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New Species Swiss Made - 2025

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@gmail.com

Click below for previous years:

2015 (105 new species); 2016 (206); 2017 (143); 2018 (141); 2019 (96); 2020 (241); 2021 (160); 2022 (103); 2023 (333) ; 2024 (102)


170 new species in 2025

Benthamia mamyliae
Benthamia mamyliae
Benthamia mamyliaeImage: L. Rapp
Image: L. Rapp

1 orchid from Madagascar

Publication: Benthamia mamilyae (Orchidaceae), a new species from southern Madagascar

Authors: Johan Hermans, Laurent Gautier, Ludovic Rapp

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

1 sapotacae tree from Madagascar

Publication: Labramia samiana (Sapotaceae), a new endangered species from eastern Madagascar

Authors: Laurent Gautier, Aina Randriarisoa, Yamama Naciri

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

Combretum microflorum
Combretum microflorum
Combretum microflorumImage: L M
Image: L M

2 trees from Madagascar

Publication: Two new species of Combretum (Combretaceae) from Loky Manambato (Daraina, north-east Madagascar)

Authors: Carel C.H. Jongkind, Louis Nusbaumer

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève and University of Geneva, Switzerland; Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium

Cheilophis periplanete
Cheilophis periplanete
Cheilophis periplaneteImage: B. Mennecart
Image: B. Mennecart

1 fossil snake from North America

Publication: Another wanderer from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum? A new­ species of the North American snake genus Cheilophis Gilmore, 1938 from the early Eocene of France

Authors: G. Georgalis & B. Mennecart

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Mycena laurivora
Mycena laurivora
Mycena laurivoraImage: J: C. Zamora
Image: J: C. Zamora

1 fungus from Spain and Madeira

Publication: Mycena laurivora sp. nov., a new white species in M. sect. Polyadelphia

Authors: VILLARREAL M., CAMPOS J. C. & ZAMORA J. C.

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève and University of Geneva, Switzerland; Universidad de Alcalá & Grupo Microscopía Sociedad Micológica, Madrid, Spain

Monoceromyia ndidiae
Monoceromyia ndidiae
Monoceromyia ndidiaeImage: Jiri Hodecek
Image: Jiri Hodecek

1 flower fly from the Dominican Republic

Publication: A New Species of the Wasp Mimic Flower Fly Genus Monoceromyia Shannon, 1922 (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Dominican Republic

Authors: Ximo Mengual, Jiri Hodecek, Zachary R. Dankowicz, and Aaron Schusteff

Swiss Human Institute of Forensic Taphonomy, University Centre of Legal Medicine & Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles, Switzerland; Museum Koenig Bonn, Germany; University of Maryland, City College of San Francisco, USA

C.hodeceki
C.hodeceki
C.hodecekiImage: JIŘÍ HODEČEK
Image: JIŘÍ HODEČEK

2 beetles from the Dominican Republic

Publication: Two additional new species of Cryptorhopalum (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from the Dominican Republic

Authors: JIŘÍ HÁVA & JIŘÍ HODEČEK

Swiss Human Institute of Forensic Taphonomy & Museum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles, Lausanne, Switzerland; Prague-west, Czech Republic

Dreisbachia delossantosi
Dreisbachia delossantosi
Dreisbachia delossantosiImage: Jiri Hodecek
Image: Jiri Hodecek

1 fly from the Dominican Republic

Publication: A new species of Dreisbachia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Dominican Republic

Authors: Augustijn De Ketelaere, Jiri Hodecek

Swiss Human Institute of Forensic Taphonomy & Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles, Lausanne, Switzerland; Beernem, Belgium

Platybaetis arunachalensis
Platybaetis arunachalensis
Platybaetis arunachalensisImage: J.-L. Gattolliat
Image: J.-L. Gattolliat

1 mayfly from India

Publication: Contribution to the genus Platybaetis Müller-Liebenau, 1980 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in India

Authors: M. VASANTH, T. KUBENDRAN, K.A. SUBRAMANIAN, J.-L. GATTOLLIAT, C. SUTTINUN &
LIMATEMJEN

Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre & Kohima Science College, India; Kasetsart University, Thailand

Baetis dzulekensis
Baetis dzulekensis
Baetis dzulekensisImage: J.-L. Gattolliat
Image: J.-L. Gattolliat

3 mayflies from India

Publication: Three new species of the subgenus Tenuibaetis Kang & Yang, 1994 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from India

Authors: M. VASANTH, T. KUBENDRAN, K.A. SUBRAMANIAN, J-L. GATTOLLIAT & DHRITI BANERJEE

Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Zoological Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre & Prani Vigyan Bhawan, India

Petracloeon carolinensis
Petracloeon carolinensis
Petracloeon carolinensisImage: J.-L. Gattolliat
Image: J.-L. Gattolliat

1 fossil mayfly from the USA

Publication: The first mayfly (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from Late Cretaceous amber of North Carolina, USA

Authors: Pavel Sroka, Jean-Luc Gattolliat

Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles & University of Lausanne, Switzerland ; Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

Thraulus eloisae
Thraulus eloisae
Thraulus eloisaeImage: M. Sartori
Image: M. Sartori

26 mayflies from New Guinea

Publication: The Leptophlebiidae of New Guinea (Ephemeroptera, Choroterpinae, Thraulini)

Authors: Michel Sartori, Frederico F. Salles

Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Museu de Entomologia, Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil

Papuanatula bessa
Papuanatula bessa
Papuanatula bessaImage: J.-L. Gattoliat
Image: J.-L. Gattoliat

20 mayflies from New Guinea

Publication: Redescription of Papuanatula Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae), with description of a new subgenus
and 20 new species.

Authors: Thomas Kaltenbach , Nikita J. Kluge , Jean-Luc Gattolliat

Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia

Habrophlebia abietis
Habrophlebia abietis
Habrophlebia abietisImage: M. Sartori
Image: M. Sartori

2 mayflies from Morocco

Publication: Integrative taxonomy of the genus Habrophlebia Eaton, 1881 in Morocco (Ephemeroptera, Leptophlebiidae): new species, redescriptions, and morphological-mitochondrial discrepancies

Authors: MAJIDA EL ALAMI, LAURENT VUATAZ, SARA EL YAAGOUBI & MICHEL SARTORI

Muséum Cantonal des Sciences Naturelles & University of Lausanne, Switzerland ; Essaadi University, Morocco

Cincticostella parvula
Cincticostella parvula
Cincticostella parvulaImage: Michel Sartori
Image: Michel Sartori

1 mayfly from Thailand

Publication: A new species of Cincticostella Allen, 1971 (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae) from Thailand

Authors: Chonlakran Auychinda , Nitikarn Buchawongpiwat, Michel Sartori, and Boonsatien Boonsoong

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

Paurocephalini Brazil
Paurocephalini Brazil
Paurocephalini BrazilImage: Burckhardt D.
Image: Burckhardt D.

60 jumping lice from Brazil

Publication: Jumping plant-lice of the tribe Paurocephalini (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae) in Brazil.

Authors: Serbina L. Š., Malenovský I., Queiroz D. L. & Burckhardt D.

Clivina_2025
Clivina_2025
Clivina_2025Image: MICHAEL BALKENOHL
Image: MICHAEL BALKENOHL
Epipsylla suni
Epipsylla suni
Epipsylla suniImage: Burckhardt D.
Image: Burckhardt D.

5 beetles from Taiwan

Publication; On Taiwanese Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with descriptions of five new species and new records

Authors: Ivan Löbl, Fang-Shuo Hu

Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Switzerland; Natural History Museum of Denmark at the University of Copenhagen,Denmark

13 beetles from Myanmar

Publication: On the Myanmar Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Author: Ivan Löbl

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland