Newly discovered / described species 2017

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New species of bush-cricket from northern South America :

https://phys.org/news/2017-11-insect-species-mimics-dead-camouflage.html

Abstract of the discription of a new snake-species from Sri Lanka :

A new species of Aspidura Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Sri Pada sanctuary (Peak Wilderness), Sri Lanka | WICKRAMASINGHE | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new gecko-species from Australia :

A new species of gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Strophurus ) from central Queensland, Australia | VANDERDUYS | Zootaxa

Discription of a new goby-species from the western Pacific :

Navigobius kaguya , new species of ptereleotrine goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the West Pacific | GILL | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of leaf-tailed geckos from Madagascar :

Two new species of leaf-tailed geckos ( Uroplatus ) from the Tsaratanana mountain massif in northern Madagascar | RATSOAVINA | Zootaxa

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

Yet another small brown frog from high altitude on the Marojejy Massif, northeastern Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae) | SCHERZ | Zootaxa

Discription of 2 new beetle-species from eastern Asia :

Revision of the genus Ptomaphagus Hellwig from eastern Asia (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae)
 
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Abstract of the discription of a new species of gudgeon from Turkey :

Gobio baliki , a new gudgeon from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) | TURAN | Zootaxa

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

Three new species of Synagelides Strand, 1906 from China (Araneae: Salticidae) | LIU | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of microteiid lizard from Peru :

A new species of arboreal microteiid lizard of the genus Euspondylus (Gymnophtalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the Andean slopes of central Peru with comments on Peruvian Euspondylus | CHÁVEZ | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of jumping spider from India :

Revision of Hindumanes Logunov, 2004 (Araneae: Salticidae: Lyssomaninae), with description of a new species from the Western Ghats of Kerala, India | SUDHIN | Zootaxa

Discription of a new species of leaf-mining moth from China :

First report on Paratischeria from Asia (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) | XU | Zootaxa
 
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Discription of a new species of Tanaid ( needle crayfish ) from Hawaii :

Brachylicoa lui, a new species of parapseudid tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Apseudomorpha), from the Hawaiian Islands, with a taxonomic key

Discription of a new species of frog from Madagascar :

A new frog species of the subgenus Asperomantis (Anura, Mantellidae, Gephyromantis) from the Bealanana District of northern Madagascar

Discription of a new species of deepwater cardinalfish from the western Pacific :

Epigonus okamotoi, a new species of deepwater cardinalfish from New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Sea, western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Epigonidae) | FRICKE | FishTaxa

Discription of 3 new cyprinids from Iran :

Three new species of algae-scraping cyprinid from Tigris River drainage in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) | JOULADEH-ROUDBAR | FishTaxa

Discription of 2 new Danio-species from Sri Lanka :

A review of the genus Devario in Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with description of two new species | BATUWITA | FishTaxa

Discription of 3 new snail species from Abkhazia :

Three new species of Clausiliidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) from Abkhazia | Solodovnikov | Ruthenica

Abstract of the discription of a new slider-species from Colombia :

Trachemys medemi n. sp. from northwestern Colombia turns the biogeography of South American slider turtles upside down (pages 326–339)

Mario Vargas-Ramírez, Carlos del Valle, Claudia P. Ceballos and Uwe Fritz

Version of Record online: 6 OCT 2017 | DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12179


We describe a new species of slider turtle from the lower Atrato river basin of Antioquia and Chocó departments, northwestern Colombia. Using phylogenetic analyses of 3,242 bp of mitochondrial and 3,396 bp of nuclear DNA, we show that this new species, the Atrato slider (Trachemys medemi n. sp.), is more closely related to Trachemys dorbignithan to the geographically neighbouring subspecies of Trachemys grayi and Trachemys venusta from Central America and northern South America.

Abstract of the discription of a new genus and species of jerboa from China :

A new recent genus and species of three-toed jerboas (Rodentia: Dipodinae) from China: A living fossil? (pages 356–368)

Georgy Shenbrot, Anna Bannikova, Patrick Giraudoux, Jean-Pierre Quéré, Francis Raoul and Vladimir Lebedev

Version of Record online: 6 OCT 2017 | DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12182


A new recent genus and species of three-toed jerboas Chimaerodipus auritus (Rodentia: Dipodinae) is described from China. The new genus demonstrates a unique mixture of external, cranial, and dental characters that individually are typical for one or another of all known genera of Dipodinae. Morphologically, it appears as an ancestor of all other dipodines that could be envisioned. However, the molecular data indicate that it is the sister group to Stylodipus. The divergence of these two lineages occurred in Early Pliocene–Late Miocene. Right: The most parsimonious tree inferred from the morphological data. Left: The chronogram for Dipodidae as determined in BEAST based on a concatenated nuclear genes.
 
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Ogasawara's 'mysterious orchid' discovered for first time in 79 years

A species of orchid thought to have gone extinct was discovered for the first time in 79 years on Tokyo's southern Ogasawara island chain, the National Museum of Nature and Science announced on Nov. 17.

The "shimakumokiriso" orchid (Liparis hostifolia) is a mysterious plant. Being a close relative of orchids that live in regions with cooler climates, it is unknown how it came to inhabit the subtropical Ogasawara islands. The answers to that and other questions are expected with this new discovery.

A survey team made up of members from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and elsewhere discovered in June the bulb of an unknown species of flower that had not yet bloomed in a forest about 700 meters above sea level on Minami Iwo-to island, some 300 kilometers south of Chichijima Island. Three bulbs of the plant were taken as samples to the national museum's Tsukuba Botanical Garden in Ibaraki Prefecture to be raised. On Nov. 16, a purple-veined flower with a roughly 1-centimeter diameter bloomed from an approximately 12-centimeter-tall plant. From the blossom's shape and DNA, it was found that the plant was an example of the orchid Liparis hostifolia.

Read more: Ogasawara's 'mysterious orchid' discovered for first time in 79 years - The Mainichi

Tan, Benito C. et al. (2017). https://www.researchgate.net/profil...he rediscovery of [i]Euptychium setigerum[/i]. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 62(1): 15-20.
 
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Abstract odf the discription of 11 new spider-species from Thailand :

Eleven new species of the spider genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae) from Thailand | LIU | Zootaxa

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

On the taxonomy of the genus Sidonis Mulsant, stat. nov. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chnoodini) with descriptions of new species from Brazil | CHURATA-SALCEDO | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new Oriental flower beetle from Tibet :

Taxonomic review of the Oriental flower beetle Coilodera penicillata species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) | QIU | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new genera and 2 new species of field crickets from Peru :

Description of two smallest field crickets from South America, Laureopsis nauta Jaiswara gen. nov., sp. nov. and Perugryllus estiron Jaiswara gen. nov., sp. nov. (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Gryllidae, Gryllinae) | JAISWARA | Zootaxa
 
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Abstract of the discription of a new genus and new species of bitterling from China :

Sinorhodeus microlepis , a new genus and species of bitterling from China (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Acheilognathinae) | LI | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of cavernicolous loach from India :

Schistura larketensis , a new cavernicolous fish (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Meghalaya, Northeast India | CHOUDHURY | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of sap-sucking bug from Brazil :

Contributions to the taxonomy of Vilga Stål (Hemiptera, Coreidae, Pseudophloeinae) with the description of a new species from southern Brazil | COSTA | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 4 new species of earthworms from South Africa :

Four new earthworm species of Kazimierzus Plisko, 2006 (Clitellata, Kazimierzidae) | NXELE | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new dragonfly-species from Thailand :

Oligoaeschna sirindhornae sp. nov., a new dragonfly species from Thailand (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) | NGIAM | Zootaxa

Sea nettle jellyfish is 2 species :

New discovery: Common jellyfish is actually two species
 
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Abstract of the discription of a new frog-species from Equador :

A new species of direct-developing frog of the genus Pristimantis (Anura: Terrarana: Craugastoridae) from Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador, with comments on threats to the anuran fauna of the region | VALENCIA | Zootaxa

Discription of 2 new species of braconid wasps from Brazil :

Description of two new species closely related to Doryctobracon areolatus (Szépligeti, 1911) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), based on morphometric and molecular analyses | MARINHO | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of tiger-moths from Africa :

Two new tiger-moth species from Afrotropics with reviews of genera Pericaliella and Monstruncusarctia (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea: Erebidae, Arctiinae) | DUBATOLOV | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 2 new species and one new subspecies of beetle from Angola :

Biodiversity and notes on carabid beetles from Angola with description of new taxa (Coleoptera: Carabidae) | SERRANO | Zootaxa

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

On the genus Tylorida Simon, 1894 with the first record of the genus Atelidea Simon, 1895 from India (Araneae: Tetragnathidae, Leucauginae) | SANKARAN | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of squat lobster :

Southern high latitude squat lobsters II: description of Uroptychus macquariae sp. nov. from Macquarie Ridge | SCHNABEL | Zootaxa

Discription of a new species of nonbiting midges from China :

Review of Nilodosis Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae), with description of a new species from South China | TANG | Zootaxa

bstract of the discription of a new species of leafhopper from China :

Review of Chinese species of the leafhopper genus Amrasca Ghauri (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae), with description of a new species, species checklist and notes on the identity of the Indian cotton leafhopper | XU | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of a new species of caspid bug from Turkey :

Isometopus anlasi sp. nov. (Heteroptera: Miridae) from Turkey | ÇERÇİ | Zootaxa

Discription of a new species of bait worm from France :

A new species of the Marphysa sanguinea complex from French waters (Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic) (Annelida, Eunicidae)

Discription of a new thrips-species from China :

Variation in colour markings of an unusual new Asprothrips species from China (Thysanoptera, Thripidae)

Discription of a new species of carpenter bee from Saudi Arabia :

A new species of the carpenter bee genus Xylocopa from the Sarawat Mountains in southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
 
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Rediscovery of the lacustrine form of the Lahontan cutthroat (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi) trout:

Peacock, Mary M., Hekkala, Evon R., Kirchoff, Veronica S. and Heki, Lisa G. (2017). Return of a giant: DNA from archival museum samples helps to identify a unique cutthroat trout lineage formerly thought to be extinct. R. Soc. open sci. 4: 171253.

Floden, Aaron J. and Schilling, Edward E. (Accepted, 2017). Trautvetteria fonticalcarea (Ranunculaceae: Ranunculeae), a new tassel rue species endemic to Tennessee. Nordic Journal of Botany. DOI: 10.1111/njb.01738 [Abstract] [Rhynchospora capillacea]
 
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The Irish honeybee was thought to be extinct. But a scientist found them in 300 hives

NEW RESEARCH HAS revealed that the pure native Irish honeybee is not extinct as had long been feared.

It had been thought that the pure form of the native Irish honeybee, Apis mellifera mellifera, was extinct.

However a new study by a Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) scientist, which examined bees from around Ireland, has proven otherwise.

Post-graduate student Jack Hassett has discovered that millions of the pure native species are living in at least 300 hives in 25 counties across the country.

Read more: The Irish honeybee was thought to be extinct. But a scientist found them in 300 hives

'Extinct' diamond spider turns up near Worksop

A spider presumed extinct in Britain for almost half a century has been spotted by National Trust rangers.

The tiny diamond spider, which measures just 7mm in length was last seen in the UK in 1969, and conservationists feared that habitat lost had killed off the species.

However two National Trust volunteers were astonished to find the rare arachnid while while carrying out ecological monitoring of heathland at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire.

The spider has only been recorded in the UK on three occasions, all of them in the South of England, and none since the 1960s.

Lucy Stockton, who made the discovery with fellow volunteer Trevor Harris, said: “The spider ran away from me twice but with persistence and some luck I caught it.

Read more: 'Extinct' diamond spider turns up near Worksop
 
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Grey pelican rediscovered in Bangladesh after 200 yrs

An endangered species of a bird was spotted in Rajshahi on 10 October, after more than 200 years.

The bird has been identified as the Spot Billed Pelican of Grey Pelican. In Bengali, the bird is known as Chitithunti Gaganber due to its huge wings.

Photographer Hasnat Roni, who is also a member of Bangladesh Bird Club, took a photo of the new bird at a char of Padma river in Rajshahi city and sent it to ornithologists. They confirmed it was a Chitithunti Gaganber.

Curator of Dubai Zoo, Reza Khan, sent a message to Hasnat Roni saying, “Tons of congratulations. It’s a record for a lifetime”.

Founder of the club Inam Al Huq said no one saw this bird in Bangladesh earlier.

“Gaganber lifts mouthful of water in its large beak. Then it closes its beak and filters the water to trap the fish. That is how it eats. But the scarcity of fish in natural water bodies in Bangladesh and around the world is threatening their existence,” he added.

Gaganber is a crested-neck and spotted-billed aquatic bird.

A full grown Gaganber is 152-centimetre long and weighs about 5 kgs. The wing span of this bird is 55-cm, it beak is 33 cms, legs 8.7 cms and tail 18.2 cms long.

An adult Gaganber’s body during the mating period is grey while its head, neck, back and outer wings are black. It is pale reddish white in the middle. Its lower body is pale reddish white too. The beak is orange-yellow and pale reddish white.

Gaganber lives near big water bodies, estuaries and coastal areas. It hunts in flocks and eats fish and shrimps.

During the mating season, these birds make nests on trees near water bodies in September-April. They lays 3-4 eggs each, which hatch within 30 days.

A book on birds published by Bangladesh Asiatic Society said Gaganber is an endangered species. The bird was seen in Dhaka division in the 19th century. Currently this bird exists in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, Indonesia and other South-East Asian countries.

Hasnat Rony discovered another variety of bird in the same place on 5 May. The Bird Club dubbed it Khoyratupi Batkurali.

Earlier in February, club members discovered another bird, mostly found in deserts, Cyxer Ratchara from a sandbar of Padma river in Rajshahi.

Source: Grey pelican rediscovered in Bangladesh after 200 yrs
 
Photographer's uncovers long-lost spider species

TAKING up the hobby of macro photography five years ago allowed Emerald man Laurence Sanders to discover a new world.

The 61-year-old recently rediscovered the long-lost Australian spider Thomisidae Monaeses brevicaudatus in Emerald.

Spider expert and author Robert Whyte confirmed the identification when Mr Sanders posted his discovery to an Arachnid Facebook group.

Mr Whyte said the spider could be characterised by its long, narrow body.

The Thomisidae Monaeses are medium-sized, slow-moving spiders that cling to stems of plants with outstretched legs.

Mr Whyte said they live on plants - mainly grass - where their long and straw-coloured bodies camouflage them exceedingly well.

"Well done, Laurence Sanders, another mystery solved," Mr Whyte said.

Mr Sanders took up macro photography as a hobby five years ago, with a passion for photographing small objects.

"I do a lot of native bee photography, which has been published in books," he said.

"I photograph any insects, reptiles and anything to do with nature. I do it every afternoon. I just go for a walk around the area.

"It opens up a whole new world and you find things that people never see or notice."

Mr Sanders' work has been published multiple times in The BowerBird Bugle, a weekly newsletter by the BowerBird organisation.

The Bugle shows the variety of animals, plants and fungi that people find across Australia.

Alongside the rediscovery of the Thomisidae Monaeses, Mr Sanders has made many interesting discoveries in town.

In January last year he photographed an extraordinary interaction between a wolf spider and a leafcutter bee.

What Laurence photographed broke the "natural rules" of predator versus prey relationships.

The image circulated and no one had ever seen or heard of such an interaction, let alone had a series of wonderful images that documented what happened.

As well, on August 28 last year MrSanders discovered a never-before-seen spider in Emerald, which is under investigation and yet to be named.

The BowerBird Bugle founder Ken Walker said Laurence was a good citizen scientist.

Source: Photographer's uncovers long-lost spider species

The original Facebook post: The Silk Road
 
Sumanth, M. V. et al. (2016). Rediscovery of an endemic species, Impatiens trigonopteris Hooker f. (Balsaminaceae) from Sikkim Himalaya. Pleione 10(2): 388-391.

Judd, Walter S., Bécquer, Eldis R. and Majure, Lucas C. (2017). First collection of Miconia turquinensis (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) with flowers, and comparison with M. remotiflora, a putative close relative. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 11(1): 161-167.

Leggett, Keith E. A., Welaratne, Thanuri, Letnic, Michael, McLeod, Steven and Dawson, Terrence. (2017). Rediscovery of the plains mouse (Pseudomys australis) (Rodentia: Muridae) in New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy. CSIRO PUBLISHING | Australian Mammalogy

Rakotonandrasana, Stéphan R. et al. (2017). The rediscovery of Billburttia vaginoides, with notes on the morphology, anatomy, traditional uses and conservation status of the genus Billburttia (Apieae, Apiaceae). Phytotaxa 321(3): 265-276. [Abstract]
 
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Rare Himalayan Worm Snake rediscovered in Uttarakhand

Indian scientists have re-discovered a rare snake in Uttarakhand which could unveil the evolutionary link between India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Himalayan Worm Snake (Trachischium laeve) also known as Olive Oriental Slender Snake was spotted at Natin village in the Uttarkashi district in June this year. The snake was only described by a scientist Frank Wall in Nainital’s Mukteshwar in 1911 but no specific location was mentioned or documented.

Read more: Rare Himalayan Worm Snake rediscovered in Uttarakhand

Yee, N. R., Finley, L. A., Roberts, A., Kelaher, B. and Millar, A. J. K. (2017). Re-discovery of the critically endangered marine brown alga, Nereia lophocladia (Order Sporochnales) at Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. Marine Biodiversity. DOI:
Re-discovery of the critically endangered marine brown alga, Nereia lophocladia (Order Sporochnales) at Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia [Abstract]

Probably not a local rediscovery:

Kessler, Ethan J. et al. (2017). The First Record of an Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in Illinois in 30 Years. Southeastern Naturalist 16(3): N29-N35. [Abstract]
 
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