New Species: September 2020

by Piter Kehoma Boll

Here is a list of species described this month. It certainly does not include all described species. You can see the list of Journals used in the survey of new species here.

Bacteria

Streptomyces smaragdinus is a new actinobacterium isolated from the gut of the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis. Credits to Schwitalla et al. (2020).*

Archaeans

SARs

Chrysosplenium zhouzhiense is a new saxifragacean from China. Credits to Fu et al. (2020).*

Plants

Didymocarpus phuquocensis is a new gesneriacean from Vietnam. Credits to Tran et al. (2020).*
Iris dabashanensis is a new iris from China. Credits to Wilson (2020).*

Fungi

Gibellula pigmentosinum is a new spider-parasitic fungus from Thailand. Credits to Kuephadungphan et al. (2020).*

Poriferans

Cnidarians

Flatworms

Cratera paraitinga is a new land planarian from São Paulo, Brazil. Credits to Araujo et al. (2020).*

Mollusks

Plakobranchus noctisstellatus is a new sea snail from the Gulf of Thailand. Credits to Mehrotra et al. (2020).*

Annelids

Bryozoans

Leptolaimus dififtinus is a new chromadorean nematode from New Zealand. Credits to Leduc et al. (2020).*

Nematodes

Tardigrades

Pseudechiniscus shintai is a new water bear from Japan. Credits to Vončina et al. (2020).*

Arachnids

Pholcus tongyaoi is a new spider from China. Credits to Wang et al. (2020).*

Myriapods

Crustaceans

Scyramathia tenuipes is a new spider crab from the Mediterranean. Credits to Lee et al. (2020).*

Insects

Cerapanorpa qinlingensis is a new scorpionfly from China. Credits to Gao et al. (2020).*
Phtheochroa carpatiana is a new moth from Romania. Credits to Kovács et al. (2020).*

Chondrichthyans

Actinopterygians

‘Henicorhynchus’ thaitui is a new cavefish from Vietnam. Credits to Nguyen et al. (2020).*

Amphibians

Amazophrynella gardai is a new toad from the Brazilian Amazonia. Credits to Mângia et al. (2020).*

Reptiles

Mammals

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