Newly discovered / described species 2017

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Abstract of the discription of 24 new species and 4 new subspecies of stick insects from China :

Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea V: New taxa and new nomenclatures of the subfamilies Necrosciinae (Diapheromeridae) and Lonchodinae (Phasmatidae) from the Phasmatodea of China | HO | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 7 new grunter ( = fish ) species from Australia :

A revision of the grunter genus Syncomistes (Teleostei, Terapontidae, Syncomistes ) with descriptions of seven new species from the Kimberley region, northwestern Australia | SHELLEY | Zootaxa

Discription of 2 new tarantula-species from Brazil and Bolivia :

Two new Dolichothele Mello-Leitão, 1923 species from Brazil and Bolivia (Araneae, Theraphosidae)

Discription of a new genus and a new species of planthopper from China :

Magadhaideus, a new genus of the tribe Plectoderini with the description of a new species from China (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Achilidae)

Discription of 2 new species of lacewings from Madagascar :

Two new species of Thyridosmylus Krüger, 1913 from Madagascar (Neuroptera, Osmylidae)

Discription of 5 new species of dance flies from Greece :

Aquatic dance flies (Diptera, Empididae, Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae) of Greece: species richness, distribution and description of five new species

Discription of 4 new moth-species from China :

Review of the genus Locastra Walker, 1859 from China, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Epipaschiinae)

Discription of a new frog-species from China :

A new species of Rana from the Dabie Mountains in eastern China (Anura, Ranidae)

A new scorpion from India :

Tiny scorpion packs a punch
 
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Discription of a new spider-species from Australia :

“High Tide or Low Tide”: Desis bobmarleyi sp. n., a new spider from coral reefs in Australia’s Sunshine State and its relative from Sāmoa (Araneae, Desidae, Desis)

Discription of 7 new Goblin spiders from Ecuador :

The goblin spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae) of the OTONGA Nature Reserve in Ecuador, with the description of seven new species

Discription of a new genus and new species of a common and well-known ( however sofar undiscribed ) wolf spider from Australia :

Portacosa, a new genus for the south-east Australian Grey Wolf Spider (Araneae, Lycosidae, Lycosinae)

Discription of a new species of mouse spider from Australia :

A new species of Mouse Spider (Actinopodidae, Missulena) from the Goldfields region of Western Australia

Discription of a new lynx spider from Australia :

The Australian Lynx Spiders (Araneae, Oxyopidae, Oxyopes) of the Godeffroy Collection, including the description of a new species

Discription of a new species of parasoid wasp from Argentina :

A new species of Hexacladia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) and new record of Hexacladia smithii Ashmead as parasitoids of Dichelops furcatus (Fabricius) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in Argentina

Discription of 6 new species and 2 new subspecies of stick insects from the orient :

Contribution to the knowledge of Oriental Phasmatodea I: A taxonomic study of the genus Parasinophasma (Phasmatodea: Necrosciinae)

Discription of 4 new species and 1 new subspecies of stick insects from the orient :

Contribution to the knowledge of Oriental Phasmatodea II: A taxonomic study of the genus Paragongylopus (Phasmatodea: Pachymorphinae: Gratidiini)

Discription of 10 new species of katydids from tropical Africa :

Revision of the tropical African genus Tetraconcha (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) with the description of ten new species

Discription of 14 new species of leaf-mining flies from Brazil :

Phytobia (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Brazil: new species, new record and a key to the Neotropical species
 
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