New Species Swiss Made - previous years
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.
Click below for previous years:
2015 (105 new species); 2016 (206); 2017 (143); 2018 (141); 2019 (96); 2020 (241); 2021 (160); 2022 (103)
315 new species 2023
1 beetle from Portugal
Publication: Anchonidium selvanum sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Molytinae) from northern Portugal.
Authors: Christoph Germann, Carlo Braunert
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel & Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Switzerland; Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle de Luxembourg
1 beetle from the Dominican Republic
Publication: A new species of Cryptorhopalum (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from the Dominican Republic.
Authors: Jiri Hava, Jiří Hodeček
University Centre of Legal Medicine & Museum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles, Lausanne, Switzerland; Únětice u Prahy, Czech Republic
1 beetle from from Myanmar and the North of India
Publication: Notes on Clivinini species from Asia with the description of a new genus and a new species from Myanmar and the North of India (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae).
Author: Michael BALKENOHL
Bonstetten, Switzerland
1 mayfly from the Himalayas
Authors: Asha SOHIL, Pandiarajan SRINIVASAN, T. SIVARUBAN, S. BARATHY, Jean-Luc GATTOLLIAT & Neeraj SHARMA
Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Jammu & Fatima College, India
4 fossil waps from Baltic and Dominican amber
Authors: Alexandra Viertler, Karin Urfer, Georg Schulz, Seraina Klopfstein and Tamara Spasojevic
Natural History Museum Basel, University of Bern, Natural History Museum St. Gallen, University of Basel, Switzerland
12 beetles from Asia
Publication: Revision of the genus Sulciclivina Balkenohl, 2022 from Asia (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Clivinini).
Author: Michael BALKENOHL
Bonstetten, Switzerland
2 tapeworms from North America
Publication: Discovering high species diversity of Ophiotaenia tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) of watersnakes (Colubridae) in North America.
Authors: Alain de Chambrier, Olena Kudlai, Chris T. McAllister, Tomas Scholz
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania; Northeast Texas Community College, USA; Biology Centre of the CzechAcademy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
2 beetles from Nigeria and Tanzania
Publication: The genus Eoclivina (Kult, 1959) from Africa with the description of two new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Clivinini).
Author: Michael Balkenohl
Bonstetten, Switzerland
1 catfish from Myanmar
Publication: Mystus celator, a new species of catfish from northern Myanmar (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Bagridae).
Authors: Heok Hee Ng, Maurice Kottelat
Delémont, Switzerland; Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Singapore.
3 beetles from the Philippines
Publication: Three new species of Scaphidiinae from Mindanao and Palawan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).
Author: Ivan Löbl
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
5 beetles from China and Taiwan
Publication: New species and records of Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from mainland China
and Taiwan.
Author: Ivan Löbl
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
1 beetle from China
Publication: Scaphobaeocera setosa sp. nov., an unusual Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with elongate tarsal setae from China.
Authors: Ivan Löbl & Vivien Cosandey
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
16 beetles from Java
Publication: On the Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Java, Indonesia.
Author: Ivan Löbl
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
1 beetle from India
Publication: Baeocera chamba sp. nov., an unusual new Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) from North India.
Author: Ivan Löbl
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
1 beetle from New Guinea
Publication: On a new Scaphidiini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae), Scaphidium coerulescens sp. nov., from New Guinea.
Author: Ivan Löbl
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
1 Alyssum from the Alps
Publication: Out of the Balkans and Anatolia to the Western Alps? Surprising phylogenetic implications for two endemic Alyssum (Brassicaceae) species: A. cognense sp. nov. and A. rossetii.
Authors: Stanislav španiel , Philippe Juillerat, Klaus Kaplan, Maurizio Bovio, Beat Bäumler, Mathieu Perret, Lenka Mártonfiová and Judita Zozomová-Lihová
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva, & Info Flora, Switzerland; Slovak Academy of Sciences, & 7Botanical Garden of P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia; Charles University, Benátská, Czechia; Museo regionale di Scienze naturali ‘Efisio Noussan’, Italy.
1 fungus from Spain
Authors: Sergio Pérez-Ortega, Yolanda Turégano, Måns Svensson and Juan Carlos Zamora
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland; Real Jardín Botánico, Spain; Uppsala University, Sweden
1 gall-midge from Crete
Publication: A new species of Contarinia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from flower galls on the relict tree Zelkova abelicea (Ulmaceae) endemic to Crete (Greece).
Authors: Laurence Fazan, Netta Dorchin, Sophie Giriens, Sal vatore Pasta, Giuseppe Garfì, Ilektra Remoundou, Panos V. Petrakis & Gregor Kozlowski
University of Fribourg, Natural History Museum Fribourg, Switzerland; Tel Aviv University, Israel; Italian National Research Council, Palermo, Italy; CIHEAM Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, Greece; Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, China.
1 grass from the Alps
Publication: Calamagrostis lonana (Poaceae): a new grass species from the Pennine Alps (Switzerland).
Authors: Stefan Eggenberg, Luca Champoud, Mary Leibundgut, Christian Parisod, Louisa Wyss & Gregor Kozlowski
Info Flora, Botanischer Garten der Universität Bern, University of Fribourg, Natural History Museum Fribourg, Switzerland.
1 extinct fish from Lebanon
Publication: A New Enigmatic Teleost Fish from the Mid-Cretaceous of Lebanon.
Authors: Tamara El Hossny and Lionel Cavin
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
1 catfish from Laos
Publication: Glyptothorax irroratus, a new species of rheophilic catfish from the Mekong River drainage (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes:
Sisoridae).
Authors: Heok Hee Ng and Maurice Kottelat
Delémont, Switzerland; Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Singapore.
1 loach from Laos
Publication: Nemacheilus pullus, a new species of loach from central Laos (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
Author: M. Kottelat
Delémont, Switzerland; Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Singapore.
5 stone loaches from Southeast Asia
Publication: Revision of the Schistura cincticauda species group (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae) using molecular and morphological
markers.
Authors: Tomáš Dvořák, Jörg Bohlen, Maurice Kottelat & Vendula Šlechtová
Delémont, Switzerland; Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Singapore; Czech Academy of Sciences & Charles University, Czech
Republic.
1 catfish from Myanmar and Thailand
Publication: Glyptothorax prionotos, a new sisorid catfish from Myanmar and Thailand (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae).
Author: Heok Hee Ng and Maurice Kottelat
Delemont, Switzerland; Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore
1 loach from Laos
Publication: Schistura palma, a new species of loach from the Nam Ngiep drainage, central Laos (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
Author: M. Kottelat
Delémont, Switzerland; Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
10 mayflies from Australia
Publication: Skolomystax, a new genus for the Australian species formerly included in Centroptilum Eaton (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae).
Authors: P.J. Suter, J.M. Webb and J.-L. GattoLLiat
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
2 mayflies from New Caledonia
Publication: Big diversity in a small hotspot: two new species of Leptophlebiidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) from New Caledonia.
Authors: Ľuboš Hrivniak, Michel Sartori, Pavel Sroka, Jindřiška Bojková
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, & Masaryk University, Czech Republic.
2 mayflies from Morocco
Publications: A new species of the genus Alainites Waltz & McCafferty, 1994 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from the north of Morocco; A new species of the Baetis fuscatus group (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from Morocco.
Authors: Majida El Alami, Laurent Vuataz, Sara El Yaagoubi, Jean-Luc Gattolliat
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Morocco.
128 moths from Europe and Asia
Publication: The Jacques Plante Noctuidae Collection. Part II. Amphipyrinae, Psaphidinae, Cuculliinae, Oncocnemidinae, Acontiinae, Pantheinae, Dyopsinae, Raphiinae, Acronictinae, Bryophilinae, Heliothinae, Condicinae & Xyleninae. New taxa. – Heterocera Press, Budapest. 445 pp. ISBN 978-615-5279-11-9.
Authors: Ronkay, L., Ronkay, G. & Landry, B.
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Heterocera Ltd, Budapest, Hungary.
6 mayflies from Philippines and Indonesia
Publication: New species of Nigrobaetis from Southeast Asia (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae).
Authors: Thomas Kaltenbach, Jean-Luc Gattolliat
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland
4 mayflies from South Asia
Publication: A new, widespread genus of Baetidae from South Asia (Insecta, Ephemeroptera).
Authors: Thomas Kaltenbach, Nikita J. Kluge, Jean-Luc Gattolliat
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
1 mayfly from Thailand
Publication: First report of the Afrotropical genus Securiops Jacobus, McCafferty & Gattolliat (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from Southeast Asia, with description of a new species.
Authors: Thomas Kaltenbach, Sirikamon Phlai-ngam, Chanaporn Suttinun, Jean-Luc Gattolliat
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Khon Kaen University, Chiang Mai University,Thailand
6 mayflies from New Guinea
Publication: New species of Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge from New Guinea (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae): a never-ending story of diversity.
Authors: Thomas Kaltenbach, Laurent Vuataz, Jean-Luc Gattolliat
Muséum cantonal des Sciences Naturelles & University of Lausanne, Switzerland
1 moth from Pakistan
Publciation: A review of the genus Eremohadena Ronkay, Varga & Fábián, 1995 subgenus Megahadena Ronkay, Varga & Gyulai, 2002 with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae).
Authors: Gábor Ronkay, László Ronkay & Bernard Landry
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Heterocera Ltd, Budapest, Hungary
3 moths from North America
Publication: On the species formerly assigned to Schrankia Hübner (Erebidae: Hypenodinae) in the Western Hemisphere, with the revalidation of Hypenopsis Dyar and descriptions of three new species.
Authors: Jean-François Landry, Bernard Landry & Paul Goldstein
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Canada; National Museum of National History, USA.
2 beetles from China
Publication: Two new species of Lederina Nikitsky & Belov, 1982 (Coleoptera: Melandryidae: Melandryinae) from Yunnan, China.
Author: Vivien Cosandey
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
1 moth from Africa
Publucation: Notes on the genus Argentochiloides Błeszyński, 1961, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae).
Author: Graziano Bassi
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
9 barklice from Southeast Asia
Publication: Nine new species of Psyllipsocus Selys-Longchamps, 1872 (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Psyllipsocidae) from Southeast Asia.
Author: Charles Lienhard
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
6 beetles from Taiwan
Publication: Description of six new species of Lederina Nikitsky & Belov, 1982 (Coleoptera: Melandryidae: Melandryinae) from Taiwan.
Author: Vivien Cosandey
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
4 beetles from Borneo
Publication: On the Cypariini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) of Borneo.
Authors: Ivan Löbl & Vivien Cosandey
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
56 beetles from Malaysia
Publication: Estimates of global biodiversity and costs of biodiversity research revisited, with a review of Sabah Scaphisoma Leach and descriptions of 56 new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae).
Author: Ivan Löbl
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
6 beetles from India
Publication: Additions to the knowledge of South Indian Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae).
Authors: Ivan Löbl & Vivien Cosandey
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
1 fossil water strider from France
Authors: André Nel, Bastien Mennecart, Tamara Spasojevic,Alexandra Viertler, Olivier Maridet, Loïc Costeur, Romain Garrouste, Pauline Coster
Natural History Museum Basel, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Jurassica Museum, Switzerland; Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles; ; Réserve Naturelle Nationale Géologique du Luberon
2 fossil mammals from China
Authors: Manuela Aiglstorfer, Shi-Qi Wang, Jie Cheng, Luda Xing, Jiao Fu, Bastien Mennecart
Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz, Germany; Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
1 fungus from Europe
Publication: Microstrobilinia castrans, a new genus and species of the Sclerotiniaceae parasitizing pollen cones of Picea spp.
Authors: Ludwig Beenken, Sophie Stroheker, Vivanne Dubach, Markus Schlegel, Valentin Queloz, Andrin Gross
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland