Newly discovered / described species 2018

- Discription of 3 new spider-species from Brazil :

Three new species of the spider genus Plato and the new genus Cuacuba from caves of the states of Pará and Minas Gerais, Brazil (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae)

- Discription of 3 new beetle-species from Borneo:

Three new species of Grouvellinus Champion, 1923 from Maliau Basin, Sabah, Borneo, discovered by citizen scientists during the first Taxon Expedition (Insecta, Coleoptera, Elmidae)

- Discription of 2 new planthopper-species from China :

Two new species of the genus Miasa Distant, 1906 from China, with a key to all species (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Dictyopharidae)

- A new frog from India :

New species of large fejervaryan frog discovered

- Abstract of the discription of 3 new species of parasitoid bronze-wasps from Ecuador and Cameroon :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4415.2.5

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of sac spiders from China :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4415.2.10
 
- Abstract of the discription of a new species of rocky crab from the Sea of Japan :

Cryptic diversity of the rocky crab genus Glebocarcinus Nations, 1975 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cancridae): description of a new species from Russian coastal waters of the Sea of Japan based on morphology, DNA and distribution | MARIN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of cascade frog from China :

A new species of cascade frog (Amphibia: Ranidae) in the Amolops monticola group from China | YUAN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new bee-species from South America :

A new group of species within the bee genus Ruizantheda , with a revised key to the males of the genus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Caenohalictini) | COELHO | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of deep-water shrimp from the Dutch Antilles :

On a collection of deep-water shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Dutch Caribbean, with the description of a new species of Pseudocoutierea | OLTHOF | Zootaxa

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

Argia angelae (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) sp. nov. from Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil | VILELA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 3 new genera and 10 new species from material collected between 1913and 1918 in Cameroon :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4415.3.9

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new leafhopper-species from Pakistan :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4415.3.10

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new species of leafhoppers from the Republic of the Congo and Madagascar :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4415.3.11

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of shield-tailed snake from India :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4415.3.1

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- Discription of a new species of millipede from Tasmania :

A new, alpine species of Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920 from Tasmania, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae)

- New bat-species discovered in Mozambique :

New bat species discovered in Mozambique | Southern Africa

- Discription of 2 new species of parasitoid wasps from Japan :

Descriptions of two new species of Platygaster Latreille that attack gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) with notes on their biology (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae)

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new species and 1 new subspecies of Bush crickets from Turkey :

Review of the Poecilimon (Poecilimon) zonatus species group and description of new species from Turkey with data on bioacoustics and morphology (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae) | SEVGİLİ | Zootaxa

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- Abstract of the discription of a new species of rocky crab from the Sea of Japan :

Cryptic diversity of the rocky crab genus Glebocarcinus Nations, 1975 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cancridae): description of a new species from Russian coastal waters of the Sea of Japan based on morphology, DNA and distribution | MARIN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of cascade frog from China :

A new species of cascade frog (Amphibia: Ranidae) in the Amolops monticola group from China | YUAN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new bee-species from South America :

A new group of species within the bee genus Ruizantheda , with a revised key to the males of the genus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Caenohalictini) | COELHO | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of deep-water shrimp from the Dutch Antilles :

On a collection of deep-water shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Dutch Caribbean, with the description of a new species of Pseudocoutierea | OLTHOF | Zootaxa

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

Argia angelae (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) sp. nov. from Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil | VILELA | Zootaxa



- Abstract of the discription of 3 new genera and 10 new species from material collected between 1913and 1918 in Cameroon :

Three new genera and ten new species of the subfamily Lecithocerinae (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from Cameroon, Africa, based on material collected in 1913–18 | PARK | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new leafhopper-species from Pakistan :

Review of the grass feeding leafhopper genus Hecalus Stål (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of four new species from Pakistan | NAVEED | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new species of leafhoppers from the Republic of the Congo and Madagascar :

Four new species of tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) from the Afrotropical Region | WANG | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of shield-tailed snake from India :

A new species of Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Anaikatty Hills of the Western Ghats of India | JINS | Zootaxa

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Another article about the new snake-species from India :

New snake found in Western Ghats
 
- Discription of a new moth-species from Zimbabwe :

Vansoniella chirindensis gen. n., sp. n. – an unusual taxon with translucent wings from Zimbabwe (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae)

- Discription of a new species of whip spider from Ghana :

A new species of Charinus (Amblypygi: Charinidae) from Ghana, with notes on West African whip spiders

- Discription of 10 new species of parasitoid wasps :

Taxonomic revision of the genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae), with description of ten new species

- Discription of a new snail-species from Spain :

A morphological gap for Iberian Zospeum filled: Zospeum percostulatum sp. n. (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Carychiidae) a new species from Asturias (Spain)

- Discription of 3 new killifish-species from Brazil :

https://zse.pensoft.net/article/24406/
 
- Abstract of the discription of a new swordtail cricket from China :

Anaxiphomorpha hexagona sp. n., a new, unusual swordtail cricket collected from Motuo County, Xizang, China (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Trigonidiidae: Trigonidiinae) | MA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of cosmet moths from Korea :

Two new species of Gisilia Kasy, 1968 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) from Korea with first report of piercing oviscapts in Gelechioidea | SOHN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of cicadas from Central America :

Two new genera and two new species of cicadas from Central America (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) | SANBORN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 3 new species of clam shrimps from Australia :

Three new species of spinicaudatan clam shrimps from Australia, all from gnammas (rock pools) | TIMMS | Zootaxa

- Discription of 15 new species of cuckoo-bees from North America :

A revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus Latreille for Nearctic species, north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

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

A taxonomic review of Korean Acrotona Thomson with a description of new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) | LEE | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new crustean species from Spain :

Two new species of Pseudoniphargus (Amphipoda: Pseudoniphargidae) from southern Spain | STOKKAN | Zootaxa

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

One new species and new record of the leafhopper genus Watara Dworakowska from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) | SONG | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of garden eel from the Pacific :

A new garden eel, Heteroconger fugax (Congridae: Heterocongrinae), from the northwestern Pacific Ocean | KOEDA | Zootaxa
 
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- 6 new peeping frogs from Mexico :

Six new peeping frogs discovered in western Mexico

and the complete discription of the 6 new species :

http://herp.mx/pubs/2018-Grunwald-et-al-Eleutherodacylus.pdf

- 9 new reef-fish from West Papua :

Scientists highlight 9 new reef fish species off West Papua

- Discription of 15 new shield-backed trapdoor spider-species from Australia :

Conservation systematics of the shield-backed trapdoor spiders of the nigrum-group (Mygalomorphae, Idiopidae, Idiosoma): integrative taxonomy reveals a diverse and threatened fauna from south-western Australia

- Discription of a new genus and 2 new species of gastropods from the South Pacific :

A rare and unusual new bittiine genus with two new species from the South Pacific (Cerithiidae, Gastropoda)

- Discription of 4 new beetle-species from China :

Revision of genus Pericalus from China, with descriptions of four new species (Carabidae, Lebiini, Pericalina)

- Discription of 7 new species of jumping plant lice from Hawaii :

Revision of the Hawaiian psyllid genus Swezeyana, with descriptions of seven new species (Hemiptera, Psylloidea, Triozidae)
 
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- Abstract of the discription of a new fish-species from Brazil :

A new species of Bryconops (Characiformes: Iguanodectidae) from the Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil | WINGERT | Zootaxa

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- Abstract of the discription of a new worm lizard from Brazil :

A new four-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from Brazilian Amazon | OLIVEIRA | Zootaxa

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- Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of bent-toed geckos from India :

Two new species of bent toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Northeast India with comments on name-bearing types from the region | AGARWAL | Zootaxa

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- Discription of a new species of fairy wrasse from the Philippines and Indonesia :

Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis , a new species of fairy wrasse from the Philippines and Indonesia (Teleostei: Labridae) | TEA | Zootaxa

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23 new spiders found in Australia :

Australian Scientists Found 23 New Spiders (And They Hunt On Water)

vogelcommando said:
- Abstract of the discription of a new fish-species from Brazil :

A new species of Bryconops (Characiformes: Iguanodectidae) from the Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil | WINGERT | Zootaxa

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- Abstract of the discription of a new worm lizard from Brazil :

A new four-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from Brazilian Amazon | OLIVEIRA | Zootaxa

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- Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of bent-toed geckos from India :

Two new species of bent toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Northeast India with comments on name-bearing types from the region | AGARWAL | Zootaxa

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- Discription of a new species of fairy wrasse from the Philippines and Indonesia :

Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis , a new species of fairy wrasse from the Philippines and Indonesia (Teleostei: Labridae) | TEA | Zootaxa

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Article about the 2 new bent-toed geckos from India :

Bent-toed gecko species named after Tripura

4 new worm-eating mice discovered in the Philippines :

Smallest Island In The World Where Diversification Of A Species Has Occurred Has Been Found
 
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- 2 new species of green-blooded lizards from New Guinea :

Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don’t know why

- Discription of a new frog-species from Guyana :

Anomaloglossus meansi sp. n., a new Pantepui species of the Anomaloglossus beebei group (Anura, Aromobatidae)

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

Systematics of the frogs allocated to Sarcohyla bistincta sensu lato (Cope, 1877), with description of a new species from Western Mexico | CAMPBELL | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new longhorned beetle from Honduras :

A new species of Derobrachus Audinet-Serville, 1832 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae) from a cloud forest in Honduras | SANTOS-SILVA | Zootaxa

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

Deronectes taron sp. n. from the eastern Anatolian region of Turkey (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae) | AYKUT | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 5 new moth-species from South-East Asia :

Five new species of the genus Ernolatia Walker, 1862 (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) from islands of Malesia | ZOLOTUHIN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new damselfly-species from the Nicobar Islands :

Description of a new species of Nososticta Hagen (Odonata: Platycnemididae: Disparoneurinae) from Central Nicobar Islands, India | RAJESHKUMAR | Zootaxa

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

Description of Microgomphus farrelli sp. nov. (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) based on adults of both sexes and larvae from Northern Thailand | MAKBUN | Zootaxa

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

A new species of Schistura (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from the south-western lowlands of Sri Lanka | SUDASINGHE | Zootaxa
 
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- Discription of a new scorpion-species from Mexico :

A new Sky Island species of Vaejovis C. L. Koch, 1836 from Sonora, Mexico (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae)

- Discription of 2 new millipede-species from Myanmar :

Two new species of the millipede family Cambalopsidae from Myanmar (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida)

- Discription of a new amphipode-species from Japan :

A new species of Melita from Japan (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Melitidae)

- Discription of a new freshwater crab-species from Malaysia :

The freshwater crabs of Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, East Malaysia, with a description of a new species of Thelphusula Bott, 1969 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Gecarcinucidae, Potamidae, Sesarmidae)

- Discription of 2 new species of freshwater amphipodes from Switzerland :

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/24978/

- Discription of 3 new species of Clepto-flies from China :

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/22595/
 
Would realy by nice ( and neccecery ) that one ( or more ) zoo(s) start a breeding programm for this new species. In other species it has been proofed that it can work !
 
- Abstract of the discription of a new species of pleasing lacewing from Vietnam :

Notes on the pleasing lacewing genus Dilar Rambur, 1838 (Neuroptera, Dilaridae), with description of a new species from Vietnam | MARTINS | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of mantis-fly from South America :

A new species of Trichoscelia Westwood (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from northern South America | MACHADO | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of snout moth from China :

A new species of the genus Phyllodesma ( Phyllodesma ) Hübner, [1820] 1816 from southern China (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) | SALDAITIS | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new swallow-tail butterflies from South America :

Taxonomic notes on Papilio ocypete Fabricius, 1776 and Papilio helle Cramer, 1779 with description of two new similar species from South America (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) | BENMESBAH | Zootaxa

- Abstract of 3 new species of long-horned moths from Taiwan :

Three new species of Lecithocera Herrich-Shäffer, 1853 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from Taiwan, with a check list of the genus in Taiwan | PARK | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new skink-species from Malaysia :

Two new Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos, & Brown (Squamata; Scincidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and another case of microsyntopy between ecologically specialized, unrelated, leaf-litter species | GRISMER | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of bleak from the Black Sea basin :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4425.1.2
 
- Discription of a new species of ramshorn snail from near Lake Baikal :

Description of a new species Gyraulus (Pulmonata: Planorbidae) from the land thermal spring Khakusy of Lake Baikal

- Discription of 8 new species of dragon millipedes from South East Asia :

A revision of dragon millipedes I: genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, with the description of eight new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

- Discription of 4 new spider-species from China :

Four species of spider genus Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 (Araneae, Eutichuridae) from Jinggang Mountains, Jiangxi Province, China

- Discription of 2 new species of purse-web spiders from China :

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/23282/

- Abstract of the discription of 5 new spider-species from China :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4425.2.3

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of clearwing moths from Russia :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4425.2.4

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

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4425.2.5

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

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4425.2.6

- Abstract of the discription of a new genus and 2 new species of ground beetles from Serbia :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4425.2.7

- Abstract of the discription of 5 new ghost spider-species from Colombia :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4425.2.10

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of asassin bug from Madagascar :

http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4425.2.11
 
 
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