Newly Discovered/Described Species 2021

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South America

New genus (Cavichiassus) containing a new species of leafhopper native to southern Brazil.

Cavichiassus , a new genus of Hyalojassini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Brazil, and first description of the genitalia of Neotrocnada rutasaca (Blocker) comb. nov. | DOMAHOVSKI | Zootaxa

Africa

New species of tiger beetle in the genus Pogonostoma native to western Madagascar.

New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles—20. Pogonostoma ( Bathypogonum ) horimichioi sp. nov. and supplemented characters of P. (B.) levigatum levigatum (W. Horn) and P. (B.) levigatum lucens Rivalier (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) | RAZANAJAONARIVALONA | Zootaxa

Europe

2 new species of carrion beetles in the genus Troglocharinus native to the caves of the Pyrenees mountains.

A redefinition of the genus Troglocharinus Reitter, 1908, with description of new species (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini) | FRESNEDA | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of moth in the genus Nola native to Tibet, China.

Description of a new species and a new record of the genus Nola Leach, 1815 (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae) from Tibet, China | DA | Zootaxa

New species of click beetle in the genus Selasia native to Sri Lanka.

The genus Selasia Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) in Sri Lanka | PACKOVA | Zootaxa

New species of microdrile oligochaete in the genus Hemienchytraeus native to Wuhan, China.

Description of Hemienchytraeus wuhanensis sp. nov. (Annelida, Clitellata, Enchytraeidae) from central China, with comments on species records of Hemienchytraeus from China

Oceans

New species of blenny in the genus Coralliozetus native to the waters off the coast of Isle del Coco, Costa Rica.

The Pandemic Blenny, Coralliozetus clausus , a new species of tube blenny endemic to Isla del Coco, Costa Rica (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae) | HASTINGS | Zootaxa

New species of opisid in the genus Opisa native to the East Sea, off the coast of South Korea.

A new species of the genus Opisa Boeck, 1876 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Opisidae) and a new record for Opisa takafuminakanoi from the East Sea, South Korea

New species of amphipod native to the Shinkai Seep Field, Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean.

A new species of Princaxelia from Shinkai Seep Field, Mariana Trench (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Pardaliscidae)

4 new species of hagfishes in the genera Eptatretus (3/4) and Rubicundus (1/4) native to the waters off the coast of the Galapagos Islands.

Review of the hagfishes (Myxinidae) from the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of four new species and their phylogenetic relationships
 
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South America

2 new species of robber flies in the genus Mallophora native to the departments of Magdalena and Arauca, Colombia, respectively.

Two new species of the bee-mimicking genus Mallophora (Diptera, Asilidae) from Colombia | YEPES | Zootaxa

4 new species of midget moths in the genus Stigmella native to equatorial Andes mountains, Ecuador.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4926.3.3

Europe

New species of snail in the genus Daphniola native to Lefkada Island, Greece.

A new hydrobiid species (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) from insular Greece

Asia

New species of lepturine beetle in the genus Teledapus native to Yunnan, China.

A remarkable new species of Teledapus Pascoe, 1871 from China (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lepturinae: Teledapini) | HUANG | Zootaxa

Oceania

New species of cockroach in the genus Polyzosteria native to Tasmania.

Polyzosteria cockroaches in Tasmania (Blattodea: Blattidae: Polyzosteriinae) represent a new, endemic species, with allopatric alpine and coastal sub-populations | HENRY | Zootaxa

3 new genera (Lamprolonchaea, Lonchaea, Silba), containing 7 new species of true flies native to Vanuatu.

The Lonchaeidae of Vanuatu (Diptera: Schizophora) | MACGOWAN | Zootaxa
 
North America

Proposed split of the short-tailed weasel into 3-4 new species that are native to Haida Gwai island in British Columbia, Canada, and Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ddi.13234

Africa

3 new species of long-horned moths in the genera Thubdora (2/3) and Ptilothyris (1/3) native to Uganda.

Two new species of the genus Thubdora Park and a new species of Ptilothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Lecithoceridae) from Uganda | PARK | Zootaxa

2 new species of mud snails in the genera Islamia and Mercuria respectively, native to Morocco.

Two new species of the genera Islamia and Mercuria (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Morocco | Mabrouki | Ecologica Montenegrina

Asia

New species of frog in the genus Occidozyga native to Sarawak, Borneo.

A new Occidozyga from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (Anura: Dicroglossidae) | MATSUI | Zootaxa

New species of thrips in the genus Merothrips native to northeastern India.

A new species of Merothrips from the Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India (Thysanoptera, Terebrantia) | JOHNSON | Zootaxa

New species of prominent moth in the genus Zaranga native to Korea.

Notes on the genus Zaranga Moore with description of a new species in the Zaranga pannosa species group (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) | BELJAEV | Zootaxa

New species of rove beetle in the genus Carpelimus native to Thailand.

A new species of the simplex group of the genus Carpelimus Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) from Thailand | GILDENKOV | Zootaxa

2 new species of plant-hoppers in the genus Zophiuma native to New Guinea.

Revision of the New Guinean genus Zophiuma (Hemiptera, Lophopidae) | SOULIER-PERKINS | Zootaxa

2 new genera (Xiangxius, Guizhaphaenopsodes) containing 2 new species of ground beetles native to a limestone cave in the province of Hunan, China [4.3].

Contribution to the knowledge of subterranean ground beetles from eastern Wuling Mountains, China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) | TIAN | Zootaxa

New species of ground beetle in the genus Sinotroglodytes native to a limestone cave in the province of Hubei, China [4.3].

Oceania

7 new species of marsh beetles in the genus Scirtes native to Fiji.

The genus Scirtes Illiger of Fiji (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea: Scirtidae) | RUTA | Zootaxa

General

4 new species of flies in the genus Penthetria native to the "New World".

Penthetria Meigen (Diptera: Bibionidae): Revision of the New World species and world catalog | FITZGERALD | Zootaxa
 
North America

4 new species of dance flies in the genus Empis native to the states of California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, United States.

Revision of the Empis ( Enoplempis ) mira species group (Diptera: Empididae) | SINCLAIR | Zootaxa

2 new species of ground beetles in the genus Anillinus native to the states of Alabama and Louisiana, United States, respectively.

Two new species of the genus Anillinus Casey (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Anillini) from the southern United States

Caribbean/Central America

New species of dung beetle in the genus Dichotomius native to Guatemala and Costa Rica [EJT 1].

Taxonomic review of the Dichotomius (Luederwaldtinia) agenor species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) | European Journal of Taxonomy

South America

4 new species of land flatworms in the genus Choeradoplana native to Brazil.

Revision and description of six species of Choeradoplana (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida), with an emendation to the genus

2 new species of dung beetles in the genus Dichotomius native to the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, and Venezuela respectively [EJT 1].

Asia

4 new species of goose frogs in the genus Panophrys native to the provinces of Fujian (2/4), Zhejiang (1/4), Jiangxi (2/4), and Guangdong (1/4), China.

Four new species of Panophrys (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern China, with discussion on the recognition of Panophrys as a distinct genus | LYU | Zootaxa

2 new species of froghoppers in the genus Aufidus native to New Guinea.

Two new species of Aufidus (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) from New Guinea | CESNE | Zootaxa

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

A new species of the genus Thespea Solovyev and four newly recorded species of Limacodidae from India (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea) | SINGH | Zootaxa

New species of moth in the genus Lasianobia native to the western province of Sichuan, China.

Lasianobia nainysi , a new species from Sichuan, China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae) | SALDAITIS | Zootaxa

2 new species of lynx spiders in the genus Oxyopes native to Taiwan.

Species delimitation and taxonomic revision of Oxyopes (Araneae: Oxyopidae) of Taiwan, with description of two new species | LO | Zootaxa

2 new species of dustywing insects in the genus Coniopteryx native to China.

Two new species of Coniopteryx Curtis from China (Neuroptera, Coniopterygidae)

Oceans

New species of amphipod in the genus Seborgia native to a submarine cave near Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

Seborgia cavernicola sp. nov. from a submarine cave on Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Seborgiidae) | SHIMOMURA | Zootaxa

2 new species of perchlets in the genus Chelidoperca native to the Andaman Sea, western Indian Ocean.

Two new species of the genus Chelidoperca (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea, eastern Indian Ocean | PSOMADAKIS | Zootaxa

New species of sea snail in the genus Megadenus native to the western Gulf of Mexico.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/55071/
 
Asia

New species of digger wasp in the genus Argogorytes native to the Andaman Islands, India.

Discovery of the digger wasp genus Argogorytes Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae) in India and description of a new species | KUMAR | Zootaxa

New species of pill millipede in the genus Rhopalomeris native to Vietnam.

A new Rhopalomeris species (Diplopoda: Glomerida: Glomeridae), and notes on the phylogenetic relationships between glomeridans in Vietnam | NGUYEN | Zootaxa

2 new species of leafcutter moths in the genus Vespina native to Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and Sichuan, China, respectively.

Review of the genus Vespina (Lepidoptera, Incurvariidae) with two new species from China and Japan | HIROWATARI | Zootaxa

New species of ray spider in the genus Brignoliella native to Orchid Island, Taiwan.

A survey on poorly known rainforest litter-dwelling spiders of Orchid Island (Lanyu, Taiwan) with the description of a new species (Araneae: Linyphiidae, Tetrablemmidae, and Theridiosomatidae) | BALLARIN | Zootaxa

Oceans

New genus (Panamapisa) containing a new species of amphipod native to the waters off of Bocas del Toro, Panama.

A new genus and species, Panamapisa guaymii gen. nov. sp. nov., the first record of the family Eriopisidae Lowry & Myers, 2013 from Central America | ALVES | Zootaxa
 
South America

New genus (Queiroziella) containing 5 new species of jumping plant-lice native to Mimosa scabrella trees in southern Brazil.

Queiroziella gen. nov., a new genus of jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, Psyllidae) from Southern Brazil associated with Mimosa scabrella (Leguminosae) | BURCKHARDT | Zootaxa

Africa

2 new species of mites in the genera Typhlodromus and Scheloribates respectively, native to South Africa.

Predatory mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) intercepted from samples imported to Taiwan, with description of a new species | LIAO | Zootaxa
A new species of Scheloribates (Acari, Oribatida, Scheloribatidae) from South Africa | Ermilov | Ecologica Montenegrina

Asia

2 new species of goblin spiders in the genus Trilacuna native to the municipality of Chongqing, China.

Two new species of the genus Trilacuna from Chongqing Municipality, China (Araneae, Oonopidae) | WANG | Zootaxa

4 new species of hymenopteran insects in the genus Closterocerus native to China.

Four new species of Closterocerus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, with a key to Chinese species

2 new species of ground beetles in the genus Laemonstenus native to Xizang, China.

The first record of the genus Laemostenus from China, with descriptions of two new species from the Himalaya (Carabidae, Sphodrini, Sphodrina)

Oceans

New species of amphipod in the genus Floresorchestia native to the waters off the coast of Mombasa, Kenya.

Two species of Talitridae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Kenya | BICHANG’A | Zootaxa

3 new species of sea fans in the genus Leptogorgia native to the Gulf of California, Mexico.

Three new species of the sea fan genus Leptogorgia (Octocorallia, Gorgoniidae) from the Gulf of California, Mexico
 
South America

New species of whorltail iguana in the genus Stenocercus native to Peru.

Mendoza, A., C. Ramírez, D. Barrera & C. Aguilar-Puntriano

New species of frog in the genus Pristimantis native to northern Peru.

Lehr, E., S. Lyu & A. Catenazzi

Africa

New species of freshwater crab in the genus Potamonemus native to the Mount Manengouba Reserve and Bakossi National Park, southwestern Cameroon.

A new species of the freshwater crab genus Potamonemus Cumberlidge & Clark, 1992 (Crustacea, Potamonautidae) endemic to the forested highlands of southwestern Cameroon, Central Africa

Europe

New species of twirler moth in the genus Megacraspedus native to the region of Veneto, northern Italy.

Megacraspedus laseni sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Dolomites of north-eastern Italy | TIMOSSI | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of owlet moth in the genus Dichagyris native to the province of Sichuan, China.

A new species of Dichagyris Lederer, 1857 from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) | GYULAI | Zootaxa

New species of stonefly in the genus Kamimuria native to the province of Hubei, China.

A new species of Kamimuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from China, with notes on K. circumspina Li, Mo & Yang, 2019 | YAN | Zootaxa

Oceania

New species of thrips in the genus Lefroyothrips native to Australia.

Studies on the genus Lefroyothrips , with new records from Malaysia, New Caledonia and a new species from Australia (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) | MOUND | Zootaxa

New genus (Perplexcara) of marsh beetles native to Australia.

A new genus, Perplexacara , and new generic placements of species of Australian marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) based on morphology and molecular genetic data | WATTS | Zootaxa

Oceans

New species of ringed worm in the genus Bradynectes native to shallow sediment in Bogue Inlet, North Carolina.

Bradynectes ensifer n. sp. (Platyhelminthes: Macrostomorpha) from North Carolina, USA | SMITH | Zootaxa

New species of copepod in the genus Haloschizopera native to the East China Sea.

Review of the genus Haloschizopera (Harpacticoida: Miraciidae, Diosaccinae) with description of a new species | LIU | Zootaxa

6 new species of sea snails in the genera Eulima (1/6), Melanella (3/6), and Sticteulima (2/6), native to deep waters off the coast of northeastern Brazil.

Revision of the deep-sea Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) from off Northeast Brazil | DE SOUZA | Zootaxa
 
North America

13 new species of leaf-miner flies in the genera Haplopeodes (1/13), Liriomyza (2/13), Melanagromyza (6/13), Ophiomyia (2/13), and Phytomyza (2/13) native to the United States.

Thirteen new species of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the United States, with new host and distribution records for 32 additional species | EISEMAN | Zootaxa

South America

12 new species of flesh flies in the genus Nephochaetopteryx native to Brazil.

Revision of Nephochaetopteryx Townsend, 1934 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) | CARVALHO-FILHO | Zootaxa

New species of rove beetle in the genus Ophionthus native to central Peru.

On the rare Neotropical genus Ophionthus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): redescription of the type species and description of a new species | European Journal of Taxonomy

Africa

New subspecies of sphinx moth in the genus Temnora native to the Seychelles Islands.

New and recent records of hawk moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from Seychelles, with a description of a new insular subspecies | Bolotov | Ecologica Montenegrina

Europe

2 new species of freshwater snails in the genus Horatia native to Croatia.

Two new stygobiotic species of Horatia Bourguignat, 1887 (Hydrobiidae) from Croatia

Asia

6 new species of cuckoo wasps in the genera Elampus and Chrysis native to the states of Himachal Pradesh (1/6), Uttar Pradesh (1/6), Tamil Nadu (4/6), Kerala (1/6), West Bangel (1/6), Uttaranchal (1/6), and the region of Jammu & Kashmir (1/6), India, as well as Myanmar (1/6).

An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Indian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) | ROSA | Zootaxa

Oceania

2 new species of pumpkin beetles in the genus Aulacophora native to Australia.

Revision of the Australopapuan and West Pacific species of plain pumpkin-beetles, the Aulacophora indica species-complex (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) | REID | Zootaxa

New species of freshwater shrimp in the genus Parisia native to Beetaloo Basin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Could this tiny shrimp stall the Federal Government's plans to ***** the Beetaloo Basin?

Oceans

12 new species of bristle worms in the genera Leitoscoloplos (1/12), Scoloplos (4/12), Leodamas (3/12), Phylo (1/12), and Orbiniella (3/12), native to deep-sea waters in the western Atlantic Ocean.

New species and records of Orbiniidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from continental shelf and slope depths of the Western North Atlantic Ocean | BLAKE | Zootaxa
 
South America

New species of armored catfish in the genus Hypostomus native to the Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil.

The crystalline waters of the Bodoquena Plateau revealed Hypostomus froehlichi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new armored catfish from the rio Paraguay basin in Brazil | ZAWADZKI | Zootaxa

Africa

12 new species of true weevils in the genera Sharpia (1/12), Afrosmicronyx (4/12), and Smicronyx (7/12) native to southern Africa.

The Smicronychini of southern Africa (Coleoptera, Curculionidae): Review of the tribe and description of 12 new species | European Journal of Taxonomy

Oceans

New genus (Inopinatamenia) containing one new species of mollusk native to the deep waters in the South Atlantic Ocean [1.3].

On the diversity of abyssal Dondersiidae (Mollusca: Aplacophora) with the description of a new genus, six new species, and a review of the family | COBO | Zootaxa

5 new species of mollusks in the genera Dondersia (1/5), Nematomenia (3/5), and Helluoherpia (1/5) native to the deep waters in the South Atlantic Ocean [1.3].

New species of bryozoan in the genus Cupuladria native to the western Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Brazil.

Free-living bryozoans (Cheilostomatida, Cupuladriidae) from northeastern and northern Brazil | ALMEIDA | Zootaxa
 
North America

New species of harvestman spider in the genus Troglostygnopsis native to a cave in the state of Chiapas, Mexico.

Revision of the troglomorphic genus Troglostygnopsis Šilhavý, 1974 (Opiliones, Laniatores, Stygnopsidae) | European Journal of Taxonomy

Africa

New species of braconid parasitoid wasp in the genus Adelius native to the Afrotropical region.

A new species of Adelius Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) from the Afrotropical Region | TIMÓTEO | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of moth in the genus Tactusa native to the Xizang Autonomous Region, China.

A new species of Tactusa Fibiger, 2010 from Autonomous Region Xizang, China. (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae). Taxonomic study of Micronoctuini. Contribution II | HAN | Zootaxa

New species of loach in the genus Nemacheilus native to the Xe Kong River, in the provinces of Attapeu and Xe Kong, Laos.

‘ Nemacheilus ’ argyrogaster , a new species of loach from southern Laos (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) | KOTTELAT | Zootaxa

New species of pygmy grasshopper in the genus Tegotettix native to Mindanao Island, the Phillippines.

Horned and spiky: Tegotettix derijei sp. n. (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) is a peculiar new pygmy grasshopper species from Mindanao | PATANO | Zootaxa

New genus (Cryptophyllium) containing 13 new species of leaf insects native to the provinces of Quang Nam (2/13), Quang Ngai (2/13), Thua Thien Hue (1/13), Da Nang (1/13), Gia Lai (1/13), Dak Nong (2/13), Ninh Thuan (3/13), Lam Dong (3/13), Dak Lak (2/13), and Dong Nai (1/13), Vietnam, Yunnan (2/13) and Guangxi (1/13), China, Koh Kong (1/13) and Siem Reap (1/13), Cambodia, and Wangi-wangi Island (1/13), Indonesia.

Cryptophyllium, the hidden leaf insects – descriptions of a new leaf insect genus and thirteen species from the former celebicum species group (Phasmatodea, Phylliidae)

Oceans

New species of cosmopolitan jellyfish in the genus Aurelia native to the waters off the coast of Mozambique.

A new macromedusa from the coast of Mozambique: Aurelia mozambica sp. nov. (Scyphozoa: Ulmaridae) | BROWN | Zootaxa

New species of sea snail in the genus Mangelia native to the waters off the coast of Turkey.

Mangelia (Gastropoda, Conoidea) species of the Turkish coasts with description of Mangelia vanaartseni sp. nov. | ÖZTÜRK | Zootaxa

2 new species of ringed worms in the genus Metasychis native to the waters in the South China Sea.

https://peerj.com/articles/10608/
 
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