Newly discovered / described species 2017

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Ndongo, Pierre A. Mvogo et al. (2017). New data on the taxonomy, ecology, and conservation of the rediscovered Louisea edeaensis (Bott, 1969) (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae), an endangered freshwater crab from Cameroon. Zootaxa 4231(2): 273-280. [Abstract]
 
Abstract of the discription of a new parasitoid wasp from China :

Revision of Microplitis species from China with description of a new species | ZHANG | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of stoneflies from China :

Two new species of Indonemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Yunnan Province of southwestern China | LI | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of threadfin bream from Taiwan and Indonesia :

A new species of Nemipterus (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) and first record of N. nematophorus (Bleeker) from Taiwan | RUSSELL | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of beetles from Madagascar :

Two new species of Adapterops (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) from protected areas of northern Madagascar, with a key to species, and new faunistic data on the genus | TRÝZNA | Zootaxa

Discription of 2 new species of scorpions from Turkey :

http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2016_234.pdf
 
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New species of short-tailed opossum:
Monodelphis saci

Ref. A new species of Monodelphis (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from the Brazilian Amazon.
American Museum novitates, no. 3872
Pavan, Silvia E.; Mendes-Oliveira, Ana C.; Voss, Robert S.
 
Discription of a new species of isopode from Iceland :

Distribution of haploniscids (Isopoda, Asellota, Haploniscidae) in Icelandic waters, with description of Haploniscus astraphes n. sp. from the Iceland basin and the Southeast Atlantic Ocean | BRÖKELAND | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new genus - new species of cave crab from China :

A new genus and new species of Potamidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidae), the first stygomorphic cave crab known from China and East Asia | HUANG | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of centipede from Peru and Brazil :

A new species of Notiphilides from Amazonia, with a redescription of N. grandis (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Oryidae) | CALVANESE | Zootaxa

Abstract of an article about the rediscovery of a mite-species from Italy :

Rediscovery and redescription of Laelaps lignicola G. & R. Canestrini, a remarkable myrmecophilous mite of the genus Cosmolaelaps Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from Italy | PLUMARI | Zootaxa

Discription of a new moth-species from New Mexico :

The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 9. A new species of Givira Walker (Cossidae, Hypoptinae) dedicated to Delinda Mix, including a list of species of Cossidae recorded from the Monument

Discription of 2 new beetle-species from South-East Asia :

The genus Alaolacon Candèze, a senior synonym of the genus Eumoeus Candèze (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypninae)

Discription of a new beetle-species from China :

Pseudomacrochenus wusuae sp. n., a new species from Sichuan, China (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
 
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Lal, Brij, Datta, Arunava, Parkash, Om and Deosharan, Rakesh. (2015). Rediscovery of Jasminum parkeri Dunn, an endemic and endangered taxon from the western Himalaya, India: research and conservation. Biodiversity 34(1): 11-16. [Abstract]
 
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Discription of a new species of Cape redfin :

A review of the Pseudobarbus afer (Peters, 1864) species complex (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in the eastern Cape Fold Ecoregion of South Africa

Abstract of the discription of a new critically endangered fish-species from Brazil :

A new remarkable and Critically Endangered species of Astyanax Baird & Girard (Characiformes: Characidae) from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil, with a discussion on durophagy in the Characiformes | ZANATA | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new Beetle-species from Iran :

Synaptus iranicus sp. nov., a second species of the genus Synaptus Eschscholtz, 1829 from Iran (Coleoptera: Elateridae) discovered by an integrative approach | JARZABEK-MÜLLER | Zootaxa

New Hammerhead shark from Belize :

New Species of Hammerhead Shark Discovered in Belize
 
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Discription of 2 new beetle-species from Kenya and Tanzania :

Two new Lebistina Motschulsky, 1864 species from Kenya and Tanzania (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini)

Discription of a new species of salamander from Costa Rica :

http://mesoamericanherpetology.com/uploads/3/4/7/9/34798824/kubicki_paper.pdf

Discription of a new species of skink from Guadeloupe :

http://www.caribbeanherpetology.org/pdfs/ch53.pdf

New Galago-species found in Angola :

New species of bushbaby found in disappearing forests of Angola

New Cichlid-species from the Congo-river :

Genomewide SNP data reveal cryptic phylogeographic structure and microallopatric divergence in a rapids‐adapted clade of cichlids from the Congo River

7 new frog-species from India :

7 M&M-Size Frog Species Found, Among World's Smallest

Abstract of the discription of 2 new Killifish-species from Brazil :

Two new species of Melanorivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Cynolebiidae) from Rio Verde drainage, Upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil | VOLCAN | Zootaxa

Discription of 4 new species of Neotropical beetles :

A review of the Neotropical genus Bidessodes Régimbart, 1895 including description of four new species (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini)
 
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Discription of a new parasistic wasp from Africa :

A new species of Poropoea Foerster from Africa (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Trichogrammatidae)

Abstract of the discription of a new genus and new species of Leafroller moth from Vietnam :

Zebraodes , new genus, with a new species from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Archipini) | HEPPNER | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of water scavenger beetle from Brazil :

A new species of Phaenostoma d’Orchymont, 1937 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Brazil | CLARKSON | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new bat-species from Africa :

Description of a new species of Neoromicia (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from southern Africa: A name for “ N. cf. melckorum ” | GOODMAN | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new genus and 5 new species of Goblin spiders from Brazil :

Amazoonops , a new genus of goblin spiders (Araneae: Oonopidae) from the Brazilian Amazon | OTT | Zootaxa
 
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