New Species: January 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

Campylobacter portucalensis is a new proteobacterium isolated from the preputial mucosa of a bull in Portugal. Credits to Silva et al. (2020).*

Archaeans

SARs

Alseodaphnopsis maguanensis is a new lauracean tree from China. Credits to Li et al. (2020).*
Colocasia kachinensis is a new aroid from Myanmar. Credits to Zhou et al. (2020).*

Plants

Bulbophyllum papuaense is a new orchid from Papua. Credits to Lin et al. (2020).*
Begonia chenii is a new begonia from Myanmar. Credits to Maw et al. (2020).*

Fungi

Poriferans

Cnidarians

Rotiferans

Flatworms

Annelids

Mollusks

Bryozoans

Nematodes

Tardigrades

Arachnids

Myriapods

Crustaceans

Deuteraphorura muranensis is a new cave-dwelling springtail from Slovakia. Credits to Parimuchová et al. (2020).*
Vates phenix is a new mantis from Brazil. Credits to Rivera et al. (2020).*

Hexapods

Pseudolebinthus lunipterus is a new cricket from Malawi. Credits to Salazar et al. (2020).*

Actinopterygians

Enteromius yardiensis is a new fish from Ethiopia. Credits to Englmaier et al. (2020).*

Amphibians

Nidirana yeae is a new Music frog from China. Credits to Wei et al. (2020).*

Reptiles

Gehyra arnhemica (left) and Gehyra gemina (right) are two new geckos from Australia. Credits to Oliver et al. (2020).*

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