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Under the umbrella of the SSS, biologists from different fields are dedicated to the interests of systematics and taxonomy. The SSS serves as a competent contact for the scientists and the society, and maintains an international exchange.more

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New Species Swiss Made 2024

The annual list of species described by researchers working in Switzerland

The SSS presents the list of new species, plants or animals (including fossils), recently described by researchers working in Switzerland.

If you wish to contribute, send your publication and a picture of the organism to swisssystematics@yahoo.com.

26 new species

1 lungfish from Zimbabwe

Publication: A new lungfish from the Upper Triassic of the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe.

Authors: Tom J. Challands, Lionel Cavin, Michel Zondo, Darlington Munyikwa, Jonah N. Choiniere & Paul M. Barrett

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; University of Edinburgh, UK; Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe & 5National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe.

Achilia lapsus
Image: Sabella et al.

2 beetles from Chile

Publication: A revision of the Chilean Brachyglutini – Part 8. Revision of Achilia Reitter, 1890: A. sinuaticornis, A. kindermanni, A. humidula, A. praeclara, A. nigrita, A. rufula species groups, and Achilia incertae sedis species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).

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.

Fuscatelia cupula
Image: V. Cosandey

2 beetles from Chile

Publication: The genus Fuscatelia Nikitsky & Belov, 1982, stat. nov. with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Melandryidae: Melandryinae).

Author: Vivien Cosandey

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland

Ancylolomia sonia
Image: G. Bassi

19 moths from Africa

Publication: New species of Afrotropical Ancylolomia Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae).

Author: Graziano Bassi

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland

2 barklice from Africa

Publication: Two new African species of Psyllipsocus Selys-Longchamps, 1872 (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Psyllipsocidae).

Author: Charles Lienhard

Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland