New Species Swiss Made 2024

3 fossil wasps

Publication : Three taphonomic stories of three new fossil species of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae).

Authors: Alexandra Viertler, Fons Verheyde, Martin Schwarz, Georg Schulz, Seraina Klopfstein & Bastien Mennecart

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel & Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Switzerland; Ostend,
Belgium; Biologiezentrum Linz, Austria.

5 moths from The Galapagos Islands

Publication: Taxonomic revision of the Crambinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae sensu lato) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Authors: Bernard Landry, Théo Léger

Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Switzerland; Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany

1 jumping louse from China

Publication: Melanastera sinica He & Burckhardt, sp. nov., a new psylloid species (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) from China developing on Grewia sp. (Malvaceae).

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

1 loach from Borneo

Publication : Kapuasia falaris, a new species of nemacheilid loach from Borneo (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)

Authors : Maurice Kottelat, Tan Heok Hui & Veryl Hasan

Delémont, Switzerland ; National University of Singapore, Singapoer; Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia

2 beetles from New Guinea and Vietnam

Publication : On Asian Clivinini. Assignment of the vulgivaga-, mekongensis-, and westwoodi-species groups of the genus Clivina Latreille, 1802, with revision of the vulgivaga- and mekongensis-species groups (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini)

Author : Michael Balkenohl

Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Switzerland

3 mayflies from Thailand

Publication: Taxonomic notes on the genus Baetiella Uéno, 1931 (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae), with description of three new species from Thailand.

Authors : Sirikamon Phlai-ngam , Boonsatien Boonsoong , Jean-Luc Gattolliat , Nisarat Tungpairojwong

Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles & University of Lausanne, Switzerland ; Burapha University & Khon Kaen University, Thailand

10 Turraea schrubs from Madagascar

Publication: Descriptions of ten new species of Turraea L. (Meliaceae, Turraeeae) from Madagascar with notes on the species described by Buchenau.

Authors: Martin W. CALLMANDER & Louis NUSBAUMER

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève and University of Geneva, Switzerland

3 cestodes from Ecuador

Publication : Three new species of Ophiotaenia La Rue, 1911 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) from dipsadine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae) in Ecuador.

Authors : Alain de Chambrier , Roman Kuchta and Tomáš Scholz

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

1 extinct bovid from Europe

Publication : Systematic contribution of the auditory region to the knowledge of the oldest European Bovidae (Mammalia,
Ruminantia).

Authors : Bastien Mennecart, Francis Duranthon, Loïc Costeur

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Muséum de Toulouse, France

6 stoneflies from the Alps

Publication: Notes on the genus Dictyogenus Klapálek, 1904 (Plecoptera, Perlodidae) in the Austrian, Italian, Slovenian and Swiss Alps, with the description of six new species.

Author: J.-P. G. Reding

Corcelles, Switzerland

1 Cyperaceae from Madagascar

Publication: A new remarkable species of Scleria (Cyperaceae) from northern Madagascar.

Authors: Isabel Larridon, Kenneth Bauters, Fitiavana Rasaminirina, Javier Galán Díaz, José Ignacio Márquez-Corro, Laurent Gautier

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève and University of Geneva, Switzerland; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK; University of Madrid, Spain

1 Sapotaceae tree from Madagascar

Publication: Revision of the emblematic Malagasy tree genus Tsebona (Sapotaceae) with the description of a second species.

Authors: Carlos G. Boluda, Roger Lala Andriamiarisoa, Yamama Naciri, Laurent Gautier

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève and University of Geneva, Switzerland; Missouri Botanical Garden, Madagascar Research and Conservation Program, Madagascar

7 Rubiaceae from Madagascar

Publication: A new review of the Western Indian Ocean genus Danais (Rubiaceae: Danaideae), with seven new species from Madagascar.

Authors: Charlotte M. Taylor, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Martin W. Callmander, Heidi H. Schmidt

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Switzerland; Missouri Botanical Garden, USA; Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden

1 bee from Southern Europe

Publication : A new osmiine bee with a spectacular geographic disjunction: Hoplitis (Hoplitis) onosmaevae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Anthophila, Megachilidae).

Authors : Matthieu Aubert, Andreas Müller, Christophe Praz

Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, & info fauna, Swiss Zoological Records Center, Switzerland; Observatoire des Abeilles, Pégairolles-de-Buèges, France

1 extinct arthropod from Morocco

Publication : Lower Ordovician synziphosurine reveals early euchelicerate diversity and evolution.

Authors: Lorenzo Lustri, Pierre Gueriau & Allison C. Daley

Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland ; Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, MNHN, & Institut photonique d’analyse non-destructive européen des matériaux anciens, Saint-Aubin, France.

1 catfish from Laos

Publication: Oreoglanis brevicula, a new species of rheophilic catfish from Laos (Actinopterygii: Sisoridae)

Authors: Heok Hee Ng, Maurice Kottelat

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

1 loach from Laos

Publication: Lepidocephalichthys balios, a new species of loach from central Laos (Teleostei: Cobitidae)

Author: Maurice Kottelat

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

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.

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

19 moths from Africa

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

Author: Graziano Bassi

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland