Newly Discovered/Described Species 2022

Guess also in 2022 a large number of new species will be discribed / discovered so lets make a start :

- new genus and species of Bamboo culm tarantula discribed from Thailand :

A new genus of bamboo culm tarantula from Thailand (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae)

 

A new orange-colored bat-species found in Guinea :

Orange bat discovered in Guinea - Africa Geographic

 

Wasn't this discovered last year just not described?

From January last year Scientists Discover New “Spectacular” Bat from West Africa - Bat Conservation International

 

It was described last year, although there have been so many new discoveries that it's hard to keep up with all of them though.

 

Descriptions of some new Cockroach species from China:
Three cryptic Anaplecta (Blattodea, Blattoidea, Anaplectidae) species revealed by female genitalia, plus seven new species from China

 

Discription of a new species of Flatbill flycatcher from Brazil ( discribed already 2021 ) :

New Species of Bird Discovered in South America | Sci-News.com

and the complete discription :

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/zsc.12519

 

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

Three new species of Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Amazonian Peru and a checklist of Cyclocephala species in Peru | Zootaxa

 

Abstract of the discription of 11 new species of waterfall damselflies from Central America :

Untangling the waterfall damsels: a review of the Mesoamerican genus Paraphlebia Selys in Hagen, 1861 (Odonata: Thaumatoneuridae) with descriptions of 11 new species | Zootaxa

Discription of 2 new frog-species from Ecuador :

Strong differentiation between amphibian communities on two adjacent mountains in the Upper Rio Pastaza watershed of Ecuador, with descriptions of two new species of terrestrial frogs

Discription of a new frog-species from Panama :

A new rainfrog of the genus Pristimantis (Anura, Brachycephaloidea) from central and eastern Panama

 

Abstract of the discription of a new ant-like stone beetle from South Africa :

Euconnus ( Tetramelus ) melkei sp. n., a bizarre South African ant-like stone beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) | Zootaxa

 

Abstract of the discription of a new species of Waspfish from Australia and New Caledonia :

A new species of the waspfish genus Ocosia (Teleostei: Tetrarogidae) from the Coral Sea, with a key to species in the genus | Zootaxa

Discription of 2 new spider-species from China :

Two new species of the genus Chilobrachys (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from China

 

North America/Central America/Caribbean
2 new species of deer mice in the genus Peromyscus native to the state of Michoacán, Mexico (published December 28th, 2021).

Two new species of Peromyscus (Cricetidae: Neotominae) from the Transverse Volcanic Belt of Mexico

2 new species of lobe-headed bugs in the genus Voconia native to southern Mexico and Honduras, and the island of Trinidad respectively [EJT 1625].

Pseudocetherinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) revisited: phylogeny and taxonomy of the lobe-headed bugs | European Journal of Taxonomy

South America
New species of mouse-eared bat in the genus Myotis native to the Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena region of Ecuador (published December 28th, 2021).

Variation in the Myotis keaysi complex (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species from Ecuador

New species of catfish in the genus Trichomycterus native to the Rio Paraíba do Sul, in southeastern Brazil.

A new catfish of the genus Trichomycterus from the Rio Paraíba do Sul Basin, south-eastern Brazil, a supposedly migrating species (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae)

New genus (Grismadox) containing 2 new species of ant-resembling castianeirine spiders native to Bolivia and Paraguay respectively.

Grismadox gen. nov., a new Neotropical genus of ant-resembling spiders (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae), including the description of two new species from Bolivia and Paraguay

Africa
3 new species of lobe-headed bugs in the genus Voconia native to Kenya, Sudan, and Congo and Gabon (1/3) [EJT 1625].

New species of oribatid mite in the genus Papillocepheus native to Malawi.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/73355

New species of moth in the genus Ocnogyna native to northeastern Libya.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/73412

Asia
11 new species of lobe-headed bugs in the genus Voconia native to the Phillippines (5/11), Malaysia (2/11), Indonesia (2/11), Laos (1/11), Brunei (1/11) [EJT 1625].

New species of true weevil in the genus Eremochorus native to the southeastern part of the Republic of Altai, Russia.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/73421

New species of tooth-nosed snout weevil in the genus Caenorhinus native to north Vietnam.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/73422

Oceania
8 new species of lobe-headed bug in the genus Voconia native to Australia (6/8) and Papua New Guinea (2/8) [EJT 1625].

3 new species of microcaddisflies in the genus Oxethira native to New Calcedonia.

Three new species of Oxyethira Eaton, 1873 (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from New Caledonia | European Journal of Taxonomy

 

North America/Central America/Caribbean
New subfamily (Cletocamptinae) containing a new genus (Cletocamptoides) as well as a new species of copepod native to the Urias estuary in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico.

The genus Cletocamptus (Harpacticoida, Canthocamptidae): a reappraisal, with proposal of a new subfamily, a new genus, and a new species

South America
2 new species of water striders in the genus Rhagovelia native to Colombia.

New species, synonymies and records in the genus Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia | Zootaxa

Asia
15 new species of moths in the genus Tenupalpa native to China.

Taxonomic study of the genus Tenupalpa Lee et Li, 2021 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Thiotrichinae) from China, with descriptions of fifteen new species | Zootaxa

7 new species of camel crickets in the genus Rhaphidophora native to China.

Contribution to the Chinese subfamily Rhaphidophorinae Walker, 1869 (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Rhaphidophorinae) IV: Seven new species of Rhaphidophora and one new mitogenome | Zootaxa

4 new species of leafhoppers in the genus Homa native to Thailand.

Revision of the genus Homa Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) | Zootaxa

4 new species of leaf-folding crickets in the genus Woznessenskia native to China.

Review of the genus Woznessenskia Gorochov, 2002 (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae) from China | Zootaxa

2 new species of lacewings in the genus Heteroconis native to the province of Yunnan, China.

Two new species of Heteroconis Enderlein, 1905 from China (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae)

2 new species of scale insects in the genus Coccus found living on fig trees (Ficus carica) in Guangxi and coniferous shrubs (Cephalotaxus sinensis) in Shannxi, China, respectively.

The genera Coccus and Prococcus (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in China, with two new combinations and descriptions of two new species | Zootaxa

2 more new species of scale insects in the genus Aulacapis found living on evergreen trees (Schima superba) and camphor trees (Cinnamomum camphora) in the province of Guizhou, China, respectively.

Two new species of Aulacaspis Cockerell, 1893 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) from China | Zootaxa

New species of handsome fungus beetle in the genus Cacodaemon native to Vietnam.

The genus Cacodaemon (Coleoptera, Endomychidae) of Vietnam

New species of blue-tail damselfly in the genus Ischnura native to the province of Yunnan, China.

Ischnura praematura sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae): a species from Yunnan (China) whose females mate in the teneral state | Zootaxa

 

North America
11 new species of flathead damselflies in the genus Paraphlebia native to Mexico.

Untangling the waterfall damsels: a review of the Mesoamerican genus Paraphlebia Selys in Hagen, 1861 (Odonata: Thaumatoneuridae) with descriptions of 11 new species | Zootaxa

New species of weevil in the genus Lymantes native to caves in the state of Texas, USA.

A new species of eyeless Lymantes Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Lymantini) from Texas caves | Zootaxa

Central America/Caribbean
3 new species of litter moths in the genus Rejectaria native to Costa Rica (2/3), and Panama (1/3) [ZT 5087.3.4].

New species in Rejectaria Guenée (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Herminiinae) with a focus on the Cyclanthaceae-feeders | Zootaxa

South America
3 new species of orb-weaver spiders in the genera Carepalxis (2/3) and Ocrepeira (1/3) native to central Brazil.

Diagnostic notes on the spider orb-weaving genera Carepalxis and Ocrepeira (Araneae: Araneidae), with description of three new species from Central Brazil | Zootaxa

3 new species of scarab beetles in the genus Cyclocephala native to Amazonian Peru.

Three new species of Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Amazonian Peru and a checklist of Cyclocephala species in Peru | Zootaxa

New species of litter moth in the genus Rejectaria native to Venezuela and French Guiana [ZT 5087.3.4].

New species of fungus gnat in the genus Monoclona native to the state of Paraná, Brazil.

An unknown world in the Neotropical region: a complete life cycle of a new species of Monoclona Mik, 1886 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae) | Zootaxa

Africa
11 new species of carpenter ants in the genus Camponotus native to Madagascar.

A taxonomic revision of the Malagasy endemic subgenus Mayria of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) based on qualitative morphology and quantitative morphometric analyses

2 new species of moths in the genus Leucobaeta native to East Africa and Madagascar.

On the taxonomy of Negeta semialba Hampson, 1918 with descriptions of two new Leucobaeta László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010 species (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae) | Zootaxa

New species of mite in the genus Ivoria native to Côte d'Ivoire.

The second species of the genus Ivoria Kontschán, 2019: description of Ivoria alourouai sp. nov. from Ivory Coast (Acari, Mesostigmata, Urodinychidae)

New species of true bug in the genus Geotomus native to Burundi.

Geotomus granulosus , a peculiar sehirine-like new species of the subfamily Cydninae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae) from Burundi | Zootaxa

Europe
New species of beetle in the genus Amphimallon native to continental Greece.

A new species of Amphimallon Latreille, 1825 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from continental Greece | Zootaxa

Asia
New genus (Luthela) containing 6 new species of trapdoor spiders native to northern China.

Delimitation of the segmented trapdoor spider genus Luthela gen. nov., with comments on the genus Sinothela from northern China (Araneae, Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) | Zootaxa

New genus (Laimoloima) containing 2 new species of chewing mites, as well as another new species of chewing mite in the genus Picophilopterus found on blue-throated barbets (Psilopogon asiaticus), great barbets (Psilopogon virens), and bay woodpeckers (Blythipicus pyrrhotis) living in China.

One new genus and three new species of the Penenirmus -complex (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from China, with resurrection of Picophilopterus Ansari, 1947 | Zootaxa

12 new species of moths in the genus Meleonoma native to China.

Taxonomy of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China (IV), with descriptions of twelve new species | Zootaxa

2 new species of leaf beetles in the genus Smaragdina native to the provinces of Xinjiang and Yunnan, China, respectively.

Two new species of the genus Smaragdina Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) from China

2 new species of bark beetles in the genus Scolytoplatypus native to the provinces of Fujian and Jiangxi, China.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/77637/

2 new species of predatory mites in the genus Cunaxa native to Vietnam.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5087.4.3

2 new species of moths in the genus Baburia native to India.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5091.1.7

New species of moth in the genus Trismelasmos native to the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/73464

New species of woodlouse in the genus Parakermania native to China.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5087.3.5

New species of oak gall wasp in the genus Andricus native to the province of Burdur, Turkey.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5087.4.6

New species of mayfly in the genus Nigrobaetis native to the Western Ghats region in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5091.1.8

Oceans
New species of crustacean in the genus Corallana native to the waters on the coast of the Andaman Islands, India.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5087.2.6

 

New species of Earthworm from Australia :

'Highly unusual': new species of earthworm discovered in Broken Hill

 

Another article about the new species :

New Rainfrog Species Found in Panama | Sci-News.com

 

Central America/Caribbean
New species of flat-faced longhorn beetle in the genus Leptostylus native to Guatemala [ZT 5091.4.3].

Two new species of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) from the Neotropical Region | Zootaxa

South America
New species of frog in the genus Pristimantis native to the cloud forests in the Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve, in the northwestern Andes Mountains in Colombia.

A new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) with a colourful venter from the cloud forests of Colombian western Andes | Zootaxa

2 new species of leafhoppers in the genus Proxima native to the states of Minas Gerais (2/2), Bahia (1/2), Espírito Santo (1/2), Maranhão (1/2), Rio de Janeiro (1/2) and Rio Grande do Sul (1/2), Brazil.

Review of Proxima DeLong & Freytag (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini) with description of two new species from Brazil and identification key to species | Zootaxa

New species of flower fly in the genus Copestylum native to the department of Caquetá, Colombia, as well as the districts of Brokopondo and Para, Suriname.

Description of a new flower fly species of the Copestylum vagum group (Diptera: Syrphidae) from pristine Amazonian rainforests of Colombia and Suriname | Zootaxa

New species of midge in the genus Leptoconops native to the province of Chaco, Argentina.

A new species of Leptoconops Skuse from Argentina, description of the male of L. casali Cavalieri & Chiossone and a key to the Neotropical species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) | Zootaxa

New species of flat-faced longhorn beetle in the genus Anisopodus native to French Guiana [ZT 5091.4.3].

New species of soil centipede in the genus Mecophilus native to the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A new species of Mecophilus (Geophilidae: Aphilodontinae), with the first report of the genus from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Zootaxa

New species of midge in the genus Goeldichironomus native to the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

A new species of Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 1965 from Argentina (Chironomidae, Chironominae) | Zootaxa

Africa
2 new species of moths in the genera Pusiola and Novilema respectively native to Gabon.

Fifth contribution to the study of the Lithosiini of Gabon: two genera new for Gabon, with a description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) | Zootaxa

Asia
New genus (Gracilenta) containing a new species of powder-pot beetle as well as 6 other new species of power-pot beetles in the genera Dinoderus (2/6), Xylodrypta (2/6), Calonistes (1/6), and Calophagus (1/6) native to the province of Yunnan, China.

A review of the non-lyctine powder-post beetles of Yunnan (China) with a new genus and new species (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) | Zootaxa

6 new species of funnel weaver spiders in the genus Tonsilla native to the provinces of Guizhou (3/6), Hubei (1/6), and Hunan (1/6), as well as the municipality of Chongqing (1/6), China.

Six new species of Tonsilla Wang & Yin, 1992 (Araneae: Agelenidae) from southern China, with the first description of the male of T. yanlingensis (Zhang, Yin & Kim, 2000) | Zootaxa

4 new species of water scavenger beetles in the genus Dactylosternum native to the provinces of Guangdong (2/4), Jiangxi (2/4), Yunnan (2/4), Fujian (1/4), Guangxi (1/4), Hainan (1/4), Hubei (1/4), and Hunan (1/4), China.

Review of Dactylosternum Wollaston, 1854 from China and Japan (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae) | Zootaxa

4 new species of spiders in the genus Songthela native to the municipality of Chongqing, China.

Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae) from Chongqing Municipality, China | Zootaxa

3 new species of braconid insectoid wasps in the genus Kerevata native to India (2/3) and Vietnam (1/3) respectively.

Kerevata Belokobylskij (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) is no longer a Papua New Guinean endemic with descriptions of three new species from the Indomalayan Region | Zootaxa

3 new species of parasitoid wasps in the genus Megastylus native to the provinces of Beijing, Henan, and Hubei, China, respectively.

The genus Megastylus Schiødte (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Orthocentrinae) in China with a key to the species of China and Oriental Region | Zootaxa

2 new species of spiders in the genus Sinamma native to the province of Guangdong, China.

Two new species of the spider genus Sinamma Lin & Li, 2014 (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae) from Guangdong Province, China | Zootaxa

New species of leaf-folding cricket in the genus Gryllacris native to the province of Yunnan, China.

Notes on the genus Gryllacris Audinet-Serville (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae) with description of a new species from China | Zootaxa

New species of mayfly in the genus Clypeocaenis native to the Kottakudi River in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

A new species of Clypeocaenis Soldán 1978 (Ephemeroptera: Caenidae) from Tamil Nadu, India | Zootaxa

New species of porcelain crab in the genus Polyonyx native to the island of Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5091.4.6

New subspecies of bush cricket in the genus Hemigyrus native to China.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5092.1.5

Oceania
2 new species of sap-sucking insects in the genus Monasavuhygia native to the Fiji Islands and the Solomon Islands respectively.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5091.3.9

New species of sucking louse in the genus Hoplopleura were found on pale field rats (Rattus tunneyi) in Australia.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5091.3.7

Another new species of sap-sucking insect in the genus Turrana native to the Cape Range National Park in Western Australia.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5092.1.4

Oceans
New genus (Alcolyra) containing no new species of crab native to the Chilika Lagoon, in the state of Odisha, India.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5091.2.9

New genus (Pyronotanthias) containing no new species of fish native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5092.1.2

General
2 new species of flies in the genus Olecryptotendipes as well as another new species of fly in the genus Robackia are described.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5091.2.5

 

Africa
New species of slippery frog in the genus Conraua native to the Fouta Djallon Highlands in west-central Guinea.

A new slippery frog (Amphibia, Conrauidae, Conraua Nieden, 1908) from the Fouta Djallon Highlands, west-central Guinea

Asia
New genus (Acanthonavis) containing a new species of whitefly native to the island of Nicobar, India.

Description of Acanthonavis deflexa gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from the Nicobar Island, India, and generic re-definition of Editaaleyrodes David | Zootaxa

New genus (Changminia) containing a new species of daddy-long-legs spider native to karst caves in the province of Prachuap Kiri Khan, Thailand.

Changminia gen. nov., a new genus of daddy-long-leg spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from karst caves in Southeast Asia | Zootaxa

4 new species of nematoceran flies native to the province of Hunan, China.

Corynoneura Winnertz species from Hunan Province, Oriental China, delineated with morphological and 16S rDNA data (Diptera, Chironomidae)

3 new species of spiders in the genus Pimoa native to the provinces of Sichuan (2/3) and Qinghai (1/3), China, respectively.

Three new species of the spider genus Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China | Zootaxa

New species of bush cricket in the genus Yalvaciana native to the region of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

A new species, Yalvaciana unal sp. nov. of the genus Yalvaciana Ciplak et al. 2002 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae) from Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India | Zootaxa

Oceania
2 new species of orb-weaver spiders in the genus Larinia native to Barrow Island, in the state of Western Australia.

Two new species in the orb-weaving spider genus Larinia Simon, 1874 (Araneae, Araneidae) from Western Australia | Zootaxa

Oceans
New species of catshark in the genus Scyliorhinus native to the waters off the coast of Japan.

Scyliorhinus hachijoensis , a new species of catshark from the Izu Islands, Japan (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) | Zootaxa

2 new species of annelids in the genus Scolelepis native to the waters of the Yellow Sea in Korea.

Two new Scolelepis species (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Yellow Sea in Korea | Zootaxa

2 new species of snapping shrimps in the genus Alpheus native to the waters off of Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands, Australia, and Vietnam, respectively.

Description of two new species of goby-associated snapping shrimps from the tropical western Pacific (Decapoda: Alpheidae: Alpheus ) | Zootaxa

General
2 new genera (Amapeza (3/6), Nigripeza (3/6)) containing 6 new species of flies are described.

Amapeza and Nigripeza , new genera of Neotropical micropezid flies (Diptera, Micropezidae, Taeniapterinae) | Zootaxa

 

A new genus and new species of skink from Arunachal Pradesh :

New lizard species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

and the discription of the species :

A new ancient lineage of ablepharine skinks (Sauria: Scincidae) from eastern Himalayas with notes on origin and systematics of the group

 

Discription of a new frog-species from Brazil ( from Dec. 2021 ) :

A NEW SPECIES OF OSTEOCEPHALUS STEINDACHNER, 1862 (ANURA, HYLIDAE), FROM BRAZILIAN AMAZONIA

Discription of 2 new species of minnows from China :

Two new species of Tanichthys (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from China

 

Abstract of the discription of a new scarabe-beetle from South America :

A taxonomic revision of the Bothynus villiersi Endrödi, 1968 species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) | Zootaxa

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

A new species of genus Phonarellus Gorochov, 1983 from Yunnan, China (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae) | Zootaxa