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New Species 2018

New Species 2018 (141)

Ardistomis ferreirai
Immagine: MICHAEL BALKENOHL

1 beetle from Brazil

Publication: A peculiar new beetle from Brazil associated with a cave habitat (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Clivinini).

Authors: MICHAEL BALKENOHL, THAIS GIOVANNINI PELLEGRINI & ROBSON DE ALMEIDA ZAMPAULO

Bonstetten, Switzerland; Universidade Federal de Lavras & Environmental Licensing and Speleology, Lavras, Brazil.

Lobaria hengduanensis
Immagine: Miao Cong-Cong

3 cyanobacteries from China

Publication: Three new cyanobacterial species of Lobaria (Lobariaceae, Peltigerales) from the Hengduan Mountains, China.

Authors: Miao Cong-Cong, Wang Xin-Yu, Christoph Scheidegger, Wang Li-Song & Zhao Zun-Tian

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Zurich & University of Bern, Switzerland; Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong & Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, China.

Amblyceps improcerum
Immagine: M. Kottelat

1 fish from Myanmar

Publication: Amblyceps improcerum, a new sisoroid catfish from Kachin State, Myanmar (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae).

Author: Heok Hee Ng & Maurice Kottelat

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member); Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Mustura celata
Immagine: M. Kottelat

1 fish from Myanmar

Publication: Mustura celata, a new genus and species of loaches from northern Myanmar, and an overview of Physoschistura and related taxa (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).

Author: Maurice Kottelat

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member); Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Exostoma sectile
Immagine: M. Kottelat

1 fish from Myanmar

Publication: A New Glyptosternine Catfish from Northern Myanmar (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae).

Authors: Heok Hee Ng and Maurice Kottelat

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member); Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Toxotes sundaicus
Immagine: M. Kottelat

3 fishes from Southeast Asia

Publication: Three new species of archerfishes from the freshwaters of Southeast Asia (Teleostei: Toxotidae) and notes on Henri Mouhot’s fish collections.

Authors: Maurice Kottelat & Tan Heok Hui

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member); Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Bachitherium thrakiensis
Immagine: B. Mennecart

1 extinct ruminant from Bulgaria

Publication: Discovery of the oldest European ruminant in the late Eocene of Bulgaria: did tectonics influence the diachronic development of the Grande Coupure?

Authors: Mennecart B., Geraads D., Spassov N., Zagorchev I.

Natural History Museum Basel, Switzerland; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France; Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria; National Museum of Natural History & Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Hylia_perrini
Immagine: C. Dufresnes

1 frog from Italy and Switzerland

Publication: Genomic Evidence for Cryptic Speciation in Tree Frogs From the Apennine Peninsula, With Description of Hyla perrini sp. nov.

Authors: Christophe Dufresnes and 23 co-authors

University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and nine other institutions

Baetis gomerensis
Immagine: Jean-Luc Gattolliat

3 mayflies from the Canary Islands

Publication: From molecular hypotheses to valid species: description of three endemic species of Baetis (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from the Canary Islands.

Authors: Jean-Luc Gattolliat, Sereina Rutschmann, Michael T. Monaghan & Michel Sartori

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Vigo, Spain; Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries & Berlin Center for Genomics in Biodiversity Research, Berlin, Germany.

Labiobaetis elisae
Immagine: Kaltenbach & Gattolliat

26 mayflies from New Guinea

Publication: The incredible diversity of Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge in New Guinea revealed by integrative taxonomy (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae).

Authors: Thomas Kaltenbach & Jean-Luc Gattolliat

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

Nebria loebliana
Immagine: Charles Huber

4 beetles from the Himalayas

Publications: Description of two new Nebria (Eunebria) species from Central Nepal with remarks on N. xanthacra Chaudoir, 1850 and N. cinctella Andrewes, 1925 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Nebriini). Two new species of the genus Nebria Latreille, 1802, subgenus Asionebria Shilenkov, 1982 from Tibet (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Nebriini).

Authors: Charles Huber & Joachim Schmidt

Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Switzerland; University of Rostock, Germany

Rhamphus loebli
Immagine: Christoph Germann

1 beetle from Portugal

Publication: A new species from Portugal and a replacement name in Rhamphus Clairville, 1798 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae).

Authors: Christoph Germann & Enzo Colonnelli

Naturmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland; Roma, Italy.

Phyxioschema gedrosia
Immagine: Peter J. Schwendinger

1 spider from Iran

Publication: A new species of Phyxioschema (Araneae: Dipluridae) from Iran.

Authors: Peter J. Schwendinger & Alireza Zamani

Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; University of Tehran, Iran.

10 beetles from China and Chile

Publications: Supplement to the knowledge of the genera Baeocera ERICHSON, 1845 and Scaphobaeocera CSIKI, 1909 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of the People’s Republic of China; On the Baeocera monstrosa group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae), with description of a new species from China; Review of the genus Baeocera of Chile (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae)

Author: Ivan LÖBL

Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland

Smetanabatrus loebli
Immagine: Giulio Cuccodoro

1 beetle from Malaysia

Publication: Notes on Smetanabatrus from Southeast Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).

Authors: Zi-Wei Yin & Giulio Cuccodoro

Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Shanghai Normal University, P. R. China.

Paracosmetocleithrum trachydorasi
Immagine: Isabel Blasco-Costa

2 trematode parasites from Brazil

Publication: A new genus and two new species of dactylogyrid monogeneans from gills of Neotropical catfishes (Siluriformes: Doradidae and Loricariidae).

Authors: Aline Angelina Acosta, Tomáš Scholz, Isabel Blasco-Costa, Philippe Vieira Alves, Reinaldo José da Silva

Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; São Paulo State University & Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic.

Baetis pacis
Immagine: Jean-Luc Gattolliat

4 mayflies from Israel

Publication: Taxonomy of Baetis Leach in Israel (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae).

Authors: Zohar Yanai, Jean-Luc Gattolliat & Netta Dorchin

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Lanxangichthys alticephalus
Immagine: Lionel Cavin

1 fossil ray-finned fishes from Laos

Publication: A new Lepisosteiformes (Actinopterygii : Ginglymodi) from the Early Cretaceous of Laos and Thailand, SE Asia.

Authors: Cavin, L., Deesri., D, Veran, M., Khentavong, B, Jintasakul, P., Chanthasit, P. & Allain, R.

Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Mahasarakham University, Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University & Sirindhorn Museum Thailand; Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France; Savannakhet Dinosaur Museum, Laos.

Note: a new genus was also described in this study.

Pseudorhaphitoma chocolata_2
Immagine: Emmanuel Tardy

5 sea snails from the Philippines

Publication: Description of five new species of Pseudorhaphitoma (Gastropoda: Mangeliidae) from the Philippines.

Authors: Peter Stahlschmidt & Emmanuel Tardy

Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany.

Scaphisoma ancora
Immagine: Ivan Löbl

10 beetles from Sulawesi

Publication: A review of Scaphisomatini from Sulawesi, with descriptions of ten new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae).

Author: Ivan Löbl

Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland

9 beetles from the Philippines and China

Publications: Supplement to the knowledge of the Philippine Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae); On the Chinese species of Scaphobaeocera Csiki, 1909, and new records of Scaphoxium Löbl, 1979 and Toxidium LeConte, 1860 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae).

Author: Ivan Löbl

Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland

Scambus fossilobus
Immagine: Tamara Spasojevic

7 fossil parasitoid wasps from Germany

Publication: Seven remarkable new fossil species of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Eocene Messel Pit.

Authors: Tamara Spasojevic, Sonja Wedmann & Seraina Klopfstein

Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern & University of Bern, Switzerland; Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Messel, Germany.

Note: two new genera were also described in this study.

Crusopimpla tadushiensis
Immagine: Seraina Klopfstein

2 fossil parasitoid wasps from Russia

Publication: New ichneumonids (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Eocene Tadushi Formation, Russian Far East.

Authors: D.S. Kopylov, T. Spasojevic & S. Klopfstein

Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern & University of Bern, Switzerland; Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.

Note: a new genus was also described in this study.

Labiobaetis potamoticus
Immagine: Jean-Luc Gattolliat

2 mayflies from Saudi Arabia

Publication: Labiobaetis from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Baetidae).

Authors: Jean-Luc Gattolliat, Boris C. Kondratieff, Thomas Kaltenbach, Hathal M. Al Dhafer

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Colorado State University, USA; King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Lupinus luisanae
Immagine: Colin Hughes

1 lupin from Colombia

Publication: The acaulescent rosette species of Lupinus L. (Fabaceae) of Colombia and Ecuador including a new species from Colombia.

Authors: N. Contreras-Ortiz, O. A. Jara-Muñoz & C. E. Hughes

University of Zurich, Switzerland; Universidad de los Andes & 2Jardín Botánico de Bogotá, Columbia

Capurodendron sahafariense
Immagine: F. Ratovoson

3 tree species from Madagascar

Publication: Three Critically Endangered new species of Capurodendron (Sapotaceae) from Madagascar.

Authors: Laurent Gautier & Yamama Naciri

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland

Bizarria bryiformis
Immagine: Jan Pawlowski

5 foraminifers from the Pacific Ocean

Publication: Five new species and two new genera of xenophyophores (Foraminifera: Rhizaria) from part of the abyssal equatorial Pacific licensed for polymetallic nodule exploration.

Authors: Andrew J. Gooday, Maria Holzmann, Aurélie Goineau, Richard B. Pearce, Ivan Voltski, Alexandra A.-T. Weber & Jan Pawlowski

University of Geneva, Switzerland; National Oceanography Centre & Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, UK

Note: Bizarria bryiformis gen. et sp. nov. (picture) displays unusual features for the group.

Vanhoeffenella dilatata
Immagine: Jan Pawlowski

1 foraminifer from the Antarctic Sea

Publication: Eyes of the Deep-sea Floor: The Integrative Taxonomy of the Foraminiferal Genus Vanhoeffenella.

Authors: Ivan Voltskia, Andrew J. Goodayb & Jan Pawlowski

University of Geneva, Switzerland; National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, UK

Cyrea szymborska
Immagine: Jan Pawlowski

1 foraminifer from the Mediterranean Sea

Publication: Cyrea szymborska gen. et sp. nov., a new textulariid foraminifer from the Mediterranean Sea.

Authors: Maria Holzmann, Sylvain Rigaud, Shahrouz Amini, Ivan Voltski & Jan Pawlowski

University of Geneva, Switzerland; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Note: a new genus was also proposed for this new species

Leuckartiara longicalcar
Immagine: Peter Schuchert

1 hydroid from North America

Publication: DNA barcoding of some Pandeidae species (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Anthoathecata).

Author: Peter Schuchert

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva & University of Geneva, Switzerland

Cryptancistrus similis
Immagine: Sonia Fisch-Muller

6 catfishes from from the Guianas

Publication: An integrative framework to reevaluate the Neotropical catfish genus Guyanancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with particular emphasis on the Guyanancistrus brevispinis complex.

Authors: Sonia Fisch-Muller, Jan H. A. Mol & Raphaël Covain

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva & University of Geneva, Switzerland; University of Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname

Note: a new genus was also described in this work.

Achilia trauco
Immagine: S. A. Kurbatov

2 beetles from Chile

Publication: A revision of the Chilean Brachyglutini – Part 3. Revision of Achilia Reitter, 1890: A. frontalis species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).

Authors: Sergey A. Kurbatov, Giulio Cuccodoro & Giorgio Sabella

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva & University of Geneva, Switzerland; Museum of Entomology, Bykovo, Russia; University of Catania, Italy.

Microphallus ochotensis
Immagine: Isabel Blasco-Costa

1 trematode parasite from the North Pacific

Publication: Microphallus ochotensis sp. nov. (Digenea, Microphallidae) and relative merits of two-host microphallid life cycles.

Authors: Kirill V. Galaktionov & Isabel Blasco-Costa

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva & University of Geneva, Switzerland; Russian Academy of Sciences & St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Note: this species is an internal parasite of Pacific eiders.

Dictymetra longiuncinata
Immagine: Jean Mariaux (detail of the hooks)

7 cestode parasites from Australia

Publication: Seven new species of cestode parasites (Neodermata, Platyhelminthes) from Australian birds.

Authors: Jean Mariaux & Boyko B. Georgiev

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva & University of Geneva, Switzerland; Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Niphargus luchoffmanni
Immagine: Roman Alther

2 amphipods from Switzerland

Publication: Translating Niphargus barcodes from Switzerland into taxonomy with a description of two new species (Amphipoda, Niphargidae).

Authors: Cene Fišer, Roman Alther, Valerija Zakšek, Špela Borko, Andreas Fuchs & Florian Altermatt

Eawag Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, & University of Zurich, Switzerland; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany.

Note: The species were named after Hans Lukas “Luc” Hoffmann (1923–2016), naturalist and ecologists, founder of the MAVA foundation and co-founder of the World Wild Fund for NAture (WWF), and after Tony Whitten (1953–2017), who devoted his life to nature conservation including conserving life in caves, also being a co-chair of the Cave Invertebrate Specialist Group at IUCN.

Habrophlebia hassainae

1 mayfly from North Africa

Publication: Habrophlebia hassainae, a new mayfly species (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from North Africa.

Authors: Nadhira Benhadji, Karima Abdellaoui Hassaine & Michel Sartori

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Université de Tlemcen, Algérie

Prototheora katangensis

2 moths from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania

Publication: Two new species of Prototheora Meyrick from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania representing the northernmost records for the genus (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae).

Authors: Bernard Landry & Donald R. Davis

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA

Platybaetis nayokensis

1 mayfly from Thailand

Publication: A new species of Platybaetis Müller-Liebenau, 1980 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Thailand, with description of the imago of Platybaetis bishopi Müller-Liebenau, 1980.

Authors: Chanaporn Sutthinun, Jean-Luc Gattolliat & Boonsatien Boonsoong

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

Cryptodiscus_muriformis

2 ascomycetes from Europe

Publication: Cryptodiscus muriformis and Schizoxylon gilenstamii, two new species of Stictidaceae (Ascomycota).

Authors: Samantha Fernández-Brime, Ibai Olariaga, Hans-Otto Baral, Gernot Friebes, Walter Jaklitsch,
Beatrice Senn-Irlet & Mats Wedin

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden; BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences & University of Vienna, Austria; Tübingen, Germany.

Chironomids from Switzerland

5 Chironomids from Switzerland

Publication: On the genus Chaetocladius s. str. Kieffer, 1911 from Switzerland with descriptions of five new relic species occurring in glacial alpine springs and streams (Diptera, Chironomidae).

Authors: Joel Moubayed-Breil & Brigitte Lods-Crozet

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, Switzerland; Freshwater & Marine biology, Montpellier, France

Foreyia maxkuhni

A 240 million years old bizarre fish, species of the year 2018 of the SSS

Foreyia maxkuhni is on display in the expositions of the Natural History Museum of the Grisons at Chur/Bündner Naturmuseum, Chur.


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