Newly Discovered/Described Species 2021

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South America

2 new species of screech owls in the genus Megascops native to the Amazon Rainforest.

Multi-character taxonomic review, systematics, and biogeography of the Black-capped/Tawny-bellied Screech Owl ( Megascops atricapilla - M. watsonii ) complex (Aves: Strigidae) | DANTAS | Zootaxa

2 new species of killifishes in the genus Austrolebias native to river basins in southern Brazil.

Two new annual fishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) unexpectedly discovered in the highlands of southern Brazil | LANÉS | Zootaxa

New species of palp-footed spider in the genus Fernandezina native to Colombia.

A new species of the genus Fernandezina Birabén, 1951 (Araneae: Palpimanidae: Otiothopinae) from Colombia | MARTÍNEZ | Zootaxa

Asia

7 new species of diving beetles in the genus Exocelina native to the Foja Mountains (4/7), Cyclops Mountains (1/7), and Wano Land (2/7), New Guinea respectively.

Seven new species of the Exocelina ekari group from New Guinea central and coastal mountains (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae)

4 new species of phytoseiid mites in the genus Typhlodromus native to the state of West Bengal, India.

Description of four new species of phytoseiid mites belonging to the genus Typhlodromus ( Anthoseius ) De Leon from West Bengal | MOLLA | Zootaxa

4 new species of leafhoppers in the genera Mileewa (3/4) and Ujna (1/4) native to China.

Four new species of Mileewini leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from China, with a checklist to Chinese species | HE | Zootaxa

4 new species of rove beetles in the genus Eccoptolonthus native to the provinces of Zhejiang, Guizhou, and Beijing, China, as well as Tibet, respectively.

Revision of Eccoptolonthus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylininae: Philonthina) with descriptions of four new species from China | FEI | Zootaxa

New species of cicada in the genus Maua native to China.

Description of a new species of the genus Maua Distant (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from China | WANG | Zootaxa

New species of carrion beetle in the genus Oiceopotoma native to the province of Zhejiang, China.

Oiceoptoma tangi (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Silphinae), a new species of carrion beetle from eastern China | SOMMER | Zootaxa

Oceans

2 new species of marine worms in the genus Aspidosiphon native to the southern Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Mexico.

First records and two new species of sipunculans (Sipuncula) from the Southern Mexican Pacific | European Journal of Taxonomy
 
Europe

New species of wasp in the genus Mesopolobus native to Romania and Hungary.

A new species of Mesopolobus (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) from black locust crops | European Journal of Taxonomy

Asia

New species of loach in the genus Triplophysa native to a cave pool in the province of Chongqing, China.

Triplophysa wulongensis, a new species of cave-dwelling loach (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae) from Chongqing, Southwest China

3 new species of fungus gnats in the genera Sciophila, Leia, and Anatella native to Georgia and the southern Caucasus Mountains.

A contribution towards checklist of fungus gnats (Diptera, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) in Georgia, Transcaucasia

Oceania

New species of peacock spider in the genus Maratus native to South Australia, Australia.

Maratus nemo: A new wetland species of peacock spider from South Australia (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini)
 
North America/Caribbean

2 new species of moths in the genus Homaledra native to Florida (2/2), the Dominican Republic (1/2), southern Texas (1/2), and Mexico (1/2).

http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0859_Hayden_2021.pdf

South America

New species of driftwood catfish in the genus Centromochlus native to the Tocantins-Araguaia river basin in Brazil.

A new species of driftwood catfish Centromochlus Kner, 1858 (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae, Centromochlinae) from Tocantins-Araguaia River drainage | COELHO | Zootaxa

Africa

New species of killifish in the genus Nothobranchius native to the Matandu river basin in southeastern Tanzania.

Nothobranchius nikiforovi , a new species of seasonal killifish from the lower Matandu drainage in south-eastern coastal Tanzania (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) | NAGY | Zootaxa

New species of moth in the genus Arctiocossus native to the province of Free State, South Africa.

New species of Arctiocossus Felder, 1874 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae: Cossinae) from Republic of South Africa | Yakovlev | Ecologica Montenegrina

Asia

3 new species of beetles in the genus Helochares native to the provinces of Hainan, Jiangxi, and Yunnan, China, respectively.

Three new species and two new records of Helochares (Hydrobaticus) MacLeay, 1871 from China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Acidocerinae) | DONG | Zootaxa

Oceans

13 new species of bryozoans in their respective genera native to the mouth of the Amazon River in northern Brazil.

Bryozoa from the reefs off the Amazon River mouth: checklist, thirteen new species, and notes on their ecology and distribution | RAMALHO | Zootaxa

3 new species of deep-sea chitons in the genus Connexochiton native to the waters off the coast of the Philippines, New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands, respectively.

Composition of the genus Connexochiton Kaas, 1979 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Ischnochitonidae) | SIRENKO | Zootaxa
 
South America

New genus (Kataphraktosaurus) containing a new species of stream spiny lizard native to the Guiana Shield craton in Venezuela.

Discovery of an additional piece of the large gymnophthalmid puzzle: a new genus and species of stream spiny lizard (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the western Guiana Shield in Venezuela | ROJAS-RUNJAIC | Zootaxa

New genus (Callivelia) containing a new species of riffle bug native to the Amazon basin in Brazil.

Callivelia , a new genus for certain Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Veliidae), including description of a new species | POLHEMUS | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of skink in the genus Subdoluseps native to the Nilgiri Hills in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

A new species of Asian gracile skink (Scincidae: Lygosominae: Subdoluseps ) from the rain-shadow belts of Nilgiri hills, Western Ghats, India | GANESH | Zootaxa

New species of day gecko in the genus Cnemaspis native to two forests in the district of Badulla, Sri Lanka.

A new species of day gecko (Reptilia, Gekkonidae, Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from Sri Lanka with an updated ND2 gene phylogeny of Sri Lankan and Indian species

New species of Asian horned frog in the genus Megophrys native to Mount Ky Quan San in northwestern Vietnam.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2020.1856952

New species of aphid wasp in the genus Tzustigmus native to the state of Kerala, India.

A review of the genus Tzustigmus Finnamore (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae) from India with the description of a new species | RAJAN | Zootaxa

New species of tiger moth in the genus Aberrasine native to the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India.

A new species of genus Aberrasine Volynkin & Huang, 2019 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from North East India | SINGH | Zootaxa

Oceans

New genus (Latebrahydra) containing a new species of hydrozoan as well as another new species of hydrozoan in the genus Hydractinia native to the Koko Seamount and Hess Rise, and the Jingū Seamount, in the western North Pacific Ocean.

Report on hydrozoans (Cnidaria), excluding Stylasteridae, from the Emperor Seamounts, western North Pacific Ocean | CALDER | Zootaxa

2 new species of shrimp in the genus Typton native to waters off the coast of Panama and Baja California, Mexico.

Two new species of Typton Costa, 1844 from tropical American waters, with taxonomic notes on T. tortugae McClendon, 1911 and a new record of T. granulosus Ayón-Parente, Hendrickx & Galvan-Villa, 2015 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) | ANKER | Zootaxa
 
South America

New species of barkfly in the genus Timnewia native to the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

Timnewia García Aldrete (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Ptiloneuridae): new species and variation in the wing venation of T. jeaneae Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Rafael | DA SILVA-NETO | Zootaxa

New species of leaf katydid in the genus Paggophyllum native to the states of Acre and Amazonas, Brazil.

Redescription of Raggophyllum Nickle, 1967 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) with description of a new species from Brazilian Amazon Rainforest and placement in Microcentrini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 | DE MELLO MENDES | Zootaxa

Africa

New species of millipede in the genus Prionopetalum native to Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

A new giant species of the millipede genus Prionopetalum Attems, 1909 from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae) | ROSENMEJER | Zootaxa

Asia

2 new species of snakes in the genus Achalinus native to southern Sichuan and southern Yunnan, China, respectively.

Two new species and a new country record of the genus Achalinus (Reptilia: Squamata: Xenodermidae) from China | HOU | Zootaxa

New species of gecko in the genus Cnemaspis native to the state of Karnataka, India.

A new small-bodied, polymorphic Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to C. monticola Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India | KHANDEKAR | Zootaxa

3 new species of fireflies in the genus Lamprigera native to China.

Three new species of Lamprigera Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) from China, with notes on known species | DONG | Zootaxa

New species of sword-tail cricket in the genus Rhicnogryllus native to the province of Guangdong, China.

First report of the genus Rhicnogryllus Chopard, 1925 (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae; Trigonidiinae) in China with description of a new species | HE | Zootaxa

Oceans

New genus (Agnathia) containing 2 new species of sea spiders native to the waters off southern Australia.

Diagnosis of the new genus Agnathia (Pycnogonida, Callipallenidae) and description of two new species from southern Australia | STAPLES | Zootaxa

2 new species of pill bug isopods in the genus Cirolana native to the waters of the western Gulf of Thailand.

Two new species of the marine isopod genus Cirolana Leach, 1818 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the coast of the western Gulf of Thailand | RODCHAROEN | Zootaxa

General

5 new species of Darwin's wasps in the genus Neotheronia are described.

Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: genera Neotheronia Krieger, Nomosphecia Gupta and Xanthopimpla Saussure | KHALAIM | Zootaxa
 
South America

12 new species of ghost spiders in the genus Tafana native to Venezuela (5/12), Colombia (4/12), Argentina (2/12), Ecuador (2/12), Bolivia (1/12), and Peru (1/12).

Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of ghost spiders of the genus Tafana Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Dionycha, Anyphaenidae), with the descriptions of twelve new species | European Journal of Taxonomy

New species of braconid wasp in the genus Doryctobracon native to the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

A new species of Doryctobracon Enderlein (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) parasitizing larvae of Anastrepha Schiner (Diptera, Tephritidae), with illustrated key to species of Doryctobracon that parasitize fruit-infesting tephritids in Brazil | MARINHO | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of rodent in the genus Niviventer native to Tibet, China.

Molecular phylogeny and morphological diversity of the Niviventer fulvescens species complex with emphasis on species from China

New genus (name not given) of water mites native to Kazakhstan.

A new water mite genus from Kazakhstan (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hydryphantidae) | TUZOVSKIJ | Zootaxa

New species of beetle in the genus Broscosoma native to the province of Sichuan, China.

New species and new distributional record of the genus Broscosoma Rosenhauer, 1846 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Broscinae) from China | JIANG | Zootaxa

New species of freshwater snail from the genus Semisulcospira native to Lake Biwa in Japan.

ZS 2021 Vol. 60-07

Oceania

5 new species of thrips in the genera Acallurothrips (3/6) and Neosmerinthothrips (2/6) native to Australia [1.9].

Tubuliferous Thysanoptera in Australia with an enlarged tenth abdominal segment (Phlaeothripidae, Idolothripinae), including six new species | MOUND | Zootaxa

New species of thrips in the genus Ozothrips native to New Zealand [1.9].

Oceans

2 new species of arietellid copepods in the genera Metacalanus and Paramisophira respectively, native to anchialine caves in the eastern Adriatic Sea.

New arietellid copepods (Calanoida, Arietellidae) from anchialine caves in the Eastern Adriatic Sea | KRŠINIĆ | Zootaxa
 
Asia

12 new species of sheet-web spiders in the genus Acroterius native to the province of Yunnan, China.

Acroterius gen. nov. (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Linyphiinae) with twelve new species from Yunnan, China | European Journal of Taxonomy

New species of tooth-nosed snout weevil in the genus Caenorhinus native to central Laos.

A new species of the genus Caenorhinus Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera, Rhynchitidae) from Laos | Legalov | Ecologica Montenegrina

Oceania

New genus (Kazukuru) containing a new species of planthopper native to New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands.

Kazukuru gen. nov. – a new Ricaniidae planthopper from Solomon Islands (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha)
 
An interesting example from here in Brazil is detailed in this mongabay article.

Two new species of screech owl have been discovered from the Amazon and Atlantic rainforest ecosystems respectively.

They have been called the Xingu screech owl and the Alagoas screech owl.

They are likely to be listed as critically endangered species given the environmental pressures they are subject to from deforestation within the country.

Two new species of endangered screech owls identified from Brazil
 
Onychorhynchus coronatus said:
An interesting example from here in Brazil is detailed in this mongabay article.

Two new species of screech owl have been discovered from the Amazon and Atlantic rainforest ecosystems respectively.

They have been called the Xingu screech owl and the Alagoas screech owl.

They are likely to be listed as critically endangered species given the environmental pressures they are subject to from deforestation within the country.

Two new species of endangered screech owls identified from Brazil
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