Newly Discovered/Described Species 2021

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South America

2 new genera (Abiliodesmus, Folcloresdesmu) containing 2 new species of millipedes, as well as 8 other new species of millipedes in the genera Arthrosolaenomeris (4/8) and Gangugia (4/8) native to Brazil.

Cladistic analysis and taxonomic review of the millipede tribe Arthrosolaenomeridini Hoffman, 1976 (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) | BOUZAN | Zootaxa

3 new species of amphipods in the genus Hyalella native to the states of Rio Grande do Sul (2/3) and Santa Catarina (2/3), Brazil.

Three new species of Hyalella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from the Southern Brazilian Coastal Plain | TALHAFERRO | Zootaxa

2 new species of butterflies in the genus Manerebia native to the Cordillera Oriental range in the Colombian Andes.

Two new species of Manerebia Staudinger from paramo habitat in the Colombian Eastern Cordillera of the Andes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Pronophilina) | MAHECHA-J. | Zootaxa

New species of ant-mimicking sac spider in the genus Myrmecotypus native to the Bolivian Orocline, Bolivia.

Myrmecotypus mazaxoides sp. nov. – a new ground-dwelling, carpenter ant-resembling sac spider species from the Bolivian orocline, with indirect evidence for species-specific mimicry (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae)

Asia

New species of snake in the genus Argyrogena native to the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Revealing two centuries of confusion: new insights on nomenclature and systematic position of Argyrogena fasciolata (Shaw, 1802) (auctt.), with description of a new species from India (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae)

4 new species of grass flies in the genus Rhodesiella native to the autonomous region of Xizang, China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4970.2.9

3 new species of flower wasps in the genus Tiphia native to the provinces of Sichuan and Gansu, as well as the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, China, respectively.

Three new species of the subgenus Jaynesia Allen, 1969 of the genus Tiphia Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from China, with a key to all known species | HAN | Zootaxa

3 new species of spiders in the genus Songthela native to the province of Guizhou, China.

Three new species of the primitively segmented spider genus Songthela (Araneae, Mesothelae) from Guizhou Province, China

2 new species of water mites in the genus Ljania native to the province of Guangxi, China.

The first record of the water mite genus Ljania Thor, 1898 (Acari, Hydrachnidiae, Aturidae) from China, with description of two new species | AO | Zootaxa

New species of non-biting midge in the genus Stenochironomus native to the province of Yunnan, China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4970.2.10

New species of moth in the genus Neopseustis native to the Nanling Mountains in China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4970.2.7

Oceans

4 new species of sponges in the genus Scopalina native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California, USA.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4970.2.8

New species of swimming crab in the genus Cycloachelous native to the waters of the South China Sea, off the coast of Vietnam.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4970.2.6
 
South America

2 new species of crickets in the genera Anurogryllus and Gryllus respectively native to the department of Meta, and Providencia Island, Colombia respectively.

Studies on Neotropical crickets: New species and notes on the classification of Field Crickets genera Anurogryllus and Gryllus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae) | CADENA-CASTAÑEDA | Zootaxa

Europe

New species of water flea in the genus Ceriodaphnia native to the Mediterranean region.

Ceriodaphnia smirnovi (Crustacea: Cladocera), a new species from the Mediterranean Region, and a phylogenetic analysis of the commonest species | ALONSO | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of snake in the genus Psammophis native to the Turpin Basin in northwestern China.

A new species of Psammophis (Serpentes: Psammophiidae) from the Turpan Basin in northwest China | CHEN | Zootaxa

New species of loach in the genus Oxynoemacheilus native to the region of Central Anatolia, Turkey.

Oxynoemacheilus nasreddini , a new nemacheilid loach from Central Anatolia (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) | YOĞURTÇUOĞLU | Zootaxa

19 new species of tropical land snails in the genera Chamalycaeus (7/19), Dicharax (8/19), and Metalycaeus (4/19) respectively, native to Myanmar and Thailand.

Nineteen new species of Alycaeidae from Myanmar and Thailand (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea) | PÁLL-GERGELY | Zootaxa

3 new species of moths in the genus Miltochrista native to southwestern China.

Three new peculiar species of the genus Miltochrista Hübner, [1819] from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) | VOLYNKIN | Zootaxa

3 new species of moths in the genus Nudina native to northern Myanmar (2/3) and northern Vietnam (2/3).

Three new species of the genus Nudina Staudinger, 1887 from northern Indochina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) | VOLYNKIN | Zootaxa

New species of moth in the genus Trilocha native to the island of Great Nicobar, India.

A new species of genus Trilocha Moore, [1860] from Great Nicobar Island, India (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea, Bombycidae) | SINGH | Zootaxa

New species of delicate lacewing in the genus Joguina native to southwestern India.

A new species of Joguina Navás, 1912 from India (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) | WINTERTON | Zootaxa

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

A review of the Cyana phaedra (Leech, 1889) species-group, with description of a new species from China (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) | VOLYNKIN | Zootaxa

New species of water mite in the genus Hygrobates native to Russia.

A new water mite species of the Hygrobates fluviatilis -complex from Russia (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) | TUZOVSKIJ | Zootaxa

New species of groundhopper in the genus Aalatettix native to China.

A new species of the genus Aalatettix Zheng & Mao (Orthoptera, Tetrigoidea, Tetrigidae) from China | WANG | Zootaxa

New species of moth in the genus Tisis native to the northern part of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4974.1.7

Oceans

New species of sea slug in the genus Metaruncina native to the waters off the coast of Vietnam.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4974.1.12

General

14 new species of mites in the genera Castelnaudia (12/14) and Notonomus (2/14) are described.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4971.1.1

6 new species of flatworms in the genus Cheliplana are described.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4970.3.2

2 new species and 2 new subspecies of moths in the genus Pyropteron are described.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4972.1.1
 
North America/Caribbean

New species of tardigrade in the genus Macrobiotus native to the state of Mississippi, USA [65280].

Integrative descriptions of two new Macrobiotus species (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Mississippi (USA) and Crete (Greece)

South America

New species of rodent in the genus Thomasomys native to the Cóndor and Kutukú mountain ranges in Ecuador.

Discovery of the first Amazonian Thomasomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae): a new species from the remote Cordilleras del Cóndor and Kutukú in Ecuador

3 new species of frogs in the genus Synapturanus native to the states of Amazonas, Pará, and Amapá, Brazil, as well as French Guiana, Venezuela, and Guyana.

Comparative osteology of the fossorial frogs of the genus Synapturanus (Anura, Microhylidae) with the description of three new species from the Eastern Guiana Shield - ScienceDirect

New species of beaked toad in the genus Rhinella native to the Cordillera Azul mountain range in Peru.

Castillo-Urbina, E., F. Glaw, C. Aguilar-Puntriano, M. Vences & J. Köhler

3 new genera (Beltrana, Fulana, Sicrana) containing 3 new species of leafhoppers native to Brazil (2/3), Ecuador (1/3), and French Guiana (1/3).

Three new genera from South America and some taxonomic changes in Gyponini (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) | European Journal of Taxonomy

Europe

New genus (Achaiohydrobia) containing a new species of mud snail native to the region of Peloponnese, Greece.

A new genus and species of Hydrobiidae Stimpson, 1865 (Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) from Peloponnese, Greece

New species of tardigrade in the genus Macrobiotus native to the island of Crete, Greece [65280].

Asia

New genus (Parallobracon) containing a new species of wasp as well as 12 other new species of wasps in the genera Chaoilta (1/12), Cyanopterus (2/12), Gammabracon (2/12), Ischnobracon (1/12), Monilobracon (2/12), Vipiomorpha (2/12), and Zaglyptogastra (2/12) respectively, native to the provinces of Yunnan (6/12), Hainan (3/12), Zhejiang (3/12), Fujian (2/12), and Henan (1/12), China.

A new genus and eight newly recorded genera of Braconinae Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from China, with descriptions of fourteen new species

4 new species of wasps in the genus Gasteruption native to the province of Shaanxi (3/4), and the regions of South China and Ningxia (1/4), China, respectively.

An illustrated key to the species of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) from Palaearctic China, with description of four new species

4 new species of parasitoid wasps in the genus Platygaster native to Iran.

Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran | European Journal of Taxonomy

New species of planthopper in the genus Catullioides native to the province of Zhejiang, China.

Taxonomic study of the Oriental genus Catullioides Bierman, 1910 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Tropiduchidae), with description of a new species from China

Oceania


New species of long-eared bat in the genus Nyctophilus native to the southwestern portion of the state of Western Australia, Australia.

https://media.australian.museum/media/dd/documents/1766_complete.6757418.pdf

New species of land snail in the genus Partula native to Rota Island, Northern Mariana Islands.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/56303/

Oceans

New species of cusk-eel in the genus Luciobrotula native to the Solomon Sea, western Pacific Ocean.

https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1361

New species of copepod in the genus Pilarella native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Japan.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/63170/
 
New species of bent-toed gecko in the genus Cyrtodactylus native to Phnom Kulen National Park, Siem Reap, northwestern Cambodia.

Molecular phylogenetics, PCA, and MFA recover a new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from an isolated sandstone massif in northwestern Cambodia | GRISMER | Zootaxa

Another article about the new gecko-species ( as well as about a new agama-species ) :

Two lizard species discovered in Siem Reap’s Phnom Kulen Park
 
North America/Caribbean

3 new genera (Retrorsioides, Rowlandesmus, Benedictesmus) containing 18 new species of millipedes native to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, USA.

Three new genera and eighteen new species of miniature polydesmid millipedes from the northwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae) | SHEAR | Zootaxa

9 new species of water scavenger beetles in the genus Hydrochus native to Mexico (7/9), Costa Rica (2/9), Belize (2/9), Honduras (1/9), Nicaragua (1/9), and Panama (1/9).

Taxonomy of Central American water beetles in the genus Hydrochus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae) | PERKINS | Zootaxa

New species of planthopper in the genus Omolicna native to the El Silencio de Los Angeles Cloud Forest reserve in Costa Rica.

A new planthopper species in the genus Omolicna (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Derbidae) from the Reserva Privada el Silencio de Los Angeles Cloud Forest in Costa Rica | ECHAVARRIA | Zootaxa

South America


New genus (Erebonyx) containing a new species of cricket native to Brazil.

Erebonyx catacumbae , n. gen. et sp. : a blind, troglobitic cricket from Brazil (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae) | DE MELLO | Zootaxa

4 new species of stiletto flies in the genus Pachyrrhiza native to the region of Patagonia.

Revision of the Patagonian stiletto fly genus Pachyrrhiza Philippi (Therevidae: Agapophytinae) | IRWIN | Zootaxa

2 new species of flies in the genus Boreofairchildia native to the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests in Brazil respectively.

New species of Boreofairchildia Wagner & Stuckenberg and Laurenceomyia Wagner & Stuckenberg (Diptera: Psychodidae: Bruchomyiinae) from Brazil | DOS SANTOS | Zootaxa

New species of wasp in the genus Melanocryptus native to the Atlantic rainforest, Brazil.

A new species of Melanocryptus Cameron, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest | LIMA | Zootaxa

New species of grasshopper in the genus Pseudoscopas native to the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Pseudoscopas carbonelli n. sp. (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from southern Brazil, including chromosome complement | COSTA | Zootaxa

Africa

3 new species of bush crickets in the genera Plangia (2/3) and Catoptropteryx (1/3) native to the Central African Republic, Gabon, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire.

Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa | MASSA | Zootaxa

Europe

19 new species of flies in the genus Megaselia native to Denmark.

Nineteen new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera, Phoridae) from Denmark | DISNEY | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of pitviper in the genus Trimeresurus native to the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand.

A new karst-dwelling, colorful pitviper (Viperidae: Trimeresurus ) from northern Peninsular Thailand | SUMONTHA | Zootaxa

New species of loach in the genus Oxynoemacheilus native to the region of Central Anatolia, Turkey.

Oxynoemacheilus isauricus , a new nemacheilid loach from Central Anatolia (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) | YOĞURTÇUOĞLU | Zootaxa

9 new species of wasps in the genus Bethylus native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4974.2.6

Another 9 new species of wasps in the genus Casinaria native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4974.3.3

3 new species of moths in the genus Psoricoptera native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4975.2.2

2 new species of ground-hoppers in the genus Criotettix native to the province of Zhejiang, China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4975.1.8

2 new species of wasps in the genus Microterys native to the region of Tibet, China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4975.2.8

New species of mayfly in the genus Bleptus native to the prefecture of Yamagata, Japan.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4974.2.5

New species of wasp in the genus Netelia native to Laos, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4974.3.6

New species of raspy cricket in the genus Apterolarnaca native to the province of Yunnan, China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4975.1.10

Oceans

2 new species of grunt fishes in the genus Anisotremus native to the waters off the coast of Revillagigedo Islands, Galapagos Islands, and Coco Island.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4975.1.5

New species of sardine in the genus Sardinella native to the waters off the coast of the island of Mauritius.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4975.2.9

New genus (Hendrycksopleustes) containing a new species of amphipod as well as 2 new subspecies of amphipod in the genus Neopleustes native to the waters of the Sea of Okhotsk.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4974.2.3
 
North America/Caribbean

New species of crayfish in the genus Procambarus native to the state of Chiapas, Mexico.

New species of crayfish of the genus Procambarus, and notes on Procambarus pilosimanus (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from Chiapas, Mexico | Álvarez-Noguera | Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

South America

New species of parasitic wasp in the genus Dolichomitus native to Ecuador.

A striking new species of Dolichomitus Smith, 1877 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae) from South America

Europe

New species of fly in the genus Chelipoda native to France.

High endemicity in aquatic dance flies of Corsica, France (Diptera, Empididae, Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae), with the description of a new species of Chelipoda

New species of amphipod in the genus Niphargus native to groundwater in Switzerland.

Citizen science approach reveals groundwater fauna in Switzerland and a new species of Niphargus (Amphipoda, Niphargidae)

Asia

New species of crocodile newt in the genus Tylototriton native to central Vietnam.

v10i1.244 | Volume 10 | Number 1 | May 2021 | Taprobanica

New species of tree frog in the genus Litoria native to the island of New Guinea.

https://www.publish.csiro.au/zo/ZO20071

9 new species of leaf beetles in the genera Xanthogaleruca (1/9) and Pyrrhalta (8/9) native to Taiwan.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/64740/

9 new species of freshwater mussels of various genera native to Southeast Asia.

https://www.publish.csiro.au/is/IS20044

4 new species of spiny crawler mayflies in the genus Cincticostella native to India (3/4) and Nepal (2/4) respectively.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/64280/

2 new species of crane flies in the genus Tipula native to the provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan, China, respectively.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/64376/

2 new species of millipedes in the genus Tylopus native to the state of Shan, Myanmar.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/66209/

New species of stonefly in the genus Nemoura native to the region of Guangxi Zhuang, China.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/60144/

New species of fungus beetle in the genus Pseudamblyopus native to the province of Guangdong, China.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/59547/

New species of non-biting midge in the genus Boreoheptagyia native to the province of Yunnan, China.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/66527/

New species of moth in the genus Scoliokona native to the island of Bali, Indonesia.

https://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_30/REJ_30_1_093_099

Oceans

5 new species of marine worms in the genus Chaetozone native to the waters of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/61098/

New species of cnidarian in the genus Antipathozoanthus native to the waters of the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/62309/

General

5 new genera (Hamistyelicola, Bathycopola, Buproides, Monnioticopa, Periboia) containing 84 new species of copepods are described.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4978.1.1
 
North America/Caribbean

4 new species of rove beetles in the genera Isoglossa, Gnypeta, Aloconota, and Philhygra native to the provinces of British Columbia (1/4) and Ontario (2/4), as well as the eastern part of Canada, and the states of Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia, USA.

Integrative taxonomy of Nearctic and Palaearctic Aleocharinae: new species, synonymies, and records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

South America

New species of pygmy grasshopper in the genus Phelene native to French Guiana.

Review of the status of the genus Phelene stat. resurr. (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Lophotettiginae) and description of a new species | CADENA-CASTAÑEDA | Zootaxa

New species of small fruit fly in the genus Drosophila native to French Guiana.

Integrative taxonomy and a new species description in the sturtevanti subgroup of the Drosophila saltans group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) | MADI-RAVAZZI | Zootaxa

New species of nematode in the genus Parapharyngodon native to the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.

Parapharyngodon hispidus n. sp. (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae) in Tropidurus hispidus (Spix) (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from Caatinga Biome of the Vale do São Francisco, state of Pernambuco, Brazil with a key for the Neotropical species of the genus Parapharyngodon Chatterji | FERREIRA | Zootaxa

Africa

2 new species of rove beetles in the genus Astenus native to Madagascar.

Two new species and new records of the genus Astenus from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) | JANÁK | Zootaxa

Europe

New genus (Mycomelichares) containing 2 new species of mites native to Slovakia and Russia.

A new genus and two new species of melicharid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with wood-decaying fungi and mycophagous erotylid beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) in Europe | MAŠÁN | Zootaxa

New species of land planarian in the genus Microplana native to the county of Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

A new species of terrestrial planarian of the genus Microplana (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria; Tricladida: Continenticola) from Yorkshire, United Kingdom; with a discussion of Microplana humicola Vejdovsky 1890 | JONES | Zootaxa

New species of parasitic wasp in the genus Anagryus native to Spain.

The Anagyrus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitoids of the obscure mealybug Pseudococcus viburni (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Spain, with description of a new species | SOLER | Zootaxa

Asia

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

A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Yunnan, China and its phylogenetic relationship to other congeners | AGUNG | Zootaxa

New species and subspecies of moth in the genus Prometopidia native to the state of Uttarakhand, India.

Revision of the genus Prometopidia Hampson, 1902, with description of the new species P. joshimathensis sp. nov. from West-Himalaya and its subspecies P. j. yazakii ssp. nov. from Nepal (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae) | DEY | Zootaxa

2 new species of spear-winged flies in the genus Spilolonchoptera native to China.

Two new species of genus Spilolonchoptera Yang, 1998 from China (Diptera, Lonchopteridae) | GAO | Zootaxa

New species of non-biting midge in the genus Monopelopia native to the province of Hainan, China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.9

New species of millipede in the genus Klimakodesmus native to the state of Kerala, India.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.8

New species of small squaregill mayfly in the genus Caenis native to the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.7

New species of moth in the genus Thiotricha native to islands in southwestern Japan.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.5

New species of cuckoo wasp in the genus Nipponosega native to the province of Tak, Thailand.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/66267/

Oceans

New species of eelpout in the genus Pachycara native to the deep waters of the Indian Ocean.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.1.6

New species of tadpole goby in the genus Benthophilus native to the waters of the southern Caspian Sea.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.1.3

General

22 new species of moths in the genus Promalactis are described.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.4
 
South America

2 new species of longhorn beetles in the genus Urgleptes native to the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.3.7

New species of pygmy grasshopper in the genus Phelene native to French Guiana.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.6

New species of fly in the genus Drosophila native to French Guiana.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.3

New species of ground beetle in the genus Cylindera native to southern Bolivia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.3.8

Asia

4 new species of bent-tailed geckos in the genus Cyrtodactylus native to the states of Meghalaya and Mizoram, India.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.3.2

4 new species of soldier beetles in the genus Lycocerus native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.3.5

3 new species of caddisflies in the genus Psilotreta native to Japan.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.3.10

2 new species of spear-winged flies in the genus Spilolonchoptera native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.10

New species of non-biting midge in the genus Monopelopia native to the province of Hainan, China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.9

New species of millipede in the genus Klimakodesmus native to the state of Kerala, India.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.8

New species of mayfly in the genus Caenis native to the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.7

New species of moth in the genus Thiotricha native to southwestern Japan.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.5

New species of spring stonefly in the genus Amphinemura native to central Vietnam.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.3.9

Oceans

New genus (Astroglypha) containing a new species of sea star as well as another new species of sea star in the genus Ophidiaster native to the waters off the coast of New Caledonia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.3.1

General

22 new moths in the genus Promalactis are described.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.4

3 new species of mysid crustaceans in the genus Heteromysis found in coral reef aquariums in the state of Florida, USA, and 2 aquariums in central Europe.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.3.3
 
North America/Caribbean

3 new genera (Hubbellcophus, Venegascophus, Hortacophus) as well as 2 new species of cave crickets in the genus Paracophus native to Mexico.

Studies on Neotropical crickets: The continental Otteiini taxa (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae), those cave crickets are not confined to the West Indies | CADENA-CASTAÑEDA | Zootaxa

South America

New species of armored catfish in the genus Parotocinclus native to the Upper Xingu river basin in Brazil.

https://bioone.org/journals/ichthyo...tocinclus-Loricariidae/10.1643/i2021046.short

7 new species of parasitic wasps in the genus Polysphincta native to Brazil (3/7), Peru (3/7), and Ecuador (2/7).

A review of the spider-attacking Polysphincta dizardi species-group (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), with descriptions of seven new species from South America

Africa

7 new species of bark beetles in the genus Afromicracis native to South Africa (2/7), Tanzania (2/7), Cameroon (1/7), Uganda (1/7), and Ghana (1/7).

Small, uniform, and rarely collected—an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) | JORDAL | Zootaxa

Asia

2 new species of woolly flying squirrels in the genus Eupetaurus native to China, India, Bhutan, and Myanmar.

Across the great divide: revision of the genus Eupetaurus (Sciuridae: Pteromyini), the woolly flying squirrels of the Himalayan region, with the description of two new species

2 new species of day geckos in the genus Cnemaspis native to Sri Lanka.

v10i1.245 | Volume 10 | Number 1 | May 2021 | Taprobanica

New species of fork-tongued frog in the genus Limnonectes native to southern Thailand.

A New Limnonectes (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Southern Thailand

New species of spadefoot toad in the genus Leptobrachium native to Bangladesh.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2021.1894365

New family (Suthepiidae) containing a new genus (Suthepia) which contains a new species of harvestman spider native to northern Thailand.

https://bioone.org/journals/revue-s...v-fam-a-new-harvestman/10.35929/RSZ.0028.full

New genus (Berinda) containing 19 new species of ground spiders native to Iran.

https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1381

New genus (Shibinga) containing a new species of leafhopper native to the province of Guizhou, China.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/63593/

New genus (Chuanicosmetura) containing a species of katydid native to southwestern China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4981.2.11

14 new species of scorpion-flies in the genus Panorpa native to China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4981.2.3

6 new species of rove beetles in the genus Horniella native to Taiwan (2/6), Thailand (2/6), northern India (1/6), and eastern Malaysia (1/6).

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/66576/

4 new species of parasitoid wasps in the genus Venturia native to China (2/4) and Nepal (2/4) respectively.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/64238/

2 new species of insects in the genus Anufrievia native to the province of Guizhou, China.

https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/68043/

New species of weevil in the genus Acythopeus native to northern Vietnam, Taiwan, and the island of Hainan, China.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4981.2.10

New species of huntsman spider in the genus Thelcticopis native to the province of Guangxi, China.

https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/67437/

New species of crane fly in the genus Libnotes native to the province of Henan, China.

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/65906/

Oceania

3 new species of slender springtails in the genus Lepidocyrtus native to Australia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4981.2.9

Oceans

New species of triplefin blenny in the genus Ruanoho native to deep waters off the coast of New Zealand.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4981.1.8

New genus (name not given) containing a species of copepod as well as another species of copepod in the genus Spongiopsyllus native to the Todos-os-Santos Bay, off the coast of Bahia, Brazil.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4981.2.5

3 new species of corals in the genus Corticium native to the waters off the coast of Western Australia, Australia.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4981.1.2

2 new species of chitons in the genus Loricella native to the waters of the West Pacific Ocean.

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4981.2.4
 
South America

New species of treefrog in the genus Boana native to Venezuela.

Integrative taxonomy reveals a new but common Neotropical treefrog, hidden under the name Boana xerophylla | ESCALONA | Zootaxa

New species of armored catfish in the genus Chaetostoma native to the upper Meta River in Colombia.

https://www.scielo.br/j/paz/a/qk5k4YtJYzQ9YSYRdnZf9vc/

4 new species of flies in the genus Macrostomus native to Peru.

Four new species of Macrostomus Wiedemann and a checklist of Empididae s. str. (Diptera) from Peru | RAFAEL | Zootaxa

Africa

5 new species of butterflies in the genera Stempfferia (3/5) and Cephetola (2/5), respectively, native to Cameroon (2/5), Liberia (2/5), Côte d'Ivoire (1/5), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1/5), and Guinea (1/5).

Description of five new species of Epitola sensu lato (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) from West and Central Africa | SÁFIÁN | Zootaxa

Asia

New species of cat snake in the genus Boiga native to the southern part of the Western Ghats, India.

A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species | GANESH | Zootaxa

New genus (name not given) of true frogs native to Indonesia.

Revisiting the phylogenetic predicament of the genus Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae) using molecular data and tadpole morphology

3 new genera (Acosmetides, Neocyrtopsides, Macrocosmetura) containing 5 new species of bush crickets native to southwestern China.

Three new genera and five new species of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Southwestern China | European Journal of Taxonomy

New genus (Arboramima) containing a new species of camel cricket native to the province of Guangxi, China.

Report of a new genus Arboramima belonging to tribe Diestramimini, with a new species A. cattusis from Guangxi, China (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Aemodogryllinae) | ZONG | Zootaxa

3 new species of dung flies in the genera Acerocnema, Gimnomera, and Megaphthalmoides respectively, native to Japan.

Three new species and six new records of Scathophagidae (Diptera) from Japan, with a key to the Japanese genera | IWASA | Zootaxa

New species of scale insect in the genus Newsteadia native to the province of Guizhou, China.

A new species of the scale insect genus Newsteadia Green (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Ortheziidae) from China | ZHENG | Zootaxa

Oceans

New species of crustacean in the genus Godzillius native to the Conch Sound Blue Hole waters, the Bahamas.

https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1383
 
North America

New species of ground beetle in the genus Anillinus native to the state of Florida, USA.

A new subterranean species of Anillinus Casey (Carabidae, Trechinae, Anillini) from Florida

South America

New genus (Chaimowiczia) containing 2 new species of woodlice native to caves in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil, respectively.

Chaimowiczia: a new Iuiuniscinae genus from Brazil (Oniscidea, Synocheta, Styloniscidae) with the description of two new troglobitic species

New genus (Telmatometropsis) containing a new species of water strider native to mangrove lagoons in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

Telmatometropsis fredyi gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new water strider from the Colombian Pacific region (Insecta, Hemiptera, Gerridae)

Asia

2 new species of parasitic wasps in the genera Carminator and Ettchellsia native to the provinces of Yunnan and Hainan, China, respectively.

Two new species of the family Megalyridae (Hymenoptera) from China

New species of millipede in the genus Levizonus native to the Far East region of Russia.

Review of the millipede genus Levizonus Attems, 1898, with description of a new species from the Far East of Russia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae) | European Journal of Taxonomy

Oceans

New species of oyster in the genus Talonostrea native to the northern Arabian Gulf.

Molecular and morphological systematics of a new, reef forming, cupped oyster from the northern Arabian Gulf: Talonostrea salpinx new species
 
North America

New genus (Martenseya) containing a new species of millipede native to the state of California, USA.

Additions to the millipede family Caseyidae. II. Martenseya , a new genus of miniature, blind millipedes from California (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidea, Striarioidea, Caseyidae) | Zootaxa

New species of harvestmen spider in the genus Texella native to the Mojave Desert region of the state of California, USA.

A new cavernicolous harvestman, Texella martensi n. sp., from the Mojave Desert, California (Opiliones: Laniatores: Phalangodidae) | Zootaxa

South America

3 new species of spiders in the genus Spinopilar native to the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

On Spinopilar from Rio de Janeiro state with description of three new species (Opiliones, Laniatores, Cryptogeobiidae) | Zootaxa

3 new species of harvestmen spiders in the genera Taito (2/3) and Eulibitia (1/3), respectively, native to the department of Loreto, Peru, the state of Rondonia, Brazil, and the department of Casanare, Colombia.

Three new species of Cosmetidae C.L. Koch, 1839 from South America (Opiliones: Cosmetidae) | Zootaxa

2 new species of spiders in the genus Stenostygnus native to the states of Mérida and Lara, Venezuela.

Two new species of Stenostygnus from South America (Opiliones: Biantidae: Stenostygninae) | Zootaxa

New species of scorpion in the genus Anateris native to the state of Goiás, Brazil.

Some additional comments on the Ananteridae or ‘ Ananteris group’ and description of a new species of Ananteris Thorell from Central Brazil (Scorpiones: Buthidae) | Zootaxa

Africa

2 new genera (Martensikara, Deelemanikara) containing 2 new species of huntsmen spiders native to the provinces of Toliara (1/2), Toamasina (1/2), and Antananarivo (1/2), Madagascar.

Two new enigmatic genera of huntsman spiders from Madagascar (Araneae: Sparassidae) | Zootaxa

New species of cellar spider in the genus Artema native to Morocco.

First Northwest African species of the spider genus Artema , from caves in Morocco, with notes on body size in pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) | Zootaxa

New species of mite in the genus Malgacheliodes native to the province of Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Malgacheliodes martensi spec. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Licnodamaeidae) from South Africa | Zootaxa

Asia

New genus (Sinonychia) containing a new species of spider native to China.

First record of Travunioidea (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores) from China, with the description of a new monotypic genus from a cave | Zootaxa

5 new species of spiders in the genus Leptonetela (4/5) and Rhyssoleptoneta (1/5), respectively, native to the provinces of Guizhou (3/5), Hubei (1/5), and Bejing (1/5), China.

Five new leptonetid spiders from China (Araneae: Leptonetidae) | Zootaxa

4 new species of trapdoor spiders in the genera Conothele (2/4), and Latouchia (2/4) respectively, native to the provinces of Chiang Mai (1/4), Buri Ram (2/4), Surin (2/4), Roi Et (2/4), and Prachuap Khiri Khan (1/4).

Descriptions of four new trapdoor spider species in the subfamily Ummidiinae from Thailand (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Halonoproctidae) | Zootaxa

3 new species of millipedes in the genus Hedinomorpha native to the provinces of Qinghai (1/3), and Shaanxi (2/3), China, respectively.

Review of the millipede genus Hedinomorpha Verhoeff, 1934, with descriptions of three new species collected in China by Professor Jochen Martens (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) | Zootaxa

2 new species of harvestmen spiders in the genera Homolophus and Phalangium respectively, native to the provinces of Hormozgan and Khuzestan, Iran, respectively.

Further studies on harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) from Iran, with the descriptions of two new species | Zootaxa

Oceania

New genus (Martensopsalis) containing a new species of harvestmen spider native to New Caledonia.

Martensopsalis , a new genus of Neopilionidae from New Caledonia (Opiliones: Eupnoi) | Zootaxa

Oceans

3 new species of copepods in the genus Spinoncaea native to the waters of the North Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy of three species of the genus Spinoncaea (Copepoda, Oncaeidae) in the North Pacific Ocean with focus on morphological variability
 
North America

2 new species of fungus gnats in the genus Leptomorphus native to Guatemala.

Two new species of Neotropical Leptomorphus Curtis (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) | Zootaxa

South America

New genus (Andeogryllus) containing 2 new species of field crickets native to Colombia.

Studies on Neotropical crickets: A new Anurogryllina genus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae) | Zootaxa

2 new species of big-headed flies in the genus Tomosvaryella native to the departments of Meta and Caquetá, Colombia, respectively.

Tomosvaryella Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae) of Colombia, with description of two new species | Zootaxa

New species of mite in the genus Neoparaphytoseius native to the state of Alagoas, Brazil.

A new species of Neoparaphytoseius (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Brazil, with a review of the genus | Zootaxa

Africa

New genus (Viperinus) containing 2 new species of long-horned moths, as well as 2 other new species of long-horned moths in the genus Protolychnis native to Kenya (2/4), Uganda (1/4), and Tanzania (1/4), respectively.

A new genus Viperinus Park with descriptions of two new species, and two new species of the genus Protolychnis Meyrick, 1925 (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Lecithoceridae) in Kenya and Tanzania, with a checklist of the world species | Zootaxa

3 new species of parasitoid wasps in the genus Brachycyrtus native to continental Africa.

First record of the subfamily Brachycyrtinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from continental Africa, with description of three new species | Zootaxa

2 new species of minute marsh-loving beetles in the genera Simplocarina and Byrrhinus respectively, native to Angola.

New species and records of Angolan Limnichidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) | Zootaxa

2 new species of parasitoid wasps in the genus Diaparsis native to Madagascar.

Diaparsis phobos sp. nov. and D. deimos sp. nov., two amazing new species of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Madagascar | Zootaxa

New species of lace bug in the genus Ammianus native to Morocco.

Ammianus pericarti sp. n. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae), the first strictly Palaearctic representative of the genus with a key to the species of the Ammianus junodi group | Zootaxa

Asia

New genus (Majialandrevus) containing a new species of cricket native to the western part of the province of Yunnan, China.

Report of a new genus Majialandrevus , with a new species M. dingguo from Western Yunnan, China (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Landrevinae) | Zootaxa

New genus (Ckacus) containing a new species of ground beetle native to the southwestern part of the province of Guizhou, China.

Discovery of a new cavernicolous trechine genus and species from a deep pit in Anlong, southwestern Guizhou Province (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) | Zootaxa

6 new species of moths in the genus Sicciaemorpha native to the islands of Mindanao (4/6) and Luzon (1/6), Philippines, as well as the island of Borneo, Malaysia.

Taxonomic review of the genus Sicciaemorpha van Eecke (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), with descriptions of six new species from Malaysia and the Philippines | Zootaxa

4 new species of water mites in the genus Hygrobates native to Southeast Asia.

Systematics, distribution and morphology of the newt parasitic water mites of the subgenus Lurchibates Goldschmidt & Fu, 2011 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae, Hygrobates Koch, 1837), including the description of four new species and a key to all so far known species | Zootaxa

2 new species of parasitoid wasps in the genus Aeopraon native to the Russian Far East.

Two new species of the genus Areopraon Mackauer, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from the Russian Far East | Zootaxa

2 new species of beetles in the genus Thinobius native to Korea.

Taxonomy of the coastal Thinobius Kiesenwetter (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) in Korea | Zootaxa

2 new species of fungus gnats in the genus Heteropterna native to the province of Guizhou, China.

Two new species of Heteropterna Skuse, 1888 (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from China | Zootaxa

2 new species of nematodes in the genera Mesodorylaimus and Allodorylaimus respectively native to Lake Baikal, Russia.

Mesodorylaimus ushkaniensis sp. n. and Allodorylaimus baikalensis sp. n. (Nematoda, Dorylaimida) from Lake Baikal, Russia | Zootaxa

New species of dragonfly in the genus Chlorogomphus native to central Vietnam.

Description of Chlorogomphus danhkyi sp. nov. from Vu Quang National Park, central Vietnam with notes on other congeners from the Park (Odonata: Chlorogomphidae) | Zootaxa

New species of water mite in the genus Thyopsis native to Kazakhstan.

Description of a new water mite species of the genus Thyopsis (Protz, 1899) (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Hydryphantidae) from Kazakhstan | Zootaxa

New species of grasshopper in the genus Oxyina native to India.

A revision and first record of the genus Oxyina Hollis, 1975 (Acrididae: Oxyinae) from India, with description of a new species | Zootaxa

New species of gall wasp in the genus Diplolepis native to northeastern China.

A new species of Diplolepis Geoffroy (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Diplolepidini) from northeastern China | Zootaxa

New species of nematode in the genus Truxonchus native to the province of Lao Cai, Vietnam.

A new species of a rare genus, Truxonchus quangi sp. n. (Mononchida, Anatonchidae) from bat xat nature reserve in Lao Cai Province, Vietnam | Zootaxa

New species of cricket in the genus Parapteronemobius native to the province of Zhejiang, China.

A new species of Parapteronemobius from Zhejiang, China (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae: Nemobiinae) | Zootaxa

New species of rove beetle in the genus Quedius native to the province of Zhejiang, China.

A new species of Quedius Stephens in Zhejiang, China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) | Zootaxa

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

A new species of Geodromicus Redtenbacher, 1857 from Sichuan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) | Zootaxa

New species of true bug in the genus Luzulaspis native to the island of Hokkaido, Japan.

A new species of the genus Luzulaspis (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from Hokkaido Island, Japan | Zootaxa

New species of ant in the genus Syllophopsis native to the Western Ghats region of India.

First record of the myrmicine ant genus Syllophopsis Santschi, 1915 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India with description of a new species | Zootaxa

New species of mayfly in the genus Ephoron native to Thailand.

A new species of Ephoron Williamson, 1802 (Ephemeroptera: Polymitarcyidae) from Thailand | Zootaxa

New species of tardigrade in the genus Stygarctus native to a beach in the state of Kerala, India.

A new Tardigrade species, Stygarctus keralensis sp. nov. (Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from the intertidal zone of Southwest coast of India | Zootaxa

New species of springtail in the genus Anurophorus native to South Korea.

A new species of Anurophorus (Collembola: Isotomidae) from South Korea, with notes on its molecular data | Zootaxa

Oceania

New species of pygmy backswimmer insect in the genus Paraplea native to the Northern Territory, Australia.

Review of the Paraplea Esaki & China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Pleidae) of Australia, with description of a new species | Zootaxa

Oceans

New species of sea cucumber in the genus Parathyone native to the waters off the coast of northeastern Brazil.

A new species of Parathyone (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Cucumariidae) from northeastern Brazil, with a key to species | Zootaxa
 
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