New Species: March 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

Archaeans

SARs

Phoebe hekouensis is a new magnoliid from China. Credits to Liu et al. (2020).*

Plants

Pinguicula rosmariae is a new butterwort from Peru. Credits to Casper et al. (2020).*

Fungi

Ochraceocephala foeniculi is a new fungus that attacks fennel plants in Italy. Credits to Aiello et al. (2020).*
Lyomyces cremeus is a new wood-inhabiting fungus from China. Credits to Chen & Zhao (2020).*

Sponges

Chrysogorgia gracilis is a new coral from the Pacific. Credits to Xu et al. (2020).*

Cnidarians

Flatworms

Temnocephala ivandarioi is a new temnocephalan from the freshwater crab Valdivia serrata from Colombia. Credits to Lenis et al. (2020).*

Gastrotrichs

Rotiferans

Mollusks

Annelids

Bryozoans

Nematodes

Tardigrades

Echiniscus masculinus is a new water bear from Borneo. Credits to Gąsiorek et al. (2020).*

Chelicerates

Parobisium motianense is a new pseudoscorpion from China. Credits to Feng et al. (2020).*

Myriapods

Epimeria liui is a new amphipod from the Pacific. Credits to Wang et al. (2020).*

Crustaceans

Chlidopnoptera roxanae is a new mantis from the Central African Republic. Credits to Moulin (2020).*
Rustitermes boteroi is a new termite from South America. Credits to Castro et al. (2020).*

Hexapods

Didymocorypha libaii is a new mantis from China. Credits to Wu & Liu (2020).*

Echinoderms

Cirripectes matatakaro is a new blenny from the Central Pacific. Credits to Hoban & Williams (2020).*

Actinopterygians

Phrynobatrachus arcanus is a new critically endangered frog from Cameroon. Credits to Gvoždík et al. (2020).*

Amphibians

Smaug swazicus is a new lizard from southern Africa. Credits to Bates & Stantley (2020).*

Reptiles

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