#NewSpecies!
New forest lizard from #china just snuck in:

Calotes zhaoermii

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/685B87BB-BF17-231B-5BD5-FF023664FEBE
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.8
#Zootaxa #CalotesZhaoermii

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#NewSpecies!
New jumping spider from #china:

Zabka dianmian

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/380287A8-FF8E-FF84-A5E2-607CFD908691
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5538.3.1
#Zootaxa #ZabkaDianmian

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Update made to Catalogue of World Gelechiidae to include new #moth species and classification changes published this week in #Zootaxa https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.1.5.

Names will feed into #CatalogueOfLife and @gbif.

Current Gelechiidae list available from https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/2362/about.

Update also includes species described by Omelko and Omelko in the genera Infima and Monochroa but previously omitted.

@dhobern@scicomm.xyz #Lepidoptera #taxonomy #entomology

#NewSpecies!
New sea star from eastern #pacific just surfaced:

Caymanostella scrippscognaticausa

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/89611739-FFAD-537C-98BF-A5F0FC97FADB
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5536.3.1
#Zootaxa #CaymanostellaScrippscognaticausa

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#NewSpecies!
New shield bug from #india just snuck in:

Meridindia magnolia

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/DD7CAE7D-6A6F-FF8D-CCED-DD5F9C6BF8AA
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5428.2.3
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#NewSpecies!
New freshwater crab from #india just pinched us:

Ghatiana dvirupa

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E688161-FFDD-FFC0-51B8-DEF510B0FCEE
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.1.6
#Zootaxa #GhatianaDvirupa

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#NewSpecies!
New freshwater crab from #indonesia just pinched us:

Lepidothelphusa menneri

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE879E-FFF9-FFBE-1FBF-FE0DFCFB7405
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.2.3
#Zootaxa

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