Newly discovered / described species 2020

[vogelcommando]

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

A new species of karst-dwelling freshwater crab of the genus Chinapotamon Dai & Naiyanetr, 1994 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae), from Guizhou, southwest China

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

A New Species of the Genus Calamaria Boie, 1827 from the Highlands of the Langbian Plateau, Southern Vietnam (Squamata: Colubridae) | Poyarkov, Jr. | Russian Journal of Herpetology

 

[vogelcommando]

Also this year I guess a lot of new species will be discribed / discovered so lets start :

- Abstract of the discription of 6 new moth-species from China and Thailand :

Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). VII. The cornigera species group, with descriptions of six new species | WANG | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new spider-species from Georgia :

Taxonomic notes on Amaurobius (Araneae: Amaurobiidae), including the description of a new species | MARUSIK | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

New Minnow-species found in Thailand :

New 'netherworldly' freshwater fish named for Thai conservation visionary

- Abstract of the discription of 3 new velvet gecko-species from Australia :

Description of three new velvet geckos (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from inland eastern Australia, and redescription of Oedura monilis De Vis | HOSKIN | Zootaxa

Another article about the 3 new geckos :

Gorgeous geckos: three beautiful new Queensland geckos discovered

 

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

Two new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a karstic archipelago in the Salween Basin of southern Myanmar (Burma) | GRISMER | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new genera and 2 new species of cichlids from Zambia :

Palaeoplex gen. nov. and Lufubuchromis gen. non, two new monotypic cichlid genera (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from northern Zambia | SCHEDEL | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

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

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[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new species of planthopper from Costa Rica :

Revised status of Omolicna subgenus Agoo (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae) with a new species from Costa Rica and new country records | BAHDER | Zootaxa

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

Stolephorus babarani , a new species of anchovy (Teleostei: Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from Panay Island, central Philippines | HATA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new gecko-species from New Guinea :

A new species of Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the mountains of northeastern Papua New Guinea: older than the hills | KRAUS | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 9 new beetles :

A genus in disguise. Revision of the genus Salcedia Fairmaire, 1899 with descriptions of nine new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae, Salcediini)

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

A new species of Osteobrama (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Mahanadi River, India with a note on the validity of O. dayi | SHANGNINGAM | Zootaxa

- Discription of a new snake-species from Vietnam :

A new species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 from the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with additional information on Oligodon annamensis Leviton, 1953 (Squamata: Colubridae)

5 new bird-species and 5 new bird subspecies discibed from Sulawesi !!! :

10 New Birds Described in Biggest Avian Discovery in More Than a Century

New mantis-species found in Peru :

New Species of Praying Mantis Impales Its Prey on Barbed Spikes

- Abstract of the discription of a new genus and new species of cave spider from Brazil :

A new genus of cave spider from Neotropical region (Gnaphosidae: Prodidominae) | RODRIGUES | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new millipede-species from China :

Two new species and a new record of polydesmoid millipedes from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, eastern China (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) | LIU | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 7 new species of ground beetles from Japan :

Taxonomic studies of the ground beetle subgenus Falcinebria Ledoux & Roux, 2005 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Nebria) from Honshû, Japan

- Discription of 14 new spider-species from South-east Asia :

Fourteen new species of the spider genus Psiloderces Simon, 1892 from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Psilodercidae)

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

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13887890.2019.1696238?journalCode=tijo20

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new species of snake eel from Vietnam ( actualy discribed Dec. 2019 ) :

http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/58/58-43.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 2 new hermit crabs from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico :

New and rare micro-pagurid hermit crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae) from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico | LEMAITRE | Zootaxa



- Discription of 3 new gecko-species from Sri Lanka :

http://amphibian-reptile-conservati...2/ARC_13_2_[General_Section]_323-354_e216.pdf

 

[KevinB]

A new species of lichen-mimicking praying mantis, Carrikerella simpira, that used barbed spikes on its fore tibia to impale its prey like a shish kebab was described from the Tingo María region of Peru.

New Species of Praying Mantis Impales Its Prey on Barbed Spikes
A New Species of Praying Mantis from Peru Reveals Impaling as a Novel Hunting Strategy in Mantodea (Thespidae: Thespini)

 

[vogelcommando]

A new species of lichen-mimicking praying mantis, Carrikerella simpira, that used barbed spikes on its fore tibia to impale its prey like a shish kebab was described from the Tingo María region of Peru.

New Species of Praying Mantis Impales Its Prey on Barbed Spikes
A New Species of Praying Mantis from Peru Reveals Impaling as a Novel Hunting Strategy in Mantodea (Thespidae: Thespini)

Already mentioned in post # 7 .

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new frog-species from China :

A new Megophrys Kuhl & Van Hasselt (Amphibia, Megophryidae) from southeastern China

- Discription of a new species of music frog from China :

A new species of the Music frog Nidirana (Anura, Ranidae) from Guizhou Province, China

- New frog-species found in India :

New species of frogs discovered in Arunachal

 

[vogelcommando]

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

A new species of the hermit crab genus Diogenes Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from shallow coastal waters in Japan | KOMAI | Zootaxa



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

A new species of Megophrys (Amphibia: Anura: Megophryidae) from Vietnam | NGUYEN | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new frog-species from Tibet :

http://www.ahr-journal.com/Upload/PaperUpLoad/d6b6067a-8bbb-4653-88f9-3c6796259dd5.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 46 ( ! ) new ant-species from Madagascar :

Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar – an introduction and a taxonomic revision of eleven species groups

- Abstract of the discription of 6 new spider-species from Turkey, Greece and Cyprus :

Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae) | HUBER | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

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

Five new species of Lamiogethes Audisio & Cline from China (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae) | LIU | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of bumblebee-mimic clearwing moth from Vietnam and Laos :

A new species of the genus Toleria Walker, [1865] from northern Vietnam and Laos with establishment of a new generic synonymy in Cissuvorini (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) | KALLIES | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of grass skipper from Brazil :

A new species of Enosis Mabille, 1889 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae) from southern Brazil and notes on Enosis angularis (Möschler, 1877) | LEMES | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new species of walking sharks :

Walking, swimming or hitching a ride? Phylogenetics and biogeography of the walking shark genus Hemiscyllium

and an article - with video-clips - of the new species :

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/na...DA88aX2xi7lEp50e-pNG84ixi2bmL7EPP4jyJpXX0u69I

 

[birdsandbats]

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new species of walking sharks :

Walking, swimming or hitching a ride? Phylogenetics and biogeography of the walking shark genus Hemiscyllium

and an article - with video-clips - of the new species :

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/na...DA88aX2xi7lEp50e-pNG84ixi2bmL7EPP4jyJpXX0u69I

Wow! I had no idea those existed!

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 3 new spider-species from south-west Asia :


On Araniella and Neoscona (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Caucasus, Middle East and Central Asia

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

Ophichthus kailashchandrai sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae): a new species of snake eel from Indian waters, Bay of Bengal | MOHAPATRA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new genus and new species of moth from the Himalayans :

Burmanaglaea a new genus and Burmanaglaea felix, a new species from Myanmar (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xylenini) | BENEDEK | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

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

Review and new species of Tiferonia Darlington, 1962 (Carabidae, Abacetini)

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of gecko from Manus Island :

A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae: Squamata) from Manus Island, and extended description and range extension for Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis (De Rooij) | OLIVER | Zootaxa