New species 2015-2016
2016 (206 new species)
153 @ 31.12.2016 but some more added after...
2 beetles from Thailand and Laos
Publication: Revision of the Oriental species of the genus Ancus Putzeys, 1866 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Clivinini).
Author: Michael Balkenohl
Bonstetten, Switzerland
1 protist from China
Publication: Nebela jiuhuensis nov. sp. (Amoebozoa; Arcellinida;Hyalospheniidae): A New Member of the Nebela saccifera -
equicalceus - ansata Group Described from Sphagnum Peatlands in South-Central China.
Authors: Yangmin Qin, Baiying Man, Anush Kosakyan, Enrique Lara, Yansheng Gu, Hongmei Wang & Edward A. D. Mitchell
Jardin Botanique de Neuchâtel & University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland; China University of Geosciences, China; University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1 fungus from Switzerland
Publication: Venturia orni sp. nov., a species distinct from Venturia fraxini, living in the leaves of Fraxinus ornus.
Authors: Mohammed Ibrahim & Markus Schlegel & Thomas N. Sieber
Institute of Integrative Biology, Forest Pathology and Dendrology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
7 beetles from Laos
Publication: Leaf-beetles of the subfamily Chrysomelinae of Laos (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
Authors: Eva Sprecher-Uebersax & Mauro Daccordi
Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Museo di Storia Naturale, Verona, Italy
1 beetle from New Guinea
Authors: Eva Sprecher-Uebersax & Mauro Daccordi
Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Museo di Storia Naturale, Verona, Italy
6 catfishes from Southeast Asia
Publication: The Glyptothorax of Sundaland: a revisionary study (Teleostei: Sisoridae).
Authors: Heok Hee Ng & Maurice Kottelat
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member) &Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Singapore.
1 mayfly from Tailand
Publication: Sangpradubina, an astonishing new mayfly genus from Thailand (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Atalophlebiinae)
Authors: Boonsatien Boonsoong & Michel Sartori
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, Switzerland; Kasetsart University, Bangkok , Thailand
1 non-biting midge from Switzerland
Authors: J. Moubayed-Breil & B. Lods-Crozet
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, Switzerland; Montpellier, France.
1 land snail from Iran
Authors: Bank, R. A. & Neubert, E.
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Switzerland; Leiden University & Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands.
11 new species of land snails from Turkey
Authors: Ruud, A. Bank, Henk P. M. G Menkhorst & Eike Neubert
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Switzerland; Leiden University & Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands.
1 land-snail from Syria
Publication: On a new species of Euchondrus Boettger, 1883 from Syria (Pulmonata: Enidae).
Authors: Eike Neubert & Zuhair Amr
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Switzerland; Jordan University of sciences and technology, Jordany.
15 spiders from Java and Sumatra
Publication: The goblin spider genus Ischnothyreus (Araneae, Oonopidae) in Java and Sumatra.
Authors: Miguel Richard, Werner Graber, Christian Kropf
University of Bern and Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland.
3 beetles from India and Sri Lanka
Authors: Giulio Cuccodoro & Zhiping Liu
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
1 moss from the Alps
Publication: Orthotrichum dentatum T.Kiebacher & Lüth sp. nov. (Orthotrichaceae).
Authors: Thomas Kiebacher & Michael Lüth
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland; Freiburg im
Breisgau, Germany.
1 jumping plant louse from Mexico
Publication: Jumping Plant Lice of the genus Calophya (Hemiptera: Calophyidae) in Mexico.
Authors: Paul Mendez, Daniel Burckhardt, Armando Equihua-Martínez, Jorge M. Valdez Carrasco & Edith G. Estrada-Venegas
Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Montecillo, México.
1 beetle from Greece
Publication: Brachysomus (Hippomias) xanthianus sp. n. from Thrace, Greece (coleoptera, curculionidae).
Authors: Christoph Germann, Carlo Braunert & George Kakiopoulos
Naturmuseum Solothurn & Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Switzerland; Musée national d’histoire naturelle de Luxembourg; Athens, Greece.
1 beetle from Anatolia
Publication: A new Otiorhynchus Germar, 1822 subgenus Tecutinus Reitter, 1912 from Anatolia (Coleoptera, Curculionidae).
Author: Christoph Germann
Naturmuseum Solothurn & Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Switzerland.
1 beetle from Iran
Publication: Persescaphium pari new genus and species, with an overview of Iranian Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).
Authors: Ivan Löbl & Ryo Ogawa
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Kobe University, Japan.
2 beetles from the Himalaya
Authors: Charles Huber & Hannes Baur
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Switzerland.
82 beetles from the Philippines
Authors: Ivan Löbl & Ryo Ogawa
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Kobe University, Japan.
1 frog from Borneo
Authors: Lea E. Waser, Manuel Schweizer, Alexander Haas, Indraneil Das, André Jankowski, Pui Yong Min & Stefan T. Hertwig
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland; Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Germany; Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia.
5 beetles from Asia
Authors: Ryo Ogawa & Ivan Löbl
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Kobe University, Japan.
1 beetle from Sulawesi
Publication: A new species of the genus Cyparium from northern Sulawesi, Indonesia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae).
Authors: Ryo Ogawa, Ivan Löbl & Kaoru Maeto
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Kobe University, Japan.
14 parasitoid wasps from Australia
Publications: (1) Nine new species of Dimophora from Australia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): new insights on the distribution of a poorly known genus of parasitoid wasps. (2) Revising Australian Pristomerus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae): species with a tooth on the hind femur.
Author: Seraina Klopfstein
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde & Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Bern, Switzerland; University of Adelaide, Australia.
11 moths from the Galápagos
Publication: Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
Authors: Bernard Landry
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
Note: The species pictured here was named Desmia mordor, in reference to Mordor, Sauron's land in "The Lord of the Rings". Mordor is volcanic and partly arid, like the Galápagos. This name also refers to the tendency of earlier authors to attribute names in relation to death to species of Desmia.
1 cestode parasite from Australia
Authors: Hugh I. Jones & Alain de Chambrier
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland & University of Western Australia.
Note: This species lives in the intestine of the monitor lizard Varanus spenceri.
1 beetle from Portugal
Authors: Christoph Germann & Carlo Braunert
Naturmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland & Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle de Luxembourg.
1 coelacanth from France
Publication: A new mawsoniid coelacanth (Actinistia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern France.
Authors: Lionel Cavin, Xaver Valentin & Géraldine Garcia
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Université de Poitiers, France; Palaios Association, Valdivienne, France.
Note: This fossil represents an extinct species from the Upper Cretaceous.
1 ginglymodian fish from Thailand
Authors: Uthumporn Deesri, Pratueng Jintasakul & Lionel Cavin
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Mahasarakham University & Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University,Thailand.
Note: This fossil represents an extinct species from the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous.
1 amphipod from the Alps
Publication: Description of a widely distributed but overlooked amphipod species in the European Alps.
Authors: Roman Alther, Cene Fiser & Florian Altermatt
Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology & University of Zurich, Switzerland; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
5 Eugenia shrubs from New Caledonia
Publication: New Species, new combinations, and lectotypifications in New Caledonian Eugenia L. (Myrtaceae).
Authors: Neil Snow, John W. Dawson, Martin W. Callmander, Kanchi Gandhi & Jérôme Munzinger
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland; Pittsburg State University, USA; Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; Harvard University Herbaria, USA; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France.
1 beetle from the Philippines
Authors: Zi-Wei Yin & Giulio Cuccodoro
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Shanghai Normal University.
2 beetles from the Himalaya
Publication: Contribution to the knowledge of Himalayan and North Indian species of Scaphidium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).
Authors: Ivan Löbl & Ryo Ogawa
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Kobe University, Japan.
1 barklouse from Mexico
Authors: Charles Lienhard & Alfonso N. García Aldrete
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
2 mayflies from Borneo
Publication: Two new species of Bungona Harker, 1957 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Borneo, Indonesia.
Authors: Pierre Marle, Frederico F. Salles & Jean-Luc Gattolliat
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, Switzerland; Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, São Mateus, Brazil.
1 herb from the Peruvian Andes
Publication: The world’s smallest Campanulaceae: Lysipomia mitsyae sp. nov.
Authors: Steven P. Sylvester, Dietmar Quandt, Lolita Ammann & Michael Kessler
University of Zurich, Switzerland; University of Bonn, Germany.
Note: This new species is one of the smallest flowering plants of the world.
3 grasses from Peru
Authors: Steven P. Sylvester, Robert J. Soreng, Paul M. Peterson & Mitsy D.P.V. Sylvester
University of Zurich, Switzerland; Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany; National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA; Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Perú.
3 mimosa plants from Bolivia
Publication: Bolivian Mimosa (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae): three new species and a species checklist.
Authors: Margoth Atahuachi, M. Leontien van der Bent, John R.I. Wood, Gwilym P. Lewis & Colin E. Hughes
University of Zurich, Switzerland; Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Bolivia; Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, The Netherlands; University of Oxford & Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, U.K.
1 viper from the Alps
Publication: A new vertebrate for Europe: the discovery of a range-restricted relict viper in the western Italian Alps.
Authors: Samuele Ghielmi, Michele Menegon, Stuart J. Marsden, Lorenzo Laddaga & Sylvain Ursenbacher
University of Basel & Karch Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Museo delle Scienze, Trento, Italy; Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK; Museo di Scienze, Naturali, Domodossola, Italy.
1 solitary bee from southern Africa
Publication: A new species of Fidelia Friese, 1899 (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), with a key to the species of the genus.
Authors: Jessica R. Litman, Connal D. Eardley & Michael Kuhlmann
Natural History Museum of Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Agricultural Research Council & University of KwaZuluNatal, South Africa; Zoological Museum, University of Kiel, Germany; Natural History Museum, London, UK.
1 beetle from Greece
Publication: Styphlus (s. str.) eteocretus sp. n. from Greece (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
Authors: Christoph Germann & Herbert Winkelmann
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern & Naturmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland.
1 beetle from Lesbos Island
Publication: Otiorhynchus (Choilisanus) theophrastus sp. nov. from Lesbos Island, Greece (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae).
Authors: Piotr Białooki & Christoph Germann
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern & Naturmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland; State Plant Health and Seed Inspection, Gdańsk, Poland.
2 protists from the Jura mountains and South Africa
Authors: Anush Kosakyan, Daniel J. G. Lahr, Matthieu Mulot, Ralf Meisterfeld, Edward A. D. Mitchell & Enrique Lara
University of Neuchatel & Jardin Botanique de Neuchâtel, Switzerland; University of Sao Paulo, Brasil; Aachen University, Germany.
Note: 5 new genera were also describded in this study. Quadrulella madibai (picture) was named in honor of Nelson Mandela.
1 fly from Caucasus
Publication: A new species of Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Caucasus.
Authors: Oleg P. Negrobov, Stefan Naglis & Olga O. Maslova
University of Zurich, Switzerland & Voronezh State University, Russia.
4 pseudoscorpions from China
Authors: Volker Mahnert & Yun-chun Li
Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland & Southwest University, China.
2015 (105 new species)
1 beetle from Hong Kong
Publication: Asioreicheia guenardi sp. nov. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini), a new peculiar species from Hong Kong.
Author: Michael Balkenohl & Paul Aston
Bonstetten, Switzerland; People's Republic of China
2 mayflies from Thailand
Publications: A new species of Compsoneuriella Ulmer, 1939 (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) from Thailand. The nymph of Gilliesia Peters & Edmunds, 1970 (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae), with description of a new species from Thailand.
Authors: Boonsatien Boonsoong & Michel Sartori
Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, Switzerland; Kasetsart University, Bangkok , Thailand.
4 frogs from Western Africa
Publication: Life in the spray zone – overlooked diversity in West African torrent-frogs (Anura, Odontobatrachidae, Odontobatrachus).
Authors: Michael F. Barej, Andreas Schmitz, Johannes Penner, Joseph Doumbia, Laura Sandberger-Loua, Mareike Hirschfeld, Christian Brede, Mike Emmrich, N’Goran Germain Kouamé, Annika Hillers, Nono Legrand Gonwouo, Joachim Nopper, Patrick Joel Adeba, Mohamed Alhassane Bangoura, Ceri Gage, Gail Anderson, Mark-Oliver Rödel.
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany (among others, see complete list in the article).
1 desert monitor lizard from the Western montains of Iraq and Iran
Publication: A new species of desert monitor lizard (Varanidae: Varanus: Psammosaurus) from the western Zagros region (Iraq, Iran).
Authors: Wolfgang Böhme, Klaus Ehrlich, Konstantin Milto, Nikolay Orlov & Sebastian Scholz
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig, Bonn, Germany; Zoological Institute RAN, Russia.
3 echinoids from Switzerland
Publication: Die Cidariden (Echinoidea, Echinodermata) der Wildegg-Formation (mittleres Oxfordien, Schweizer Jura).
Authors: Bernhard Hostettler & Ursula Menkveld-Gfeller
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Switzerland.
Note: These fossils represent extinct species from the Late Jurassic.
1 lichen from the Canary Islands
Publication: New Records of Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi from La Gomera (Canary Islands, Spain), including the new species: Usnea boomiana P. Clerc.
Authors: Pieter P. G. van den Boom, Philippe Clerc & Damien Ertz
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland; Son, The Netherlands; Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium.
3 Pandanus from Indonesia
Publication: The Genus Pandanus Parkinson (Pandanaceae) on Halmahera Island (Moluccas, Indonesia) with descriptions of three new species and a key to the species on the island.
Authors: Martin W. Callmander, Ary P. Keim, Sven Buerki & Peter B. Phillipson
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland; Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia; Natural History Museum, London, U.K.; Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France; Missouri Botanical Garden, USA.
2 primitive fishes from Switzerland
Publication: Two new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland, with implications for character evolution in the genus.
Authors: Erin E. Maxwell, Carlo Romano, Feixiang Wu & Heinz Furrer
Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich, Switzerland; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany; Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Note: These fossils represent 242 million year old predatory fishes (extinct species).
1 fern from Peru
Publication: A New Species of Moranopteris (Polypodiaceae) from Inaccessible Ledges in the High Andes of Peru.
Authors: Michael Sundue, Steven Paul Sylvester, Michael Kessler, Brendan Lyons, Tom A. Ranker & Clifford W. Morden
University of Zurich, Switzerland; University of Vermont & University of Hawai‘i, U. S. A.
1 legume shrub from Peru
Publication: A new cryptic species in a new cryptic genus in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) from the seasonally dry inter-Andean valleys of South America.
Authors: Edeline Gagnon, Colin E. Hughes, Gwilym P. Lewis & Anne Bruneau
University of Zurich, Switzerland; Université de Montréal, Canada; Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, U.K.
1 moth from Nicaragua
Publication: Description of a new species of Myelobia Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s.l., Crambinae) from Nicaragua feeding on cultivated bamboo, Guadua aculeata Rupr. ex E. Fourn. (Poaceae)
Authors: Bernard Landry, Jean-Michel Maes, Steven C. Passoa & Théo Léger
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Museo Entomológico de León, Nicaragua; U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Station and The Ohio State University, U.S.A.
1 protist from the Jura Mountains
Publication: Eight species in the Nebela collaris complex: Nebela gimlii (Arcellinida, Hyalospheniidae), a new species described from a Swiss raised bog.
Authors: David Singer, Anush Kosakyan, Amandine Pillonel, Edward A.D. Mitchell & Enrique Lara
University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2 bats from Taiwan and adjacent China
Publication: Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of Myotis bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Taiwan and adjacent China.
Authors: Manuel Ruedi, Gábor Csorba, Liang-kong Lin & Cheng-han Chou
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest; Tunghai University, Taiwan; Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan.
3 moths from the Galápagos Islands
Publication: The Pyraustinae (lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
Author: Bernard Landry
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
1 beetle from Cameroon
Publication: A new species of Goniacerini from Cameroon (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).
Authors: Giulio Cuccodoro & Zi-Wei Yin
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland & Shanghai Normal University (China)
2 beetles from Morocco
Publication: Two new species of Otiorhynchus GERMAR, 1822 subgenus Lixorrhynchus REITTER, 1914 from Morocco (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Otiorhynchini).
Authors: Piotr Białooki, Christoph Germann & Jean Pelletier
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern & Natur-Museum Luzern, Switzerland; State Plant Health and Seed Inspection, Gdańsk, Poland.
1 cicada from Switzerland and Italy
Publication: Songs, genetics, and morphology: revealing the taxonomic units in the European Cicadetta cerdaniensis cicada group, with a description of new taxa (Hemiptera: Cicadidae).
Authors: Thomas Hertach, Tomi Trilar, Elizabeth J. Wade, Chris Simon & Peter Nagel
University of Basel, Switzerland; Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Slovenia; University of Connecticut, USA ; Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
1 beetle from Greece
Publication: Echinodera (Ruteria) soumasi sp. n. from Greece (Coleoptera, Curculionidae).
Authors: Christoph Germann, Ingo Wolf & André Schütte
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern & Natur-Museum Luzern, Switzerland; Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Germany.
1 beetle from Crete
Publication: Otiorhynchus (Tecutinus) lefkaoriensis sp. nov. from Crete, Greece (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae).
Authors: Christoph Germann & Enzo Colonnelli
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Naturmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland; Roma, Italy.
4 beetles from the Mediterranean region
Publication: Four new Entiminae from the Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Phyllobiini, Trachyphloeini), with additional data on the distribution of some poorly known species.
Authors: Christoph Germann, Roman Borovec & Carlo Braunert
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Naturmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland; Smidary, Czech Republic; Musée national d’histoire naturelle de Luxembourg.
3 hydroids from Japan
Publication : On some hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Okinawa Islands, Japan.
Author: Peter Schuchert
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland
1 beetle from Greece
Publication: On the genus Styphlidius Penecke, 1936 with description of S. pelops sp. Nov. from Greece (Coleoptera, Curculionidae).
Author: Christophe Germann
Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Switzerland.
1 Beetle from Borneo
Publication: Revision of Neodeuterus Schaufuss and description of a new allied genus from Borneo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae).
Authors: Serguey Kurbatov & Giulio Cuccodoro
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland & Moscow, Russia.
Note: A new genus Borneodeuterus was also proposed in this publication.
2 barklice from Thailand
Publication: The alinguum group, a new species group of the genus Trichadenotecuum, with descriptions of two new species from Thailand (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera': Psocidae).
Authors: Kazunori Yoshizawa & Charles Lienhard
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Hokkaido University, Japan.
3 barklice from Asia
Publication: Synonymy of Cryptopsocus Li with Trichadenotecnum Enderlein (Insecta: Psocodea: 'Psocoptera': Psocidae) and description of three new species.
Authors: Kazunori Yoshizawa & Charles Lienhard
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Hokkaido University, Japan.
16 beetles from the Moluccas
Publication: Contribution to the knowledge of the Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Moluccas.
Author: Ivan Löbl
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland.
1 beetle from Borneo
Publication: Notes on Scaphisoma (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) of Kalimantan.
Author: Ivan Löbl
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland.
1 beetle from La Réunion
Publication: Scaphisoma poussereaui sp. nov. from La Réunion (Coleoptera; Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae), a range extension of the S. tricolor species group.
Author: Ivan Löbl
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland.
2 flies from Russia and Mongolia
Publication: Two new species of Medetera Fischer von Waldheim (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Russia and Mongolia.
Authors: Oleg P. Negrobov & Stefan Naglis
University of Zurich, Switzerland &Voronezh State University, Russia.
3 flies from the Iberian Peninsula
Publication: Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Iberian Peninsula, with description of three new species.
Authors: Stefan Naglis & Miroslav Barták
University of Zurich, Switzerland & Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic.
31 beetles from the Lesser Sunda Islands
Publication: On the Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Author: Ivan Löbl
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland.
2 spiders from Vietnam and Cambodia
Publication: Two news species of amoured spiders from Vietnam and Cambodia.
Authors: Peter Schwendinger and Ondrej Kosulic
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland & Mendel University, Czech Republic.