New Species 2019
New Species 2019 (96)
1 flatworm from New Zealand
Authors: I. Blasco-Costa, K. Seppälä, F. Feijen, N. Zajac, K. Klappert and J. Jokela
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, & Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland; The Arctic University of Norway, Norway; University of Innsbruck, Austria.
1 flatworm from New Zealand
Authors: B. Presswell and I. Blasco-Costa
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; University of Otago, New Zealand
3 lichens from China
Publication: New species and records of Pyxine (Caliciaceae) in China.
Authors: Mei-Xia Yang, Xin-Yu Wang, Dong Liu, Yan-Yun Zhang, Li-Juan Li, An-Cheng Yin, Christoph Scheidegger, Li-Song Wang
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zurich & University of Bern, Switzerland; Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, China; Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Korea.
1 beetle from Chile
Authors: Sergey A. Kurbatov, Giulio Cuccodoro & Giorgio Sabella
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, & University of Geneva, Switzerland; Museum of Entomology, Bykovo, Russia; Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Catania, Italy.
18 mayflies from Indonesia
Publication: The tremendous diversity of Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge in Indonesia (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae).
Authors: Thomas Kaltenbach & Jean-Luc Gattolliat
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland
1 spider from Malaysia
Publication: A revision of the trapdoor spider genus Liphistius (Mesothelae: Liphistiidae) in Peninsular Malaysia; part 2.
Authors: Peter J. Schwendinger, Nurul Syuhadah, Christina Lehmann-Graber, Liz Price, Siegfried Huber, Rosli Hashim, Subha Bhassu & Lionel Monod
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, & University of Geneva, Switzerland; University of Malaya, Malaysia; London, UK.
1 fossil turtle from Vietnam
Publication: A new testudinoid turtle from the middle to late Eocene of Vietnam.
Authors: Rafaella C. Garbin, Madelaine Böhme & Walter G. Joyce.
University of Fribourg, Switzerland; Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany.
Note: A new genus was also given to this species.
1 fish from Laos
Author: Maurice Kottelat
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member); Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Note: A new genus was also given to this new species.
1 fossil plant-louse from Myanmar
Authors: Daniel Burckhardt & George Poinar.
Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Oregon State University, USA.
Note: A new genus was also given to this species. The specimen was preserved in amber.
1 plant-louse from Brazil
Authors: Denis Coelho De Oliveira, Daniel Burckhardt, Tácito De Freitas Calácio, Vinícius Coelho Kuster & Dalva Luiz de Queiroz
Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Universidade Federal de Goiás & Embrapa Florestas, Brazil.
1 flatworm from Kenya
Authors: Jean Mariaux & Ian Beveridge
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, & University of Geneva, Switzerland; University of Melbourne, Australia
1 mayfly from Thailand
Publication: Integrative taxonomy of Thalerosphyrus Eaton, 1881 (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in Thailand.
Authors: Waranid Sutthacharoenthad, Michel Sartori & Boonsatien Boonsoong.
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Kasetsart University, Thailand.
1 beetle from France
Authors: Helio Pierotti & Christoph Germann
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; Treviso, Italie.
3 beetles from Asia
Publication: Supplement to the knowledge of the Chinese and southeast Asian species of Cypariini and Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae).
Author: Ivan Löbl
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
5 fossil ammonites from Slovakia
Authors: Christian Meister, Jan Schlögl
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
1 fossil turtle from Thailand
Publication: Phu Din Daeng, a new Early Cretaceous vertebrate locality on theKhorat Plateau, NE Thailand.
Authors: Haiyan Tonga, Eric Buffetaut, Varavudh Suteethorn, Suravech Suteethorn, Gilles Cuny, Lionel Cavin, Uthumporn Deesri, Jeremy E. Martin, Kamonrak Wongko, Wilailuck Naksri, Julien Claude
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Mahasarakham University, Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University & Department of Mineral Resources, Thailand; Laboratoire de Géologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier & Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, France.
1 pandanus tree from French Polynesia
Authors: Jean-François Butaud, Frédéric Jacq & Martin W. Callmander
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland; Tahiti, Polynésie française.
1 fossil rove beetle from Myanmar
Authors: Zi-Wei Yin, Sergey A. Kurbatov, Giulio Cuccodoro, Chen-Yang Cai
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, P. R. China; Museum of Entomology, All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center, Bykovo, Russia; Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, P. R. China; University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
1 flatworm from Vietnam
Authors: Alain de Chambrier, Jan Brabec, Binh Thi Tran, Tomáš Scholz
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic; Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
7 rove beetles from Chile
Authors: Giorgio Sabella, Giulio Cuccodoro, Sergey A. Kurbatov
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali dell'Università – sezione Biologia Animale, Catania, Italy; Museum of Entomology, All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center, Bykovo, Russia.
1 extinct mammal from Switzerland
Authors: Floréal Solé & Bastien Mennecart
Natural History Museum Basel, Switzerland; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium; Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria.
Note: The new species's name, Cartierodon egerkingensis, is a tribute to Robert Cartier who excavated on the site of Egerkingen, in the canton of Soleure, during the second half of the 19th century.
31 beetles from China
Author: Ivan Löbl
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
3 flowering plants from Brazil
Publication: Three new species of Sinningia (Gesneriaceae) endemic to Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Authors: Alain Chautems, Valquíria F. Dutra, André P. Fontana, Mauro Peixoto, Mathieu Perret & Josiene Rossini
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Jardim Botânico Plantarum, Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, Brazil.
1 mayfly from Tailand
Authors: Boonsatien Boonsoong & Michel Sartori
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Kasetsart University, Thailand.
1 mayfly from Turkey
Authors: Pavel Sroka, Roman J. Godunko, Sereina Rutschmann, Kamila B. Angeli, Frederico F. Salles, Jean-Luc Gattolliat
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic; National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine; University of Vigo, Spain; University of Potsdam, Germany; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo & Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil.
1 mayfly from Indonesia
Publication: A new species of Tenuibaetis Kang & Yang, 1994 from Indonesia (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae).
Authors: Thomas Kaltenbach & Jean-Luc Gattolliat
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
2 bats from Western Europe and North Africa
Authors: Javier Juste, Manuel Ruedi, Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Irene Salicini, and Carlos Ibáñez
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain; University of Montpellier, France
1 bee from the Alps
Authors: Christophe Praz, Andreas Müller, David Genoud
University of Neuchâtel, InfoFauna – Swiss Zoological Records Center, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Arzens, France
1 frog from Africa
Authors: Christophe Dufresnes, Menad Beddek, Dmitriy V. Skorinov, Luca Fumagalli, Nicolas Perrin, Pierre-André Crochet, Spartak N. Litvinchuk
University of Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Sheffield, U.K.; University Paul Valéry Montpellier, France; Russian Academy of Sciences & Dagestan State University Russia.
1 flatworm from Mexico
Publication: Morphological and molecular characterisation of a new species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 (Monogenoidea: Gyrodactylidae) of cichlid fishes (Perciformes) from Mexico.
Authors: Carlos A. Mendoza-Palmero, Isabel Blasco-Costa & Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Masaryk University & University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
2 cestode parasites from Ethiopia
Publication: Two new cestode species of the family Hymenolepididae Perrier, 1897 (Cyclophyllidea) from passerine birds in Ethiopia, with the erection of Citrilolepis n. g.
Authors: Yana D. Dimitrova, Boyko B. Georgiev, Jean Mariaux, Gergana P. Vasileva
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria