New Species: August 2023

by Piter Kehoma Boll

It’s been 84 years, but we are finally having a new species post again! Yay!

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

Stratiformator vulcanicus is a new planctomycete from the Tyrrhenian sea.

Archaeans

Haptists

Illicium guansuense is a new tree from China.

SARs

Plants

Hohenbuehelia lageniformis is a new mushroom from Thailand.

Ancyromonads

Fungi

Neobelonopsis cinnabarina is a new ascomycete from Japan.

Sponges

Cnidarians

Echinoderms

Sphoeroides camila is a new pufferfish from Brazil.

Actinopterygians

Moenkhausia iris is a new characid from Brazil.

Amphibians

Tylototriton zaimeng is a new salamander from India.

Mammals

Uropsilus fansipanensis is a new shrew mole from Vietnam.
Neacomys marci is a new rodent from Ecuador.

Reptiles

Dixonius fulbrighti is a new gekko from Vietnam.

Rotiferans

Flatworms

Humbertium ithorense is a new hammerhead flatworm from Magadascar named after the Ithorians, an alien species from Star Wars.

Nemerteans

Annelids

Metaphire songkhramensis is a new earthworm from Thailand.

Mollusks

Nematodes

Tardigrades

Male (left) and female (right) of Pancorius guiyang, a new jumping spider from China.

Arachnids

Chaetopelma persianum is a new spider from Iran.
Massuria min is a new spider from China.

Myriapods

Plutogeophilus jurupariquibaba is a new cave centipede from Brazil.

Crustaceans

A new crayfish species from Indonesia is described. Cherax woworae has been in the pet trade for some while!

Hexapods

Demarchus hsui is a new beetle from Taiwan.
Protogygia pryorensis is a new moth from the USA.

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