Newly discovered / described species 2019

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new genus and new species of moth from China :

Neochloroglyphica , a new genus of Geometrinae from China (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), with description of a new species | HAN | Zootaxa

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

A new cave-dwelling species of Lagynochthonius (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) from Yunnan Province, China | LI | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new moth-species from Brazil :

New species of Procinnus Herbin and Micrallo St Laurent and C. Mielke (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae, Druenticinae) from the Brazilian Cerrado | LAURENT | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new genus and new species of beetle from Tanzania :

Lophorrhinides muellerae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae): a new genus and species from southern Tanzania

- Abstract of the discription of a new catfish-species from Colombia :

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

https://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/doi/abs/10.1643/CI-18-112

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

https://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/doi/abs/10.1643/CI-18-113

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

https://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/doi/abs/10.1643/CI-18-133

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discovery of a new species of extinct Pig-footed bandicoot :

Researchers discover new species of extinct Australian mammal

 

[Chlidonias]

- Discovery of a new species of extinct Pig-footed bandicoot :

Researchers discover new species of extinct Australian mammal

It's a bit more interesting than that bald statement.

The Pig-footed Bandicoot was first described in 1838 and is known from only around thirty non-palaentological specimens. Recent studies of these museum specimens show that they actually comprise two distinct species. The "original" species (C. ecaudatus) has now also been split into two subspecies, ecaudatus and occidentalis. Unfortunately the paper is not open-access - with so few recent specimens I'm sure they probably list them in the paper


There are three photos of Pig-footed Bandicoots in the Zoochat galleries.


This one at the Melbourne Museum is C. ecuadatus ecaudatus:

This one, also at the Melbourne Museum, is currently undetermined:

(All the Chaeropus specimens at the Melbourne Museum are catalogued online - all the confirmed specimens of the new species, C. yirratji, are either skulls or in spirits).


And the third specimen is this one at the Grand Galerie de l'Evolution in France, but I don't know which species it is:

 

[Daktari JG]

Tiny new frog
New staple-size frog is one of the tiniest ever discovered

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of microleafhopper from Korea :

Taxonomic revision of the microleafhopper genus Ziczacella Anufriev 1970 from Korea (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) | HOSSAIN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of snakehead fish from Laos and Cambodia :

Channa auroflammea , a new species of snakehead fish of the Marulius group from the Mekong River in Laos and Cambodia (Teleostei: Channidae) | ADAMSON | Zootaxa

- Discription of a new beetle-species from Malta :

A new species of Faronus Aubé, 1844, endemic to Malta (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) | KURBATOV | Zootaxa

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

A new species of rock-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, southern India | KHANDEKAR | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of 1o new species of long-horned moths from the Democratic Rep. of Congo :

Re-examination of the type specimens of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera), deposited in the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), Belgium, with descriptions of ten new species from DR Congo belonging to Thubdora Park and Torodora Meyrick | PARK | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- New bulbul discribed from Borneo :

New cryptic bird species discovered

 

[Chlidonias]

- New bulbul discribed from Borneo :

New cryptic bird species discovered

Well that's just great. A new species which I have almost certainly seen but I can't count it!

From the article, basically the Cream-vented Bulbul on Borneo has either red or cream eyes which was previously thought to be just individual variation, but they occur at the same sites together and recent genetic work shows them to be two distinct species. Obviously I never recorded in my birding notes the eye colour of the individual birds I saw, so too bad for me!

 

[vogelcommando]

Well that's just great. A new species which I have almost certainly seen but I can't count it!

From the article, basically the Cream-vented Bulbul on Borneo has either red or cream eyes which was previously thought to be just individual variation, but they occur at the same sites together and recent genetic work shows them to be two distinct species. Obviously I never recorded in my birding notes the eye colour of the individual birds I saw, so too bad for me!

No photos made of these birds so you can check if you saw the already know one, the new one or both ?

 

[Chlidonias]

No photos made of these birds so you can check if you saw the already know one, the new one or both ?

Probably not. I don't take a lot of photos of wild birds. I find that if I immediately try to get photos when I see something, then when it has gone I realise that I never actually "saw" it because I was too busy trying to photograph it. That's not to say that I never take photos of course, it's just that I'm more interested in watching the animal. And then later I'm left to wonder what colour eyes it had.

 

[vogelcommando]

Even so, I've seen some remarkeble pictures made by you ! ( but it still isl realy a pity you didn't took some bulbul-pictures on Borneo ! ).

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new species of millipede from Thailand :

A new species of the millipede genus Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907, from northern Thailand (Polydesmida, Pyrgodesmidae)

- Discription of 4 new trapdoor spider-species from China :

Four new species of the trapdoor spider genus Conothele Thorell, 1878 (Araneae, Halonoproctidae) from China

- Abstract of the discription of a new leaf-tailed gecko from Australia :

A new species of Phyllurus leaf-tailed gecko (Lacertilia: Carphodactylidae) from The Pinnacles, north-east Australia | HOSKIN | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new species of blowfly from Armenia :

The Calliphoridae (Diptera) of Armenia | ROGNES | Zootaxa

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

A new species of Microschemobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from Rio Xingu basin, Brazil | OHARA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of guitarfish :

Description of Rhinobatos ranongensis sp. nov. (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal with a review of its northern Indian Ocean congeners | LAST | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new freshwater shrimp-species from Japan :

A new freshwater shrimp species of the genus Palaemon Weber, 1795 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from northeastern Japan | KATOGI | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Pseudoscorpion from Guatemala :

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4576.2.4

 

[vogelcommando]

Illegally new tarantula-species :

This Tarantula Became a Scientific Celebrity. Was It Poached From the Wild?

 

[KevinB]

Article describing two new species of giant stick insects from Madagascar, Achrioptera manga and Achrioptera maroloko:
When Giant Stick Insects Play With Colors: Molecular Phylogeny of the Achriopterini and Description of Two New Splendid Species (Phasmatodea: Achrioptera) From Madagascar

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new emine moth from Korea and Russia :

Review of the genus Zelleria Stainton (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae, Yponomeutinae) in East Asia, with description of a new species | NA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new frog-species from northern South America :

A new species of Anomaloglossus (Anura: Aromobatidae) of the stepheni group with the redescription of A. baeobatrachus (Boistel and de Massary, 1999), and an amended definition of A. leopardus Ouboter and Jairam, 2012 | FOUQUET | Zootaxa

 

[Daktari JG]

As if Hong Kong wasn't crowded enough- 13 new ant species!
Thirteen new ant species discovered in Hong Kong

 

[Daktari JG]

Newly described skink known for 70 years
New species of skink from Angola has waited over 70 years to be described

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new butterflyfish-species from Palau :

Prognathodes geminus, a new species of butterflyfish (Teleostei, Chaetodontidae) from Palau

- Discription of 2 new species of land snails from the Iberian peninsula :

Re-evaluation of Zospeum schaufussi von Frauenfeld, 1862 and Z. suarezi Gittenberger, 1980, including the description of two new Iberian species using Computer Tomography (CT) (Eupulmonata, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae)

- Discription of a new species of leaf-mining moth from Siberia :

New species of leaf-mining Phyllonorycter (Lepidoptera Gracillariidae) from Siberia feeding on Caragana (Fabaceae)

- Discription of 3 new damselfish-species from the Philippines :

Three new species of Chromis (Teleostei, Pomacentridae) from mesophotic coral ecosystems of the Philippines