Newly discovered / described species 2018

An Austrian-Danish research team has discovered 44 new species of large twirler moth (Megacraspedus), 22 of which are recorded from Europe. Such a wealth of new to science moths in Europe has not been published within a single research article since 1887.

The research used comparisons of characteristic colouration, markings and anatomical features and also DNA analysis.

More information about these discoveries is included below:
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-austrian-danish-team-moth-species-europe.html
 
- Discription of a new genus and 4 new species of spiders from China :

Guilotes, a new genus of Coelotinae spiders from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (Araneae, Agelenidae)

- Discription of 2 new spider-species from Central Asia :

A survey of the Porrhoclubiona Lohmander, 1944 from Central Asia (Araneae, Clubiondae)

- Discription of a new spider-species from Mexico :

A new species of Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe (Araneae, Sicariidae), with updated distribution records and biogeographical comments for the species from Mexico, including a new record of Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour)

- Discription of 2 new species of Praying mantis from Africa :

A revision of Syngalepsus Beier, with the description of two new species from the Central African Republic and Malawi (Mantodea, Tarachodidae)

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of snake-eyed skink from Namibia :

A new species of African snake-eyed skink (Scincidae: Panaspis ) from central and northern Namibia | CERÍACO | Zootaxa

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- Abstract of the discription of 2 new gecko-species from Myanmar :

A re-description of Cyrtodactylus chrysopylos Bauer (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with comments on the adaptive significance of orange coloration in hatchlings and descriptions of two new species from eastern Myanmar (Burma) | GRISMER | Zootaxa

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

Species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from Ecuador, with the description of a new species from the Amazon River Basin | PROVENZANO R. | Zootaxa

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

A new species of Parafimbrios from northern Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae) | ZIEGLER | Zootaxa

- Discription of a new butterfly-species from Panama :

Discovery of a rare and striking new pierid butterfly from Panama (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) | NAKAHARA | Zootaxa
 
 
- Discription of a new genus and 27 new species of polychaete worms :

Bitentaculate Cirratulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) collected chiefly during cruises of the R/V Anton Bruun , USNS Eltanin , USCG Glacier , R/V Hero , RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer , and R/V Polarstern from the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, and off Western South America | BLAKE | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 8 new loach-species from the Middle East :

Review of the genus Cobitis in the Middle East, with the description of eight new species (Teleostei: Cobitidae) | FREYHOF | Zootaxa

- New species of narrow-mouthed frog :

A new species of narrow-mouthed frog discovered in the Western Ghats

- New species of gecko :

Researcher discovers a new species of gecko, names it after the Principal Scientific Advisor Prof. VijayRaghavan

- New species of caecilian from Panama :

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Najade said:
Whenua Hou Diving Petrel

Research partnership reveals new species of diving petrel
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Sadly this taxon was found to only constitute a subspecies of the South Georgia Diving Petrel. First it was discovered by way of a genetic study that one of the supposed Whenua Hou DP specimens that was used to describe the taxon was actually of the nominate subspecies of South Georgia DP, and so it was realised that the two taxa have a lot more overlap in physical features than was previously believed. Then another genetic study revealed that, even for subspecies, the genetic distance between the South Georgia and Whenua Hou subspecies is very small. So, despite the initial fanfare, the OSNZ had no choice but to deem the Whenua Hou DP a subspecies. A detailed explanation is given in post #4 of this forum thread:

Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand 2022 - BirdingNZ.net

Here is the full journal article:

Phylogenetic affinities of the Whenua Hou Diving Petrel: implications for conservation
 
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