Discription of a new species of Trapdoor spider from Mexico :
http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10521
http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10521
Newly discovered / described species 2016
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Abstract of the discription of a new species of Moenkhausia - fish from Brazil :
A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes: Characidae) from Amazon basin, Brazil | SOARES | Zootaxa
A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes: Characidae) from Amazon basin, Brazil | SOARES | Zootaxa
Stanley, Richard C. and Raxworthy, Christopher J. (2016). Rediscovery of the Enigmatic Day Gecko Phelsuma masohoala in Northeast Madagascar. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 11: 402-407.
Abstract of the discription of a new species of deepsea herring from the Indian Ocean :
A new species of Neobathyclupea from the northern Indian Ocean with comments on N. malayana (Teleostei, Perciformes, Bathyclupeidae) | PROKOFIEV | Zootaxa
A new species of Neobathyclupea from the northern Indian Ocean with comments on N. malayana (Teleostei, Perciformes, Bathyclupeidae) | PROKOFIEV | Zootaxa
Abstract of the discription of a new species of deepwater catshark from the Indian Ocean :
Bythaelurus bachi n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, with a review of Bythaelurus species and a key to their identification | WEIGMANN | Zootaxa
Bythaelurus bachi n. sp., a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, with a review of Bythaelurus species and a key to their identification | WEIGMANN | Zootaxa
Discription of a new species of Basslet from Hawaii :
Tosanoides obama, a new basslet (Perciformes, Percoidei, Serranidae) from deep coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Tosanoides obama, a new basslet (Perciformes, Percoidei, Serranidae) from deep coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Abstract of the discription of a new species of Spined loach from South Korea :
Cobitis nalbanti , a new species of spined loach from South Korea, and redescription of Cobitis lutheri (Teleostei: Cobitidae) | VASIL’EVA | Zootaxa
Cobitis nalbanti , a new species of spined loach from South Korea, and redescription of Cobitis lutheri (Teleostei: Cobitidae) | VASIL’EVA | Zootaxa
Discription of a new Catfish-species from Brazil :
A new species of the catfish Neoplecostomus (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from a coastal drainage in southeastern Brazil
A new species of the catfish Neoplecostomus (Loricariidae: Neoplecostominae) from a coastal drainage in southeastern Brazil
And the discription of yet another Silver dollar ( = fish ) :
A new Silver Dollar species of Metynnis Cope, 1878 (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from Northwestern Brazil and Southern Venezuela
A new Silver Dollar species of Metynnis Cope, 1878 (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from Northwestern Brazil and Southern Venezuela
Native grass rediscovered near Mangaweka is named
Whanganui ecologist Colin Ogle has had a hand in identifying a new species of native grass.
It was formally named Simplicia felix in a scientific paper this month. He was one of the paper's four authors.
Simplicia is a previously known genus. The "felix" in the scientific name means "lucky", as in "lucky find". Mr Ogle made a lucky find of the grass in the Kawhatau Valley near Mangaweka in 2005.
He said the "rather insignificant grass" wouldn't rock the pastoral farming or gardening worlds.
"But botanists are excited about it because it's in a New Zealand endemic genus. In animal terms, it's on a par with rifleman, kiwi, or saddleback."
The Simplicia genus was named in 1880, when Thomas Kirk found an unusual grass in the Wairarapa and called it Simplicia laxa. In 1943 a second species in the genus was found and named.
In 1990 more Simplicia was found growing on limestone outcrops in North Otago. Scientists concluded that was the kind of place to look for it.
So when Mr Ogle found a similar grass in lightly browsed open forest in the Kawhatau Valley in 2005 it got him thinking. He went looking for information.
In 2010 he wrote an article about the unknown species for the Wellington Botanical Society Bulletin, saying lightly grazed alluvial forests could be its habitat, rather than the niches in limestone outcrops.
That article led to more searches in the Wairarapa. The genus was rediscovered there, more than 100 years after Mr Kirk first found it.
Samples were analysed and a new species was named - Simplicia felix. Happy find indeed.
- Wanganui Chronicle
Source: Native grass rediscovered near Mangaweka is named - The Country - The Country News
Whanganui ecologist Colin Ogle has had a hand in identifying a new species of native grass.
It was formally named Simplicia felix in a scientific paper this month. He was one of the paper's four authors.
Simplicia is a previously known genus. The "felix" in the scientific name means "lucky", as in "lucky find". Mr Ogle made a lucky find of the grass in the Kawhatau Valley near Mangaweka in 2005.
He said the "rather insignificant grass" wouldn't rock the pastoral farming or gardening worlds.
"But botanists are excited about it because it's in a New Zealand endemic genus. In animal terms, it's on a par with rifleman, kiwi, or saddleback."
The Simplicia genus was named in 1880, when Thomas Kirk found an unusual grass in the Wairarapa and called it Simplicia laxa. In 1943 a second species in the genus was found and named.
In 1990 more Simplicia was found growing on limestone outcrops in North Otago. Scientists concluded that was the kind of place to look for it.
So when Mr Ogle found a similar grass in lightly browsed open forest in the Kawhatau Valley in 2005 it got him thinking. He went looking for information.
In 2010 he wrote an article about the unknown species for the Wellington Botanical Society Bulletin, saying lightly grazed alluvial forests could be its habitat, rather than the niches in limestone outcrops.
That article led to more searches in the Wairarapa. The genus was rediscovered there, more than 100 years after Mr Kirk first found it.
Samples were analysed and a new species was named - Simplicia felix. Happy find indeed.
- Wanganui Chronicle
Source: Native grass rediscovered near Mangaweka is named - The Country - The Country News
Cantor’s Giant Soft-shell Turtle Was Rediscovered in Kratie Province
Cantor’s Giant Soft-shell Turtle Was Rediscovered in Kratie Province
Cantor’s Giant Soft-shell Turtle Was Rediscovered in Kratie Province
Time flies, or the future of an Extinct in the Wild tree rediscovered
"The target species of my research project is the magnificent Guarajuba, Terminalia acuminata (Allemão) Eichler, which represents one of the most recent Lazarus species cases in Brazil. This elusive tree is a Mata Atlantica Hotspot`s endemic and was the first Brazilian plant declared extinct in the Wild (EW) by the IUCN (Silva, 1998), after more than 70 years without records in the wild. T. acuminata was once a common massive tree (sometimes reaching 25 m) from lowland and montane Atlantic Rainforest in Rio de Janeiro State (Allemão, 1844). After being historically over-exploited for its valuable timber, frequently used in general carpentry and boat building, the species was relentlessly logged down and the second biggest city in Brazil grew exponentially exactly where T. acuminata's core area of distribution was located.
Despite 5 individuals known to be growing in Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden, the species was absent in the wild until 2015, when my former team at the Brazilian National Centre for Plant Conservation – CNCFlora finally founded it once again. The rediscovery of this enigmatic species shocked the Brazilian conservation community, and raised important questions about specimen collection strategies and the validity of specimen-based assessment of conservation status."
Read the whole article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-flies-future-extinct-wild-tree-rediscovered-eduardo-fernandez
"The target species of my research project is the magnificent Guarajuba, Terminalia acuminata (Allemão) Eichler, which represents one of the most recent Lazarus species cases in Brazil. This elusive tree is a Mata Atlantica Hotspot`s endemic and was the first Brazilian plant declared extinct in the Wild (EW) by the IUCN (Silva, 1998), after more than 70 years without records in the wild. T. acuminata was once a common massive tree (sometimes reaching 25 m) from lowland and montane Atlantic Rainforest in Rio de Janeiro State (Allemão, 1844). After being historically over-exploited for its valuable timber, frequently used in general carpentry and boat building, the species was relentlessly logged down and the second biggest city in Brazil grew exponentially exactly where T. acuminata's core area of distribution was located.
Despite 5 individuals known to be growing in Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden, the species was absent in the wild until 2015, when my former team at the Brazilian National Centre for Plant Conservation – CNCFlora finally founded it once again. The rediscovery of this enigmatic species shocked the Brazilian conservation community, and raised important questions about specimen collection strategies and the validity of specimen-based assessment of conservation status."
Read the whole article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-flies-future-extinct-wild-tree-rediscovered-eduardo-fernandez
Rediscovery of the Rare Liverwort Liochlaena subulata (Jungermanniaceae) in Poland
Abstract
Liochlaena subulata is a rare liverwort in North America and Europe, but relatively common in Asia. In Europe it was reported for the first time in 1969. To date, L. subulata had only one locality in north-western Poland. A new station is situated near the Polish-Lithuanian border in Wigry National Park (north-eastern Poland).
Source: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.13158/heia.29.2.2016.810?journalCode=heia
Abstract
Liochlaena subulata is a rare liverwort in North America and Europe, but relatively common in Asia. In Europe it was reported for the first time in 1969. To date, L. subulata had only one locality in north-western Poland. A new station is situated near the Polish-Lithuanian border in Wigry National Park (north-eastern Poland).
Source: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.13158/heia.29.2.2016.810?journalCode=heia
And another article about the new species :
This Recently Discovered Hawaiian Fish Has Been Named After President Obama
Selam, L. N., Blanfuné, Boudouresque, C.[-F.], Thibaut, T., Verlaque, M. & Rebzani-Zaha, C (2016). Rediscovery of a forgotten seaweed forest in the Mediterranean Sea, the Cystoseira montagnei (Fucales) forest. 41: 359 only, 2 figs.
This threat is still not finished ! :
New Estimate: There are Over 18,000 Bird Species on Earth | Biology | Sci-News.com
New Estimate: There are Over 18,000 Bird Species on Earth | Biology | Sci-News.com
Thanks to TSEF member Sebbe for this one:
Priyadarshana, Tharaka Sudesh, Wijewardhane, Ishara Harshajith and Herath, Bimal Eranga. (2016). Three new species of the genus Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka and the rediscovery of Ceylonosticta subtropica (Fraser, 1933). Journal International Journal of Odonatology 19(4): 239-252. [Abstract]
Priyadarshana, Tharaka Sudesh, Wijewardhane, Ishara Harshajith and Herath, Bimal Eranga. (2016). Three new species of the genus Ceylonosticta Fraser, 1931 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Sri Lanka and the rediscovery of Ceylonosticta subtropica (Fraser, 1933). Journal International Journal of Odonatology 19(4): 239-252. [Abstract]