Newly discovered / described species 2020

- Discription of a new hermit crab species from South Africa :

MicroCT imaging applied to description of a new species of Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae), with selection of three-dimensional type data

 

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

A new species of the Scinax catharinae species group (Anura: Hylidae) from the Atlantic rainforest of northeastern Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil | LOURENÇO | Zootaxa

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

Indoreonectes telanganaensis , a new species of loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from the Godavari Basin of India | PRASAD | Zootaxa

 

3 new species and 1 new subspecies of tiger moths from India :

Meet the new tiger moths discovered from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra

and an abstract of the official discription :

DNA barcoding unravels three new species and a subspecies of Olepa Watson, 1980 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from India, with morphotypes | KALAWATE | Journal of Insect Biodiversity

 

Those are some pretty moths!

 

- Discription of a new frog-species from Myanmar :

A new species of <i>Amolops</i> (Anura: Ranidae) from northern Myanmar

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new gecko-species from Cabo Verde :

A new endemic species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from São Nicolau Island, Cabo Verde | VASCONCELOS | Zootaxa

 

Interestingly enough, there's already a species called the Sao Nicolau wall gecko.

 

Complete new subfamily and 3 new species of fireflies from Mexico :

MSU doctoral candidate discovers new firefly lineage hidden in scientific collections

 

- Discription of a new tree frog from Brazil :

View of A new cryptic species of Pithecopus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae) in north-eastern Brazil

- Discription of 2 new tetra-species from Brazil :

View of Integrative taxonomy reveals two new cryptic species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908 (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Maracaçumé and middle Tocantins River basins, Eastern Amazon region

 

- Discription of 7 new Goblin spider-species from Myanmar :

Taxonomic study of the genus Ischnothyreus Simon, 1893 from Myanmar (Araneae, Oonopidae)

- Discription of a new spider-species from Tajikistan :

A new species of Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 (Araneae, Trachelidae) from Tajikistan

- Discription of 3 new beetle-species from Guatemala and Mexico :

Three new species of Diplotaxis Kirby from Guatemala and Mexico (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), with a key to the species of the trapezifera group

- Discription of 3 new frog-species from Ecuador :

Three new species of frogs of the genus Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) with a redefinition of the P. lacrimosus species group

 

- Discription of 3 new freshwater crab-species from South-East Asia :

Revision of the freshwater crabs of the Johora tahanensis (Bott, 1966) species group (Crustacea, Brachyura, Potamidae), with a key to the genus

- Discription of a new species of Pipefish from Australia :

Stigmatopora harastii, a new species of pipefish in facultative associations with finger sponges and red algae from New South Wales, Australia (Teleostei, Syngnathidae)

- Discription of a new frog-species from Peru :

A new species of Pristimantis (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Pui Pui Protected Forest (central Peru), with comments on Pristimantis albertus Duellman & Hedges, 2007

- Discription of a new frog-species from Mayotte :

Hidden in plain sight: a new frog species of the genus Blommersia from the oceanic island of Mayotte, Comoros archipelago

 

- Discription of a new species of shield-tailed snake from India :

A new Indian species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 closely related to R. sanguineus Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) | SAMPAIO | Zootaxa



- Discription of a new species of dwarf monocle bream from the Indo-West Pacific :

Parascolopsis akatamae , a new species of dwarf monocle bream (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with redescription of closely related species P. eriomma | MIYAMOTO | Zootaxa

 

2 new species of bamboo worms discovered in submarine caves and deep ocean sediments off the coast of Japan respectively.

Two new species of Fauveliopsidae (Annelida, Sedentaria) from submarine caves and deep sea, Japan | JIMI | Zootaxa

New species of nematode discovered on Wagler's snakes in Barbalha, Brazil.

A new species of Hastospiculum Skrjabin (Spirurida: Diplotriaenidae) parasite of Xenodon merremii (Walger in Spix) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Northeastern Brazil | FERREIRA-SILVA | Zootaxa

2 new species of quill mites discovered on pigeons and doves.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4878.2.8

New species of glass sponge native to the Weijia Seamount in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

A new species of glass sponge (Hexactinellida: Sceptrulophora: Uncinateridae) from the Weijia Seamount in the northwestern Pacific Ocean | SHEN | Zootaxa

New species of ground beetle native to Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Coarazuphium lundi (Carabidae: Zuphiini), a new Brazilian troglobitic beetle, with the designation of a neotype for C. pains Álvares & Ferreira, 2002 | PELLEGRINI | Zootaxa

2 new species of tardigrades native to the Salta province, Argentina.

Two new tardigrade species (Echiniscidae and Doryphoribiidae) from the Salta province (Argentina) | ROCHA | Zootaxa

3 new species of carnivorous sponges native to the Great Australian Bight, off the coast of South Australia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4878.2.2

 

1 new genus containing 1 new species of lygaeoid bug found on Mount Glorious in southern Queensland, Australia.

Parasadoletus exsertus , a new genus and species of Heterogastridae from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) | MALIPATIL | Zootaxa

New species of katydid native to southeastern Brazil.

Machima itatiaia sp. nov.: a new species of lichen-mimic katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest | ANTUNES | Zootaxa

New species of sea cucumber native to the Pacific off the coast of Costa Rica.

Pentamera fonsecae n. sp. a new species of sea cucumber from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Thyonidae) | SOLIS-MARIN | Zootaxa

5 new species of leafhoppers native to Southeast Asia.

Five new species of the leafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) | ZHOU | Zootaxa

2 new species of leafhoppers native to Brazil.

Two new species of Balacha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from Brazil with comments on their phylogenetic position and biogeography | QUINTAS | Zootaxa

3 new species of chitons that live in the Bathyal zone off the coast of the Phillippines.

New shelf and bathyal Philippine leptochitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida) | SIRENKO | Zootaxa

21 new species of thread-legged bugs native to the Neotropical regions of the world.

Delicate and diverse: A taxonomic monograph with a phylogenetic analysis of the Neotropical genus Ghilianella Spinola (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) | CASTRO-HUERTAS | Zootaxa

 

- Discription of 2 new frog-species from China :

Two new Leptobrachella species (Anura, Megophryidae) from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwestern China

 

- Discription of 4 new lizard-species from Peru :

Four new species of Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Iguania) from the Department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru

- Discription of a new terrestrial isopod from Spain :

First record of the genus Graeconiscus Strouhal, 1940 (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Trichoniscidae) in the Iberian Peninsula with the description of a new troglobitic species

 

New species of planthopper native to the Western Black Sea region in Turkey.

A new species of the genus Tshurtshurnella Kusnezov, 1927 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae) from Turkey | TANYERİ | Zootaxa

New species of non-biting midge from Oriental China.

Polypedilum ( Cerobregma ) paracyclus sp. n., a new species from Oriental China (Diptera: Chironomidae) | QI | Zootaxa

6 new species of caddisflies native to the Roraima state, Brazil.

Additional six new species of Neotrichia Morton 1905 (Insecta: Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from Roraima state, Brazil | NETO | Zootaxa

4 new species of cuckoo wasps from Vietnam.

Discovery of four new species of Trichrysis Lichtenstein, cyanea species group (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from Vietnam | WIŚNIOWSKI | Zootaxa

2 new species of aphid wasps from Maharashtra and Uttarakhand, India, and Bagmati Pradesh, Nepal respectively.

Additions to the knowledge on the genus Carinostigmus Tsuneki (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of two new species | RAJAN | Zootaxa

New genus and species of longhorn beetle from northeastern China.

Revision of parasitoids of Massicus raddei (Blessig & Solsky) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) in China, with one new species and genus | CAO | Zootaxa

New species of drawf monocle bream native to the Indo-West Pacific Ocean.

Parascolopsis akatamae , a new species of dwarf monocle bream (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with redescription of closely related species P. eriomma | MIYAMOTO | Zootaxa

New species of moth native to Thailand.

Ukamenia Oku, 1981 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae), new record for Thailand with descriptions of a new species | MUADSUB | Zootaxa

2 new species of insects from Costa Rica and Mexico, and Peru respectively.

The neotropical genus Sporrongia Gumovsky (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), including two new species and the first biological record | HANSSON | Zootaxa

 

Article about discribing new gecko-species :

What does it take to discover geckos?

 

New species of bark lice native to the Western Ghats region of Tamil Nadu, India.

New species of Soa Enderlein, 1904 (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Lepidopsocidae) from the Western Ghats of India | RAMESH | Zootaxa

2 new species of nematodes native to hypersaline bodies of water around the Crimea Peninsula.

Two species of the genus Theristus Bastian, 1865 (Nematoda: Xyalidae) from the hypersaline water bodies of the Crimea (Azov-Black Sea basin) | REVKOVA | Zootaxa

New species of parasitic wasp native to southeastern Brazil.

A new species of Boethella Bennett, 2003 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) from Brazil, redescription of the genus and a key to world species | FERREIRA | Zootaxa

New species of crustacean native to the water off the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

Redescription of a poorly known upogebiid mud shrimp Gebiacantha acanthochela (Sakai, 1967) and description of a new species of the genus from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Decapoda: Gebiidea) | KOMAI | Zootaxa

21 new species of moths from China.

Study of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China, with descriptions of twenty-one new species (II) | WANG | Zootaxa

6 new species of long-legged flies. 1 species lives in Peru while the other 5 live in Brazil.

Review of the Neotropical genus Pseudosympycnus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with description of six new species from Brazil and Peru | SOARES | Zootaxa

New species of beetle from southwestern Madagascar.

New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles—18. Pogonostoma ( Pogonostoma ) ondravybirali sp. nov., elaborated redescriptions of P. (P.) atrorotundatum , P. (P.) densisculptum and P. ( Microstenocera ) fabiocassolai (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) | MORAVEC | Zootaxa

3 new species of planthoppers native to India.

Indian Hecalina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Hecalini) with description of three new species | NIKOSHE | Zootaxa

2 new species of ground beetles native to Sichuan Province, China.

New species and new record of cavernicolous ground beetles from Sichuan Province, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini and Platynini) | TIAN | Zootaxa

New species of copepod native to the river estuaries in northern Luzon, Phillippines.

A new species closely related to Acartia sinjiensis (Copepoda: Calanoida), from river estuaries of northern Luzon, the Philippines | SAKAGUCHI | Zootaxa

8 new species of flatworms native to Panama's Pacific coast.

New species of Duplominona Karling, 1966 (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata) from the Pacific coast of Panama | CURINI-GALLETTI | Zootaxa

2 new species of cicadas native to Suriname.

The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Suriname including the description of two new species, five new combinations, and three new records | SANBORN | Zootaxa

11 new species of midget moths native to Central Asia and the western Himalaya mountains.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4881.3.1

 

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