New Species 2020

1 mineral from Switzerland

This new mineral is not a biological species but its discovery contributes to the knowledge of the geological world.

Publication: Rüdlingerite, Mn2+2V5+As5+O7·2H2O, a New Species Isostructural with Fianelite.

Authors: Roth P., Meisser N., Nestola F., Škoda R., Cámara F., Bosi F., Ciriotti M.E., Hålenius U., Schnyder C., Bracco R.

Swiss Seismological Service, Musée Cantonal de Géologie, Université de Lausanne & Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland, and 9 other institutions from Europe.

2 beetles from Mexico

Publication: Two new species of Megarthrus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae) from Mexican Cloud Forests.

Authors: Rodríguez W. D., Navarrete-heredia J.L., Arriaga-Varela E. & Cuccodoro, G.

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Entomology, National Museum, Czech Republic; Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico.

1 mayfly from Guinea

Publication: Pedicelliops gen. nov., a new genus from West Africa with striking antennae (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae).

Auhtors: Thomas Kaltenbach & Jean-Luc Gattolliat

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

18 mayflies from the Philippines

Publication: The success story of Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge in the Philippines (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae), with description of 18 new species.

Authors: Thomas Kaltenbach, Jhoana M. Garces, Jean-Luc Gattolliat

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Ateneo de Manila University, The Philippines.

3 beetles from South China and Thailand

Publication: Review of asian species and cladistic analysis of Bironium csiki (coleoptera: staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) with comments on biogeography.

Authors: Ivan löbl, Richard A. B. Leschen and Ján Kodada

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, New Zealand; Comenius University in
Bratislava, Slovakia.

6 jumping lice from South East Asia and South Africa

Publication: A review of jumping plant lice of the genus Ctenarytaina (Hemiptera, Psylloidea, Aphalaridae) associated with Syzygium (Myrtaceae).

Authors: Daniel Burckhardt, Jan H. Giliomee, Victor L. Hamilton-Attwell & Dalva L. Queiroz

Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; University of Stellenbosch, Botanical Society Hermanus, South Africa; Embrapa Florestast, Brazil.

27 jumping lice from Brazil

Publication: Taxonomy and host-plant relationships of the psyllid genus Mitrapsylla (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Psyllidae) in Brazil.

Authors: DIANA ISABEL RENDÓN-MERA, DANIEL BURCKHARDT, RODNEY R. CAVICHIOLI & DALVA L. QUEIROZ

Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Embrapa Florestas, Brazil.

1 fossil euarthropod from Morocco

Publication: A new nektaspid euarthropod from the Lower Ordovician strata of Morocco.

Authors: Francesc Pérez-Peris, Lukáš Laibl, Lorenzo Lustri, Pierre Gueriau, Jonathan B Antcliffe, Orla G Bath Enright and Allison C Daley

University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Czech Academy of Sciences & Faculty of Science, Czech Republic.

3 cestodes from Australia

Publication: Molecular data reveal unexpected species diversity of tapeworms of Australasian reptiles: revision of Kapsulotaenia (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae).

Authors: ALAIN DE CHAMBRIER, JAN BRABEC & TOMÁŠ SCHOLZ

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

3 cestodes from the Neotropic

Publication: Integrative taxonomy reveals hidden cestode diversity in Pimelodus catfishes in the Neotropics.

Authors: Philippe V. Alves, Alain de Chambrier, José L. Luque, Tomáš Scholz

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil; Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic.

5 cestodes from Malaysia

Publication: Cestode parasites (Neodermata, Platyhelminthes) from Malaysian birds, with description of five new species.

Authors: Jean Mariaux & Boyko B. Georgiev

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

2 jumping lice from Brazil

Publication: Jumping plant lice of the genus Aphalara (Hemiptera, Psylloidea, Aphalaridae) in the Neotropics.

Authors: Daniel Burckhardt, Giulia Dalle Cort, Dalva Luiz de Queiroz

Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Universidade Federal do Paraná & Embrapa Florestas, Brazil.

1 beetle from China

Publication: A new weevil genus from the highlands of China casts doubts on monophyly of Cotasteromimina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Molytinae).

Authors: Christoph GERMANN, Vasily V. GREBENNIKOV

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa Plant Laboratory, Canada.

2 beetles from Nepal and India

Publication: Review of Clivina subgenus Dacca PUTZEYS, 1863, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini).

Author: Michael Balkenohl

Bonstetten, Switzerland.

9 beetles from Africa and Madagascar

Publication: A genus in disguise. Revision of the genus Salcedia Fairmaire, 1899 with descriptions of nine new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae, Salcediini).

Author: Michael Balkenohl

Bonstetten, Switzerland

2 beetles from West Africa

Publication: Salcedia FAIRMAIRE, 1899 from Africa with descriptions of the two new species S. bembereka nov.sp. and S. occidentalis nov.sp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae, Salcediini).

Author: Michael BALKENOHL

Bonstetten, Switzerland

1 dance fly from Tadzikistan

Publication: Revision of the aquatic dance flies (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae) described by F. Vaillant in two 1960 publications.

Authors: Bradley J. Sinclair, Igor V. Shamshev & Jean-Luc Gattolliat

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Canadian National Collection of Insects & Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canada; Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.

1 lungfish from Thailand

Publication: A new lungfish from the Jurassic of Thailand.

Authors: Lionel Cavin, Uthumporn Deesri & Phornphen Chanthasit

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Mahasarakham University & Sirindhorn Museum, Thailand.

1 Sapotaceae tree from Madagascar

Publication: Labramia ambondrombeensis (Sapotaceae), a Critically Endangered new species from Madagascar.

Authors: Aina Randriarisoa, Yamama Naciri & Laurent Gautier

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland

1 Araliaceae tree from Madagascar

Publication: Polysciadis (Araliaceae) species nova e Madagascaria in honorem Luciani Bernardii felsinei nominata.

Authors: Porter P. Lowry II, Martin W. Callmander & Rodolphe Spichiger

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland; Missouri Botanical Garden, USA; Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France.

1 primrose from the Alps

Publication: Androsace albimontana (Primulaceae): une nouvelle espèce des Alpes (France, Suisse, Italie) à distinguer de A. pubescens.

Authors: Fernand Jacquemoud & Denis Jordan

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland; Lully, France.

1 pandanus from Madagascar

Publication: Mountains Complex of Madagascar V: A new threatened Pandanus (Pandanaceae) from the Kalobinono massif.

Authors: Martin W. Callmander, Richard Razakamalala, Iacopo Luino, Roger Lala Andriamarisoa & Sven Buerki.

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva, Switzerland; Missouri Botanical Garden, Madagascar; Boise State University, USA.

10 beetles from Asia

Publication: Taxonomic notes on the genus Cyphochilus Waterhouse, 1867 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Melolonthinae) with description of 10 new species.

Author: Guido Sabatinelli

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland.

3 beetles from Chile

Publication: A revision of the Chilean Brachyglutini – Part 6. Revision of Achilia Reitter, 1890: A. grandiceps, A. valdiviensis, and A. bicornis species groups (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 foraminifers from Oman

Publication: New Cenomanian "nummoloculinas" of the Natih Formation of Oman.

Authors: Andr
é Piuz & Vicent Vicedo

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona, Spain.

1 moth from Switzerland

Publication: Nemapogon helveticola sp. nov. aus der Schweiz (Lepidoptera, Tineidae).

Authors: Reinhard Gaedike, Rudolf Bryner

Biel, Switzerland; Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Bonn, Germany.

5 spiders from south-east Asia

Publication: New euagrid spider species from Thailand and Malaysia,and new localities of Leptothele bencha (Arachnida: Araneae).

Authors: Peter J. Schwendinger, Christina Lehmann-Graber, Komson Hongpadharakiree & Nurul Syuhadah

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Sirinath Rajini Mangrove Ecosystem Learning Center, Thailand; The Liphistius Project, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

1 mayfly from Thailand

Publication: Cymbalcloeon gen. nov., an incredible new mayfly genus (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Thailand.

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

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; ZMKU, Zoological Museum of Kasetsart University,Thailand.

Note: this new species is unique by its gills movements (see video)

1 beetle from Mongolia

Publication: Nebria (Pseudonebriola) tsambagarav sp. nov., a new alpine species from the Mongolian Altai (Coleoptera, Carabidae).

Authors: Charles Huber, Peer Hajo Schnitter

Natural History Museum, Bern, Switzerland; Halle, Germany.

3 snakes from Angola

Publication: A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) species complex.

Authors: Jakob Hallermann , Luis MP Ceríaco , Andreas Schmitz , Raffael Ernst , Werner Conradie , Luke Verburgt , Mariana P Marques & Aaron M Bauer

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Universität Hamburg, Germany and 9 other institutions.

2 frogs from Cameroon

Publication: Evolutionary history of the Cameroon radiation of puddle frogs (Phrynobatrachidae: Phrynobatrachus), with descriptions of two critically endangered new species from the northern Cameroon Volcanic Line.

Authors: Václav Gvoždík, Tadeáš Nečas, Matej Dolinay, Breda M. Zimkus, Andreas Schmitz and Eric B. Fokam

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Masaryk University & National Museum, Czech Republic; Harvard University, USA; University of Buea, Cameroon.

1 monitor varan from Micronesia

Publication: Taxonomy of Micronesian monitors (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanus): endemic status of new species argues for caution
in pursuing eradication plans.

Authors: Valter Weijola, Varpu Vahtera, André Koch, Andreas Schmitz and Fred Kraus

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland; University of Turku, Finland; Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Germany; University of Michigan, USA.

1 beetle from Ecuador

Publication: The first discovery of the genus Pseudoalaocybites Osella, 1980 from Ecuador, with a description of a new species in an alpine ecosystem (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Molytinae).

Author: Christoph Germann

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland

2 beetles from Spain

Publication: On Anchonidium Bedel, 1884 sensu stricto, with descriptions of two new species from the Iberian peninsula (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Molytinae).

Authors: Christoph Germann

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland

27 jumping plant-lice from Brazil

Publication: Neotropical jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) associated with plants of the tribe Detarieae (Leguminosae, Detarioideae).

Authors: DANIEL BURCKHARDT & DALVA L. QUEIROZ

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; Embrapa Florestas, Brazil.

1 jumping plant-louse from Burma

Publication: New fossil from mid‑Cretaceous Burmese amber confirms monophyly of Liadopsyllidae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea).

Authors: Jowita Drohojowska, Jacek Szwedo, Patrick Müller & Daniel Burckhardt

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; University of Silesia & University of Gdańsk, Poland; Geological-Palaeontological Museum of the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Note: a new genus name was also proposed.

6 psyllids from Florida

Publication: The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist.

Authors: Susan E. Halbert & Daniel Burckhardt

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA.

1 jumping plant-lice from Iran

Publication: Jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Kerman, Iran, with the description of one new Cacopsylla species.

Authors: MOHAMMADREZA LASHKARI & DANIEL BURCKHARDT

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iran

1 psyllid from Taiwan

Publication: Trioza turouguei sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Psylloidea, Triozidae), a new psyllid species from Taiwan inducing pea-shaped stem galls on Cinnamomum osmophloeum (Lauraceae), with notes on its galling biology.

Authors: Gene-Sheng Tung, Yi-Chang Liao, Daniel Burckhardt & Man-Miao Yang

Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland; Taiwan Forestry Research Institute & National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan.

2 moths from Columbia

Publication: A review of the genus Microcrambus Błeszyński, 1963 (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambinae) in Colombia, with descriptions of two new species.

Authors: Bernard Landry & Tommy Andriollo

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland.

3 flatworms from France

Publication: A phylogenetically informed search for an alternative Macrostomum model species, with notes on taxonomy, mating
behavior, karyology, and genome size.

Authors: Lukas Schärer, Jeremias N. Brand, Pragya Singh, Kira S. Zadesen, Claus‐Peter Stelzer, Gudrun Viktorin

University of Basel, Switzerland; Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Russia; University of Innsbruck, Austria.

2 Cyprinid fishes from Laos

Publication: Devario pullatus and D. subviridis, two new species of minnows from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).

Author: Maurice Kottelat

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

1 eel from Myanmar

Publication: Macrognathus orthosemos, a new species of spiny eel from southern Myanmar (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae).

Authors: Ralf Britz and Maurice Kottelat

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member); Museum für Tierkunde, Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Germany; Natural History Museum,United Kingdom.

1 cicada from Sardinia

Publication: Look closely and listen carefully: unexpected cicada diversity in northern Sardinia, with the description of a
new species (Cicadidae: Tibicina).

Author: Thomas Hertach

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland

1 cyprinid fish from Borneo

Publication: Rasbora marinae, a new species of cyprinid fish from northwestern Borneo (Teleostei: Danionidae).

Authors: Tan Heok Hui & Maurice Kottelat

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member); National University of Singapore, Singapore.

1 cave fish from Myanmar

Publication: Kayahschistura lokalayensis, a new genus and species of cave fish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).

Authors: Maurice Kottelat & Jozef Grego

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (corresponding member); National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Note: a new genus was also proposed.

1 mayfly from China

Publication: A new species of Cincticostella (Ephemeroptera, Ephemerellidae) from China.

Authors: Chonlakran Auychinda, Dávid Murányi, Weihai Li, Michel Sartori, Jean-Luc Gattolliat

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Kasetsart University,Thailand; Eszterházy Károly University, Hungary; Henan Institute of Science and Technology, China.

3 mayflies from Thailand

Publications: A New Species of Vietnamella Tshernova 1972 (Ephemeroptera: Vietnamellidae) from Thailand. Vietnamellidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) of Thailand.

Authors: Chonlakran Auychinda, Luke M. Jacobus, Michel Sartori and Boonsatien Boonsoong

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Kasetsart University, Thailand; Indiana University Purdue University Columbus, USA.

1 dragonfly from Thailand

Publication: Stylogomphus thongphaphumensis (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae), a new gomphid dragonfly and the first record of S. malayanus Sasamoto, 2001 from Thailand.

Authors: Damrong Chainthong, Michel Sartori and Boonsatien Boonsoong

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

6 mayflies from Asia

Publication: Integrative taxonomy of the genus Dudgeodes Sartori, 2008 (Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Teloganodidae) from
the Philippines with description of new species and supplementary descriptions of Southeast Asian species.

Authors: Jhoana M. Garces, Michel Sartori, Hendrik Freitag

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Ateneo de Manila University, The Philippines.

3 mayflies from Borneo

Publication: Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge in Borneo (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae).

Authors: Thomas Kaltenbach, Jean-Luc Gattolliat

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

3 mayflies from Asia

Publication: A new genus of Baetidae (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) from Southeast Asia.

Authors: Thomas KALTENBACH, Jhoana M. GARCES & Jean-Luc GATTOLLIAT

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines

1 mayfly from Algeria

Publication: An unexpected new species of Habrophlebia from Algeria (Ephemeroptera, Leptophlebiidae).

Authors: Lina Hanane Kechemir, Michel Sartori, Abdelkader Lounaci

Museum of Zoology, Lausanne, & University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Université Mouloud Mammeri, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria