Newly discovered / described species 2017

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A new salamander from Central America:
Oedipina berlini Berlin's Flat-headed Salamander

Ref.: Kubicki B. 'A new species of salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Oedipina) from the central Caribbean foothills of Costa Rica.'
Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (2016): 819-840.
 
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Discription of a trapdoor spider from China :

Trapdoor spiders of the genus Cyclocosmia Ausserer, 1871 from China and Vietnam (Araneae, Ctenizidae)

Discription of a new genus and species of aphaenopsian ground beetle from China :

A new highly cave-adapted trechine genus and species from northern Guizhou Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae)

Abstract of the discription of a new species of wolf spider species from Uruguay :

On the taxonomy of southern South American species of the wolf spider genus Allocosa (Araneae: Lycosidae: Allocosinae) | SIMÓ | Zootaxa

Collected more then 145 years ago, now discribed as a new species, new beetle-species from Samoa :

Bryanites graeffii sp. n. (Coleoptera, Carabidae): museum rediscovery of a relict species from Samoa
 
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The 'skywalker gibbon' may be a newly-discovered species of hoolock living in forests of the Gaoligong mountains of southwest China. Scientists studied the genetic characteristics of wild gibbons and museum specimens and assessed coat colour patterns and tooth morphology. They believe that the population of hoolocks living east of the Irrawaddy-Nmai Hka Rivers – previously assigned to H. leuconedys – are morphologically and genetically distinct to those west of the river.


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They are asking for the animals to be recognised as a new species: the Gaoligong or ‘Skywalker’ hoolock gibbon (Hoolock tianxing), reflecting the high treetop home of the gibbons and the historical Chinese view of them as almost mystical beings. Dr Samuel Turvey of the Zoological Society of London said that the team wants the IUCN to confer Endangered status on the Skywalker hoolock gibbon, which is threatened by habitat loss and hunting.
Scientists use the force to discover ‘Skywalker’ gibbon
 
 
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