Natural History Museum identifies more than 500 new species in 2021#1
‘Hell herons’, metallic beetles, tiny shrimp – scientists have been busy describing unusual creatures despite Covid restrictions
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Other newly identified species included 52 wasps, 13 moths, seven crabs, six flies and five amphipods. Beetles featured heavily, as they did in 2020, with 90 new species described. They included a pair of purple and green metallic beetles from India, a monochromatic beetle with a large pair of jaws from the Philippines, and a marsh-loving beetle named in honour of Larry the cat, the Downing Street mouser.
NEW SPECIES
Asiatic salamanders[edit]
- Chinese hynobiid (Hynobius chinensis)
- Turkestanian salamander (Hynobius turkestanicus)
- Jilin clawed salamander (Onychodactylus zhangyapingi)
- Pseudohynobius guizhouensis
Mole salamanders[edit]
- Delicate skin salamander (Ambystoma bombypellum)
- Pine woods salamander (Ambystoma silvense)
- Alchachica salamander (Ambystoma subsalsum)
Salamandrids[edit]
- Maolan warty newt (Paramesotriton maolanensis)
- Kachin crocodile newt (Tylototriton kachinorum)
- Ywangan crocodile newt (Tylototriton ngarsuensis)
- Tylototriton panwaensis
Asiatic salamanders[edit]
- Chinese hynobiid (Hynobius chinensis)
- Turkestanian salamander (Hynobius turkestanicus)
- Jilin clawed salamander (Onychodactylus zhangyapingi)
- Pseudohynobius guizhouensis
Mole salamanders[edit]
- Delicate skin salamander (Ambystoma bombypellum)
- Pine woods salamander (Ambystoma silvense)
- Alchachica salamander (Ambystoma subsalsum)
Salamandrids[edit]
- Maolan warty newt (Paramesotriton maolanensis)
- Kachin crocodile newt (Tylototriton kachinorum)
- Ywangan crocodile newt (Tylototriton ngarsuensis)
- Tylototriton panwaensis