Newly Discovered/Described Species 2021

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North America

New species of water bug in the genus Limnocoris native to Panama [1.1]

Revision of Limnocoris Stål (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae) of the tropical Andes | Zootaxa

South America

2 new species of bristly mice in the genus Neacomys native to northern Venezuela and the state of Pará, Brazil, respectively.

https://www.researchgate.net/public..._species_and_a_discussion_on_carotid_patterns

8 new species of water bugs in the genus Limnocoris native to Colombia (5/8), Ecuador (3/8), Venezuela (3/8), and Brazil (1/8) [1.1].

4 new species of true bugs in the genus Petalops native to Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru, respectively.

Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes | Zootaxa

Africa

4 new species of ant-like stone beetles in the genus Pomphopsilla native to Rwanda (2/4), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1/4), and Burundi (1/4).

Four new species of Pomphopsilla Jałoszyński in Rwanda, Burundi and DR Congo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) | Zootaxa

Europe

7 new species of pseudoscorpions in the genus Cthonius native to the provinces of Treviso (3/7), Ragusa (1/7), Lecce (1/7), Cuneo (1/7), Nuoro (1/7), Catania (1/7), Italy.

The Italian species of the Chthonius ischnocheles group (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae), with reference to neighbouring countries | Zootaxa

2 new species of stoneflies in the genus Protonemura native to the western and eastern Italian Alps respectively.

Two new species of Protonemura Kempny, 1898 (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from the Italian Alps | Zootaxa

Asia

New genus (Carinicateres) containing a new species of beetle native to eastern Thailand.

Carinicateres merkli gen. et sp. nov. from Thailand, with notes on identification of two lophocateride beetles used in recent molecular phylogenies (Cleroidea, Lophocateridae) | Zootaxa

6 new species of crickets in the genus Phaloria native to the province of West Papua, Indonesia.

New species of Phaloria (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae: Phaloriinae) from West Papua (Indonesia) | Zootaxa

2 new species of drain flies in the genera Thornburghiella and Pericoma respectively, native to Georgia (2/2) and Azerbaijan (1/2).

Two new Palaearctic species of moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Caucasus Mts. | Zootaxa

New species of raspy cricket in the genus Homogryllacris native to China.

One new species of Homogryllacris Liu, 2007 from China with comments on the characters of mitochondrial genome (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae; Gryllacridini) | Zootaxa

New species of minute bark beetle in the genus Ostomopsis native to Thailand [4.2].

Revision of the subfamily Ostomopsinae (Coleoptera: Cerylonidae) | Zootaxa

New species of planthopper in the genus Cylindratus native to the province of Lao Cai, Vietnam.

A new species of the genus Cylindratus Meng, Qin et Wang, 2020 from northern Vietnam, with first description of 5th instar larva and a key to Vietnamese Caliscelini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Caliscelidae) | Zootaxa

Oceania

3 new species of minute bark beetles in the genus Ostomopsis native to New Caledonia (2/3) and the Solomon Islands [4.2].

Oceans

New family (Inversiscaphidae) containing 5 new genera (Planospinella, Caribaria, Spirocolepora, Gemellitheca, Palliocella) containing 74 species of bryozoans native to the waters off the coast of Jamaica.

Coral reef-associated bryozoans of Jamaica | Zootaxa

General

New species of grasshopper in the genus Assamacris is described.

Taxonomic review of the genus Assamacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) with a new species and a newly discovered female | Zootaxa
 
North America/Caribbean

2 new species of flea beetles in the genus Hemilactica native to the Dominican Republic.

Flea beetles of the West Indies: the genus Hemilactica Blake, 1937 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

New species of ambrosia beetle in the genus Coptoborus native to Panama [62246].

A revision of the Neotropical genus Coptoborus Hopkins (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini)

New species of true weevil in the genus Conotrachelus native to the province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Conotrachelus terryerwini, a majestic new species of Curculionidae (Molytinae, Conotrachelini) from Costa Rica

New species of moth in the genus Callistege native to the Chihuahuan Desert region of the state of Coahuila, Mexico.

The Lepidoptera of Cuatrociénegas Protected Area 1. A new species in the genus Callistege Hübner, [1823] (Erebidae, Erebinae, Euclidiini) from the Chihuahuan Desert, Coahuila, Mexico

South America

39 new species of ambrosia beetles in the genus Coptoborus native to Ecuador (21/39), Peru (8/39), Brazil (5/39), Suriname (3/39), French Guiana (2/39), and Guyana (1/39) [62246].

7 new species of ground beetles in the genus Calleida native to Peru.

Biodiversity in tropical rainforests: Calleida Dejean, 1825 at the BIOLAT Biological Station, Rio Manu, Peru, with descriptions of seven new species (Coleoptera Carabidae, Lebiini). Part 1

3 new species of tiger moths in the genus Robinsonia native to French Guiana (1/3), Paraguay (1/3), Peru (1/3), and Bolivia (1/3).

Partial revision of the genus Robinsonia Grote 1866: description of five new species for the Neotropical fauna (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Phaegopterina) | Zootaxa

Asia


New genus (Yalongaphaenops) containing a new species of ground beetle native to the province of Sichuan, China.

Yalongaphaenops erwini gen. et sp. nov., the world’s most high-altitude hypogean trechine beetle from China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae)

7 new species of parasitoid wasps in the genus Streblocera native to the provinces of Yunnan (3/7), Hubei (2/7), Fujian (1/7), and Liaoning (1/7), China.

Revision of Streblocera Westwood (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) from China, with the description of seven new species

4 new species of true katydids in the genus Orophyllus native to southern China.

Taxonomy of genus Orophyllus Beier, 1954 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) | Zootaxa

2 new species of microwhip scorpions in the genera Koeneiodes and Prokoenenia respectively native to Tibet and China respectively.

New and interesting palpigrades (Arachnida, Palpigradi) of the genera Koeneniodes Silvestri, 1913 and Prokoenenia Börner, 1901 from Asia | Zootaxa

2 new species of midges in the genus Monodiamesa native to the Tibetan Plateau.

DNA barcodes and morphology reveal two new species of Monodiamesa Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Prodiamesinae) in Tibetan Plateau | Zootaxa

2 new species of ants in the genus Myrmecina native to the state of Mizoram, India.

Description of two new species of ants of the genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from the Eastern Himalayas | Zootaxa

2 new species of rove beetles in the genus Lathrobium native to the province of Zhejiang, China.

New species and new records of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from Zhejiang, East China | Zootaxa

2 new species of beetles in the genus Diplocheila native to Cambodia.

The genus Diplocheila Brullé, 1834 in Cambodia, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Licinini)

New species of plant bug in the genus Gigantometopus native to Vietnam.

Gigantometopus coronobtectus sp. nov., the first Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Cimicomorpha: Miridae) from Vietnam | Zootaxa

New species of harvestman spider in the genus Sabacon native to the Altai Mountains, Russia.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.1.7

New species of groundhopper in the genus Pseudepitettix native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.1.12

New species of beetle in the genus Bembidion native to the provinces of Kerman and Yazd, Iran.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/63607/

Oceania

8 new genera (Erwinanillus, Gregorydytes, Pilbaraphanus, Neoillaphanus, Kimberleytyphlus, Gilesdytes, Pilbaradytes, Bylibaraphanus) containing 18 species of ground beetles native to the state of Western Australia, Australia.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58844/

7 new species of ground beetles in the genera Coptocarpus (5/7) and Adelopomorpha (2/7) respectively, native to New Caledonia.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/63775/

2 new species of beetles in the genus Leiodytes native from New Guinea to the northern part of the state of Queensland, Australia.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.1.2

2 new species of beetles in the genus Tasmanitachoides native to the Australia Capital Territory, Australia, and the island of Tasmania, respectively.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/62253/

2 new species of ground beetles in the genus Theprisa native to Tasmania and the state of Victoria, Australia, respectively.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/62335/

General

2 new genera (Colossochares, Novochares) of water scavenger beetles are described.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/63810/
 
North America/Caribbean

2 new species of beetles in the genus Liogenys native to Trinidad and Tobago [2.1].

Liogenys Guerin-Méneville, 1831 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Diplotaxini) of northern South America and Central America: taxonomic overview with four new species | Zootaxa

South America

New species of saddleback toad in the genus Brachycephailus native to remnants of the Atlantic Rainforest in southeastern Brazil.

Notes on the Hyperossified Pumpkin Toadlets of the Genus Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) with the Description of a New Species

New species of frog in the genus Pristimantis native to the province of Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23766808.2021.1940048

2 new species of beetles in the genus Liogenys native to northern South America [2.1].

New species of water flea in the genus Bosmina native to high mountain lakes in Colombia.

A new species of Bosmina ( Liederobosmina ) Brték, 1997 (Cladocera: Bosminidae) from high mountain lakes of Colombia | Zootaxa

New species of scarab beetle in the genus Compsodactylus native to Peru.

Compsodactylus Fuhrmann, 2012 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae): distributional notes and a new species | Zootaxa

Africa

2 new species of birds in the genus Cisticola native to the Kilombero floodplain in southwestern Tanzania.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ibi.12971

11 new species of flies in the genus Amblypsilopus native to Madagascar.

Eleven new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to the species of Madagascar and adjacent islands | European Journal of Taxonomy

New species of millipede in the genus Sechelleptus native to the island of Mayotte, Comoro Islands.

Sechelleptus arborivagus sp. nov., a new arboreal spirostreptid millipede (Diplopoda, Spirostreptidae) endemic to Mayotte Island (Comoros Archipelago), Indian Ocean | European Journal of Taxonomy

Europe

New species of geometer moth in the genus Idaea native to the Iberian Peninsula.

Description of Idaea josephinae sp. n. from the Iberian Peninsula (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of kukri snake in the genus Oligodon native to the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

https://bioone.org/journals/herpeto...wesi/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-20-00006.1.short

New species of frog in the genus Vietnamophryne native to the Vu Quang National Park in northern Vietnam.

https://bioone.org/journals/revue-s...amophryne-from-Vietnam/10.35929/RSZ.0046.full

New species of frog in the genus Euphlyctis native to the western coastal plains in the state of Kerala, India.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.2.7

New species of stone loach in the genus Homatula native to the Guanhe River in the province of Henan, China.

https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/65130/

5 new species of chewing lice in the genera Cuculicola (1/5), Goniocotes (2/5), Rallicola (1/5), and Resartor (1/5), respectively, native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.2.6

New subspecies of butterfly in the genus Tajuria native to China.

https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/69073/

New species of gall midge in the genus Pseudasphondylia native to the prefecture of Aomori, Japan.

https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/68016/

New species of moth in the genus Tagoria native to Nepal.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/69557

New species of dragonfly in the genus Gynacantha native to Bangladesh.

https://www.researchgate.net/public...w_dragonfly_from_Bangladesh_Odonata_Aeshnidae

New species of cricket in the genus Gryllodinus native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.2.2

New species of bush cricket in the genus Dolicholobosa native to the province of Guizhou, China.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.2.8

New species of snout moth in the genus Etielloides native to Mt. Leigong, in the province of Guizhou, China.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.2.9

New species of bee fly in the genus Phthiria native to the province of Kerman, Iran.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.2.11

New species of nematode in the genus Spinicauda native to the province of West Java, Indonesia.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.2.13

Oceans

4 new species of marine worms in the genus Caulleriella native to the waters off the coast of the northeastern USA.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.2.3

New species of sea snail in the genus Lirapex native to hydrothermal vents in the Southwest Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2021.1923851?journalCode=tnah20
 
North America/Caribbean

New species of jumping pitviper in the genus Metlapilcoatlus native to the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range in Mexico.

Molecular Phylogenetics and Morphometrics Reveal a New Endemic Jumping Pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Metlapilcoatlus) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico

South America

New species of damselfly in the genus Lestes native to the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Synopsis of Lestes from Brazil with description of Lestes demarcoi sp. nov. (Zygoptera: Lestidae) | Zootaxa

New species of moth in the genus Morpheis native to western Brazil and Peru.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2021.42.10

Africa

6 new species of hoverflies in the genus Mesembrius native to Uganda (3/6), Kenya (3/6), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2/6), Malawi (1/6), South Africa (1/6), and Togo (1/6).

Revision of the Afrotropical species of the hover fly genus Mesembrius Rondani (Diptera, Syrphidae) using morphological and molecular data

3 new species of bee-like hoverflies in the genus Merodon native to Ghana (1/3), South Africa (1/3), Tanzania (1/3), and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1/3).

Revision of the Merodon bombiformis group (Diptera: Syrphidae) – rare and endemic African hoverflies | European Journal of Taxonomy

New species of surf fly in the genus Isocanace native to the island of Mauritius.

The surf flies of the Mascarene Islands (Diptera: Canacidae: Canacinae), with the description of a new species | Zootaxa

Europe

2 new species of freshwater snails in the genus Paladilhiopsis native to Croatia and Montenegro respectively.

Two new species of the Balkan genus Paladilhiopsis Pavlović, 1913 (Caenogastropoda, Moitessieriidae)

New species of freshwater snail in the genus Pseudobithynia native to the western part of Dojran Lake in North Macedonia.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2021.41.12

New species of caddisfly in the genus Potamophylax native to the Qafështamë National Park in Albania.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2021.42.4

Asia

2 new genera (Ghatarbela, Micrarbela) containing a new species of moth native to the Western Ghats region of India.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2021.42.6

6 new species of moths in the genus Stueningeria native to Thailand (3/6), China (1/6), Myanmar (1/6), and Vietnam (1/6).

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2021.43.2

4 new species of camel crickets in the genus Tachycines native to caves in the northern part of the province of Guizhou, China.

Four new species of the subgenus Tachycines ( Gymnaeta ) (Rhaphidophoridae: Aemodogryllinae: Aemodogryllini) from caves in northern Guizhou, China | Zootaxa

3 new species of slender springtails in the genus Willowsia native to China.

Three new species Willowsia (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from China and notes on W. japonica | Zootaxa

2 new species of water mites in the genus Atractides native to Turkey.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/69527

New species of parasitoid wasp in the genus Nedinoschiza native to the Western Ghats region of India.

First record of the genus Nedinoschiza Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats | Zootaxa

New species of mayfly in the genus Dudgeodes also native to the Western Ghats region of India.

A new species of Dudgeodes Sartori, 2008 (Ephemeroptera: Teloganodidae) from Megamalai hills of southern Western Ghats, India | Zootaxa

New species of moth in the genus Palpita native to Laos.

A new species of Palpita Hübner from Laos (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) | Zootaxa

New species of bush cricket in the genus Heminicsara native to the province of West Papua, Indonesia.

A new species of Heminicsara (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Agraeciini) from West Papua (New Guinea) | Zootaxa

New species of parasitoid wasp in the genus Smicromorpha native to India.

Review of Smicromorpha Girault (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) with description of a new species from India | Zootaxa

New species of sun spider in the genus Galeodes native to the province of Hakkari, Turkey.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4991.1.5

New species of freshwater crustacean in the genus Hangangbathynella native to the Geumgang River in South Korea.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/66141/

New species of moth in the genus Pelecystola native to the provinces of Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Henan, Hunan, Shaanxi, and Sichuan, China.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/68329/

Another new species of water mite in the genus Atractides native to Turkey.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/69614

New species of weevil in the genus Otiorhynchus native to the Ukok Plateau in western Siberia, Russia.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2021.42.8

New species of tooth-nosed snout weevil in the genus Pseudodepasophilus native to the province of Yunnan, China.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2021.42.9

Oceans

New species of copepod in the genus Bestiolina native to the waters off the coast of the Nansei Islands, Japan.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.3.2

New species of demosponge in the genus Phlyctaenopora native to the West Norfolk Ridge, South Pacific Ocean.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4990.3.13

General

New tribe (Groenendaelini) containing 2 genera of moths is described.

https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2021.41.7
 
South America

New species of giant anole in the genus Anolis native to the Pacific slopes of the Andes in southwestern Ecuador.

A new giant anole (Squamata: Iguanidae: Dactyloinae) from southwestern Ecuador | Zootaxa

New species of sac spider in the genus Patrera native to the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The spider genus Patrera Simon (Araneae: Dionycha, Anyphaeninae) in the Atlantic Forest biome, with the description of one new species from Brazil | Zootaxa

Europe

4 new species of slender springtails in the genera Entomobrya (3/4) and Entomobryoides (1/4) respectively, native to the republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia, and Dagestan, Russia.

New species and records of Entomobryidae and Orchesellidae (Collembola) from the East Caucasus (Russia) | Zootaxa

Asia

4 new species of rove beetles in the genus Trichodromeus native to Nepal (3/4), and Pakistan (1/4), respectively.

Four new species of the genus Trichodromeus Luze, 1903 from Nepal and Pakistan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) | Zootaxa

4 new species of rove beetles in the genus Astenus native to the provinces of Sivas (2/4), Kırıkkale (1/4), and Kırşehir (1/4), Turkey, respectively.

On the subgenus Eurysunius Reitter of Turkey VII. Four new species from central Anatolia, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae, Astenus ) | Zootaxa

3 new species of proturans in the genus Gracilentulus native to Japan.

The Japanese species of the genus Gracilentulus (Protura: Acerentomidae) | Zootaxa

3 new species of scale insects in the genera Cryptoparlatoreopsis, Diaspis, and Hemiberlesia respectively, native to Iran.

Three new species of armoured scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) from Iran | Zootaxa

2 new species of moths in the genus Manulea native to the province of Sichuan (2/2), China, as well as southwestern China (2/2) and northern Vietnam (1/2).

Two new species of Manulea Wallengren, 1863 from southwestern China and northern Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) | Zootaxa

2 new species of true weevils in the genus Metapocyrtus native to the island of Mindanao, Phillippines.

Two new species of Metapocyrtus ( Metapocyrtus ) Heller 1912 from Mindanao, Philippines (Curculionidae, Entiminae, Pachyrhynchini) | Zootaxa

New species of amphipod in the genus Floresorchestia native to the province of Yunnan, China.

Floresorchestia xueli , a new terrestrial crustacean (Amphipoda, Talitridae) from Yunnan, China | Zootaxa
 
North America/Caribbean

4 new species of scale insects in the genera Clavaspis (2/4), Davidsonaspis (1/4), and Rungaspis (1/4), respectively, native to Panama.

Four new species of Aspidiotini (Hemiptera, Diaspididae, Aspidiotinae) from Panama, with a key to Panamanian species

Asia

New species of snake in the genus Gonyosoma native to the province of Yunnan, China.

A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854)

New species of frog in the genus Panophrys native to the Yueliangshan Nature Reserve in the province of Guizhou, China.

A species of the genus Panophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from southeastern Guizhou Province, China

11 new species of aquatic insects in the genus Micronecta native to Vietnam.

Taxonomy of Micronectidae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) from Vietnam, with descriptions of 11 new species | European Journal of Taxonomy

5 new species of soldier beetles in the genus Stenothemus native to the provinces of Chongqing (2/5), Hubei (2/5), Sichuan (2/5), Gansu (1/5), and Guizhou (1/5), China.

Taxonomic revision of the species of Stenothemus from Southwest China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with the descriptions of five new species | European Journal of Taxonomy

4 new species of wasps in the genus Dasyproctus native to India.

Review of Indian Dasyproctus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with description of four new species | Zootaxa

3 new species of water beetles in the genus Patrus native to Thailand.

Review of the Patrus landaisi species group from Thailand with description of three new species (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae) | Zootaxa

New species of cicada in the genus Haphsa native to China.

A review of the cicada genus Haphsa Distant, 1905 with the description of one new species from China (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and a phylogenetic analysis of Haphsa and its allies | Zootaxa

New species of beetle in the genus Anthrenus native to Turkey.

Anthrenus (s. str.) corona (Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Anthrenini): a new species in the A. pimpinellae Fabricius, 1775 complex from Turkey | Zootaxa

Oceans

5 new species of fish in the genus Stellifer native to waters off the coast of South America.

Five new species of Western Atlantic stardrums, Stellifer (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) with a key to Atlantic Stellifer species | Zootaxa

2 new species of guitarfish in the genus Acroteriobatus native to the waters in the western Indian Ocean, off the coast of Madagascar and the Socotra Islands, respectively.

Resolution of the Acroteriobatus leucospilus species complex, with a redescription of A. leucospilus (Norman, 1926) and descriptions of two new western Indian Ocean species of Acroteriobatus (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinobatidae)
 
North America/Caribbean

3 new genera (Burnettweldia, Nichollsiella, Disholandricus) containing 2 new species and 10 non-new species of oak gall wasps native to the Nearctic region of North America.

Three new Nearctic genera of oak cynipid gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini): Burnettweldia Pujade-Villar, Melika & Nicholls, Nichollsiella Melika, Pujade-Villar & Stone, Disholandricus Melika, Pujade-Villar & Nicholls; and re-establishment of the genus Paracraspis Weld | Zootaxa

New species of beetle in the genus Alcathousiella native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

A review of the genus Alcathousiella Monné, 2005 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) | European Journal of Taxonomy

South America

37 new species of water beetles in the genus Hydrochus native to Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.

Taxonomy of water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817, from Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae) | Zootaxa
 
South America

2 new species of mites in the genus Gaeolaelaps native to the Andes Mountains region of Peru.

Two new species of Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till (Acari: Laelapidae) from the Andes Mountains, Peru | Zootaxa

New species of beetle in the genus Odontocheila native to Brazil.

Taxonomic and nomenclatorial revision within the Neotropical genera of the subtribe Odontocheilina W. Horn in a new sense—23. Odontocheila parafemoralis sp. nov., a new species of the O. cajennensis species-complex (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) | Zootaxa

New species of leaf katydid in the genus Anaulacomera native to Itatiaia National Park in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A new species of Anaulacomera Stål, 1873 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) from Parque Nacional de Itatiaia, Southeastern Brazil | Zootaxa

Africa

New species of slippery frog in the genus Conraua native to Atewa Range Forest Reserve in central Ghana.

A new critically endangered slippery frog (Amphibia, Conrauidae, Conraua ) from the Atewa Range, central Ghana | Zootaxa

2 new genera (Makalapobius, Gabusibius) containing 5 new species of crickets native to the islands of Mauritius, Grande Comore, Anjouan, Mohéli, and Mayotte, respectively.

New intertidal crickets from Comoros and Mascarene islands (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae: Nemobiinae: Burcini) | Zootaxa

Europe

New genus (Iglicopsis) containing a new species of mollusc native to the Trebišnjica River Basin in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Crenobiont, stygophile and stygobiont molluscs in the hydrographic area of the Trebišnjica River Basin

2 new species of weevils in the genus Rhamphus native to Italy.

Description of two new species of Rhamphus related to R. oxyacanthae (Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini) from Italy based on a morphological study supported by molecular data | Zootaxa

Asia

New genus (Varadia) containing a new species of semi-slug native to the northern and central parts of the Western Ghats region in India.

Varadia, a new helicarionoidean semi-slug genus from India’s Western Ghats (Stylommatophora: Helicarionoidea) | European Journal of Taxonomy

2 new species of springtails in the genus Homidia native to China.

Two new species of Homidia (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from Eastern China | Zootaxa

New species of crane fly in the genus Dactylolabis native to the province of Hubei, China.

A new species of Dactylolabis subgenus Dactylolabis Osten Sacken, 1860 from China (Diptera, Limoniidae)

New species of land snail in the genus Hemiplecta native to the province of Mae Hongson, Thailand.

Systematic review of the dextral Hemiplecta Albers, 1850 (Eupulmonata, Ariophantidae) from Thailand with description of a new species and list of all the Indochinese species

Oceans

New species of giant guitarfish in the genus Glaucostegus native to the northern part of the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Bangladesh.

Description of a new species of giant guitarfish, Glaucostegus younholeei sp. nov. (Rhinopristiformes: Glaucostegidae) from the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh | Zootaxa
 
North America/Caribbean

New species of wasp in the genus Handaoia native to Mexico [1415].

Six new species of Handaoia Seyrig, 1952 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Phygadeuontinae): the first to be described from the New World | European Journal of Taxonomy

South America

New species of frog in the genus Proceratophrys native to southeastern Brazil.

A new species of Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura, Odontophrynidae) of the P. bigibbosa species group from Southern Brazil

New species of frog in the genus Thoropa native to the Mantiqueira Mountain range, Brazil.

A new species of Thoropa Cope, 1865 (Anura, Cycloramphidae) from the Serra da Mantiqueira, Southeast Brazil | Zootaxa

New species of snouted treefrog in the genus Scinax also native to southeastern Brazil.

https://bioone.org/journals/ichthyo...bia-Anura-Hylidae-from/10.1643/h2020091.short

5 new species of wasps in the genus Handaoia native to Brazil (3/5), and Peru (2/5) [1415].

Africa

5 new species of long-horned moths in the genera Thubdora (3/5), Ptilothyris (1/5), and Dragmatucha (1/5), respectively, native to Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

The family Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) from Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea), with descriptions of five new species | Zootaxa

3 new species of beetles in the genus Afroboganium native to the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Afroboganium wakefieldense sp. n. from KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Coleoptera: Boganiidae: Boganiinae) | Zootaxa

3 new species of chalcid wasps in the genus Ganomymar native to Madagascar.

Revision of Ganomymar De Santis, 1972, a remarkable genus of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Madagascar | European Journal of Taxonomy

Europe

New species of ground beetle in the genus Leistus native to the Iberian Peninsula.

A case of allopatric speciation in the Central System (Iberian Peninsula): Leistus elpis sp. nov., a sibling species of Leistus constrictus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) | Zootaxa

Asia

New genus (Deltonotusoides) containing a new species of leaf-mimic pygmy grasshopper native to the province of Xizang, China.

New genus and new species of leaf-mimic pygmy grasshoppers from China (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae) | Zootaxa

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

Study of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China (III), with descriptions of eighteen new species | Zootaxa

5 new species of shining leaf chafer beetles in the genus Mimela native to the provinces of Yunnan (4/5) and Hainan (1/5), China, respectively.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.2.1

5 new species of crane flies in the genus Eloeophila native to Japan.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.3.2

3 new species of leafhoppers in the genus Idioscopus native to the province of Yunnan, China.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.2.10

3 new species of crickets in the genus Aphonoides native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.3.1

3 new species of caddisflies in the genus Rhyacophila native to Japan.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.3.8

3 new species of beetles in the genus Rabigus native to the provinces of Shanxi (2/3), Bejiang (1/3), and Sichuan (1/3), China.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.1.4

3 new species of bees in the genus Pseudoanthidium native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.1.5

2 new species of earthworms in the genus Pheretima native to Mt. Amuyao and Mt. Lamagan, respectively, in Mountain province, Philippines.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.2.8

New species of springtail in the genus Anurida native to the territory of Khabarovsk, Russia.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.2.9

New species of gall wasp in the genus Plagiotrochus native to the province of Hunan, China.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.2.12

New species of leafhopper in the genus Grammacephalus native to Wadi Wurayah National Park in the emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.2.13

New species of sawfly in the genus Gilpinia native to the island of Okinawa, Japan.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.3.4

New species of cricket in the genus Mitius native to the province of Yunnan, China.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.3.5

New species of moth in the genus Metendothenia native to Thailand.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.1.9

New species of beetle in the genus Drupeus native to the Wuyishan National Nature Reserve in the province of Fujian, China.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.1.10

New species of leafhopper in the genus Myittana native to the state of Uttarakhand, India.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.1.11

Oceans

3 new species of ray-finned fishes in the genera Pseudanthias (1/3), and Tosana (2/3), respectively, native to the waters off the coast of Australia.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.1.2

2 new species of demosponges in the genus Cliona native to the waters off the coast of southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.1.1

New species of sea cucumber in the genus Psolidium native to the waters off the coast of the Kuril Islands.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.2.3

New species of sea sponge in the genus Geodia native to the waters off the coast of Sergipe, Brazil.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.2.4

New species of malacostracan in the genus Tanais native to the waters off the coast of South Australia, Australia.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.1.3

General

New genus (Progoniogryllus) containing 2 new species of field crickets are described.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.3.7

New species of moth in the genus Miltochrista is described.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4995.3.9
 
North America/Caribbean

New species of caddisfly in the genus Polycentropus native to the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, and the states of Pennsylvania and Tennessee, United States of America.

Polycentropus aileenae n. sp. (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae), a caddisfly species from the eastern Nearctic, with new state records for members of the Polycentropus confusus Species Group | Zootaxa

New species of springtail in the genus Pronura native to the Luquillo Mountains in Puerto Rico.

A new species of Pronura (Neanuridae: Paleonurini) from the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico with a key to American poorly tuberculated Paleonurini | Zootaxa

New species of crayfish in the genus Procambarus native to the state of Querétaro, Mexico.

A new species of Procambarus (Decapoda, Cambaridae) from the State of Querétaro, Mexico

South America

New species of sharpshooter in the genus Erythrogonia native to the Mantiqueira mountain range in southeastern Brazil.

A new species of Erythrogonia Melichar, 1926 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) from the Mantiqueira mountain range, southeastern Brazil, associated with olive orchards | Zootaxa

New species of sac spider in the genus Myrmecotypus native to Paraguay.

Description of a new species of Myrmecotypus (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae), the first of its genus known from Paraguay, with an updated key to species | Zootaxa

Africa

7 new species of pill-millipedes in the genus Zoosphaerium native to Madagascar.

https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1423

New species of fruit fly in the genus Themarictera native to Madagascar.

A new species of the genus Themarictera Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae: Phytalmiinae: Acanthonevrini) from Madagascar | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of leopard gecko in the genus Goniurosaurus native to the province of Guangxi, China.

Goniurosaurus chengzheng sp. nov., a new species of Leopard Gecko from Guangxi, China (Squamata: Eublepharidae) | Zootaxa

New species of snake in the genus Stoliczkia native to the state of Mizoram, India.

A new species of Stoliczkia Jerdon, 1870 (Serpentes: Xenodermidae) from Mizoram, India | Zootaxa

New species of bent-toed gecko in the genus Cyrtodactylus native to the province of Ninh Thuan, Vietnam.

A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ninh Thuan Province, southern Vietnam | Zootaxa

New species of snake in the genus Elaphe native to the province of Shaanxi, China.

A sheep in wolf's clothing: Elaphe xiphodonta sp. nov. (Squamata, Colubridae) and its possible mimicry to Protobothrops jerdonii

New species of frog in the genus Nanorana native to the province of Yunnan, China.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/65620/

New species of catfish in the genus Pseudobagarius native to the Nam Heung drainage system in northern Laos.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.2.6

New genus (Tibetisoperla) containing a new species of springfly native to Tibet, China.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.2.8

3 new species of herb gall wasps in the genera Aulacidea (1/3) and Phanacis (2/3) respectively native to Turkey.

https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1421

2 new species of twirler moths in the genera Teleiodes and Encoplata respectively native to Korea.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.2.4

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

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.3.7

2 new species of rove beetles in the genus Pseudophanias native to Myanmar.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.3.11

2 new species of moths in the genus Lophotyna native to Myanmar.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.1.2

New species of beetle in the genus Miridiba native to the province of Hainan, China.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.2.7

New species of plant bug in the genus Sophianus native to the island of Palawan, Philippines.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.2.13

Oceans

New species of goby in the genus Hetereleotris native to the waters off the coast of Socotra Archipelago.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.2.3

New species of splendid perch in the genus Grammatonotus native to the waters off the coast of Myanmar.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.3.5

3 new species of marine worms in the genus Laonice native to the waters of the northern European and Mediterranean Seas.

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.2.2

2 new species of polychaete worms in the genus Pseudonereis native to the waters off the coast of Taiwan.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.3.4

New species of isopod in the genus Pseudione native to the deep waters of the southwestern Atlantic.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.2.10

New species of hydroid in the genus Monotheca native to the waters of the southeastern Atlantic Ocean.

https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1425

General

6 new species of moths in the genus Promalactis are described.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4996.2.5
 
North America/Caribbean

New genus (Grahamstoneia) containing a new species of oak gall wasp native to the southwestern portion of the Nearctic.

A new genus of Nearctic oak gall wasp, Grahamstoneia Melika & Nicholls, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini) | Zootaxa

3 new species of parasitoid wasps in the genus Aleiodes native to the state of Washington, United States of America.

Aleiodes (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae) diversity in Washington U.S.A. including three new species | Zootaxa

South America

New species of beetle in the genus Scaphisoma native to the Atlantic Forest remnants in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Scaphisoma pandemum sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) from the Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil | Zootaxa

New species of butterfly in the genus Oressinoma native to the Andes of central Peru.

A new species of the enigmatic genus Oressinoma Doubleday from the Andes of central Peru (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) | Zootaxa

New species of pseudoscorpion in the genus Pachychernes native to Colombia.

A new species and new records of Pachychernes Beier, 1932 from Colombia (Pseudoscorpiones, Chernetidae) | Zootaxa

Africa

New species of dung beetle in the genus Stiptopodius native to the xeric savannas of Namibia.

A new dung beetle species of the genus Stiptopodius Harold, 1871 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) recorded from xeric savanna in Namibia | Zootaxa

New species of parasitoid wasp in the genus Pediobius native to Uganda.

Review of the species of Pediobius (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) having extreme dorsal setation and description of a new species from East Africa | Zootaxa

Asia

New genus (Cincinasura) containing a new species of moth native to the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Cincinasura , a new genus for Miltochrista synestramena Hampson (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) with a new species from Indonesia | Zootaxa

7 new species of darkling beetles in the genus Phaedis native to the island of Borneo, Malaysia.

Seven new species of the genus Phaedis Pascoe, 1866 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini) from Borneo | Zootaxa

5 new species of moths in 5 different genera (Iragoides, Euphlyctina, Sansarea, Narosoideus, Griseothosea) native to the provinces of Yunnan (3/5), Sichuan (2/5), Jiangxi (1/5), Shaanxi (1/5), and Zhejiang (1/5), China, the provinces of Chiang Dao (1/5) and Chiang Mai (1/5), Thailand, and the provinces of Luang Namtha (1/5) and Luang Prabang (1/5), Laos.

Five new species of Limacodidae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea) from South-East Asia | Zootaxa

5 new species of scarab beetles in the genus Trioserica native to China.

Taxonomic review on the Trioserica Moser, 1922 species of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini) | Zootaxa

3 new species of wasps in the genus Methocha native to India.

A taxonomic study of Methocha Latreille (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Methochinae) from India with description of three new species | Zootaxa

New species of snout moth in the genus Laristania native to Turkey.

An assessment on genus Laristania Amsel, 1951 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) and a new species from Turkey | Zootaxa

New species of thrips in the genus Dendrothrips native to Saudi Arabia.

The Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of Saudi Arabia, with new records, one new species, and revised status of Pseudodendrothrips stuardoi (Moulton) | Zootaxa

New species of freshwater shrimp in the genus Caridina native to caves in the province of Bac Kan, Vietnam.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.3.3

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

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.3.4

New species of moth in the genus Elegia native to the provinces of Gilan and Golestan, Iran.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.3.8

New species of dune cricket in the genus Schizodactylus native to the province of Yunnan, China.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.4.5

New species of leafhopper in the genus Baseprocessa native to India.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.5.6

New species of carrion beetle in the genus Apteroloma native to the province of Hubei, China.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.5.7

New species of tiger moth in the genus Lemyra native to the province of Gansu, China.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.5.8

New species of water mite in the genus Kongsbergia native to Kazakhstan.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.5.9

Oceania

3 new species of leafhoppers in the genus Stenopsoides native to Australia.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.2.2

Oceans

5 new species of corals in the genera Bathypathes (3/5), Alternatipathes (1/5), and Parantipathes (1/5) native to the North Pacific Ocean.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.5.1

New species of parasitic worm in the genus Myzophyllobothrium found on Naru eagle rays (Aetobatus narutobiei) off the coast of Japan.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.3.1

New species of nematode in the genus Setostephanolaimus native to the Yellow Sea.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4999.3.6
 
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