Newly discovered / described species 2020

- Discription of 3 new frog-species from China :

Comprehensive approaches reveal three cryptic species of genus Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from China

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

A new Corydoras (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) with an unusual sexual dimorphism from the rio Juruena basin, Brazil | LIMA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new wrasse-species from Japan and the Philippines :

A new wrasse, Novaculops compressus n. sp. (Perciformes: Labridae), from the western Pacific Ocean | FUKUI | Zootaxa

 

- Discription of a new species of spider from Brazil :

New species of smiley-faced spider Spintharus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Brazil, and comments on unobserved diversity in South America

- Discription of a new species of ladybug from Iran :

Oenopia shirkuhensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from Iran mimicking Adalia bipunctata

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

A new species of the genus Dendrelaphis (Squamata: Colubridae) from Yunnan Province, China, with discussion of the occurrence of D. cyanochloris (Wall, 1921) in China | JIANG | Zootaxa

- Discription of a new lizard-species from Peru :

http://www.salamandra-journal.com/i...0-vol-56/1956-lehr-e-j-moravec-r-von-may/file

 

Article about the recently discribed gecko-species from India :

Six new gecko species found in Western Ghats | Pune News - Times of India

 

- Discription of 3 new freshwater snail-species from Asia :

A revision of the extant species of Theodoxus (Gastropoda, Neritidae) in Asia, with the description of three new species

- Discription of a very small new catfish-species from Brazil :

A new psammophilic species of the catfish genus Ammoglanis (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from the Amazon River basin, northern Brazil

- Discription of 3 new jumping spider-species from Brazil :

Descriptions of three new species of jumping-spiders, genus Arnoliseus (Araneae, Salticidae), from Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, with comments on their genital morphology and a key to species

 

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

A new species of Sarcohyla (Anura: Hylidae: Hylini) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero and Estado de México, México | KAPLAN | Zootaxa

 

- Discription of 3 new species of spider wasps from Australia :

Three new species of Epipompilus Kohl (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae, Pepsinae) from Australia | YUAN | Zootaxa

And some from last year :

- new lizard-species from Angola :

http://amphibian-reptile-conservati...o_2/ARC_13_2_[Special_Section]_82-95_e199.pdf

- new dwarf day gecko from Sri Lanka :

http://amphibian-reptile-conservati...o_2/ARC_13_2_[General_Section]_14-27_e187.pdf

- new glassfrog from Equador :

http://amphibian-reptile-conservati...2/ARC_13_2_[General_Section]_133-144_e194.pdf

- new species of crab-eating rat from Equador :

https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/mamm.ahead-of-print/mammalia-2019-0022/mammalia-2019-0022.xml

 

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

A review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two new species | CERÍACO | Zootaxa

 

- A prob. new snakehead fish from Sri Lanka :

Unexpected species diversity within Sri Lanka’s snakehead fishes of the Channa marulius group (Teleostei: Channidae) | SUDASINGHE | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new snake-eyed skink-species from Angola :

A review of the African snake-eyed skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Angola, with the description of a new species | CERÍACO | Zootaxa

 

- Discription of a new moth-species from Iran :

A new Orthosia Ochsenheimer, 1816 species from Iran (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Hadeninae)

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new Knodus ( fish ) species from Brazil :

A new species of Knodus (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Rio Cupari drainage, lower Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil | DE SOUSA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new bat-species from Liberia and Guinea :

Species New to Science: [Mammalogy • 2020] Miniopterus nimbae • Systematics of West African Miniopterus with the Description of A New Species

 

- Discription of 4 new beetle-species from Mexico :

On the tribal classification of the Nearctic Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with descriptions of new species of Acoma Casey, 1889 | EVANS | Zootaxa

- Discription of a new amphipod-species from the Mariana Trench. A number of specimens were catched at a depth between 6000 and 7000 meters and on specimen contained microplastic in its hindgut...... ! :

New species of Eurythenes from hadal depths of the Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean (Crustacea: Amphipoda) | WESTON | Zootaxa

 

That is both extremely interesting and sad at the same time. It's interesting that they names it plasticus.

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new snake-species from Sri Lanka :

A new species of Dryocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae) endemic to the rainforests of southwestern Sri Lanka | WICKRAMASINGHE | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 3 new tapaculo-species from Peru :

Untangling cryptic diversity in the High Andes: Revision of the Scytalopus [ magellanicus ] complex (Rhinocryptidae) in Peru reveals three new species

 

- New genus and species of scorpion from Sardinia :

The Scorpion Files Newsblog: Remarkable cave scorpion finding in Sardinia reveals new genus and species

- 2 new species of White-toothed shrews from China :

The Scorpion Files Newsblog: Remarkable cave scorpion finding in Sardinia reveals new genus and species

 

- Discription of a new species of Praying mantis from the Central African Republic :

A cryptic new species of Chlidonoptera Karsch, 1892 from the south west protected zone of the Central African Republic (Insecta, Mantodea, Hymenopodidae)

- Discription of a new gecko-genus and new gecko-species from Iran :

http://amphibian-reptile-conservati...o_1/ARC_14_1_[General_Section]_55-62_e223.pdf

- New Australian gecko-species :

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-speci...aSlpx3YtXTAIYzS9zXs20lYpJX-vi1XTXpp3ODdVtuhig

 

- Discription of a new beetle-species from Vietnam :

Description of the twelfth species of the genus Thermistis Pascoe, 1867 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Saperdini) | LIN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new snake eel from the Red Sea :

Description of a new snake eel Ophichthus olivaceus (Teleostei: Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from the Red Sea | McCOSKER | Zootaxa

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

New species of Silhouettea (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Qeshm Island, Iran and the DNA barcoding of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea gobies | KOVAČIĆ | Zootaxa

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

Species New to Science: [Entomology • 2020] Prionotropis xausi • A New Species of Thrinchinae (Orthoptera: Pamphagidae) from Catalonia (northeast of the Iberian Peninsula)

 

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

A new species of direct-developing frog of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from the Pacific lowlands of Guerrero, Mexico | PALACIOS-AGUILAR | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Anchovy from Sulawesi :

A new species of anchovy, Encrasicholina sigma (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Engraulidae), from Sulawesi, Indonesia | HATA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of amphipod from Amamioshima Island :

A new species of the genus Rhachotropis from off Amamioshima Island, northwestern Pacific (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae) | OKAZAKI | Zootaxa

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new genus and species of treehopper from Nigaragua :

Species New to Science: [Entomology • 2020] Kaikaia gaga • An Unusual New Genus and Species of Centrotine Treehopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Centrotinae) from Nicaragua

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of fairy wrasse from the Philippines :

A New Species of Fairy Wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of the Verde Island Passage, Philippines

 

- Discription of a new moth-species from China :

One new species and one newly recorded species of the genus Lasiochira Meyrick, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from China

- Discovery of the Sulawesi hairy-tailed shrew :

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-sulaw...4Tw3rhy4jeH5xHQy40E-REZMhiJzkCybB5QGEriKji3dw

- Discription of a new species of tree-frog from Equador :

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23766808.2020.1729306

 

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new frog-speices from Colombia :

Two new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Craugastoridae) with notes on the distribution of the genus in northeastern Colombia | ACEVEDO | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of perchlet from the Lord Howe Rise :

Plectranthias cruentus , a new species of anthiadine perchlet (Teleostei: Serranidae) from the Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea | GILL | Zootaxa


( a close relative and similar looking species to the new species )