Newly discovered / described species 2018

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

A new species of Ituglanis Costa & Bockmann, 1993 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Rio Ribeira de Iguape and upper Rio Tietê basins, southeastern Brazil | MENDONÇA | Zootaxa

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

A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Aripuanã river, Amazon basin, Brazil | DIAS | Zootaxa

 

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7 new jumping spiders from India :

ZSI researchers discover 7 new species of jumping spiders

2 new gecko-species from India :

India home to two new gecko species

- Discription of a new beetle-species from the Philippines :

Contribution to the genus Filipinolotis Miyatake, 1994 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Sticholotidini)

- Discription of 6 new beetle-species from China :

Six new species and a new record of Linan Hlaváč in China, with a key to species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)

 

[vogelcommando]

New swallowtail butterfly from Fiji :

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-speci...utO5osyaOE4SeMS1OSLGpJPKpax3dmkRYF4wQ9qy0DLxI

 

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- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Lanternshark from the Philippines :

Etmopterus marshae sp. nov, a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the Philippine Islands, with a revised key to the Etmopterus lucifer clade | EBERT | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of Batfishes from Australia :

Review of the batfish genus Halicmetus Alcock, 1891 from Australian waters, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) | HO | Zootaxa

 

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- Discription of a new species of Anolis from northern South America :

A new cryptic species of Anolis lizard from northwestern South America (Iguanidae, Dactyloinae)

- Discription of 2 new Jawfish-species from Brazil :

Review of Brazilian jawfishes of the genus Opistognathus with descriptions of two new species (Teleostei, Opistognathidae)

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new frog-species from Vietnam :

Two new and potentially highly threatened Megophrys Horned frogs (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Indochina’s highest mountains | TAPLEY | Zootaxa

 

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- Discription of a new beetle-species from Thailand and Borneo :

Cnestus quadrispinosus, a new species of xyleborine ambrosia beetle from Thailand and Borneo (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini)

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

A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the rio Parnaíba basin, northeastern Brazil | ZANATA | Zootaxa

- New spider-species from Cyprus :

New spider species discovered in Kyrenia mountains - Cyprus Mail

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

Moenkhausia goya (Characiformes: Characidae): a new species from the upper rio Tocantins basin, Central Brazil | DEPRÁ | Zootaxa



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

Geographically structured genetic variation in Ptychozoon lionotum (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and a new species from an isolated volcano in Myanmar | GRISMER | Zootaxa

 

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- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Vampire crab from Sarawak :

A new species of highland vampire crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae: Geosesarma ) from Serian, Sarawak | NG | Zootaxa

- New crab-species discovered in India :

Out of its shell: a new crab species scuttling in the forests of Arunachal Pradesh

 

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- Abstract of the discription of 19 new species of Spiny trapdoor spiders from Australia :

Systematics of the Australian spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Blakistonia Hogg (Araneae: Idiopidae) | HARRISON | Zootaxa

 

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- New gecko-species discovered in Myanmar :

CSUN Professor Discovers New Species of Geckos Exploring Caves of Myanmar | CSUN Today

 

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

Lethrus ( Lethrus ) thracicus (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae), a new species from the European part of Turkey | KRÁL | Zootaxa

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

A new species of Apostolepis (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini) from the Cerrado of Central Brazil | FRANÇA | Zootaxa

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

Parotocinclus yaka , a new species of armored catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae), from the Amazon basin in Brazil | LEHMANN A. | Zootaxa

 

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- Discription of a new genus and 9 new species of Dragon millipedes from South-East Asia :

A revision of dragon millipedes IV: the new genus Spinaxytes, with the description of nine new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new Asian horned frog-species :

Cryptic diversity within the Megophrys major species group (Amphibia: Megophryidae) of the Asian Horned Frogs: Phylogenetic perspectives and a taxonomic revision of South Asian taxa, with descriptions of four new species | MAHONY | Zootaxa

 

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- Discription of 4 new spider-species from the United Arabic Emirates :

The spider genus Pterotricha Kulczyński, 1903 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in the United Arab Emirates

- Discription of 2 new species of tube web spiders from Australia :

New species of tube web spiders of the genus Ariadna from South Australia (Araneae, Segestriidae)

 

[Daktari JG]

New Species? Try new Kingdom
Scientists Discover a Whole New Kingdom of Life

 

[Chlidonias]

New Species? Try new Kingdom
Scientists Discover a Whole New Kingdom of Life

A bit weird having that as an article in Popular Mechanics?

Here's a better article, although still brief - https://phys.org/news/2018-11-hemimastigotes-major-evolutionary-tree-life.html - and the abstract of the actual paper - Hemimastigophora is a novel supra-kingdom-level lineage of eukaryotes

 

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- Discription of a new species of deepwater dogfish shark from Hawaii :

Description of a new deep-water dogfish shark from Hawaii, with comments on the Squalus mitsukurii species complex in the West Pacific

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new Asian horned frog-species :

Cryptic diversity within the Megophrys major species group (Amphibia: Megophryidae) of the Asian Horned Frogs: Phylogenetic perspectives and a taxonomic revision of South Asian taxa, with descriptions of four new species | MAHONY | Zootaxa

- Another article about the discription of these 4 frogs :

4 new frog species found in Northeast after 14-year study - Times of India

 

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- Discription of 2 new Freshwater crayfish-species from Brazil :

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/nau/v26/2358-2936-nau-26-e2018015.pdf

- Discription of a new genus and new species of Fairy shrimp from Argentina :

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/nau/v26/2358-2936-nau-26-e2018021.pdf

 

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- New shark-species from India :

New species of shark identified in Indian Ocean

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of 6 new Gecko-species from India :

Six new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northeast India | AGARWAL | Zootaxa

 

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- Discription of a new species of killifish from Uruguay :

Austrolebias queguay (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae), a new species of annual killifish endemic to the lower Uruguay river basin

- Discription of a new species of killifish from Brazil :

Diversity and conservation of seasonal killifishes of the Hypsolebias fulminantis complex from a Caatinga semiarid upland plateau, São Francisco River basin, northeastern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae)

- Discription of a new species of ghost moth from Spain :

A new species of Pharmacis Hübner, 1820 from Spain with a brief review of the genera Pharmacis and Korscheltellus Börner, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae)

 

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- Discription of 2 new beetle-species from China :

Two new species of Feroperis Lafer (Carabidae, Pterostichus) from China, with a key to all known Chinese species in this subgenus

- Discription of a new genus and 4 new species of moths from China :

Systematics of the new genus Spinosuncus Chen, Zhang & Li with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae)

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of snake eels from Myanmar :

Snake eels of the genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Myanmar (Indian Ocean) with the description of two new species | McCOSKER | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of hogfish from the Philippines :

A new species of Terelabrus (Perciformes: Labridae) from the Philippines with a key to species of Terelabrus and new record of Terelabrus dewapyle | FUKUI | Zootaxa