Newly Discovered/Described Species 2021

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North America/Caribbean

3 new species of longhorn beetles in the genera Caribbomerus (1/3) and Championa (2/3) respectively, native to Mexico [3.4].

American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera): Four new species, new records and taxonomic notes | HEFFERN | Zootaxa

New species of nematode in the genus Klossnema native to Cuba.

Morphological and molecular characterization of Klossnema viguerasi n. sp. (Nematoda: Oxyuridomorpha: Hystrignathidae) from a Cuban passalid beetle (Coleoptera: Passalidae), first record of the genus for Cuba | MORFFE | Zootaxa

New species of longhorn beetle in the genus Scopadus native to Panama [3.4].

South America

New genus (Yanomamius) containing 3 new species of tarantulas native to the Amazon forests of Brazil and Venezuela.

Yanomamius n. gen., a new genus of tarantula from Brazilian and Venezuelan Amazon (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with description of three new species | BERTANI | Zootaxa

New genus (Ysachron) containing a new species of beetle native to Colombia.

A new genus of Achrysonini and new records in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera, Chrysomeloidea) from Colombia | European Journal of Taxonomy

Africa

New genus (Siccasura) containing 6 new species of lichen moths native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2/6), Côte d'Ivoire (3/6), Liberia (3/6), Gabon (3/6), Republic of the Congo (2/6), Central African Republic (1/6), Cameroon (2/6), Guinea (1/6), and Nigeria (1/6).

Siccasura , a new genus for the Afrasura numida (Holland, 1893) species-group, with descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) | Volynkin | Ecologica Montenegrina

Europe

New species of eye-cap moth in the genus Pseudopostega native to the Mediterranean.

Diagnostics and updated checklist of Oriental Pseudopostega (Opostegidae), including the matrona species group with a new, extralimital species discovered in the Mediterranean | STONIS | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of colubrid snake in the genus Oligodon native to the province of Hainan, China.

A new species of Oligodon H. Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Hainan Island, China | QIAN | Zootaxa

2 new species of leafhoppers in the genera Mileewa and Ujna respectively native to the province of Hainan, China.

Two new species of the leafhopper tribe Mileewini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from Hainan Island, China, with a key to species | HE | Zootaxa

Another 3 new species of leafhoppers in the genus Mileewa native to Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Three new species of Mileewa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae) from Tibet, China | YU | Zootaxa

New species of freshwater atyid shrimp in the genus Caridina native to northern Vietnam.

Deep into darkness: the first stygobitic species of freshwater shrimp of the genus Caridina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from Northern Vietnam | TU | Zootaxa

Oceans

New species of snapping shrimp in the genus Alpheus native to the coastal waters on the Caribbean side of Panama.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4933.3.5
 
North America/Caribbean

New species of tardigrade in the genus Claxtonia native to the island of Maui, in the state of Hawaii, USA.

Claxtonia goni , a new species of Tardigrada (Heterotardigrada, Echiniscidae) from the island of Maui (Hawaiian Islands, U.S.A., North Pacific Ocean), with notes to the genus Claxtonia Gąsiorek & Michalczyk, 2019 | DEGMA | Zootaxa

48 new species of chalcid wasps in the genus Eriastichus native to Costa Rica.

The genus Eriastichus La Salle (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae, Tetrastichinae) in the Neotropical region, introducing 48 new species

South America

15 new species of water scavenger beetles in the genus Tobochares native to Suriname (5/15), Guyana (2/15), French Guiana (1/15), the states of Bolívar (5/15), and Amazonas (1/15), Venezeula, states of Amazonas (1/15), Amapá (2/15), Roraima (2/15), and Goiás (1/15), Brazil.

Review of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Tobochares Short & García, 2007 (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae): new lineages, new species, and new records

Africa

6 new species of miner bees in the genus Andrena native to Algeria (2/6) and Tunisia (4/6) [4.1].

Fifteen new Andrena species from little-visited arid, Mediterranean, and mountainous parts of the Old World (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) | WOOD | Zootaxa

New species of blindsnake in the genus Madatyphlops native to Mayotte Island, Comoro Islands.

https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24589

Europe

4 new species of dance flies in the genera Megagrapha, Oedalea, Hybos, and Platypalpus respectively, native to Poland (1/4), Russia (1/4), Slovakia (2/4), Portugal (1/4), Greece (1/4), and Turkey (1/4).

Four new West Palaearctic species and new distributional records of Hybotidae (Diptera)

Asia

New species of long-horned moth in the genus Pompographa native to Thailand.

Review of the Oriental genus Pompographa Gozmány (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae), with description of a new species from Thailand | PARK | Zootaxa

New species of skimmer dragonfly in the genus Lyriothemis native to the province of Dong Nai, Vietnam.

A new species of Lyriothemis Brauer, 1868 from Vietnam and Thailand (Odonata: Libellulidae) | KOMPIER | Zootaxa

New genus (Obhylius) containing a new species of weevil native to Borneo [4.7].

Two new Cotasteromimina from Borneo (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Molytinae) | GERMANN | Zootaxa

New species of weevil in the genus Seticotasteromimus native to Borneo [4.7].

2 new species of cellar spiders in the genus Belisana native to the Xishuangbanna Rainforest, Yunnan province, China.

Two new spiders of the genus Belisana (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, China | ZHU | Zootaxa

New species of bush cricket in the genus Hexacentrus native to Taiwan.

A new species of genus Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 from Taiwan (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hexacentrinae) | CHEN | Zootaxa

New species of scarab beetle in the genus Didrepanephorus native to the province of Guizhou, China.

Description of a new species of the genus Didrepanephorus Wood-Mason, 1878 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China with notes on allied species | QIU | Zootaxa

9 new species of miner bees in the genus Andrena native to Jordan (2/9), Syria (4/9), Turkey (1/9), and Iran (2/9) [4.1].

New species of crane fly in the genus Elliptera native to Mongolia and China.

Review of East Palaearctic Elliptera (Diptera, Limoniidae) immatures with description of a new species | European Journal of Taxonomy

Oceania

5 new species of leafhoppers in the genus Mayawa native to Australia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4933.4.8

Oceans

New species of sea pen in the genus Porcupinella native to the deep waters in the Tasman Sea.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/61789/
 
New extinct goose-species from Egypt ??? :

Ancient art reveals extinct goose

This article shows plainly the weakness of so-called Tobias criteria, which hugely over-split bird species using small differences.

And there is little support of an extinct goose color morph or species. For example, no bones of an additional goose species are known from ancient Egypt or elsewhere.
 
South America

2 new species of araneomorph spiders in the genus Meriola native to southern South America.

A taxonomic revision of the spider genus Meriola Banks (Araneae: Trachelidae) | MÁRQUEZ | Zootaxa

Africa

5 new genera (Nelbroma, Timbaltransversa, Deremeces, Mouldspsaltria, Orientafroinsularis) containing 3 new species and 10 non-new species of cicadas native to Madagascar [1.1].

The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Madagascar including a new tribe, five new genera, twelve new species, four new species synonymies, five revised species status, ten new combinations, new tribal assignments for four genera, one new subtribe synonymy, a checklist and key to the species | SANBORN | Zootaxa

9 new species of cicadas in the genera Yanga (1/9), Trismarcha (1/9), Abroma (2/9), Malagasia (3/9), Malgachialna (1/9), and Cephalalna (1/9) native to Madagascar [1.1].

Asia

3 new species and 2 new subspecies of owlet moths in the genus Dichagyris native to China, Tajikistan, Bhutan, and Nepal.

Notes on the subgenus Albocosta Fibiger & Lafontaine 1997, with descriptions of five new taxa from Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) | Gyulai | Ecologica Montenegrina

General

4 new species of opossum shrimps in the genus Heteromysis found in public aquariums in the US states of Hawaii and Florida, as well as in western to central Europe.

Four new species of Heteromysis (Crustacea: Mysida) from public aquaria in Hawaii, Florida, and Western to Central Europe | European Journal of Taxonomy
 
North America/Caribbean

New species of fly in the genus Manota native to the Dominican Republic [1.4].

Additions to the knowledge of Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Neotropical region, with description of four new species | KURINA | Zootaxa

South America

New species of drywood termite in the genus Cryptotermes native to the region of Gran Chaco, Bolivia.

Cryptotermes camelus (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite species from the Bolivian Chaco | SCHEFFRAHN | Zootaxa

3 new species of flies in the genus Manota native to French Guiana [1.4].

4 new species of beetles in the genus Liogenys native to the province of Chaco, Argentina.

Liogenys Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Diplotaxini) from the Chacoan Province and its boundaries: taxonomic overview with four new species | CHERMAN | Zootaxa

Africa

6 new species of flatworms in the genera Marcusia, Prostheceraeus, Parviplana, Euplana, Stylochus, and Distylochus respectively, native to archipelagos in Macaronesia.

Polycladida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from Cape Verde and related regions of Macaronesia | European Journal of Taxonomy

Europe

New genus (Giavarhynchus) containing a new species of weevil native to Greece.

A new genus and species of anophthalmous Otiorhynchini from Greece, with a new synonymy and new combinations (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Entiminae) | BELLO’ | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of moth in the genus Rhopalovalva native to Japan.

Description of a new species of the genus Rhopalovalva Kuznetzov (Tortricidae, Olethreutinae) from Japan | NASU | Zootaxa

New genus (Tangguoa) containing 2 new species of cellar spiders native to southern China.

Tangguoa gen. nov., one new genus of daddy-long-leg spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from southern China | YAO | Zootaxa

6 new species of moths in the genus Bellulia native to China and Cambodia.

Six new species of the genus Bellulia Fibiger, 2008 from China and Cambodia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae). Taxonomic study of Micronoctuini. Contribution III | HAN | Zootaxa

New species of lac insect in the genus Kerria found on rain trees in the states of Madurai and Tamil Nadu, India.

A new species of lac insect in the genus Kerria Targioni Tozzetti (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Tachardiidae) on Samanea saman (Fabaceae) from India | RAJGOPAL | Zootaxa

Oceans

55 new species of ringed worms in multiple genera native to deep waters off the coast of Australia.

Annelids of the eastern Australian abyss collected by the 2017 RV ‘Investigator’ voyage
 
North America/Caribbean

New species of ichneumon wasp in the genus Grotea native to the Greater Antilles.

A new species of Grotea Cresson, the first record of Labeninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in the Greater Antilles

South America

New species of gastrotriche in the genus Ornamentula native to a lagoon in southeastern Brazil.

Seek and you shall find: new species of the rare genus Ornamentula (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) and first record outside of type-locality

Africa

New species of gecko in the genus Paroedura native to northern Madagascar.

Completing a taxonomic puzzle: integrative review of geckos of the Paroedura bastardi species complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae)

Asia

7 new species of non-biting midges in the genus Neozavrelia native to eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Revision of the genus Neozavrelia Goetghebuer, Thienemann, 1941 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, with the description of new species | OREL | Zootaxa

New species of frog in the genus Phrynoglossus native to central Myanmar.

A taxonomic revision of the genus Phrynoglossus in Indochina with the description of a new species and comments on the classification within Occidozyginae (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae)

Oceania

New genus (Pictonorchestia) of sand flea native to New Zealand.

Pictonorchestia , a new genus of riparian-hopper from New Zealand (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Talitridae) | LOWRY | Zootaxa

Oceans

New species of crab in the genus Tritodynamia native to the shallow coastal waters off the state of West Bengal, India.

Tritodynamia bengalensis n. sp., a new species of brachyuran crab from West Bengal state, India (Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) | TRIVEDI | Zootaxa

3 new species of goatfishes in the genus Upeneus native to the waters off the coast of Vietnam, Japan, and Indonesia respectively.

Three new goatfishes of the genus Upeneus from the Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, with an updated taxonomic account for U. itoui (Mullidae: japonicus -species group) | UIBLEIN | Zootaxa

4 new species of bristle worms in the genera Ophryotrocha (3/4) and Parougia (1/4) native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.

Four new species and further records of Dorvilleidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from deep-sea organic substrata, NE Atlantic | European Journal of Taxonomy
 
Europe

New species of springtail in the genus Ceratophysella native to Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, and Ukraine.

A new European species of Ceratophysella (Collembola, Hypogastruridae) revealed by morphological data and DNA barcodes

Asia

New genus (Sinonichnus) containing 2 (1 new and 1 not-new) species of ant-like stone beetles native to the province of Yunnan, China.

Sinonichnus gen. n. for Scydmoraphes yunnanensis Jałoszyński, and description of Sinonichnus leiodicornutus sp. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) | JAŁOSZYŃSKI | Zootaxa

3 new species of earthworms in the genus Amynthas native to South China.

Three new widely distributed and polymorphic species of Amynthas earthworms (Oligochaeta, Clitellata, Megascolecidae) from South China | SUN | Zootaxa

6 new species of springtails in the genus Pseudachorutes native to the Russian Far East and eastern Asia.

A review of Pseudachorutes Tullberg, 1871 (Collembola, Neanuridae) from the East Asia, with description of six new species | BABENKO | Zootaxa

New species of planthopper in the genus Euxaldar native to southwestern China.

A new species of the genus Euxaldar Fennah, 1978 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Issidae) from China and revision on the molecular phylogeny of the family

New species of minnow mayfly in the genus Ameletus native to the province of Yunnan, China.

Description of a new species of the genus Ameletus Eaton, 1885 (Ephemeroptera, Ameletidae) from Yunnan, China

2 new species of parasitic wasps in the genus Paraphytis native to the Xishuangbanna Rainforest in the province of Yunnan, China.

Two new species of Paraphytis (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae) from Southwest China
 
North America/Caribbean

New species of araneomorph spider in the genus Phonotimpus native to Mexico.

A new species of the genus Phonotimpus Gertsch & Davis (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from Mexico and the transfer of Gosiphrurus schulzefenai Chamberlin & Ivie to Phonotimpus | CHAMÉ-VÁZQUEZ | Zootaxa

South America

4 new species of booklice in the genus Triplocania native to the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Checklist and identification key to Brazilian species of Triplocania Roesler (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Psocomorpha: Ptiloneuridae), with four new cave-dwelling species | DA SILVA NETO | Zootaxa

2 new species of ostracods in the genus Cypricercus native to the floodplains of Brazil.

On two new species of Cypricercus Sars, 1895 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Brazil with a discussion on the taxonomy of the genus | DE ALMEIDA | Zootaxa

Africa

3 new species of ants in the genus Aphaenogaster native to Madagascar.

Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Aphaenogaster swammerdami group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

3 new species of weevils in the genus Baezia native to caves on the islands of El Hierro (1/3), and La Palma (2/3), Canary Islands.

Three new subterranean species of Baezia (Curculionidae, Molytinae) for the Canary Islands

Asia

New species of gecko in the genus Cyrtodactylus native to the province of Yunnan, China.

A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Yunnan, China

New species of dwarf litter frog in the genus Leptobrachella native to the province of Guizhou, China.

A new species of the Asian leaf litter toad genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from northwest Guizhou Province, China

New species of stone loach in the genus Oxynoemacheilus native to the upper Hupnik drainage, lower Orontes River, Turkey.

Oxynoemacheilus amanos , a new nemacheilid loach from the Orontes River drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) | KAYA | Zootaxa

New species of lichen moth in the genus Cyana native to southern Vietnam.

Cyana fossi , a new species from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) | VOLYNKIN | Zootaxa

New species of woodlouse hunter spider in the genus Dysdera native to southwestern Kopet Dagh Mountains, Turkmenistan.

Description of Dysdera zonsteini n. sp. (Arachnida: Araneae: Dysderidae) from Turkmenistan | DIMITROV | Zootaxa

2 new species of ant-like stone beetles in the genus Cephennomicrus native to the islands of Okinawa and Amami Ôshima respectively, Ryūkyū Archipelago, Japan.

Two new species of Cephennomicrus in the Ryūkyū Archipelago (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) | JAŁOSZYŃSKI | Zootaxa

3 new species of giant cockroaches in the genus Cyrtonotula native to the province of Hainan, China.

New record of Cyrtonotula Uvarov, 1939 (Blaberidae, Epilamprinae) from China, with three new species based on morphological and COI data

Oceans

New species of small crustacean in the genus Sarsinebalia native to mud volcanoes in the northeast Atlantic Ocean.

Leptostracans (Crustacea: Phyllocarida) from mud volcanoes at the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic) with description of a new species of Sarsinebalia Dahl, 1985 | European Journal of Taxonomy
 
South America

New species of vesper bat in the genus Histiotus native to the Cordillera Central Mountains in Colombia and Ecuador.

(PDF) A new species of Long-eared Brown Bat of the genus Histiotus (Chiroptera) and the revalidation of Histiotus colombiae

Africa

17 new species of ground spiders in the genus Micaria native to South Africa (11/17), Mauritania (1/17), Namibia (4/17), Zambia (2/17), Cameroon (1/17), Ethiopia (3/17), Mozambique (2/17), Zimbabwe (1/17), Côte d’Ivoire (1/17), Tanzania (1/17), Senegal (1/17), and Madagascar (1/17).

Revision and molecular phylogeny of the spider genus Micaria Westring, 1851 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in the Afrotropical Region | BOOYSEN | Zootaxa

Asia

5 new species of shrub frogs in the genus Raorchestes native to the state of Kerala, India.

An integrative approach to infer systematic relationships and define species groups in the shrub frog genus Raorchestes, with description of five new species from the Western Ghats, India

Oceans

2 new species of amphipods in the genus Jassa native to the temperate regions on both hemispheres.

Jassa (Crustacea: Amphipoda): a new morphological and molecular assessment of the genus | CONLAN | Zootaxa
 
South America

New species of Amazonian bluntnose knifefish in the genus Brachyhypopomus native to the upper Rio Juruena and Rio Machado rivers, Amazon basin, Brazil.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772000.2021.1877844


New species of webspinner insect in the genus Pararhagadochir native to the Fernando de Noronha archipelago in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.

The first species of Embioptera (Insecta) from the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Pernambuco: Brazil) | COSTA-PINTO | Zootaxa

2 new species of web-spinning caddisflies in the genus Smicridea native to the Atlantic Forest in Brazil.

Two new species of Smicridea ( Rhyacophylax ) Müller 1879 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from Atlantic Forest, Brazil | SANTANA | Zootaxa

Africa

New species of tiger beetle in the genus Physodeutera native to northern Madagascar.

New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles—21. Physodeutera ( Microlepidia ) propripenis sp. nov., Ph. (M.) marginemaculata (W. Horn) and Ph. (M.) peyrierasi Rivalier (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) | MORAVEC | Zootaxa

Europe

New species of liocranid sac spider in the genus Agroeca native to Navarra, Spain.

A new species of Agroeca Westring, 1861 from Navarra, Spain (Araneae: Liocranidae) | DE BIURRUN | Zootaxa

Asia

2 new species of agamid lizards in the genus Diploderma native to the Hengdaun Mountain region in China.

Two New Species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the Hengduan Mountain Region in China and Rediscovery of D. brevicaudum (Manthey, Wolfgang, Hou, Wang, 2012) | WANG | Zootaxa

New species of cricket in the genus Changiola native to Borneo.

A review of the genus Changiola (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Pteroplistinae) and description of the first species from Borneo | TAN | Zootaxa

New species and 2 new subspecies of longhorn beetles in the genus Laoechinophorus native to Thailand (2/3) and China (1/3).

New species and subspecies of Laoechinophorus from China and Thailand (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Morimopsini) | YAMASAKO | Zootaxa
 
North America

2 new genera (Daphnedesmus, Idaloria) as well as 10 new species of millipedes in the genera Appalachioria (3/10), Brachoria (3/10), Rudiloria (1/10), Sigmoria (1/10), and Nannaria (2/10), native to the states of Virginia (5/10), Tennessee (2/10), Kentucky (1/10), Ohio (1/10), and South Carolina (1/10), USA.

Phylogenetic Systematics of the Millipede Family Xystodesmidae

South America

New species of worm lizard in the genus Amphisbaena native to the Orinoquian natural region in Colombia.

A new species of Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Orinoquian region of Colombia

Asia

New species of true bug in the genus Plokiophiloides native to the province of Yunnan, China.

First record of the cimicomorphan family Plokiophilidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from China, with description of a new species of Plokiophiloides

General

5 new subfamilies and a new genus of jumping plant-lice were described.

An updated classification of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) integrating molecular and morphological evidence | European Journal of Taxonomy
 
General

4 new species of opossum shrimps in the genus Heteromysis found in public aquariums in the US states of Hawaii and Florida, as well as in western to central Europe.

Four new species of Heteromysis (Crustacea: Mysida) from public aquaria in Hawaii, Florida, and Western to Central Europe | European Journal of Taxonomy

The official Twitter account for the European Journal of Taxonomy has put the names of the aquariums on their post:

Waikīkī Aquarium in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Océanopolis Brest in Brest, France
Horniman Museum and Gardens in London, England
St. Lucie County Aquarium in Fort Pierce, Florida, USA
ZOO Wroclaw in Wroclaw, Poland

https://twitter.com/ejtaxonomy/status/1367878377345064963
 
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