Rediscovered species 2022

[vogelcommando]

Rediscovery after 51 years of a tree-frog in Brazil :

Rediscovery of the rare Phrynomedusa appendiculata (Lutz, 1925) (Anura: Phyllomedusidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil | Zootaxa

 

[WalkingAgnatha]

Amusing Japanese Amphibian Discovered for First Time in 89 Years

The really interesting part of this news is apparently 3 of them are now on display in the Aquatotto aquarium in Japan, nestled between Gifu and Nagoya (?), so if any zoochatters are around there pictures would be greatly appreciated, :^D.

 

[vogelcommando]

Freshwater crab rediscovered after 110 years in Cameroon :

Rare crab species rediscovered in Ebo Forest after more than a century

 

[vogelcommando]

Rare sightings of the South Island kokako ? :

Recording raises hopes of South Island Kōkako rediscovery - BirdGuides

 

[vogelcommando]

Rediscovering of a beetle-species in Japan :

Rediscovery and re(re)description of Scydmaenus kasuganus Franz, the only Japanese species of the subgenus Mascarensia Franz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

Rediscovery of a South American moth-species :

The South American moth Rheumaptera mochica (Dognin, 1904) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) rediscovered after more than a century of anonymity

 

[vogelcommando]

Rediscovery of a beetle in Georgia :

Rediscovery of Serangium montazerii Fürsch in Georgia and updated list of the Coccinellidae of Georgia

 

[Smaggledagle]

Rediscovery of 2 species of spiders that were lost for 134 years (1887 Djibouti) and 100 years (1921 Kerala, India). respectively.

Scientists rediscover two rare spiders after over a century

 

[Dassie rat]

According to http://dinets.info/Dinets&Maikov_Nesokia.pdf, the long-tailed bandicoot rat (Nesokia bunnii) is not extinct

 

[birdsandbats]

I can't see that link, so if the above doesn't work for you, here's the paper:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09397140.2022.2034307?journalCode=tzme20

 

[Smaggledagle]

Rediscovery of Hill's horseshoe bat found in a cave in Rwanda. The species hasn't been seen since the early 1980s.

‘Lost’ Bat Rediscovered After 40 Years - EcoWatch
Scientists share data on rediscovered African bat to support species conservation

 

[WalkingAgnatha]

According to http://dinets.info/Dinets&Maikov_Nesokia.pdf, the long-tailed bandicoot rat (Nesokia bunnii) is not extinct

here's a vid of the live animal, absolutely gorgeous.

 

[vogelcommando]

Rediscovering of a soial wasp species from Brazil which was known only from 1 specimen collected in 1893 :

Rediscovery of the social wasp Mischocyttarus ( Kappa ) tapuya Schulz, with description of the female, larva and nest (Vespidae, Polistinae) | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the rediscovering of a Brazilian damselfly species after more then 50 years :

The rediscovery of Machadagrion garbei (Santos, 1961) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) with notes on the hitherto unknown female | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

Rediscovered already in 2016 but now some publications about the rediscovery have been published :

Rare pygmy chameleon, lost to science, found in dwindling Malawi forest

and :

Clinging to survival: Critically Endangered Chapman's pygmy chameleon Rhampholeon chapmanorum persists in shrinking forest patches | Oryx | Cambridge Core

 

[vogelcommando]

Rediscovering an Assassin bug-species in India :

View of Rediscovery of Platerus pilcheri Distant (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a forgotten assassin bug from India, with comments on its range extension

 

[vogelcommando]

"Possibly extinct" freshwater snail-species found in Great Lake - Tasmania :

https://tasmaniantimes.com/2022/04/...3_1Oo77zI8h_PE7RZr04iJkLZzNrC6EoAMFVMg7Fsskos

 

[vogelcommando]

Irwin's turtle rediscovered in Australia :

Steve Irwin’s long-lost bum-breathing turtle rediscovered in northern Queensland

 

[vogelcommando]

Rediscovering of the Lord Howe land snail :

Lord Howe Island’s ‘magnificent’ snail, thought to be extinct, seen for first time in 20 years

 

[vogelcommando]

Abstract of the rediscovery of the Blue-bellied kukri snake in India :

Rediscovery and systematics of the rarely encountered Blue-bellied kukri snake ( Oligodon melaneus Wall, 1909) from Assam, India | Zootaxa