Newly Discovered/Described Species 2021

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5 new species of Scrub frogs discribed from India :

Five new species of shrub frogs found in Western Ghats

and the complete discription :

An integrative approach to infer systematic relationships and define species groups in the shrub frog genus Raorchestes, with description of five new species from the Western Ghats, India

 

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5 new species of Scrub frogs discribed from India :

Five new species of shrub frogs found in Western Ghats

and the complete discription :

An integrative approach to infer systematic relationships and define species groups in the shrub frog genus Raorchestes, with description of five new species from the Western Ghats, India

Already covered post #97

 

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Already covered post #97

Missed that but the automatic search on "scrub frog India" gave me 0 results so I was thinking they still were not mentioned sofar .... sorry.

 

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Europe

New species of pear-shaped weevil in the genus Squamapion native to Italy, France, and Spain.

Squamapion gardinii n. sp. from the Mediterranean Region and notes on some species belonging to the genus Squamapion Bokor, 1923 (Coleoptera, Apionidae) | GIUSTO | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of bush frog in the genus Raorchestes native to the province of northwestern Yunnan, China.

Description of a new species of Bush frog (Anura: Rhacophoridae: Raorchestes ) from northwestern Yunnan, China | WU | Zootaxa

New species of wood-boring beetle in the genus Xylomedes native to the Zagros mountain range in Iran.

Remarks on Xylomedes Lesne, 1902 with description of a new species from Iran (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae, Apatinae) | JERZY | Zootaxa

2 new species of green lacewings in the genus Anachrysa native to China.

The green lacewing genus Anachrysa Hölzel, 1973 stat. nov. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from China, with description of two new species | MA | Zootaxa

New species of thrips in the genus Oneilliella native to India.

A new species of Oneilliella from India with description of the female of Trachynotothrips brevispinis Masumoto & Okajima (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) | SINGHA | Zootaxa

4 new species of mites in the genus Halozercon native to the Altai and Tuva mountains, south Siberia, Russia.

Four new species of Halozercon (Acari: Mesostigmata: Zerconidae) from South Siberia Mountains (Russia) with a key to all known species | MARCHENKO | Zootaxa

New species of firefly in the genus Luciola native to the Nee Soon Swamp Forest in Singapore.

Molecular Systematics of the Firefly Genus Luciola (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) with the Description of a New Species from Singapore

Oceania

16 new species of rove beetles in the genus Baraxina native to New Caledonia.

The Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. IV. Revision of the genus Baraxina Raffray, 1896 | HLAVÁČ | Zootaxa

Oceans

9 new species and a new subspecies of sea slugs in the genus Platevindex native from the Indo-West Pacific to the West Pacific Ocean.

Systematic revision of Platevindex Baker, 1938 (Gastropoda: Euthyneura: Onchidiidae) | European Journal of Taxonomy

 

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Oceans

9 new species and a new subspecies of sea slugs in the genus Platevindex native from the Indo-West Pacific to the West Pacific Ocean.

Systematic revision of Platevindex Baker, 1938 (Gastropoda: Euthyneura: Onchidiidae) | European Journal of Taxonomy[/QUOTE]
This covers a species that I originally named many years ago!

 

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And sadly it looks like I messed up the diagnostic features and underestimated Platevindex variability, so the species I named is no longer an entity! Congratulations to this group of scientists to do the widespread collecting that was beyond my reach; knowledge marches on!

 

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North America/Caribbean

New species of planthopper in the genus Patara native to coconut trees on the island of Barbuda.

A new species of planthopper in the genus Patara (Hemiptera: Derbidae) on coconut palm ( Cocos nucifera ) from the island of Barbuda | BAHDER | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of soft-scale insect in the genus Pulvinaria native to the state of West Bengal, India.

Description of a new soft scale insect of the genus Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from India | TALUKDER | Zootaxa

2 new species of green-lacewings in the genus Ankylopteryx native to the province of southern Yunnan, China.

Two new species of the green lacewing subgenus Ankylopteryx Brauer, 1864 (s. str.) (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae) from China | MA | Zootaxa

3 new species of click beetles in the genera Reitterelater (1/3), and Melanotus (2/3) native to northwestern Iran.

A study of the click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of northwestern Iran with three new species Reitterelater prosternalis sp. n., Melanotus borumandi sp. n. and M. kurdestanicus sp. n. | NASSERZADEH | Zootaxa

4 new species of braconid parasitoid wasps in the genus Cratospila native to South Korea.

Four new species of the genus Cratospila Foerster (Hymenopter, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from South Korea

New species of crown wasp in the genus Megischus native to the province of Guizhou, China.

Description of a new species of Megischus Brullé (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae), with a key to the species from China

Oceans

New species of cumacean in the genus Diastylis native to the waters off the coast of Nokdo Island, South Korea.

Diastylis uniplicata sp. nov. (Crustacea: Cumacea: Diastylidae) a new Korean cumacean | KIM | Zootaxa

General

New genus (Beanoides) containing 2 new species of moths are described.

Changes in the genus Beana Walker (Beaninae Zahiri & Holloway) with two new species and removing Beana nitida Tams to a new genus Beanoides (gen. nov.) | PELLINEN | Zootaxa

 

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South America

4 new species of cockroaches in the genus Litoblatta native to Argentina.

Four new species of Litoblatta from Argentina with a key to species based on males (Blattaria: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae) | VALVERDE | Zootaxa

New species of ichneumonid parasitoid wasp in the genus Procestus native to Brazil.

A new species of Procestus Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) from Brazil | HERRERA-FLÓREZ | Zootaxa

Africa

9 new species of moths in the genus Pleurota native to Morocco (8/9) and Tunisia (1/9).

Subspecies of Pleurota bicostella (Clerck, 1759) revisited and descriptions of nine new species in the P. bicostella species group (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae: Pleurotinae) | TABELL | Zootaxa

Asia

2 new species of scale insects in the genera Aspidella and Dysimcoccus native to Okinawa Island, Japan.

Two new species of Coccomorpha (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) collected from Japanese silver grass, Miscanthus sinensis (Poaceae) in Okinawa Island, Japan | TANAKA | Zootaxa

 

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Africa

New species of frog in the genus Mantidactylus native to Madagascar.

‘Barcode fishing’ for archival DNA from historical type material overcomes taxonomic hurdles, enabling the description of a new frog species | Scientific Reports

New genus (Capobula) containing 4 new species of dark sac spiders native to the provinces of Western Cape (2/4), Eastern Cape (1/4), Free State (1/4), and KwaZulu-Natal (2/4), Lesotho and South Africa.

Capobula gen. nov., a new Afrotropical dark sac spider genus related to Orthobula Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Trachelidae) | HADDAD | Zootaxa

New species of spittle-bug in the genus Bourgoinrana native to Madagascar.

Cercopidae spittle-bugs (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha) of Madagascar: a new species of Bourgoinrana and revision of the Locris species

Asia

New genus (Longiaedeagus) containing a new species of leafhopper native to China.

A new genus and new species of the leafhopper tribe Idiocerini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) | WANG | Zootaxa

New species of moth in the genus Abrostola native to China.

Notes on the species of Abrostola Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Plusiinae) from China, with the description of a new species | HU | Zootaxa

New species of flat-faced longhorn beetle in the genus Trachystolodes native to the Houhe National Nature Reserve in the province of Hubei, China.

A new species of Trachystolodes Breuning, 1943 from Central China (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) | WANG | Zootaxa

2 new species of thrips in the genus Cephalothrips native to Iran.

Cephalothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Iran with two new species and key to species | ALAVI | Zootaxa

New species of thrips in the genus Odontothrips native to Japan.

A new species of Odontothrips Amyot & Serville (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Japan | MASUMOTO | Zootaxa

2 new species of ground beetles in the genus Laemostenus native to Turkey.

Two new species of the genus Laemostenus Bonelli sg. Antisphodrus Schaufuss from Turkey (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini) | LOHAJ | Zootaxa

3 new species of scaly crickets in the genus Ornebius native to the provinces of Hainan, Guangxi, and Guangdong, China, respectively.

Taxonomy of scaly crickets (Orthoptera: Mogoplistidae: Mogoplistinae) from China: five new species groups and three new species of the genus Ornebius Guérin-Méneville, 1844 | HE | Zootaxa

3 new species of plant bugs in the genus Pilophorus native to Japan.

Reclassification of the plant bug genus Pilophorus in Japan and key to the genera and species of Japanese Pilophorini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) | YASUNAGA | Zootaxa

New species of spider in the genus Denisiphantes native to the province of Yunnan, China.

A new species of Denisiphantes Tu, Li & Rollard, 2005 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Yunnan, China

New species of mayfly in the genus Procerobaetis native to Thailand.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/61081/

2 new species of leafhoppers in the genus Calodia native to the provinces of Guizhou (1/2) and Yunnan (2/2), China.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/59811/

New species of hatchet wasp in the genus Zeuxevania native to India.

https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/59487/

Oceans

New species of limpet in the genus Baleenopelta native off the coast of New Zealand, the Chatham, and the Auckland Islands.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13235818.2021.1883500

 

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South America

New species of scarab beetle in the genus Dichotomius native to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

A new species and distribution records of Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Colombia | CHAMORRO | Zootaxa

5 new species of riffle beetles in the genus Onychelmis native to the Andes Mountains.

A revision of Onychelmis Hinton, 1941 (Coleoptera: Elmidae), with description of new species, DNA barcoding and notes on the geography of the genus | European Journal of Taxonomy

Africa

New species of chameleon in the genus Trioceros native to the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia.

A new chameleon of the Trioceros affinis species complex (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae) from Ethiopia

New species of frog in the genus Leptopelis native to the Harenna Forest in southeastern Ethiopia.

A new species of Leptopelis (Anura, Arthroleptidae) from the south-eastern slope of the Ethiopian Highlands, with notes on the Leptopelis gramineus species complex and the revalidation of a previously synonymised species

Europe

New species of ground beetle in the genus Duvalius native to caves in the Dinaric Alps, Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Duvalius ( Neoduvalius ) lohaji n. sp., a new remarkable subterranean taxon of the isotopic Trechini lineage from Dinaric karst, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) | QUÉINNEC | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of cricket in the genus Duolandrevus native to the province of Hainan, China.

Taxonomy of the genus Duolandrevus Kirby, 1906 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Landrevinae) from China with a new species of the subgenus Eulandrevus Gorochov, 1988 | ZHENG | Zootaxa

2 new species of mites in the genus Metatarsonemus native to the state of West Bengal, India.

First record of Metatarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from India with description of two new species | MONDAL | Zootaxa

3 new species of riffle bugs in the genus Rhagovelia native to the Philippines.

New species of the Rhagovelia orientalis species group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) | ZETTEL | Zootaxa

3 new species of gall midges in the genus Ametrodiplosis native to Japan.

Three new species of Ametrodiplosis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Japan, with a key to the Japanese species and a molecular phylogenetic analysis | ELSAYED | Zootaxa

2 new species of chalcid wasps in the genus Neotrichoponides native to China.

Two new species of Neotrichoporoides Girault (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China and a key to Chinese species

2 new species of beetles in the genus Deltomerodes native to the province of Xizang, China.

Two new species of the genus Deltomerodes Deuve, 1992 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Patrobini) from Xizang, China

New species of crambid snout moth in the genus Nagiella native to Japan.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/60934/

Oceania

New species of wētā in the genus Hemiandrus native to the North Island, New Zealand.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4942.2.4

6 new species of diving beetles in the genus Copelatus native to the Solomon Islands.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/61478/

General

New species of moth in the genus Stigmella is described.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4942.2.8

 

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North America/Caribbean

New species of hawk-moth in the genus Gamelia native to Trinidad and Tobago.

Gamelia bennetti sp. nov., a new Saturniidae species from Trinidad and Tobago (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) | COCK | Zootaxa

South America

2 new species of chalcidid wasps in the genus Conura native to the Amazon rainforest.

Review of the leucotela species-group of Conura (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) from Amazon rainforest | DE AGUIAR BROTTO | Zootaxa

Africa

2 new species of scarab beetles in the genus Cerhomalus native to Angola, the Republic of the Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical scarab beetle genus Cerhomalus Quedenfeldt, 1884 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) | European Journal of Taxonomy

Europe

2 new species of shore flies in the genus Philygria native to Wetterstein Mountains and in the state of southern Lower Saxony, Germany, respectively.

New species of Philygria Stenhammar (Diptera: Ephydridae) from Germany | STUKE | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of goose frog in the genus Megophrys native to the province of southern Yunnan, China.

Description of a new toad of Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1822 (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from western Yunnan Province, China | SHI | Zootaxa

New species of microhylid frog in the genus Micryletta native to the province of Hainan, China.

A new species of the genus <i>Micryletta</i> (Anura, Microhylidae) from Hainan Island, China

2 new species of scarab beetles in the genus Odochilus native to Mindanao Island, Phillippines, and in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia, respectively.

Two new species of the genus Odochilus Harold, 1877 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Odochilini) | RAKOVIČ | Zootaxa

New species of sword-tail cricket in the genus Homoeoxipha native to China.

A new species of genus Homoeoxipha Saussure, 1874 from China (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae: Trigonidiinae) | LI | Zootaxa

New species of cricket-like insect in the genus Itara native to China.

Crickets of the subfamily Itarinae Shiraki, 1930 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from China with description of a new species and distribution and critical notes on other species | HE | Zootaxa

 

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North America/Caribbean

New species of leaf-toed gecko in the genus Phyllodactylus native to María Cleofas Island, Mexico.

A new species of leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylidae, Phyllodactylus) from María Cleofas Island, Nayarit, Mexico

2 new species of flat-faced longhorn beetles in the genera Cobelura and Paranisopodus respectively native to Costa Rica.

New species and new records in American Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) | SANTOS-SILVA | Zootaxa

4 new species of house flies in the genus Drymeia native to Canada (3/4) and Mexico (1/4).

Review of the North American fauna of Drymeia Meigen (Diptera, Muscidae) and evaluation of DNA barcodes for species-level identification in the genus

Africa

New species of grasshopper in the genus Physocrobylus native to the Nguru Mountains, Tanzania.

A new species of Physocrobylus (Caelifera: Acridoidea: Acrididae: Coptacrinae), with notes on the phenology and habitat of the genus

Asia

New species of true frog in the genus Odorrana native to the province of Hunan, China.

A new species of Odorrana (Anura, Ranidae) from Hunan Province, China

New genus (Kilmaszewskia) containing a new species of rove beetle native to the island of Java, Indonesia.

Klimaszewskia , a new genus of the tribe Tyrini from the Oriental region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) | YIN | Zootaxa

New subspecies of longhorn beetle in the genus Plagionotus native to Iran.

Notes on the subspecies of Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) with description of a new subspecies from Iran (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) | KRÓLIK | Zootaxa

3 new species of ostracodes in the genera Arctocypris, Ilyocypris, and Fabaeformiscandona respectively, native to the Tibetan Plateau in southwestern China.

On some modern Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Tibetan Plateau in SW China, with descriptions of three new species | PENG | Zootaxa

2 new species of wasps in the genus Odontoscelio native to India.

Review of Odontoscelio Kieffer, 1905 (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) with the description of two new species from India | European Journal of Taxonomy

New species of land snail in the genus Angustopila native to caves in eastern Thailand.

https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RBZ-2021-0008.pdf

 

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North America/Caribbean

13 new species of leaf-mining moths in the genus Philodoria native to the state of Hawaii, USA.

Revision of the Hawaiian endemic leaf-mining moth genus Philodoria Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): its conservation status, host plants and descriptions of thirteen new species | KOBAYASHI | Zootaxa

9 new species of lady beetles in the genus Brachiacantha native to Costa Rica (8/9), Panama (3/9), and Guatemala (1/9).

The Brachiacantha Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Central America

New species of slender springtail in the genus Willowsia native to the United States.

Morphological and molecular analysis of Willowsia nigromaculata (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Entomobryinae) reveals a new cryptic species from the United States | European Journal of Taxonomy

South America

New species of pit viper in the genus Bothrops native to the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2020.1845835?journalCode=tnah20

2 new species of caeculid mites in the genus Andocaeculus native to Argentina.

Revision and phylogeny of the genus Andocaeculus (Acari: Caeculidae) I: the A. weyrauchi species group | PORTA | Zootaxa

Europe

New subspecies of true lemming in the genus Lemmus native to Novaya Zemlya, Russia.

A new Norwegian Lemming subspecies from Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia | Spitsyn | Ecologica Montenegrina

Asia

9 new species of nematodes in the genus Pristionchus native to the provinces of Shaanxi and Yunnan, China.

Nine new Pristionchus (Nematoda: Diplogastridae) species from China | KANZAKI | Zootaxa

4 new species of planthoppers in the genus Metanigrus native to the provinces of Hubei, Guizhou, and Yunnan, China.

Four new species of the planthopper genus Metanigrus Tsaur, Yang & Wilson from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Meenoplidae)

New species of millipede in the genus Glomeridesmida native to Thailand.

Description of the first species of Glomeridesmida from Thailand (Diplopoda, Glomeridesmida, Glomeridesmidae)

New species of chalcid wasp in the genus Psyllaephagus native to the province of Guangxi, China.

https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/63253/

 

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Africa

4 new species of leaf katydids in the genera Phaneroptera (1/4), Eulioptera (2/4), and Scolocerca (1/4) native to Côte d'Ivoire and Togo.

Some new species of Phaneroptera , Eulioptera and Scolocerca (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from West Tropical Africa | MASSA | Zootaxa

New species of crustacean in the genus Flavalona native to the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia.

A new species of Flavalona Sinev & Dumont, 2016 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) from Bale Mountains, Ethiopia | NERETINA | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of bent-tailed gecko in the genus Cyrtodactylus native to the province of Khanh Hoa, Vietnam.

A new granite cave-dwelling Bent-toed Gecko from Vietnam of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis group (Squamata; Gekkonidae) and a discussion on cave ecomorphology

3 new species of ants in the genus Rhopalomastix native to Thailand.

Revision of the elusive ant genus Rhopalomastix (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in Thailand based on morphology and DNA barcodes, with descriptions of three new species | European Journal of Taxonomy

3 new species of rove beetles in the genus Rhyncocheilus native to the provinces of Xizang, Sichuan, and Yunnan, China, respectively.

Notes on the genus Rhyncocheilus in China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) with descriptions of three new species | TANG | Zootaxa

2 new species of leaf-mining moths in the genus Parornix native to the province of Shandong, China.

First report of the leaf-mining genus Parornix Spuler from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Parornichinae) | LIU | Zootaxa

 

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North America/Caribbean

4 new species of diplurans in the genus Parajapyx native to Mexico.

Four new species of Parajapyx (Diplura: Parajapygidae) from Mexico with redescription of Parajapyx isabellae aztecus Silvestri | MONTEJO-CRUZ | Zootaxa

4 new species of whip spiders in the genus Phrynus native to Mexico.

Four new species of Phrynus , Lamarck (Arachnida: Amblypygi) from Mexico | JOYA | Zootaxa

South America

New species of cory catfish in the genus Corydoras native to the Blanco and Ucayali river basins in Peru.

A new arc-striped species of Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Teleostei: Callichthyidae) from the Peruvian Amazon | BENTLEY | Zootaxa

Africa

New subspecies of giant sengi (elephant shrew) in the genus Rhynchocyon native to coastal northern Kenya.

A new subspecies of giant sengi (Macroscelidea: Rhynchocyon ) from coastal Kenya | AGWANDA | Zootaxa

2 new species of freshwater crabs in the genus Sudanomnautes native to Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria respectively.

Disentangling the Sudanonautes granulatus (Balss, 1929) species complex (Potamoidea: Potamonautidae), with the description of two new freshwater crabs from Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa | CUMBERLIDGE | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of fan-throated lizard in the genus Sitana native to the Deccan peninsula in India.

A new species of Sitana (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Deccan Peninsula Biogeographic Zone of India | DEEPAK | Zootaxa

New species of krait (snake) in the genus Bungarus native from southwestern China to northern Myanmar.

Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar

2 new species of wasps in the genus Dasyproctus native to the provinces of Yunnan and Hainan, China. respectively.

The genus Dasyproctus (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Crabronidae) in China, with description of two new species

New species of praying mantid in the genus Arria native to southwestern China.

A new species of the genus Arria Stål, 1877 (Mantodea, Haaniidae) from China with notes on the tribe Arriini Giglio-Tos, 1919

Oceans

2 new species of tunicates in the genus Styela native to the tropical waters of the West Atlantic Ocean, specifically from the Caribbean to Brazil.

Two new species of Styela (Tunicata: Ascidiacea) from the tropical West Atlantic Ocean | DE BARROS | Zootaxa

New species of barnacle in the genus Gibbosaverruca native to the Weijia Guyot deep-sea seamount in the West Pacific Ocean.

Gibbosaverruca weijiai, a new verrucid (Crustacea, Thoracica) species from the Weijia Guyot deep-sea seamount in the West Pacific | European Journal of Taxonomy

 

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South America

New species of South American grass mouse in the genus Akodon native to Cerrado region in Brazil.

https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article-abstract/102/1/101/6175073

New genus (not given) containing a new species of blood-fluke trematode discovered in the nasal tissue of black-necked swans in Argentina.

A new schistosome (Digenea: Schistosomatidae) from the nasal tissue of South America black-necked swans, Cygnus melancoryphus (Anatidae) and the endemic pulmonate snail Chilina gibbosa | FLORES | Zootaxa

New species of non-biting midge in the genus Nilotanypus native to the northern Amazon Rainforest, Brazil.

A new madicolous species of Nilotanypus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Amazon region, northwestern Brazil | SHIMABUKURO | Zootaxa

Africa

New species of cossid miller moth in the genus Afrikanetz native to the Kunene region in Namibia.

Afrikanetz kruegeri – New species of Cossinae (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Namibia | Yakovlev | Ecologica Montenegrina

Asia

6 new species of marsh beetles in the genus Caccothryptus native to the Himalayas.

Six new species of the genus Caccothryptus from the Himalayas (Coleoptera: Limnichidae) | European Journal of Taxonomy

2 new species of giant pill millipedes in the genus Zephronia native to northern Thailand.

Two New Species of the Giant Pill-Millipede Genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from Thailand (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae) | Tropical Natural History

New species of moth in the genus Daplasa native to Tibet, China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4948.3.8

New species of true weevil in the genus Tasactes native to eastern Nepal.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2021.40.11

New species of dobsonfly in the genus Nevromus native to Thailand.

https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/248144

Oceania

2 new genera (Echinothallis (1/5), Microdacne (4/5)) containing 5 new species of fungus beetles native to Australia [3.4].

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4948.3.4

New species of fungus beetle in the genus Episcaphula native to Australia [3.4].

Oceans

2 new species of copepods in the genera Heteropsyllus and Mesopsyllus respectively native to the Kara and Laptev Seas respectively.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4948.3.2

General

16 new species of leafhoppers in the genus Hecaloidella native to "the Pacific".

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4948.3.5

 

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North America/Caribbean

New species of treehopper in the genus Cladonota native to the municipality of Puebla, Mexico.

A new treehopper species of Cladonota (Stål) (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Membracinae: Hypsoprorini) from Mexico | FLYNN | Zootaxa

South America

New species of yellow-eared bat in the genus Vampyressa native to Colombia.

new cryptic species of yellow-eared bat Vampyressa melissa species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Colombia

New species of rodent in the genus Rhagomys native to southeastern Ecuador.

new species of Rhagomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from southeastern Ecuador

New species of degu in the genus Octodon native to the province of Neuquén, Argentina, and the region of Araucanía, Chile.

new living species of degu, genus Octodon (Hystricomorpha: Octodontidae)

New species of rodent in the genus Oecomys native to southern Amazonia, Brazil.

Integrative analysis supports a new species of the Oecomys catherinae complex (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Amazonia

New genus (Mermudes) containing a new species of weevil native to the state of Paraiba, Brazil.

Pygidiapion De Sousa & Mermudes, a new genus of Apioninae (Brentidae: Apioninae: Apionini) associated with Fabaceae from Brazil, with the description of a new species and transfer of Apion zikani Heller, 1922 | DE SOUSA | Zootaxa

New species of water beetle in the genus Notomicrus native to northern Brazil.

Review of the New World Notomicrus Sharp (Coleoptera, Noteridae) I: Circumscription of species groups and review of the josiahi group with description of a new species from Brazil

Asia

New species of snake in the genus Pareas native to the Chin Mountains in Mynamar.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2020.1856953

5 new species of wasps in the genus Coelichneumon native to the islands of Hokkaido (1/5) and Honshû (5/5), Japan, as well as in Russia (1/5) and Korea (1/5).

The genus Coelichneumon Thomson in Japan (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) | RIEDEL | Zootaxa

2 new species of ant spiders in the genus Zodarion native to the provinces of Izmir and Siirt, Turkey, respectively.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4948.4.4

New species of parasitoid wasp in the genus Linycus native to the prefecture of Yamanashi, Honshû island, Japan.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4948.4.3

General

3 new genera (Simplexcystis, Reinhardorhynchus, Koinogladius) containing 12 new species of flatworms are described.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4948.4.1

 

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North America/Caribbean

New species of tropical night lizard in the genus Lepidophyma native to central Mexico.

A new species of Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from San Luis Potosí, México, with notes on its physiological ecology | ARENAS-MORENO | Zootaxa

South America

New genus (Buestanmyia) containing a new species of horse fly native to the province of Pichincha, Ecuador.

Buestanmyia chiriboga gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini) from the Ecuadorian Andes | GONZÁLEZ | Zootaxa

3 new species of harvestmen spiders in the genus Eusarcus native to caves in the states of Espírito Santo (2/3) and Tocantins (1/3), Brazil.

Three new species of Eusarcus Perty, 1833 (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae) from Brazilian caves | European Journal of Taxonomy

Asia

New species of snake in the genus Asthenodipsas native to the state of Sabah, Malaysia.

On the taxonomic status of Asthenodipsas vertebralis (Boulenger, 1900) (Squamata: Pareidae) in Borneo with the description of a new species | QUAH | Zootaxa

New species of drawf gecko in the genus Cnemaspis native to the Western Ghats region of Maharashtra, India.

Dwarfs of the fortress: A new cryptic species of dwarf gecko of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Rajgad fort in the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India

5 new species of moths in the genus Torodora native to Cambodia.

Five new species of the genus Torodora Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from Cambodia, with a tentative check-list of the genus | PARK | Zootaxa

2 new species of sword-tail crickets in the genus Svistella native to China.

Two new species of genus Svistella Gorochov, 1987 from China (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae: Trigonidiinae) | LI | Zootaxa

2 new species of crustaceans in the genera Paraleptochelia and Akanthinotanais respectively native to Taiwan.

Additions of new species to the Paratanaoidea (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) of Taiwan | TZENG | Zootaxa

New species of snout moth in the genus Minooa native to the province of Xizang, China.

A new species of Minooa Yamanaka, 1996 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from Xizang, China | QI | Zootaxa

Oceania

New genus (Melanesicus) containing 2 new species of ambrosia beetles native to the islands of Vanuatu and Fiji respectively.

A new genus of ambrosia beetle from Melanesia (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) | BEAVER | Zootaxa

New genus (Coronapelopia) containing 2 new species of non-biting midges native to eastern Australia [1.1].

Molecular evidence for deeper diversity in Australian Tanypodinae (Chironomidae): Yarrhpelopia and related new taxa | CRANSTON | Zootaxa

4 new species of braconid wasps in the genera Choeras, Glyptapanteles, Dolichogenidea, and Miropotes respectively native to South Australia.

Four new species of parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described through a citizen science partnership with schools in regional South Australia | FAGAN-JEFFRIES | Zootaxa

New species of non-biting midge in the genus Yarrhpelopia native to Western Australia [1.1].

Oceans

2 new species of barnacles in the suborder Acrothoracica (no genus given) native to the waters off South Africa.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4949.1.3

 

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Asia

New species of bent-toed gecko in the genus Cyrtodactylus native to Phnom Kulen National Park, Siem Reap, northwestern Cambodia.

Molecular phylogenetics, PCA, and MFA recover a new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from an isolated sandstone massif in northwestern Cambodia | GRISMER | Zootaxa

New genus (Sphaeraphodius) containing a new species of scarab beetle native to the province of Guangxi, China.

Sphaeraphodius gaohani , a new genus and species of Aphodiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Guangxi, China | KAKIZOE | Zootaxa

3 new species of earthworms in the genus Moniligaster native to the Western Ghats region in the state of Kerala, India.

Three new species and four new species records of earthworms of the genus Moniligaster Perrier, 1872 (Clitellata: Moniligastridae) from Kerala region of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot, India | NARAYANAN | Zootaxa

3 new species of true bugs in the genera Fulvius, Orthotylus, and Lasiacantha respectively, native to Turkey.

2 new species of mites in the genus Gaeolaelaps native to the Altai Mountains, Russia.

Two new species and a new record of Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till (Acari: Laelapidae) from Altai Mountains, Russia | JOHARCHI | Zootaxa

New species of dragonfly in the genus Cephalaeschna native to Neora Valley National Park, in the state of West Bengal, India.

A new species of Cephalaeschna Selys, 1883 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India, with notes on C. acanthifrons Joshi & Kunte, 2017 and C. viridifrons (Fraser, 1922) | DAWN | Zootaxa

New species of scale insect in the genus Nikkoaspis native to the province of Guizhou, China.

Description of a new species of the genus Nikkoaspis Kuwana, 1928 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) from China | TIAN | Zootaxa

Oceans

New genus (Tirana) containing a new species of tanaidacean, as well as another new species of tanaidacean in the genus Paranarthura native to submarine canyons in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.

Two new tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Portuguese submarine canyons (NE Atlantic, West Iberian Margin) | European Journal of Taxonomy

New genus (Eubostrichopsis) containing a new species of nematode native to the waters off the Pacific coast of the USA.

Eubostrichopsis johnpearsei n. gen., n. sp., the first stilbonematid nematode (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) from the US West Coast | OTT | Zootaxa

9 new species of ringed worms in the genus Amphiglena native to the Mediterranean Sea.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4949.2.1

New species of nematode in the genus Aegialolaimus native to the Kermadec trench off the coast of the North Island, New Zealand.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4949.2.7

 

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