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Member of SCNAT

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 - 2025

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.

88 new species in 2025

Paurocephalini Brazil
Image: Burckhardt D.

60 jumping lice from Brazil

Publication: Jumping plant-lice of the tribe Paurocephalini (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae) in Brazil.

Authors: Serbina L. Š., Malenovský I., Queiroz D. L. & Burckhardt D.

Clivina_2025
Image: MICHAEL BALKENOHL

26 ground beetles from the Oriental region

Publication: On Asian Clivinini. Revision of the westwoodi-species group of the genus Clivina Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Clivinini).

Author: MICHAEL BALKENOHL

Epipsylla suni
Image: Burckhardt D.

1 jumping louse from China

Publication : A review of the psyllid genus Epipsylla (Hemiptera, Psyllidae) from Chinese mainland with phylogenetic considerations and the description of a new species.

Authors: He Z., Burckhardt D., Luo X., Xu R., Cai W. & Song F.

1 jumping louse from Cameroon

Publication: Unusual feeding behaviour and association with ants in Lilaoshia psorospermi Burckhardt, Aléné and Serbina sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae) developing on Psorospermum glaberrimum (Hypericaceae).

Authors: Aléné D. C., Serbina L. Š., Djiéto-Lordon C., Malenovský I. & Burckhardt D.