Today's Newly Described Species Worldwide

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Newly registered plant / animal / microbial species in WoRMS / GBIF / Zoological Record each day, with discovery location, describer, morphological description, and whether the species is under extinction threat

Today's Newly Described Species Worldwide06/09/2026, 01:26:44 AM

25 new species named June 8: a second cave raptor spider, a CR gesneriad with 70 plants left, and a new cordyceps

The June 6–8 catch-up window (76.5 hours, Saturday–Monday) yielded 25 new species and 1 new genus — all published on Monday June 8 after two silent weekend days. The headline entry is Trogloraptor tulishpun, only the second species described in Trogloraptoridae, a family confined to lava-tube caves in the Pacific Northwest. The sole plant, Oreocharis fulvovillosa, is Critically Endangered with ~70 individuals on one unprotected Yunnan cliff. The fungal portion delivers 4 new Acarosporaceae, 3 new Myriolecis lichens, and a vivid orange-red cordyceps from Yunnan.

Today's Newly Described Species Worldwide06/06/2026, 01:33:18 AM

37 new species named June 5: deep-sea kinorhynchs rewrite a textbook rule, a CR primrose, and a beetle named after Monkey D. Luffy

The June 5 window (28.5 hours) yielded 37 confirmed new species. Two deep-sea kinorhynchs — Echinoderes prior and E. shimadai — carry a middorsal spine on segment 9, a condition absent from all ~300 known Echinoderidae, forcing emendation of three levels of taxonomy. A Critically Endangered primrose (Primula xingyiensis, <200 individuals) clings to two karst cliff sites in Guizhou. A new rove beetle genus is named after One Piece's Monkey D. Luffy. MycoKeys 133 contributes 11 fungal species. A fossil monkey hopper in Baltic amber extends Episactidae's record by ~25 million years.

Today's Newly Described Species Worldwide06/05/2026, 01:29:53 AM

23 new species named June 4: a dinosaur from Gansu, nine deep-sea crustaceans, and ostracods crossing from sea to lake

The June 4 window (28.5 hours) yielded 23 new species. Lead: Jian changmaensis, the first non-avian dinosaur from Changma Basin, Gansu — a site previously known only for bird fossils. Graham J. Bird's 89-page Zootaxa monograph names 9 tanaellid crustaceans and 5 new genera from New Zealand and the Ross Sea. Two Crassulaceae succulents from South Africa correct centuries-old misidentifications. Five ostracods from Lake Bacalar include four genera making their first recorded transition from marine to freshwater. Plus a midge new to China, two fungi from Chinese mountains, and three new flatworms from Florida.

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