Newly Discovered/Described Species 2021

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North America/Caribbean

New species of planthopper in the genus Haplaxius native to Costa Rica.

A new species of planthopper in the genus Haplaxius (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae) from coconut palm ( Cocos nucifera ) in Costa Rica | BARRANTES | Zootaxa

South America

New species of dog-faced bat in the genus Cynomops native to western Colombia and Ecuador, and northwestern Peru.

A new species of Cynomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from the northwestern slope of the Andes

New species of spider in the genus Enna native to the department of Quindío, Colombia.

https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-20-022

Africa

New genus (Hogsbackia) containing a new species of mite native to the Afromontane region of South Africa.

Hogsbackia africaensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Ceratozetoidea, Punctoribatidae), from Afromontane forest of South Africa | ERMILOV | Zootaxa

Europe

New species of snail in the genus Travunijana native to springs in Montenegro.

First record of stygobiotic gastropod genus Travunijana Grego & Glöer, 2019 (Mollusca, Hydrobiidae) from Montenegro

New species of slender springtail in the genus Entomobrya native to a cave in southern Spain.

Collembola from Hundidero-Gato Cave in Southern Spain, with the description of a new species of Entomobrya Rondani, 1861 (Collembola, Entomobryidae)

Asia

New species of snake in the genus Xylophis native to the Western Ghats region of India.

A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India

New species of shrub frog in the genus Philautus native to the island of Borneo.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzs.12465

New species of stone loach in the genus Yunnanilus native to the Lixianjiang River in the province of Yunnan, China.

http://www.zoores.ac.cn/en/article/doi/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.287

2 new genera (Namyatovia, Stonedahlia) containing 3 new species of plant bugs, as well as 3 other new species of plant bugs in the genera Harpedona, Lopidolon, and Mertila respectively, native to India and Sri Lanka.

https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1311

New genus (Gompholopium) containing a new species of scale insect native to the province of Yunnan, China.

https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1317

5 new species of cellar spiders in the genera Holocneminus, Khorata, and Pholcus native to Cambodia (2/5), China (1/5), Indonesia (1/5), and Thailand (1/5).

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4963.3.8

3 new species of praying mantises in the genera Pliacanthopus, Compsogusa, and Theopompa respectively native to Palay Island, Philippines.

https://doi.org/10.18476/insy.v03.a2

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

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4963.3.12

New species of water scavenger beetle in the genus Laccobius native to Taiwan.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4963.3.11

New species of amphipod in the genus Niphargus native to the southwestern portion of the Caucasus mountains in Russia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4963.3.5

New species of assassin bug in the genus Xenorhyncocoris native to northeastern Borneo.

https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1315

Oceania

New species of cicada in the genus Mugadina native to Queensland, Australia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4963.3.9

Oceans

4 new species of flatworms in the genus Bulaceros native to coral atolls off the coast of India.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17451000.2020.1870044
 
South America

2 new species of leafhoppers in the genera Comanopa and Gehundra native to the states of Paraná and Mato Grosso, Brazil, respectively.

Two new species of Hyalojassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) to the genera Comanopa Blocker and Gehundra Blocker, description of the male of G. sordida (Baker) and key to species | European Journal of Taxonomy

New species of wall crab spider in the genus Selenops native to Colombia.

The flattie spiders of the Selenops isopodus species group (Araneae: Selenopidae) with a review of Selenops records from Colombia | CREWS | Zootaxa

New species of goblin spider in the genus Predatoroonops native to the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

A new species of the Goblin Spider genus Predatoroonops Brescovit, Rheims & Ott 2012 (Araneae, Dysderoidea: Oonopidae), with new records for the genus | PEREIRA | Zootaxa

New species of leafhopper in the genus Daridna native to the region of Madre de Dios, Peru.

Coelidinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Peru: checklist with new records and description of a new species of Daridna Walker, 1858 | BARBOSA | Zootaxa

Africa

New genus (Manitisheria) containing 2 new species of trumpet moths native to Africa (no specifics given) [2.2].

Diagnostics of Manitisheria gen. nov., an Old-World genus of leaf-mining Tischeriidae, composed of new species and species formerly in Tischeria Zeller | STONIS | Zootaxa

New species of longhorn beetle in the genus Schizodontus native to northeastern Madagascar.

Notes on a small collection of Prioninae from North-East Madagascar with the description of a new Schizodontus Quentin & Villiers, 1974 (Cerambycidae, Closterini) | BOUYER | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of loach in the genus Oxynoemacheilus native to the Ceyhan and Seyhan river drainage systems in southern Anatolia, Turkey.

Oxynoemacheilus sarus , a new nemacheilid loach from the lower Ceyhan and Seyhan in southern Anatolia (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) | FREYHOF | Zootaxa

New genus (Concavetettix) containing 4 new species of pygmy grasshoppers native to the province of Yunnan, China.

New genus and new species of the subfamily Metrodorinae from China (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) | LU | Zootaxa

New genus (Manitisheria) containing 3 new species of trumpet moths native to South-East Asia (no specifics given) [2.2].

2 new species of earthworms in the genus Metaphire native to southern Vietnam.

Notes on the earthworm species, Metaphire anomala (Michaelsen, 1907) (Clitellata, Megascolecidae) in Southern Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species | European Journal of Taxonomy

New species of leafhopper in the genus Protensus native to China.

Review of the leafhopper genus Protensus Zhang & Dai (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) with description of a new species | ZHANG | Zootaxa

New species of stonefly in the genus Neoperla native to Motuo County, Tibet.

A new species of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Motuo County of Tibet, China and redescription of Neoperla perspicillata Zwick, 1980 | LI | Zootaxa

New species of wasp in the genus Methocha native to Taiwan.

A review of the subfamily Methochinae from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae) with description of a new species and redescription of the known species | NARITA | Zootaxa

New species of thermosbaenacean in the genus Tethysbaena native to freshwater bodies of water in the island of Socotra Island, Yemen.

https://brill.com/view/journals/cr/94/4/article-p487_7.xml

Oceania

New species of gecko in the genus Mokopirirakau native to the northern Otago region of New Zealand's South Island.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4964.1.7

Oceans

New species of jawfish in the genus Opistognathus native to the waters of Sagami Bay, off the coast of Honshu Island, Japan.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4964.1.8

New genus (Unomia) of soft coral native to the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4964.2.5

New species of cake urchin in the genus Clypeaster native to the waters off the coast of the Philippines.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4964.1.1
 
North America/Caribbean

New species of non-biting midge in the genus Nilothauma native to the state of Campeche, Mexico [60686].

Neotropical Nilothauma Kieffer, 1921 (Diptera, Chironomidae): Key, eleven new species, re-descriptions, new combination and new records

South America

11 new species of non-biting midges in the genus Nilothauma native to the states of Amazonas (3/10), Rondônia (2/10), São Paulo (2/10), Bahia (1/10), Mato Grosso (1/10), Pará (1/10), and Roraima (1/10), Brazil [60686].

Africa

2 new species of lizards in the genus Pedioplanis native to Namibia.

Lizards of a different stripe: phylogenetics of the Pedioplanis undata species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae), with the description of two new species

Asia

New genus (Sinartoria) containing 2 new species of wolf spiders native to China.

A further study on the wolf spider subfamily Artoriinae from China (Araneae: Lycosidae) | WANG | Zootaxa

10 new species of wasps in the genus Odontepyris native to China.

The genus Odontepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from China | WANG | Zootaxa

2 new species of dor beetles in the genus Bolboceras native to India.

Two new species of the genus Bolboceras Kirby, 1819 (Coleoptera: Bolboceratidae: Bolboceratinae) from India with an updated identification key of the Bolboceras nigricans Westwood, 1848 species group | KALAWATE | Zootaxa

New species of beetle in the genus Bastriscenellus native to South Korea.

Revision of Korean species of the genus Batriscenellus Jeannel (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Batrisitae) with description of one new species

New species of insect in the genus Hemiptarsnus native to the province of Jilin, China.

A new species of Hemiptarsenus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, with a key to Chinese species

New species of bat fly in the genus Ascodipteron native to the province of Fujian, China.

Ascodipteron sanmingensis sp. nov., a new bat fly (Hippoboscidae: streblid grade) from Fujian, China
 
North America/Caribbean

New genus (Osckayia) containing 3 new species of longhorn beetles native to the state of Oaxaca (3/3), Mexico, and the department of Cortés, Honduras.

New genus, new species and new records in Lamiinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) | PÉREZ-FLORES | Zootaxa

6 new species of freshwater isopods in the genus Caecidotea native to the Trans-Mexican Volcano Belt in central Mexico.

Six new epigean species of Caecidotea (Isopoda: Asellidae) distributed along the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in Central Mexico | GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ | Zootaxa

South America

New species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys native to Peru.

A new species of the genus Oligoryzomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from Peru | Request PDF

2 new species of killifish in the genus Austrolebias native to the Laguna dos Patos lagoon in southern Brazil.

Molecular phylogeny of the Austrolebias adloffi group (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae), with description of two new endangered and highly endemic species of annual killifishes from the Laguna dos Patos system, southern Brazil | VOLCAN | Zootaxa

New species of damselfly in the genus Heteragrion native to southeastern Brazil.

Heteragrion gorbi sp. nov. (Odonata: Heteragrionidae) from southeastern Brazil | CEZÁRIO | Zootaxa

Europe

2 new species of ringtails in the genus Psyllaphorura native to European Russia.

Two new species of the genus Psyllaphorura (Collembola: Onychiuridae) from the east of European Russia | SHVEENKOVA | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of shrew in the genus Crocidura native to Narcondam Island, India.

https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-141904/v1/78f4c1f1-197c-4908-bf41-bbd14f8c45b8.pdf

New species of bat in the genus Hypsugo native to Mongolia.

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.30.437544v1.full.pdf

New genus (Susamyia) containing a new species of parasitic fly native to Iran.

A new genus and species of tachinid flies from Iran (Diptera, Tachinidae, Goniini) | European Journal of Taxonomy

New subgenus (Indimimus) containing a new species of cricket native to caves in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.

The genus Arachnomimus Saussure, 1897 (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae) in India, with description of a new subgenus and species from a cave in Chhattisgarh, India | JAISWARA | Zootaxa

14 new species of sac spiders in the genus Clubiona native to the Xishuangbanna Rainforest, China.

Taxonomic studies on the sac spider genus Clubiona (Araneae, Clubionidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, China

8 new species of goblin spiders in the genus Ischnothyreus native to the Xishuangbanna Rainforest, China.

Taxonomic study of the genus Ischnothyreus (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, southwestern China

7 new species of orb-weaver spiders in the genus Eriovixia native to the province of Yunnan, China.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/60411/

New species of crane fly in the genus Phantolabis native to the Russian Far East.

https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1327

Oceania

New species of antlike flower beetle in the genus Macratria native to the island of Fiji.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4965.1.10

Oceans

New species of axiid lobster in the genus Paraxiopsis native to the Gulf of Mexico.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4965.1.6
 
North America/Caribbean

New family (Coronistomidae) containing a new genus (Coronistomus) containing a new species of rotifer native to the Hawlings River tributary in the state of Maryland, USA.

An extraordinary new fluvial bdelloid rotifer, Coronistomus impossibilis gen. nov., sp. nov., with adaptations for turbulent flow (Rotifera: Bdelloidea: Coronistomidae fam. nov.) | ÖRSTAN | Zootaxa

2 new species of non-biting midges in the genus Tanytarsus native to Costa Rica.

Two new species of Tanytarsus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Costa Rica | REIS | Zootaxa

New species of nematode in the genus Buzionema found on giant cockroaches in the genus Byrsotria native to Cuba.

Morphological and molecular characterization of Buzionema lutgardae n. sp. (Nematoda: Oxyuridomorpha: Thelastomatidae) from the cockroach Byrsotria sp. (Blattaria: Blaberidae) in Cuba | MORFFE | Zootaxa

New species of long-horned caddisfly in the genus Setodes native to the northern part of the state of Michigan, USA.

A new species of Setodes Rambur (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae) from northern Michigan, USA | HOUGHTON | Zootaxa

South America

New genus (Unguitarsonemus) containing a new species of bark beetle as well as another bark beetle in the genus Pseudotarsonemoides native to Peru.

A new genus and two new species of Tarsonemidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Peru | KHAUSTOV | Zootaxa

Africa

New genus Laximicracis containing a new species of bark beetle native to Kenya.

Laximicracis —a new genus of Afrotropical Micracidini beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) | JORDAL | Zootaxa

4 new species of moths in 4 different genera respectively native to the Maputo Special Reserve in Mozambique.

A contribution to the knowledge of the prominent moths (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Notodontidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve with descriptions of four new species | LÁSZLÓ | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of leaf-toed gecko in the genus Dixonius native to the Vientiane prefecture in northwestern Laos.

A new species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vientiane Capital, Laos | NGUYEN | Zootaxa

New genus (Plycus) containing 5 new species of beetles in the genus Plycus native to Malaysia and Indonesia.

New and little known taxa of neotenic lyropaeine net-winged beetles (Coleoptera: Lycidae) | KAZANTSEV | Zootaxa

9 new species of darkling beetles in 9 different genera respectively native to the island province of Hainan, China.

Nine new species of Cnodalonini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Hainan Island, with additional records of other Tenebrionidae | ANDO | Zootaxa

6 new species of beetles in the genus Hlavaciellus native to the states of Sabah (1/6), and Pahang (3/6), Malaysia, as well as the island of Sumatra (2/6), Indonesia.

Six new species of the Oriental genus Hlavaciellus Jałoszyński (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) | JAŁOSZYŃSKI | Zootaxa

5 new species of bush-tailed caddisflies in the genus Sericostoma native to Turkey.

Males of the genus Sericostoma Latreille 1825 in Turkey (Trichoptera, Sericostomatidae) | SİPAHİLER | Zootaxa

New species of caddisfly in the genus Agapetus native to the Kaeng Krung National Park in southern Thailand.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4965.2.12

New species of longhorn beetle in the genus Anoplophora native to the province of Sichuan, China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4965.2.7

New species of mayfly in the genus Baetis native to the region of the Far East, Russia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4965.3.8

New species of cuckoo wasp in the genus Pristocera native to Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4965.3.3

New species of rhinoceros beetle in the genus Eupatorus native to southwestern China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.1.3

Oceania

New species of beetle in the genus Mesytoechus native to southeastern Queensland, Australia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4965.2.9

Oceans

New species of thin eel in the genus Myroconger native to the tropical western Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Brazil.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4965.3.7

New genus (Tajikacelis) containing 6 new species of flatworms native to the Pacific Ocean, off the coasts of Australia (3/6), Hawaii (1/6), USA, and Panama (2/6).

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4965.3.6

New species of marine flatworm in the genus Stylochus native to the southern Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Mexico.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4965.2.5
 
North America/Caribbean

5 new species of scarab beetles in the genus Phanaeus native to Mexico (2/5), and Guatemala (3/5).

Taxonomic revision of the Phanaeus endymion species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with the descriptions of five new species | European Journal of Taxonomy

Asia

17 new species of ant spiders in the genera Lachesana Acanthinozodium (13/17), Lachesana (2/17), and Pax (2/17) native to Iran (16/17), and Turkmenistan (1/17).

Revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Iran and Turkmenistan, with seventeen new species

13 new species of land snails in the genera Microcystina (6/13), Everettia (2/13), Acmella (1/13), Japonia (1/13), Paralaoma (1/13), Plectostoma (1/13) Philalanka (1/13), and Plectostoma (1/13) respectively, native to the Bau limestone hills of the state of Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.

Land snails and slugs of Bau limestone hills, Sarawak (Malaysia, Borneo), with the descriptions of 13 new species

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 – Corrigendum | European Journal of Taxonomy

2 new species of goblin spiders in the genus Trilacuna native to the Jinyun Mountains in the province of Chongquing, China.

Two new species of the genus Trilacuna (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Jinyun Mountain of Chongqing, China | European Journal of Taxonomy

New species of sac spider in the genus Clubiona native to the Jiugong Mountains in China.

Clubiona jiugong sp. nov., the fifth species of C. zilla-group from China (Araneae: Clubionidae)

Oceans

New species of coral barnacle in the genus Cantellius native to the waters off the coast of southern Korea.

DNA-based diversity assessment reveals a new coral barnacle, Cantellius alveoporae sp. nov. (Balanomorpha: Pyrgomatidae) exclusively associated with the high latitude coral Alveopora japonica in the waters of southern Korea

New species of copepod in the genus Tigriopus native to the northwestern Indian Ocean, off the coast of Iran.

Tigriopus iranicus sp. nov., a new species of Harpacticidae (Copepoda, Crustacea) from Iran, with a redescription of T. raki Bradford, 1967
 
Description of a new pumpkin toadlet species, Brachycephalus rotenbergae, from the south Mantiqueira mountain range and semidecidual forests in the municipalities of Mogi das Cruzes, Campinas and Jundiaí, state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Hidden by the name: A new fluorescent pumpkin toadlet from the Brachycephalus ephippium group (Anura: Brachycephalidae) | Plos One

Another article about the new species :

New species of 'pumpkin toadlet' poisonous frog found in Brazil | New Scientist
 
North America/Caribbean

New species of lungless salamander in the genus Bolitoglossa native to a cloud forest in the department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.

A new species of Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) of the Bolitoglossa franklini group from an isolated cloud forest in northern Guatemala | DAHINTEN-BAILEY | Zootaxa

New genus (Apomyrsidea) containing a species of chewing louse native to Costa Rica [1339].

Another puzzle piece in the systematics of the chewing louse genus Myrsidea, with a description of a new genus Apomyrsidea | European Journal of Taxonomy

South America

New species of frog in the genus Pristimantis native to a mining area in northern Peru.

Lehr, E., S. Lyu & A. Catenazzi

New genus (Apomyrsidea) containing 2 species of chewing louses native to Brazil [1339].

2 new species of wood midges in the genus Insulestremia native to Brazil.

Review of Insulestremia Jaschhof, 2004 (Diptera; Cecidomyiidae; Lestremiinae) with description of two new species from Brazil | CARMO-NETO | Zootaxa

2 new species of flower chafer scarab beetles in the genus Inca native to Brazil.

Review of the Inca irroratus species group with description of two new species of Inca LePeletier & Serville, 1828 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) | European Journal of Taxonomy

New species of annelid worm in the genus Monroika native to the Uraguay River in Argentina.

A new freshwater fabriciid species (Sabellida, Fabriciidae) from the Uruguay River, Argentina, with some remarks on the relationships of Monroika Hartman, 1951, Manayunkia Bourne, 1884 and Brandtika Jones, 1974 | BICK | Zootaxa

Africa

New genus (Dilatapalochrus) containing a new species of soft-wing flower beetle native to Tanzania.

Dilatapalochrus gen. nov.—a new species and a new genus of soft-winged flower beetle of the tribe Apalochrini (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) from East Africa | TSHERNYSHEV | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of true gecko in the genus Gekko native to the province of Phu Yen, southern Vietnam.

Gekko phuyenensis sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new species from southern Vietnam | NGUYEN | Zootaxa

New species of Asian vine snake in the genus Ahaetulla native to the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam.

A new species of Ahaetulla Link, 1807 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Mekong Delta, Vietnam | LAM | Zootaxa

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

Fuscmacula , a new leafhopper genus from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) | YAO | Zootaxa

3 new species of spider wasps in the genus Telostholus native to Laos.

Discovery of the spider wasp genus Telostholus Haupt, 1929 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) in Laos, with the description of three new species | LOKTIONOV | Zootaxa

2 new species of moths in the genus Hendecaneura native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.3.7

New species of moth in the genus Agnoea native to Korea.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.3.10

New species of planthopper in the genus Arcofaciella native to the state of Karnataka, India.

https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1341

Oceans

New genus (Anozopathes) containing 2 new species of corals and another new genus (Aphanostichopathes) of corals native to the waters off of Hawaii and Palau.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.2.4

New species of squat lobster in the genus Uroptychodes native to the Uraga Channel, off the coast of Japan.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.3.6
 
South America

New species of frog in the genus Odontophrynus native to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

https://bioone.org/journals/ichthyo...ericanus-Species-Group/10.1643/h2020056.short

New genus (Wiyufiloides) containing a new species of groundwater isopod native to southern Chile.

A new genus and species of groundwater isopod of the family Protojaniridae (Isopoda: Asellota: Gnathostenetroidoidea) from southern Chile | PÉREZ-SCHULTHEISS | Zootaxa

4 new species of comb-footed spiders in the genus Euryopis native to Brazil (3/4) and Bolivia (1/4).

Description of four new species of the spider genus Euryopis Menge, 1868, with new records from Brazil (Araneae, Theridiidae, Hadrotarsinae) | RODRIGUES | Zootaxa

2 new species of bromeliad weevils in the genus Metamasius native to the province of Cotopaxi, Ecuador, and the department of Río Yurumangui, Colombia, respectively.

Two new species of Metamasius Horn, 1873 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae) from Ecuador and Colombia | ANDERSON | Zootaxa

2 new species of damselflies in the genus Archaeopodagrion native to the departments of Risaralda and Valle del Cauca, Colombia, and the province of Imbabura, Ecuador.

Two new species of Archaeopodagrion (Odonata, Philogeniidae) from the western foothills of the Tropical Andes, with biological observations and distributional records

New species of damselfly in the genus Heteragrion native to the Serra de Itabaiana National Park in northeastern Brazil.

Heteragrion lencionii (Odonata: Heteragrionidae) sp. nov. from Serra de Itabaiana National Park, Northeastern Brazil | VILELA | Zootaxa

New species of ant in the genus Strumigenys native to the region of Chocó, Ecuador (this is also the first species scientists gave a gender-neutral name to for whatever reason).

A new species group of Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Ecuador, with a description of its mandible morphology

Africa

New genus (Saotomia) containing a new species of weevil native to the island of São Tomé and Príncipe.

Saotomia tuberculata , a new genus and species of Peritelini (Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Entiminae) from São Tomé, West Africa | BOROVEC | Zootaxa

3 new species of leafhoppers in the genus Hamma native to Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

On the genus Hamma Buckton, 1905 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) in Equatorial Africa, with descriptions of three new species | European Journal of Taxonomy

Europe

New species of rove beetle in the genus Lesteva native to Portugal and Spain.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.4.1

Asia

2 new species of rice frogs in the genus Microhyla native to central Vietnam.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/56919/

2 new genera (Dentadra, Prabadra) containing 2 species (1 of which is new) as well as another new species of lichen moth in the genus Zadadra native to northeastern India (2/2), northern Thailand (1/2), Nepal, Bhutan, and western China (1/2).

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.5.2

4 new species of araneomorph spiders in the genus Cybaeus native to South Korea.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.4.4

3 new species of ground spiders in the genera Drassodex (1/3) and Zelotes (2/3) respectively, native to the province of Khatlon, Tajikistan.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.4.3

3 new species of moths in the genus Loxoneptera native to the provinces of Yunnan, China.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/63814/

New species and subspecies of butterfly in the genus Neolycaena native to the regions of Xinjiang, China, and southern Tuva, Russia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.5.1

New species of bush cricket in the genus Ruspolia native to the Kashmir region of India.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.4.7

Another new species of bush cricket in the genus Yalvaciana native to the Kashmir region of India.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.5.9

New species of freshwater prawn in the genus Macrobrachium native to the upper peninsula of southern Thailand.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.4.2

New species of leafhopper in the genus Nirvanguina native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.5.8

New species of rove beetle in the genus Pseudolathra native to the province of Gansu, China.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/60319/

General

26 new species of flies in the genus Iteaphila are described.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4968.1.1

New species of lance fly in the genus Protearomyia native to the Palearctic.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4966.4.8
 
South America

New genus (Mikrohyperbaenus) containing a new species of raspy cricket native to the department of Santander, Colombia.

Studies on Raspy Crickets: A new Andean Hyperbaenini genus (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae: Hyperbaeninae) | CADENA-CASTAÑEDA | Zootaxa

New species of psocid in the genus Loneura native to Bolivia.

A new species of Loneura Navás and taxonomic update of L. boliviana Williner and L. meridionalis García Aldrete (Psocodea: Psocomorpha: Ptiloneuridae) | CUTRIM | Zootaxa

New species of sac spider in the genus Myrmecotypus native to the region of Bolivian orocline.

Myrmecotypus haddadi sp. nov.—a new species of ant resembling sac spider from the Bolivian orocline (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae) | PERGER | Zootaxa

Africa

6 new species of ant-like leaf beetles in the genus Mixaderus native to the islands of La Réunion and Mauritius.

New Mixaderus species from the Mascarene Islands (Coleoptera: Aderidae) | GOMPEL | Zootaxa

Europe

2 new species of carrion beetles in the genus Blattochaeta native to the northern and southeastern mountains in Montenegro.

Two new species of the genus Blattochaeta Reitter, 1910 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini) from Montenegro | ČEPLÍK | Zootaxa

Asia

5 new species of springtails in the genera Entomobrya (4/5) and Willowsia (1/5) native to the region of the Amur Oblast, Russia.

New species and a new record of Entomobryinae (Collembola, Entomobryomorpha) from Amurskaya Region (the Far East of Russia) | BAQUERO | Zootaxa

2 new species of insects in the genus Oryctopterus native to India.

Two new species of the genus Oryctopterus (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Oryctopinae) from India, with some notes on biology | European Journal of Taxonomy

New species of planthopper in the genus Mycterodus native to the province of Kerman, Iran.

A new species of the genus Mycterodus Spinola (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Issidae) from Iran defining southern boundary of generic distribution | GNEZDILOV | Zootaxa

New species of potter wasp in the genus Coeleumenes native to southern Vietnam.

New findings on the taxonomy of the genus Coeleumenes van der Vecht (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species | MAI | Zootaxa

Oceans

New species of nematode in the genus Litinium native to the Kermadec Trench in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Litinium gludi sp. nov. (Nematoda, Oxystominidae) from Kermadec Trench, Southwest Pacific Ocean | European Journal of Taxonomy
 
Africa

New species of jewel beetle in the genus Anthaxia native to East Africa.

A contribution to the taxonomy of Anthaxia ( Cratomerus ) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini) of East Africa | OBOŘIL | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of gecko in the genus Cnemaspis native to the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

A new medium-sized rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the C. bangara clade from granite boulder habitats in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India | AGARWAL | Zootaxa

Another new species of gecko in the genus Gekko native to Tham Khao Chan cave in the province of Lopburi, Thailand.

A new cave-dwelling Gekko ( Gekko ) from Lopburi Province, central Thailand (Squamata, Gekkonidae) | MEESOOK | Zootaxa

7 new species of cockroaches in the genus Margattea native to the provinces of Yunnan (6/7) and Guangxi (1/7), China.

Species delimitation of Margattea cockroaches from China, with seven new species (Blattodea, Ectobiidae, Pseudophyllodromiinae)

New species of planariid triclad in the genus Phagocata native to the Sea of Galilee, Israel.

The genus Phagocata Leidy (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) in Israel, a new species of Phagocata from Lake Kinneret, and an emended description of Dugesia salina | BROMLEY-SCHNUR | Zootaxa

New species of crane fly in the genus Antocha native to the province of Sichuan, China.

New Antocha Osten Sacken (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Sichuan, China | MARKEVIČIŪTĖ | Zootaxa

New species of mayfly in the genus Paegniodes native to the province of Nan, Thailand.

First record of Paegniodes Eaton, 1881 (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) from Thailand with description of a new species

Oceans

New genus (Sinetectula) of sea snails native to the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Sinetectula gen. nov., a new genus of Pisaniidae (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea) from the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans | European Journal of Taxonomy
 
North America/Caribbean

New species of true fly in the genus Neorhinotora native to El Salvador.

Description of a new species of Neorhinotora Lopes, 1934 (Diptera: Heleomyzidae) from Central America | MENEZES | Zootaxa

Africa

2 new species of bark beetles in the genus Dendrochilus native to the Udzungwa Mountains in south-central Tanzania.

Revision of Dendrochilus (Coleoptera, Scolytinae)—with description of two new species from Tanzania | JORDAL | Zootaxa

Asia


New species of leaf-toed gecko in the genus Dixonius native to the province of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, meeting Laos's border.

A new sandstone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius mekongensis ) from the Thai-Lao border | PAUWELS | Zootaxa

New species of bent-toed gecko in the genus Cyrtodactylus native to the province of Dien Bien, Thailand.

First record of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vietnam with description of a new species | LE | Zootaxa

New species of catfish in the genus Glyptothorax native to the Euphrates and Tigris drainage systems.

The Glyptothorax catfishes of the Euphrates and Tigris with the description of a new species (Teleostei: Sisoridae) | FREYHOF | Zootaxa

5 new species of flies in the genus Chelifera native to China.

Five new species of Chelifera Macquart from China (Diptera: Empididae) | WANG | Zootaxa

3 new species of dark-winged fungus gnats in the genus Pseudoaerumnosa native to China.

Three Oriental species of Pseudoaerumnosa Rudzinski (Diptera, Sciaridae) from China | CHEN | Zootaxa

2 new species of spring stoneflies in the genus Amphinemura native to the province of Taiwan, China.

Two new species of Amphinemura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Taiwan Province on the southeast coast of China | ZHAO | Zootaxa

2 new species of planthoppers in the genus Kirbyana native to the provinces of Hunan (1/3), Guangxi (1/3), and Yunnan (1/3), China.

Two new bamboo-feeding species of the genus Kirbyana Distant, 1906 from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae)

New species of rove beetle in the genus Eucibdelus native to the province of Yunnan, China.

A new species of the genus Eucibdelus Kraatz, 1859 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) from Yunnan, China | HE | Zootaxa

New species of soft-winged flower beetle in the genus Anthocomus native to the province of Yunnan, China.

A review of the genus Anthocomus Erichson, 1840 (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Malachiidae) species of Inner Asia | TSHERNYSHEV | Zootaxa

New species of beetle in the genus Pachypaederus native to the province of Yunnan, China.

The third species of the genus Pachypaederus Fagel, 1958 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from the Oriental region

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

https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/66843/
 
South America

New species of green lacewing in the genus Ceraeochrysa native to Brazil.

The Neotropical green lacewing genus Ceraeochrysa Adams (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)—new synonymies and combinations, a new species, and an updated key to species | SOSA-DUQUE | Zootaxa

Europe

New species of rove beetle in the genus Paramaurops native to the Zagori region of Greece.

Endogean and Cavernicolous Coleoptera of the Balkans. XXIII. A new species of Paramaurops J. Müller (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Greece | HLAVÁČ | Zootaxa

Asia

New genus (Megalofaciatus) containing 2 new species of jumping tree bugs native to Brunei.

A remarkable new genus and two new species of the Gigantometopini (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Isometopinae) from Brunei | TASZAKOWSKI | Zootaxa

New genus (Asymmetritania) of grasshopper native to the Oriental region.

On the exact position of the tribe Incolacridini in the modern classification of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) | STOROZHENKO | Zootaxa

2 new species of moths in the genus Promalactis native to Japan.

Two new species of Promalactis and one newly recorded from Japan (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) | TOMURA | Zootaxa

2 new species of water mites in the genus Sperchon native to Kazakhstan and Russia.

Two new water mite species of the Sperchon tridentatus -group from Asia (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Sperchontidae) | TUZOVSKIJ | Zootaxa

2 more new species of moths in the genus Diduga native to Laos.

Two new species and four new records of Diduga (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Laos | BAYARSAIKHAN | Zootaxa

New species of nematode in the genus Crassolabium native to Vietnam.

Description of Crassolabium unicum sp. n. (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Qudsianematidae) from Vietnam | NGUYEN | Zootaxa

Oceans

New species of isopod in the genus Limnoria native to the prefecture of Chiba, Japan.

New species of Sargassum -boring Limnoria Leach, 1814 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Limnoriidae) from Japan | YOSHINO | Zootaxa
 
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