New Discoveries
Published:
15 December 2019
6
new species
Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Sisyromyia White, 1916 (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae, Acrophthalmydini)
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Xuankun Li, David K. Yeates
Zootaxa 4711(2): 201–244
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Published:
10 December 2019
1
new species
Hongqu Tang, Peter S Cranston
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
5 December 2019
3
new species
Four new species of Plumachaetas Salmon (Collembola: Entomobryoidea) from Oceania with comments on the genus and a key to species
Fábio G. L. Oliveira1, Penelope Greenslade & Bruno Cavalcante Bellini
Zootaxa 4706(1): 121–146
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Published:
1 December 2019
1
new species
New species of gall fly (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) from Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Myrtaceae) in southern Australia and its associated parasitoids and inquilines
Gary S. Taylor, Brittany K. Hyder, Kerrie A. Davies
Zootaxa 4701(5): 401–416
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Published:
26 November 2019
1
new species
Notes on the Carpophilus Stephens (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) of Australia, with a new species from Victoria
Gareth S. Powell, Maiya L. Hamilton
Zootaxa 4701(2): 192–196
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Published:
17 November 2019
2
new species
Revision of Aleyroctonus Masner & Huggert (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Sceliotrachelinae)
Zachary Lahey, LubomÃr Masner, Norman F. Johnson, Andrew Polaszek
Journal of Hymenopteran Research 73: 73–93
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Published:
13 November 2019
1
new species
Taxonomic revision of Australian Copelatus Erichson, 1832 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae)
Lars Hendrich, Helena Shaverdo, Jiřà Hájek, Michael Balke
ZooKeys 889: 81-152
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Published:
7 November 2019
10
new species
Revision of Australian species of the dung beetle genus Lepanus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): description of 10 new species from the L. australis, L. monteithi, and L. villosus species groups
Nicole L. Gunter, Thomas A. Weir
Zootaxa 4695(3): 201–252
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Published:
4 November 2019
3
new species
Revision of the Australian genus Logasa Chandler (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Faronitae) with
description of three new species
Jun-Young Kang, Donald S. Chandler & Jong-Seok Park
ZooKeys 886: 145–154
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Published:
3 November 2019
13
new species
Revision of the Australian planthopper genus Chidaea Emeljanov with a redescription of Cixius sidnicus Stål, 1859 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)
Birgit Löcker & Werner E. Holzinger
Zootaxa 4691 (5): 401–443
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Published:
20 October 2019
1
new species
A new species of Apostlethrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae); an Australian genus from grass tussocks
Jun Wang, Laurence Mound, Desley J. Tree
Zootaxa 4688(1): 144–146
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Published:
16 October 2019
1
new species
Minjerribah (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from coastal Queensland, Australia
Daniel J. Bickel
Zootaxa 4686(4): 593–599
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
16 October 2019
3
new species
Porongurup, a new genus of pselaphine staphylinid beetles from Western Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Faronitae)
Su-Ho Choi, Donald S. Chandler, Jong-Seok Park
ZooKeys 881: 13-22
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Published:
13 October 2019
15
new species
Leaf-litter thrips of the genus Psalidothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) from Australia, with fifteen new species
Jun Wang, Laurence A. Mound & Desley J. Tree
Zootaxa 4686(1): 53–73
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Published:
7 October 2019
1
new species
Aurum, a new monotypic genus of Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) endemic to Western Australia, Australia
P.M. Hutchinson & C.H. Moeseneder
Zootaxa 4683(2): 277–285
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Published:
4 October 2019
1
new species
A contribution to knowledge of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Australia -Part 5. Subfamily Trinodinae from Queensland and New Caledonia
Jiri Háva
Studies and Reports Taxonomical Series 15 (2): 323-328
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
2 October 2019
2
new species
Combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of Myrtlemiris, evolution of endosomal spicules, description of two new species and Neomyrtlemiris, gen. nov. (Insecta : Heteroptera : Miridae : Orthotylinae)
Marina Cheng & Gerasimos Cassis
Invertebrate Systematics 33(5) 719-756
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Published:
1 October 2019
8
new species
A revision of the Yoyetta abdominalis (Distant) species group of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae), introducing eight new species
David L. Emery, Nathan J. Emery & Lindsay W. Popple
Records of the Australian Museum 71(7): 277–347
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Published:
19 September 2019
1
new species
'Austrophya monteithorum' sp. Nov., a new dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera, Libelluloidea) from tropical Queensland, Australia, with notes on its collection and locality
Gunther Theischinger
Australian Entomologist 46 (3): 145-155
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
19 September 2019
1
new species
A new species of Aenetus Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Tasmania, with notes on the splendens group of species in South Australia
Ethan P. Beaver
Australian Entomologist 463): 125-138 125
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Published:
16 September 2019
3
new species
New erythroneurine leafhopper species from the Australian realm (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)
Yanghui Cao, Dmitry A. Dmitriev, Christopher H. Dietrich & Yalin Zhang
Zootaxa 4671(2): 251–258
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Published:
9 September 2019
14
new species
New species of Eucinetus and Noteucinetus from Australia (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea: Eucinetidae)
John F. Lawrence
Zootaxa 4668(2): 151–182
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Published:
8 September 2019
1
new species
Deanophlebia: A new genus of south-eastern Australian mayflies and subsequent redefinition of the subgenus Nousia (Australonousia) (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae)
K.J. Finlay
Zootaxa 4668(1): 30–50
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
2 September 2019
4
new species
Total-evidence phylogeny of the Rhinomirini, taxonomic review of its subgroupings (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) and description of new Australian taxa
Anna A Namyatova & Gerasimos Cassis
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlz058
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
28 August 2019
2
new species
Australian millipede assassins (Heteroptera: Reduviidae): Malingeus tumidus gen. et sp. nov. and Yaramayahus rufescens gen. et sp. nov., with new generic synonyms and an updated key
Swanson, D.R.
Austral Entomology 58: 498–514
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
26 August 2019
8
new species
The genus Rhabdomastix Skuse in Australia (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Limoniidae)
Günther Theischinger, Zacariah D. Billingham, John Martin & Ivor Growns
Zootaxa 4661(1): 65–100
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
20 August 2019
1
new species
A new genus and new species of Aeptini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae) from Australia
Eduardo I. Faúndez & David A. Rider
Zootaxa 4658(1):189–192
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Published:
18 August 2019
6
new species
Australian Nitidulinae: general review with descriptions of new genera and species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
John F. Lawrence
Zootaxa 4657(2): 261–290
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Published:
24 July 2019
9
new species
Riethia (Kieffer 1917) (Diptera: Chironomidae) revised for the Austro-Pacific region
Peter S. Cranston
Zootaxa 4646(3): 461–500
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Published:
23 July 2019
3
new species
New stiletto flies in the genus Anabarhynchus Macquart (Diptera: Therevidae) from Kangaroo Island, South Australia
D.J. Ferguson, R.V. Glatz & D. K. Yeates
Zootaxa 4646(2): 331–345
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Published:
23 July 2019
6
new species
Species of Heterolepismatinae (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) found on some remote eastern Australian Islands
Graeme B. Smith & Andrew Mitchell
Records of the Australian Museum 71(4): 139–181
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Published:
21 July 2019
1
new species
Description of a new species of Australian Cerdistus (Asilidae: Asilinae)
Lavigne, R., Suludere, Z., & Stevens, M.
Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 21(2), 243-256
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
30 June 2019
1
new species
Description of a second species of the genus Australoclerus Opitz (Coleoptera: Cleridae)
Bartlett, J.S.
Australian Entomologist 46(2): 99-103
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Published:
30 June 2019
1
new species
A new species of Molophilus (Superbomolophilus) (Diptera: Limoniidae) from the Barrington Tops region of New South Wales, Australia.
Billingham, Z.D & Theischinger, G.
Australian Entomologist 46(2): 93-98
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
30 June 2019
1
new species
Revisiting Nephrodopus Sharp, 1873, with the description of a new species and a female (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae).
Hutchinson, P.M. & Allsopp, P.G.
Australian Entomologist 46(1): 1-14
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Published:
24 June 2019
3
new species
Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: Three New Species of Agraeciini From North-eastern Australia Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Conocephalinae; Agraeciini
D.C.F. Rentz, You Ning Su
Zootaxa 4623(2): 283–305
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
14 June 2019
1
new species
A new genus and species of Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera) from Australia
Lawrence, John F.
Australian Entomologist 46(2): 75-84
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
11 June 2019
8
new species
Review of the species of Paranomina (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
David K. McAlpine
Records of the Australian Museum 71(3): 71–85
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
11 June 2019
1
new species
The genus Pseudopomyza (Diptera: Nerioidea) in Tasmania, with description of a new species
David K. McAlpine
Records of the Australian Museum 71(3): 87–94
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
11 June 2019
2
new species
Review of the Australian signal flies of the genus Microepicausta (Diptera: Platystomatidae)
David K. McAlpine
Records of the Australian Museum 71(3): 95–104
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
4 June 2019
6
new species
Rediagnoses of the Asian genera Xylaplothrips and Mesandrothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae, Haplothripini), with keys to Australian species
Laurence A. Mound, Desley J. Tree
Zootaxa 4613(2): 327–341
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Published:
4 June 2019
1
new species
Revision of the genus Sadoletus Distant, with description of new species from China and Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Heterogastridae)
Cuiqing Gao, M.B. Malipatil
Zootaxa 4613(2): 251–289
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Published:
22 May 2019
4
new species
Four new species of Australian velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae, Aglaotilla) reared from bee and wasp nests, with a review of Australian mutillid host records
Christopher K. Taylor, Mark V. Murphy, Yvette Hitchen, Denis J. Brothers
Zootaxa 4609(2): 201-224
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
20 May 2019
1
new species
Two new species of Sierola Cameron (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from New Zealand and Australia
Karl N. Magnacca
New Zealand Entomologist
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
8 May 2019
1
new species
Six new species of Stenometopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with redescription of additional species and new distributional records
Yani Duan, Yating Zhang, Christopher H. Dietrich
Zootaxa 4603(2): 201-240
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Published:
28 April 2019
2
new species
Two new species of Allophrys Förster from Australia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
Zichen Zhou, Alexey Reschikov, Hong Pang
Journal of Insect Biodiversity 10(2): 64-72
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
9 April 2019
1
new species
Acizzia errabunda sp. nov. and Ctenarytaina insularis sp. nov.: Descriptions of two new species of psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) discovered on exotic host plants in New Zealand
Francesco Martoni, Karen F. Armstrong
PLOS ONE 14(4): e0214220
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
3 April 2019
16
new species
Systematics and species radiation of the sheoak lace bug genus Epimixia Kirkaldy (Insecta : Heteroptera : Tingidae) in Australia, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea
Gerasimos Cassis, Celia Symonds and Lauren Branson
Invertebrate Systematics 33(2) 277-366
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Published:
21 March 2019
1
new species
Revision of the Cretaceous Proctotrupomorpha (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Australia
Alexandr P. Rasnitsynab Christoph Öhm-Kühnlec
Cretaceous Research 100: 91-96
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
13 March 2019
1
new species
Calixomeria, a new genus of Sceliotrachelinae (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) from Australia
Zachary Lahey, LubomÃr Masner, Norman F. Johnson
ZooKeys 830: 63–73
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
12 March 2019
2
new species
DNA barcoding and integrative taxonomy of the Heterolepisma sclerophylla species complex (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Heterolepismatinae) and the description of two new species
Graeme B. Smith, Andrew Mitchell, Timothy R. C. Lee & Luis Espinasa
Records of the Australian Museum 71(1):1-32
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
6 March 2019
1
new species
A new genus and new species of Myodochini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae)
M. B. Malipatil & Cuiquing Gao
Zootaxa 4565(1): 117-123
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
4 March 2019
14
new species
Revision of Australian species of the dung beetle genus Lepanus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): key to species groups and description of 14 new species from the L. pygmaeus species group
Nicole L. Gunter, Thomas A. Weir
Zootaxa 4564 (1): 041–080
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Published:
25 February 2019
10
new species
New species of Australian microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) documented through the ‘Bush Blitz’ surveys of national reserves
Erinn P. Fagan-Jeffries, Steven J.B. Cooper, Andrew D. Austin
Zootaxa 4560 (3): 401–440
https://www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au/blog/chocolate-biscuits-and-doctor-who-ten-new-species-of-wasps
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Published:
24 February 2019
1
new species
A new genus and species of an unusual Australian winter bee fly (Diptera: Bombyliidae) with discussion on its phylogenetic position
Li, X. & Yeates, D.K.
Austral Entomology 58: 192-203
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
24 February 2019
3
new species
First record of the subfamily Psallopinae (Heteroptera: Miridae) from Australia and discussion of its systematic position and diagnostic characters
Anna A. Namyatova & Gerasimos Cassis
Austral Entomology 58: 156–170
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Published:
24 February 2019
3
new species
Revision of the Hermetiinae of Australia (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
Lessard, Bryan, Yeates, David, Woodley, Norman
Austral Entomology 58(1): 122-136
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Published:
17 February 2019
22
new species
Studies on the Australian Muscidae (Diptera). VIII. The genus Lispe Latreille, 1797
Adrian C. Pont
​Zootaxa 4557 (1): 001–232
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Published:
17 February 2019
1
new species
First gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) known to feed on plant family Atherospermataceae: a new species of Asphondylia damaging the endangered Australian tree Daphnandra johnsonii
Peter Kolesik, Nathan Butterworth, Jedda Lemmon, Tracey Gibson & James F Wallman
Austral Entomology 58(2): 317-323
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
14 February 2019
17
new species
The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement
John F. Lawrence
Zootaxa 4555 (4): 451–490
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
13 February 2019
1
new species
Notes on Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea, with description of two new species
Olavi Kurina, Heikki Hippa, Dalton de Souza Amorim
Zootaxa 4555 (3): 385–395
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Published:
4 February 2019
12
new species
Systematic study of the Australian plant bug genus Xasmasoma, gen. nov. (Insecta : Heteroptera : Miridae : Orthotylinae), including host plant and biogeographic analysis, and description of twelve new species
Marina Cheng & Gerasimos Cassis
Invertebrate Systematics 33(1) 1-70
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
31 January 2019
2
new species
Two new species of Dactylasioptera (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) inducing stem galls on Maireana (Chenopodiaceae)
Veenstra, A.A., Lebel, T., Milne, J. & Kolesik, P.
Austral Entomology 58: 220-234
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Published:
24 January 2019
1
new species
A new species of Dinotoperla Tillyard, 1921 from the Shoalhaven Catchment, New South Wales, Australia (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae)
Gunther Theischinger, Julia H. Mynott
​Zootaxa 4550 (3): 423–427
Taxonomy Australia blog:
Published:
20 January 2019
7
new species
A revision of Lachnodius Maskell (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Eriococcidae)
Nate B. Hardy, John W. Beardsley Jr, Penny J. Gullan
ZooKeys 818: 43-88
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