Gladiolus oreophilus  Eker & Sağıroğlu, in Sağıroğlu et Eker, 2024.  Amanos Kılıçotu  ||   facebook.com/IsmailEker946 Gladiolus oreophilus Eker & Sağıroğlu sp. nova (Iridaceae) is described as a new species from the Hatay Province, Turkey. It resembles G. kotschyanus, G. alanyensis and G. adanus, but it clearly differs from these three species by capsule size, flower colour, number and width of leaves, seed shape and ornamentation, and shapes of periclinal cell walls and testa epidermal cells. Herein, w ..read more

Macroprosopon hiltoni  Capobianco, Zouhri & Friedman, 2024 DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae015  twitter.com/acapomorphic  life reconstruction by Sky Jung   Abstract Osteoglossid bonytongues (arapaimas, arowanas, and relatives) are extant tropical freshwater fishes with a relatively abundant and diverse fossil record. Most osteoglossid fossils come from a 25-million-year interval in the early Palaeogene, when these fishes were distributed worldwide in both freshwater and marine environments. Despite their biogeographic and palaeoecological relevance, and ..read more

Vasuki indicus Datta & Bajpai, 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58377-0 Nix Illustration (CC BY-NC 4.0) (modified Madtsoiidae illustration) Abstract Here we report the discovery of fossils representing partial vertebral column of a giant madtsoiid snake from an early Middle Eocene (Lutetian, ~ 47 Ma) lignite-bearing succession in Kutch, western India. The estimated body length of ~ 11–15 m makes this new taxon (Vasuki indicus gen et sp. nov.) the largest known madtsoiid snake, which thrived during a warm geological interval with average temperatures estimated at ~ 28 °C. Phy ..read more

   Careproctus io  Kai, Morikawa & Misawa, 2024 DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.29.111  Researchgate.net/publication/379567236  twitter.com/Species_Divers  Abstract The new snailfish Careproctus io is described on the basis of three specimens collected from the western North Pacific, off northeastern Honshu Island, Japan. The new species can be distinguished from congeners by the following characters: vertebrae 40–42; dorsal-fin rays 36 or 37; anal-fin rays 30; pectoral fin deeply notched with 28 or 29 rays, lower lobe reaching to anal-fin o ..read more

Casearia septandra Breteler & Baldé,  in Breteler et Baldé, 2024.  DOI: 10.1007/s12225-024-10166-8   twitter.com/KewBulletin Summary In the synopsis of Casearia Jacq. in West and Central Africa (Breteler 2008), only a single, poor collection (Adam 3972), identified as C. prismatocarpa Mast., was recorded from the mountains of Guinea. More recently, some other flowering and fruiting specimens of Casearia have been collected from the same region as Adam’s specimen and together they represent a new species. It is illustrated and named he ..read more

Sinahahnia eyu  Wang & Zhang, 2024 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1197.119935 Abstract A new genus of comb-tailed spider (Hahniidae), Sinahahnia gen. nov., is described based on three new species from the high-altitude areas of China: Sinahahnia eyu sp. nov. (♂♀, Chongqing and Hubei), S. fanjingshan sp. nov. (♂♀, Guizhou), and S. yintiaoling sp. nov. (♀, Chongqing). Digital images, illustrations, and a distribution map are provided. Key words: Comb-tailed spider, description, morphology, taxonomy, Wuling Mountains ..read more

faunal components of the Marfim Formation (Valanginian–Hauterivian), the Recôncavo Basin during Lower Cretaceous Tietasaura derbyiana Bandeira, Navarro, Pêgas, Brilhante, Brum, de Souza, da Silva & Gallo, 2024   DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2024.2318406    Researchgate.net/publication/379778273 ABSTRACT Supposed dinosaur remains were collected between 1859 and 1906 in the Lower Cretaceous Recôncavo Basin (Northeast Brazil). Since these materials remained undescribed, and most were considered lost. Recently, some of these historical specimens were rediscovere ..read more

Indochinamon datii  Dang, Hoang & Do, 2024      DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.4.8 Abstract A new species of freshwater crab, Indochinamon datii n. sp. is described from Xuan Son National Park, Phu Tho Province, Northern Vietnam. The new species external morphology is most similar to I. kimboiense (Dang, 1967) and I. bavi Naruse, Nguyen & Yeo, 2011. However, it can be distinguished from the other species by characters of the carapace, telson and male first gonopod. Indochinamon malipoense Zhang & Sun&nb ..read more

 Cystolepiota flavolamellata Salichanh, Sysouph., & Luangharn,  in Salichanh, Sysouphanthong, Thongklang et Luangharn. 2024.   DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.645.1.2    facebook.com/LaoMushrooms   Abstract We present Cystolepiota flavolamellata a new species discovered in the tropical regions of Thailand and Laos. Morphological characters and multigene phylogenetic analyses, which encompass ITS, LSU, rpb2, and tef1 sequences, distinguish this species. Cystolepiota flavolamellata exhibits the following unique set of characteristic ..read more

Schindleria nana Ahnelt, Macek & Robitzch, 2024  DOI: 10.25225/jvb.23112 Abstract Here, we describe a new species of Schindleria, Schindleria nana, from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The new species belongs to the long dorsal-fin type (LDF) of Schindleria and is the first very small (‘dwarf’) LDF species (< 13 mm TL) to be described. It is characterized by an elongate and narrow body; a dorsal fin longer than the anal fin (predorsal-fin length 63.3% of SL: preanal-fin length 72.1% of SL); a long, relatively narrow head (head width 4 ..read more