Newly discovered / described species 2017

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Šegota, Vedran, Hršak, Vladimir and Alegro, Antun. (2016). Long time no see – rediscovery of peculiar ephemeral fern Anogramma leptophylla (L.) Link in Croatia. Acta Botanica Croatica. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/botcro-2016-0046

Sales, Licia, Queiroz, Vinicius and Migotto, Alvaro E. (2016). Rediscovery of Okenia impexa Marcus 1957 on the Brazilian coast: the first image of a living specimen from Brazil. Spixiana 39(2): 203-204.

Mir, Aabid Hussain, Upadhaya, Krishna, Odyuo, Nripemo and Tiwari, B. K. (In Press, 2017). Rediscovery of Magnolia rabaniana (Magnoliaceae): a threatened tree species of Meghalaya, northeast India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. Redirecting

Marín-C, David and Sánchez-Giraldo, Camilo. (2017). Far away from the endemism area: first record of the Ecuador fish-eating rat Anotomys leander (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in the Colombian Andes. Mammalia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2016-0100 [Abstract]

Cusi, Juan C. et al. (2017). New distribution records and conservation status of Atelopus seminiferus Cope, 1874: A Critically Endangered harlequin frog from northern Peru. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 11(1) [General Section]: 17-24.
 
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Discription of a new species of plant bug from Thailand :

Sulawesifulvius thailandicus – a new species of the genus Sulawesifulvius Gorczyca, Chérot & Štys from Thailand (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae)

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

Three new spider species of Irura Peckham & Peckham, 1901 from China ( Araneae: Salticidae) | GAN | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 4 new butterfly-species from China :

Genus Apethistis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae: Autostichinae) new to China, with description of four new species | WANG | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new spider-species from Mexico :

On the poorly known haplogynae spiders of the genus Ochyrocera Simon (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Mexico: description of two new species with an updated identification key for Mexican species | VALDEZ-MONDRAGÓN | Zootaxa
 
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After 54 years in hiding, 'extinct' frog rediscovered in Zimbabwe

In 1962, researchers exploring the sinkholes, caves and montane grasslands of eastern Zimbabwe's Chimanimani Mountains stumbled across a dark brown frog no bigger than a dollar coin. The tiny amphibian turned out to be new to science, and it was dubbed the cave (or sinkhole) squeaker in a nod to its unique, high-pitched call. Then, as suddenly as it had appeared, it vanished.

Half a century passed without another recorded sighting of the elusive frog, and many feared the species had squeaked its final squeak. That is, until December last year, when an expedition organised by Robert Hopkins – a research associate at the Natural History Museum in Bulawayo – uncovered a population of sinkhole squeakers (Arthroleptis troglodytes) eking out an existence in Zimbabwe's Eastern Highlands.

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Discription of 2 new beetle-species from Japan :

Two new species of the Pterostichus macrogenys species group (Coleoptera, Carabidae) discovered in shallow subterranean habitats in northern Honshu, Japan

Discription of a new blind Gara-species ( fish ) from Iran :

Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, a new blind species from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) | MOUSAVI-SABET | FishTaxa

Discription of a new Barb-species from India :

On the identities of Hypselobarbus pulchellus (Day, 1870), H. dobsoni (Day, 1876), H. jerdoni (Day, 1870), and H. maciveri Annandale 1919 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), with the description of a new species of Hypselobarbus from peninsular India | ARUNACHALA | FishTaxa

Discription of a new species of Capoeta ( fish ) from Iran :

Taxonomic review of the genus Capoeta Valenciennes, 1842 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from central Iran with the description of a new species | JOULADEH-ROUDBAR | FishTaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of squat lobster from the Atlantic Ocean :

Uroptychus atlanticus , a new species of squat lobster (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from the western Atlantic Ocean | BABA | Zootaxa
 
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"I targeted the Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex atrata) at an area called Kongulai on the northern side of the island. Kongulai lies on the outskirts of the country’s capital Honiara. Surprisingly it is a quiet village setting surrounded by undisturbed forest that protects Honiara’s water supply. You could be forgiven for thinking you were absolutely isolated from any township.

In late afternoon I hiked the steep slope above Kongulai, past village gardens filled with cassava, sweet potatoes and bananas until we reached the edge of the cultivations next to the forest. Here we hung a fine mist net between two tall trees on the ridgeline close to ngali nut trees (Canarium indicum), mangoes and cluster figs. The fruit trees and adjacent forest made it a perfect place to survey flying-foxes, but Pteralopex are rare and often absent from even the best survey locations.

In the early evening we were alerted by a dark flying-fox passing into our net, and as we lowered it to the ground we immediately realised one of our first captures was a juvenile Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat! This species has been the most commonly documented of the five Pteralopex. As it turned out this appeared to be the first capture of this species by a scientist in over 40 years, with the last one caught in 1975! It is testament to how little we know about many of Melanesia’ mammals."

Source: Walking in the footsteps of giants - Australian Museum
 
 
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Discription of a new species of Amphipoda from Rhodes - Greece :

Cryptorchestia ruffoi sp. n. from the island of Rhodes (Greece), revealed by morphological and phylogenetic analysis (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae)

Discription of a new Scorpion-species from Texas :

http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2017_237.pdf

Discription of 4 new Scorpion-species from Eritrea and Ethiopia :

http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2017_238.pdf

Discription of a new Scorpion-species from Morocco and Western Sahara :

http://www.science.marshall.edu/fet/euscorpius/p2016_236.pdf
 
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New species of Dwarf lemur :

Cheirogaleus shethi: New Species of Dwarf Lemur Found in Madagascar | Biology | Sci-News.com

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After 54 years in hiding, 'extinct' frog rediscovered in Zimbabwe

In 1962, researchers exploring the sinkholes, caves and montane grasslands of eastern Zimbabwe's Chimanimani Mountains stumbled across a dark brown frog no bigger than a dollar coin. The tiny amphibian turned out to be new to science, and it was dubbed the cave (or sinkhole) squeaker in a nod to its unique, high-pitched call. Then, as suddenly as it had appeared, it vanished.

Half a century passed without another recorded sighting of the elusive frog, and many feared the species had squeaked its final squeak. That is, until December last year, when an expedition organised by Robert Hopkins – a research associate at the Natural History Museum in Bulawayo – uncovered a population of sinkhole squeakers (Arthroleptis troglodytes) eking out an existence in Zimbabwe's Eastern Highlands.

Read more: After 54 years in hiding, 'extinct' frog rediscovered in Zimbabwe
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Another article about this rediscovery :

Cave Squeaker Frog Sighted Again Second Time Since 1962

Discription of 5 new species of Acacia-ants from Middle- and South America :

A review of the Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus and Pseudomyrmex goeldii species groups: acacia-ants and relatives (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | WARD | Zootaxa

Discription of a new Caddis-fly-species from Japan :

Discovery in Japan of the second species of the genus Dolichocentrus Martynov (Trichoptera: Brachycentridae) | NOZAKI | Zootaxa

Discription of a new species of saw-fly from Japan :

Pachyprotasis kojimai sp. nov.—the “ Pachyprotasis nigronotata ” of Japanese authors (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) | TAEGER | Zootaxa
 
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Verovnik, R. and Švara, V. (2016). Confirmed recent occurrence of the Southern Swallowtail (Papilio alexanor Esper, 1799) in Croatia (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). SHILAP Revta. lepid., 44(176): 547-552.

Schmotzer, András and Táborská, Jana. (2016). Rediscovery of Campanula macrostachya Waldst. & Kit. Ex Willd. in the Bükk Foothills. Acta Biologica Plantarum Agriensis 4: 72-88.

Perkins, Andrew J. (2017). Rediscovery and updated description of the enigmatic annual Hydrocotyle corynophora F.Muell. (Araliaceae). Telopea 20: 13-19.
 
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