Newly discovered / described species 2020

[KevinB]

A new parasitoid wasp, Aphaereta vondelparkensis, was found in the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

A new parasitoid wasp, Aphaereta vondelparkensis sp. n. (Braconidae, Alysiinae), from a city park in the centre of Amsterdam

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Slug-eating snake from Borneo :

A taxonomic revision of Asthenodipsas malaccana Peters, 1864 (Squamata: Pareidae) with a description of a new species from Borneo | QUAH | Zootaxa

- Discription of a new species of harvestman from Peru :

Taito adrik , a new harvestman species from the Área de Conservación Privada Panguana, Peruvian Amazonia (Opiliones: Laniatores: Cosmetidae) | FRIEDRICH | Zootaxa

- 3 new frog-species from India :

3 new frog species found in Arunachal

- Discription of 26 new moth-species from South East Asia :

Twenty-six new species of Hoploscopa (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from South-East Asia revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Dwarf gecko from Colombia :

A new species of the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sauria: Sphaerodactylidae) from the western flank of the Cordillera Oriental in Colombia, with description of its hemipenial morphology | MENESES-PELAYO | Zootaxa

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

Two more new Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, India | AGARWAL | Zootaxa

- New - still un-named Crayfish from the USA :

A Kentucky biologist discovered a new species, and you could name it

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

A deeply divergent lineage of Walkerana (Anura: Ranixalidae) from the Western Ghats of Peninsular India | DINESH | Zootaxa

 

[birdsandbats]

- New - still un-named Crayfish from the USA :

A Kentucky biologist discovered a new species, and you could name it

This is our chance, right here! To get a species named zoochatensis!

 

[vogelcommando]

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

Protosticta joepani sp. nov. from Borneo with notes on P. kinabaluensis Laidlaw, 1915 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) | DOW | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of dwarf gecko from Colombia :

A new diurnal gecko in the genus Gonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Margarita Island, Venezuela | RIVERO-BLANCO | Zootaxa

- Discription of a new leafhopper-species from Brazil :

A remarkable new species of Cavichiana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from southeastern Brazil

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Praying mantis from Brazil :

A new species and first record of Vates Burmeister, 1838 from the Atlantic Rainforest (Mantodea: Vatinae) | Rivera | European Journal of Taxonomy

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 2 new Rattlesnake-species from Mexico :

http://www.herp.mx/pubs/2020-Carbaj...sf1I7HIFuJNPsctJKbFnepnOY3q2Kn8B7zZ5lMcEf5rAo

 

[vogelcommando]

- New frog-species from India :

Great leap forward in Western Ghats

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new species of Torrent minnow from India ( actualy discribed 2019 ) :

Psilorhynchus bichomensis, a new species of torrent minnow from Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) | SHANGNINGAM | FishTaxa

- Discription of 3 new species of jumping spiders from Sri Lanka :

On three new species of jumping spiders of the genera Habrocestum Simon, 1876, Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 and Tamigalesus Żabka, 1988 (Araneae, Salticidae) from Sri Lanka

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new crab-genus and species from the Gulf of Mexico :

A new genus and species of xanthoid crab (Decapoda: Brachyura) from offshore hard bank habitats in the Gulf of Mexico | THOMA | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new species of deepwater gobiid from Indonesia :

https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/01/RBZ-2020-0002.pdf

- Discription of a new cricket-species from Malawi :

Pseudolebinthus lunipterus sp. nov.: a striking deaf and mute new cricket from Malawi (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae)

- Discription of 3 new Chameleon-species from Madagascar :

VZ-70-1-03 | Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of feather star from Japan :

A revision of the unusual feather star genus Atopocrinus with a description of a new species (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) | MESSING | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new stick insect-species from Laos :

A new species of the genus Parapachymorpha Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Phasmida, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from Laos | JANG | Zootaxa

- Discription of 2 new crab-spider species from the Neotropics :

A taxonomic review of the crab spider genus Sidymella (Araneae, Thomisidae) in the Neotropics

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 4 new spider-species from China :

Four new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Qiongthela from Hainan Island, China (Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)

- Discription of a new genus and 4 new species of spiders from Asia :

Asianopis gen. nov., a new genus of the spider family Deinopidae from Asia

- Another article about the Madagascar Mini-frogs :

The New Mini Frogs of Madagascar

 

[vogelcommando]

Northwestern and American crow becoming together a new species ?

https://gizmodo-com.cdn.ampproject....qzYe5UX15wz0nY20q9Rw1gHUjbI9d78dKfG9sSi5tqozo

 

[vogelcommando]

World's largest cave-fish discovered in India :

World’s largest cave fish discovered in India

and the discription of this new species :

https://www.researchgate.net/public...the_Golden_Mahseer_Tor_putitora_Hamilton_1822

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Liolaemus-lizard from Peru :

Species New to Science: [Herpetology • 2020] Liolaemus balagueri • A New Species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) of the group L. montanus from the coastal hills of Southern Peru

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

Another new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Guwahati, Assam, India | PURKAYASTHA | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new species of mud shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico :

A new mud shrimp of the genus Pugnatrypaea from outer continental shelf waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico, commonly associated with hydrocarbon seeps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Callianassidae) | FELDER | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 2 new spider-species from Madagascar :

Two new species of Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893 from Madagascar (Araneae, Palpimanidae)

- Discription of a new leafhopper-species from Saudi Arabia :

The Tamarix feeding Leafhopper genus Opsius Fieber, 1866 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Opsiini) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species

 

[vogelcommando]

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

Another new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Guwahati, Assam, India | PURKAYASTHA | Zootaxa

Longer article about the new species :

New species of urban lizard found in Guwahati

 

[vogelcommando]

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

Bunocephalus hertzi , a new banjo catfish from the upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae), with the redescription of Bunocephalus larai Ihering, 1930 | ESGUÍCERO | Zootaxa

- Possible a number of new Fruitbat-species from the Philippines :

Philippine fruit bats may be entirely new species of their own, DNA suggests

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new snake-species from China :

Re-examination of the Chinese record of Opisthotropis maculosa (Squamata, Natricidae), resulting in the first national record of O. haihaensis and description of a new species

- Discription of 2 new leaf insect-species from Java and Sumatra :

Notes on the leaf insects of the genus Phyllium of Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, including the description of two new species with purple coxae (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)

- Discription of 31 ( ! ) new spider-species from South-East Asia :

Thirty-one new species of the spider genus Leclercera from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Psilodercidae)