Newly discovered / described species 2017

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Abstract of the discription of a new genus and 4 new species of beetles from the Andeans :

Balligratus , new genus of wingless ground beetles from equatorial Andean montane forest (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lachnophorini) | MORET | Zootaxa

Discription of a new species of Leaf chafer - beetle - from Central Africa :

Review of the central African leaf chafer genus Entypophana Moser, 1913 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Schizonychini) | SEHNAL | Zootaxa

Discription of a new species of fangblenny from Indonesia :

A new species of the fangblenny Adelotremus from Indonesia, with supplemental description of A. leptus (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini) | SMITH-VANIZ | Zootaxa

Discription of a new species of Green lacewing from Venezuela and Brazil :

The genus Vieira Navás (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): a new species, a key to the species, and new geographic records | SOSA | Zootaxa

Discription of a new species of leaf chafer-beetle from the East Andeans :

A new cryptic species and review of the east-Andean leaf chafer genus Mesomerodon Ohaus, 1905 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae)

Discription of 2 new species of carrideans shrimps from Mexico :

New records and description of two new species of carideans shrimps from Bahía Santa María-La Reforma lagoon, Gulf of California, Mexico (Crustacea, Caridea, Alpheidae and Processidae)
 
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Monitor-rediscovery ! :

Long lost monitor lizard 're-discovered' on Papua New Guinean island

Discription of 2 new beetle-species from North America :

First Canadian records of genera Apimela Mulsant & Rey and Gyronycha Casey from New Brunswick: description of two new species and new provincial distribution records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)

Discription of a new species of Asian mountain toad from Vietnam :

Molecular, morphological and acoustic assessment of the genus Ophryophryne (Anura, Megophryidae) from Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with description of a new species

Discription of a new species of plume moth from the Republic of Macedonia :

A new species of Platyptilia Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from Europe

Abstract of the discription of a new species of Rock gecko from Sarawak :

A new species of Rock Gecko genus Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Western Sarawak, Malaysia | KURITA | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of skink from Sarawak :

A new species of Tropidophorus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from Sarawak, East Malaysia (Borneo) | PUI | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new fish-species from Turkey :

Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis , a new species from the upper Tigris drainage in Turkey with remarks on O. frenatus (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) | FREYHOF | Zootaxa
 
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2 new species of Tarsiers discovered on Sulawesi :

Researchers discover two tiny new primate species in a far-flung...

vogelcommando said:
2 new species of Tarsiers discovered on Sulawesi :

Researchers discover two tiny new primate species in a far-flung...
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The official discription of the 2 new species :

http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static...rsiers.pdf?token=YM9eWiJuClKs0uUIXWOyETXakYE=

Abstract of the discription of 2 new genera and 7 new species of Lanternbellies ( fishes ) :

Reappraisal of Synagrops Günther, 1887 with rehabilitation and revision of Parascombrops Alcock, 1889 including description of seven new species and two new genera (Perciformes: Acropomatidae) | SCHWARZHANS | Zootaxa

Discription of 27 ( ! ) new species of Goblin-spiders from Brazil :

Twenty-seven new species of the goblin spider genus Neoxyphinus Birabén, 1953 (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Brazil | FEITOSA | Zootaxa
 
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Discription of 3 new frog-species from Papua New Guinea :

Three new species of the microhylid frog genus Choerophryne (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea

Abstract of the discription of 40 ( ! ) new funnel-web spiders from the Americas :

Revision of the funnel-web spider genus Novalena (Araneae: Agelenidae) | MAYA-MORALES | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of several Black fly-species from Vietnam :

The black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Vietnam | TAKAOKA | Zootaxa

Local rediscovery of a Brown reluse spider in Brazil :

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aa/v47n2/1809-4392-aa-47-02-00163.pdf

Discription of a new burrowing crayfish from Brazil :

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/nau/v25/2358-2936-nau-25-e2017008.pdf
 
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The official discription of the 2 new species :

http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1200343/27541166/1493324743810/PC31_Shekelle_et_al_Two_new_tarsiers.pdf?token=YM9eWiJuClKs0uUIXWOyETXakYE=
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that's an interesting paper. The animals at Tangkoko (probably the second-most-viewed tarsier species after the Philippine tarsier at Bohol) are now in the new species T. spectrumgurskyae. Unlike many of the splits in mammals nowadays, those in tarsiers make a lot of sense.
 
 
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Abstract of the discription of 12 new moth-species from China :

Review of the genus Prays Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Praydidae) from China, with descriptions of twelve new species | CONG | Zootaxa

Discription of a new moth-species from India and Pakistan :

The taxonomy of Catocala nupta (Linnaeus, 1767) and its allies, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) | BORTH | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar :

Two new giant pill-millipede species of the genus Zoosphaerium endemic to the Bemanevika area in northern Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae) | SAGORNY | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new fish-species from China :

A new Physoschistura from a Salween affluent in western Yunnan (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) | ENDRUWEIT | Zootaxa
 
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Abstract of the discription of 5 new cicade-species from Australia :

A revision of the Ewartia oldfieldi (Distant) species complex (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae) with five new species from eastern and northern Australia | POPPLE | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of dusky salamander from the USA :

A new species of dusky salamander (Amphibia: Plethodontidae: Desmognathus ) from the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain of the United States and a redescription of D. auriculatus | MEANS | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 3 new cockroach-species from China :

Three new species of cockroach genus Hemithyrsocera Saussure, 1893 (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Blattellinae) with redescriptions of two known species from China | WANG | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new shrimp-species from Japan :

Gebiacantha sagamiensis , a new species of upogebiid shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Gebiidea) from Sagami Bay, central Japan | KOMAI | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new wolf spider from Madagascar :

Species of Wadicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae): a new species from Madagascar | KRONESTEDT | Zootaxa
 
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Discription of a new genus / new species of Fungus gnat from Uganda :

A remarkable new genus of Keroplatidae (Insecta, Diptera) from the Afrotropical region, with DNA sequence data

Abstract of the discription of a new blind fish-species from Peru :

http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1643/CI-16-456

Abstract of the discription of a new species of deep-sea anglerfish from the Indian Ocean :

http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/doi/abs/10.1643/CI-16-467

Abstract of the discription of a new species of Glass electric knifefish from Panama :

http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/doi/abs/10.1643/CI-16-439

Discription of a new species of glassfrog from Equador :

A marvelous new glassfrog (Centrolenidae, Hyalinobatrachium) from Amazonian Ecuador

Discription of a new species of toad from Peru :

A new species of semiarboreal toad of the Rhinella festae group (Anura, Bufonidae) from the Cordillera Azul National Park, Peru
 
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A prop. new sea-snake species from Costa Rica :

Costa Rican Scientist Study What Could be a New Species of Sea Snake in the Golfo Dulce - Costa Rica Star News

Discription of 7 new species of green lacewings from the neotropics :

Revision of the Neotropical green lacewing genus Ungla (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae)

Abstract of the discription of 5 new species of water beetles from South Africa :

Water beetles from the Bokkeveld Plateau: a semi-arid hotspot of freshwater biodiversity in the Northern Cape of South Africa | BILTON | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 7 new beetle-species from China :

Seven new species of the Stenus cirrus group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Guangxi, South China | LIU | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new skink-species from Centtral Africa :

A new species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Central Africa and a key to the Trachylepis of West and Central Africa | ALLEN | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 6 new moth-species from China :

Description of six new species of the genus Ripeacma (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China, with a checklist of the world species | LI | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new moth-species from Laos :

Descriptions of two new species of Torodorinae (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae), with three new records of Torodora Meyrick from Laos | PARK | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new spider-species from Austria :

Diplocephalus komposchi n. sp., a new species of erigonine spider (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Austria | MILASOWSZKY | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new sabrewing-hummingbird-species from Brazil :

A cryptic new species of hummingbird of the Campylopterus largipennis complex (Aves: Trochilidae) | LOPES | Zootaxa

Discription of a new species of moth from Trinidad and Tobago :

Annotated list of Mimallonidae (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea) from Trinidad and Tobago, with the description of a new species of Cicinnus Blanchard, 1852 and taxonomic notes | LAURENT | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 3 new harvestmen-species from Taiwan :

Descriptions of three new species of the harvestmen genus Pseudogagrella (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Gagrellinae) from Taiwan, supported by morphological and molecular evidence | CHEN | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new Crocodile skink-species from the Solomon islands :

Two new species of Crocodile Skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Tribolonotus ) from the Solomon Archipelago | RITTMEYER | Zootaxa
 
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A new species of South American rabbit has been discribed ! :

https://phys.org/news/2017-05-species-south-american-rabbit.html

Discription of a new genus / new species of snail from Brazil :

Minaselates, a new genus and new species of Epiphragmophoridae from Brazil (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicoidea)

Abstract of the discription of a new catfish-species from Brazil :

Description of a new species of Gymnotocinclus from the rio Tocantins basin with phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) | ROXO | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new beetle-species from the Bismarck Islands :

First record of Cephenniitae in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, with description of new species of Cephennodes and Cephennomicrus of Mussau and Manus Islands (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) | JAŁOSZYŃSKI | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new beetle-species from Madagascar :

Cassida sekerkai sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), a new species from Madagascar | BOROWIEC | Zootaxa
 
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