Newly discovered / described species 2020

New bab-species from India :

A new species of filament barb found in the Western Ghats

 

Ah, babs. Such an amazing fish.
No really, that new barb species is a beautiful fish.

 

- Discription of a new lizard-species from Ecuador and Peru :

Description and Phylogeny of a New Species of Andean Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the Huancabamba Depression

 

New species of lichen moth native to Sichuan, China.

Cyana barbora , a new species from Sichuan, southwestern China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) | VOLYNKIN | Zootaxa

New genus containing 3 new species of cicadas native to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

A new genus and three new species of South African Cicadettini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae) | SANBORN | Zootaxa

4 new species of cage worms native to the deep waters in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Costa Rica.

Four new deep-water flabelligerid species from Pacific Costa Rica (Annelida, Sedentaria, Flabelligeridae) | SALAZAR-VALLEJO | Zootaxa

New species of bristletail native to the caves in Ukraine and Abkhazia.

New species of bristletails of the family Machilidae (Microcoryphia) from caves in Abkhazia and Ukraine | KAPLIN | Zootaxa

New species of mud turtle native to the Pacific Coastal Plain in southwestern Mexico.

A New Species of Mud Turtle of Genus Kinosternon (Testudines: Kinosternidae) from the Pacific Coastal Plain of Northwestern Mexico | LOC-BARRAGÁN | Zootaxa

 

The complete discription of this new mud turtle-species :

A New Species of Mud Turtle of Genus Kinosternon (Testudines: Kinosternidae) from the Pacific Coastal Plain of Northwestern Mexico | LOC-BARRAGÁN | Zootaxa

 

11 new species of spiders native to Brazil.

Taxonomic review and cladistic analysis of Neotropical spider genus Epicratinus Jocqué & Baert, 2005 (Araneae: Zodariidae) with description of eleven new species | GONÇALVES | Zootaxa

27 new species of jumping plant-lice native to Brazil.

Taxonomy and host-plant relationships of the psyllid genus Mitrapsylla (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Psyllidae) in Brazil | RENDÓN-MERA | Zootaxa

22 new species of parasitic wasps ranging from southern Canada to northern Argentina.

The New World ant parasitoid genus Orasema (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) | BAKER | Zootaxa

3 new genera containing 6 new species of puppet beetles. One genus is native all across Australasia (contains 1/6), one genus is native to both the North and South Islands of New Zealand (contains 4/6), and the last genus is native to the South Island of New Zealand (contains 1/6).

Sexual Dimorphism of New Zealand Puppet Beetles (Aderidae, Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea): Systematic Revision, Description of Three New Genera, and Phylogeny for Zenascus , gen. n. | GRZYMALA | Zootaxa

 

New species of white-toothed shrew native to Italy.

In or Out of the Checklist? DNA Barcoding and Distribution Modelling Unveil a New Species of Crocidura Shrew for Italy

New species of jewel beetle native to Laos.

https://zenodo.org/record/4279591

New genus containing 9 new species of weevils native to South Africa.

European Journal of Entomology: Oxymorus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Oosomini), a new genus with nine new species from South Africa

 

The shrew paper is finding an already known species in Italy, not a newly described species; ie a range change.

 

New gecko-species from India :

New species of gecko found in the Eastern Ghats

 

Article about the new species :

New species of burrowing frog named after Bengaluru

 

Oh wow I really like that gecko species.

 

New genus and 2 new species of rodents from Ecuador :

New rodent genus discovered in Fundación EcoMinga’s Ecuador reserves - World Land Trust

 

New species of parasitic wasp native to South Korea.

New species of the genera Bracon Fabricius and Syntomernus Enderlein (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) from South Korea

2 new species of chrysidid wasps native to Mongolia.

First checklist of the chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) of Mongolia, with description of new species

New species of rhinoceros beetle native to the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and southwestern Bahia, Brazil.

Revision of the Megasoma (Megasoma) gyas (Jablonsky in Herbst, 1785) species group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae)

2 new species of crane flies in the Limoniidae family native to Japan.

Synopsis of the genus Ulomorpha Osten Sacken, 1869 (Diptera, Limoniidae) in Japan

 

And my 'Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World' is out of date.

 

Mines dated 1999

 

New species of sword-tail cricket native in China.

The first phylogenetic study of sword-tail crickets from China inferred from COI , 18S and 28S genes, with the establishment of two new genera and description of one new species (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Trigonidiidae) | HE | Zootaxa

New species of planthopper native to South Korea.

Phanuromyia ricaniae Nam, Lee & Talamas sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) reared from the eggs of Ricania shantungensis Chou & Lu (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) in Asia | NAM | Zootaxa

5 new species of midges native to the Zhejiang Province, China.

Corynoneura Winnertz (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from Zhejiang Province, China | FU | Zootaxa

18 new species of concealer moths native to China.

Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) IX. The maculosa species-group, with descriptions of eighteen new species | WANG | Zootaxa

2 new species of sea slugs from the Red Sea and the western Pacific Ocean respectively.

A tale of two genera: the revival of Hoplodoris (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) with the description of new species of Hoplodoris and Asteronotus | DONOHOO | Zootaxa

 

So was Prince's.

 

- Abstract of the discription of a possible new species of Dragon-finned tetra from South America :

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.14572

 

2 new species of demosponges native off the coast of Ulleung-do Island, South Korea.

Two New Species of the Genus Haliclona from Korea | KIM | Zootaxa

2 new species of caddisflies native to northern Brazil.

Two new species of Flintiella Angrisano 1995 (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae: Stactobiini) from northern Brazil | DE LIEGE GAMA NETO | Zootaxa

New species of three-barbed catfish native to the Paranapanema River basin in southeastern Brazil.

A new species of Phenacorhamdia Dahl 1961 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Paranapanema River basin, southeastern Brazil | SILVA | Zootaxa

2 new species of diving beetles native to central and western Panama respectively.

Neoclypeodytes Young from Panama, with description of two new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini) | SCHEERS | Zootaxa

New species of nematode found on red worm lizards native to Gerais State, Brazil.

A new species of Aplectana Railliet & Henry (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) in Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Minas Gerais State, Brazil | VIEIRA | Zootaxa

New species of flower chafer scarab beetle native to the southern Himalaya mountains.

Further notes on the flower chafer genus Platysodes Westwood, 1873 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) with description of a new species from Himalaya | QIU | Zootaxa

6 new species of huntsman spiders, one species is native to Trinidad and the rest are native to Brazil.

Revision of the spider genus Sparianthis Simon, 1880 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae) | RHEIMS | Zootaxa

I'm confused on the last one, so take it as a grain of salt even though on the page it's listed as a "new species"

New species of slender mouse opossum native to Brazil.

Taxonomic review of the slender mouse opossums of the “Parvidens” group from Brazil (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae: Marmosops ), with description of a new species | FERREIRA | Zootaxa

 

Wow, lots of new species native to my country. I'm not that surprised, though, as Brazil is the most biodiverse country in the world.