypsolopha rhinolophi sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae), a new species from Portugal and France unveiled by bats | CORLEY | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new salamander-species from the USA :

Re-evaluation of the Wehrle’s salamander ( Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn) species group (Caudata: Plethodontidae) using genomic data, with the description of a new species | FELIX | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of two new tree-frog species from New Guinea :

Two new species of treefrog (Pelodrydidae: Litoria ) from southern New Guinea elucidated by DNA barcoding | OLIVER | Zootaxa

 

new species of salamander in ...Arizona?
Mesa faculty member discovers new species of salamander in Arizona

Pretty confusing article says the salamander was brought from California but its from Arizona?
And the comment that they would be impossible to eradicate is possibly the most bizarre thing I've read (outside of politics) in a long long time

 

ahhh LOL its new TO Arizona

I guess that makes the eradication comment a little more in context

 

New Gecko from Sri Lanka :

A new gecko emerges from Sri Lanka’s Nilgala savanna forest

 

possibly 40 new species discovered in Singapore
NParks discovers 40 potentially new species of animals in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

That puts real emphasis on what undiscovered species are never found when
rainforests are cut down

 

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new frog-species from New Guinea :

A revision of Callulops doriae (Anura: Microhylidae), with descriptions of four new species | KRAUS | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new fish-species from the Euphrates drainage :

Review of the Oxynoemacheilus tigris group with the description of two new species from the Euphrates drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) | FREYHOF | Zootaxa

- Abstract ( in Spanish ) of the discription of a new dragonfly-species from Costa Rica :

Gynacantha vargasi (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) sp. nov. from Costa Rica | HABER | Zootaxa

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new genus and new species of loach from Laos :

Rhyacoschistura larreci , a new genus and species of loach from Laos and redescription of R. suber (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) | KOTTELAT | Zootaxa

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

A new species of the leafhopper genus Drabescus Stål (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, with a checklist and key to species | LU | Zootaxa

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

A new species of Cornucistela Campbell, 1980 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae: Gonoderina) from Iran | NOVÁK | Zootaxa

 

new viper from India
Scientists in India find new type of viper -- and it looks stunning

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new agama-lizard from Vietnam :

A new species of Acanthosaura Gray 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from central Vietnam | NGUYEN | Zootaxa



- New ratsnake from Eastern Europe :

Biologists name new rat snake species after Iron Age kingdom

- New vine snake from India :

New vine snake discovered in Odisha biosphere reserve

 

Another article ( with photo ) of the new species :

New Frog Species Is Discovered in Talamanca

 

New dung beetle from India :

Tawang yields a new species of dung beetle

 

- Discription of 2 new species of geometer moths from New Zealand :

Review of the endemic New Zealand genus Arctesthes Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae), with descriptions of two new range-restricted species

- Discription of 2 new crab spider-species from the Neotropics :

A taxonomic review of the crab spider genus Sidymella (Araneae, Thomisidae) in the Neotropics

 

- Discription of 6 new frog-species from China :

Description of six new species of the subgenus Panophrys within the genus Megophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from southeastern China based on molecular and morphological data

- Discription of yet another frog-species from China :

A new species of Gracixalus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Yunnan, China

- Discription of a new spider-species from Namibia :

A new species of Pionothele from Gobabeb, Namibia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae)

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

A new species of Lerista Bell, 1833 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, belonging to the Lerista allanae clade but strongly disjunct from other members of the clade | AMEY | Zootaxa



- Discription of a new catfish from Brazil :

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v17n2/1982-0224-ni-17-02-e190001.pdf

- Discription of a new fish-species from Brazil :

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v17n2/1982-0224-ni-17-02-e180149.pdf

 

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

A new species of Opisthotropis from northern Vietnam previously misidentified as the Yellow-spotted Mountain Stream Keelback O. maculosa Stuart & Chuaynkern, 2007 (Squamata: Natricidae) | ZIEGLER | Zootaxa

 

- Discription of a new spider-species from China :

Description on two species of genus Platythomisus (Araneae, Thomisidae) from China and Singapore

- Discription of a new frog-species from Ecuador :

A new giant Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the paramos of the Podocarpus National Park, southern Ecuador

 

2 new rats from Phillipines
Two new species of 'tweezer-beaked hopping rats' discovered in Philippines: Elusive rodents finally found when scientists switched out peanut butter bait for earthworms

 

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new ant-species from the Neotropics :

Taxonomic revision of the genus Probolomyrmex Mayr, 1901 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae) for the Neotropical Region | OLIVEIRA | Zootaxa

- Discription of a new mantidfly-species from Costa Rica :

Taxonomic review of the mantidfly genus Nolima Navás (Neuroptera, Mantispidae, Calomantispinae)

- Discription of a new beetle-species from the Philippines :

Metapocyrtus kitangladensis sp. n., a new Pachyrhynchus cumingii GR Waterhouse, 1841 mimic from Mindanao Island, Philippines

- Discription of 5 new beetle-species from China :

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/33311/

- Abstract of the discription of a new Grasshopper-species from Italy :

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4614.1.2