New Species Swiss Made

1 beetle from Mongolia

Publication: Nebria (Pseudonebriola) tsambagarav sp. nov., a new alpine species from the Mongolian Altai (Coleoptera, Carabidae).

Authors: Charles Huber, Peer Hajo Schnitter

Natural History Museum, Bern, Switzerland; Halle, Germany.

3 snakes from Angola

Publication: A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) species complex.

Authors: Jakob Hallermann , Luis MP Ceríaco , Andreas Schmitz , Raffael Ernst , Werner Conradie , Luke Verburgt , Mariana P Marques & Aaron M Bauer

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Universität Hamburg, Germany and 9 other institutions.

2 frogs from Cameroon

Publication: Evolutionary history of the Cameroon radiation of puddle frogs (Phrynobatrachidae: Phrynobatrachus), with descriptions of two critically endangered new species from the northern Cameroon Volcanic Line.

Authors: Václav Gvoždík, Tadeáš Nečas, Matej Dolinay, Breda M. Zimkus, Andreas Schmitz and Eric B. Fokam

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Masaryk University & National Museum, Czech Republic; Harvard University, USA; University of Buea, Cameroon.

1 monitor varan from Micronesia

Publication: Taxonomy of Micronesian monitors (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanus): endemic status of new species argues for caution
in pursuing eradication plans.

Authors: Valter Weijola, Varpu Vahtera, André Koch, Andreas Schmitz and Fred Kraus

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; University of Turku, Finland; Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Germany; University of Michigan, USA.

1 beetle from Ecuador

Publication: The first discovery of the genus Pseudoalaocybites Osella, 1980 from Ecuador, with a description of a new species in an alpine ecosystem (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Molytinae).

Author: Christoph Germann

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland

2 beetles from Spain

Publication: On Anchonidium Bedel, 1884 sensu stricto, with descriptions of two new species from the Iberian peninsula (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Molytinae).

Authors: Christoph Germann

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland

27 jumping plant-lice from Brazil

Publication: Neotropical jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) associated with plants of the tribe Detarieae (Leguminosae, Detarioideae).

Authors: DANIEL BURCKHARDT & DALVA L. QUEIROZ

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; Embrapa Florestas, Brazil.

1 jumping plant-louse from Burma

Publication: New fossil from mid‑Cretaceous Burmese amber confirms monophyly of Liadopsyllidae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea).

Authors: Jowita Drohojowska, Jacek Szwedo, Patrick Müller & Daniel Burckhardt

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; University of Silesia & University of Gdańsk, Poland; Geological-Palaeontological Museum of the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Note: a new genus name was also proposed.

6 psyllids from Florida

Publication: The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist.

Authors: Susan E. Halbert & Daniel Burckhardt

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA.

1 jumping plant-lice from Iran

Publication: Jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Kerman, Iran, with the description of one new Cacopsylla species.

Authors: MOHAMMADREZA LASHKARI & DANIEL BURCKHARDT

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iran

1 psyllid from Taiwan

Publication: Trioza turouguei sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Psylloidea, Triozidae), a new psyllid species from Taiwan inducing pea-shaped stem galls on Cinnamomum osmophloeum (Lauraceae), with notes on its galling biology.

Authors: Gene-Sheng Tung, Yi-Chang Liao, Daniel Burckhardt & Man-Miao Yang

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; Taiwan Forestry Research Institute & National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan.

2 moths from Columbia

Publication: A review of the genus Microcrambus Błeszyński, 1963 (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambinae) in Colombia, with descriptions of two new species.

Authors: Bernard Landry & Tommy Andriollo

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland.

3 flatworms from France

Publication: A phylogenetically informed search for an alternative Macrostomum model species, with notes on taxonomy, mating
behavior, karyology, and genome size.

Authors: Lukas Schärer, Jeremias N. Brand, Pragya Singh, Kira S. Zadesen, Claus‐Peter Stelzer, Gudrun Viktorin

University of Basel, Switzerland; Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Russia; University of Innsbruck, Austria.

2 Cyprinid fishes from Laos

Publication: Devario pullatus and D. subviridis, two new species of minnows from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).

Author: Maurice Kottelat

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member)

1 eel from Myanmar

Publication: Macrognathus orthosemos, a new species of spiny eel from southern Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae).

Authors: Ralf Britz and Maurice Kottelat

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member); Museum für Tierkunde, Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Germany; Natural History Museum,United Kingdom.

1 cicada from Sardinia

Publication: Look closely and listen carefully: unexpected cicada diversity in northern Sardinia, with the description of a
new species (Cicadidae: Tibicina).

Author: Thomas Hertach

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland

1 cyprinid fish from Borneo

Publication: Rasbora marinae, a new species of cyprinid fish from northwestern Borneo (Teleostei: Danionidae).

Authors: Tan Heok Hui & Maurice Kottelat

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member); National University of Singapore, Singapore.

1 cave fish from Myanmar

Publication: Kayahschistura lokalayensis, a new genus and species of cave fish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).

Authors: Maurice Kottelat & Jozef Grego

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member); National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Note: a new genus was also proposed.

1 mayfly from China

Publication: A new species of Cincticostella (Ephemeroptera, Ephemerellidae) from China.

Authors: Chonlakran Auychinda, Dávid Murányi, Weihai Li, Michel Sartori, Jean-Luc Gattolliat

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Kasetsart University,Thailand; Eszterházy Károly University, Hungary; Henan Institute of Science and Technology, China.

3 mayflies from Thailand

Publications: A New Species of Vietnamella Tshernova 1972 (Ephemeroptera: Vietnamellidae) from Thailand. Vietnamellidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) of Thailand.

Authors: Chonlakran Auychinda, Luke M. Jacobus, Michel Sartori and Boonsatien Boonsoong

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Kasetsart University, Thailand; Indiana University Purdue University Columbus, USA.

1 dragonfly from Thailand

Publication: Stylogomphus thongphaphumensis (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae), a new gomphid dragonfly and the first record of S. malayanus Sasamoto, 2001 from Thailand.

Authors: Damrong Chainthong, Michel Sartori and Boonsatien Boonsoong

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Kasetsart University, Thailand.

6 mayflies from Asia

Publication: Integrative taxonomy of the genus Dudgeodes Sartori, 2008 (Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Teloganodidae) from
the Philippines with description of new species and supplementary descriptions of Southeast Asian species.

Authors: Jhoana M. Garces, Michel Sartori, Hendrik Freitag

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Ateneo de Manila University, The Philippines.

3 mayflies from Borneo

Publication: Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge in Borneo (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae).

Authors: Thomas Kaltenbach, Jean-Luc Gattolliat

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland

3 mayflies from Asia

Publication: A new genus of Baetidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) from Southeast Asia.

Authors: Thomas KALTENBACH, Jhoana M. GARCES & Jean-Luc GATTOLLIAT

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines

1 mayfly from Algeria

Publication: An unexpected new species of Habrophlebia from Algeria (Ephemeroptera, Leptophlebiidae).

Authors: Lina Hanane Kechemir, Michel Sartori, Abdelkader Lounaci

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Université Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria