„The Spring Swan“ (2026)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Oetwil a.d. Limmat, Switzerland

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#NewSpecies!
New grasshopper from #mexico just hopped in:

Stegotettix cristata

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/034287C1-FF8F-FFC6-FF61-F8C86F88555D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.3.1
#Zootaxa #StegotettixCristata

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#NewSpecies!
New wormlion fly from #china just landed:

Vermitigris tsangyanggyatso

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6F437EBF-A2E8-5400-BC02-9B5734F6A9BE
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1276.184675
#ZooKeys #VermitigrisTsangyanggyatso

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#NewSpecies!
New gecko from #china just climbed in:

Goniurosaurus wuzhengjuni

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3921DF52-AC55-5A12-92EA-4F8932693E53
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.177343
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #GoniurosaurusWuzhengjuni

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#NewSpecies!
New stick insect from #china just got stuck:

Pericentrus cryptopetalus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0396879D-6C2D-031B-CEE6-FEFB717EFF52
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.4.5
#Zootaxa #PericentrusCryptopetalus

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#NewSpecies!
New horned toad from #china just jumped in:

Jingophrys zhaoermii

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AB4787EE-BB55-205F-2AE6-7D5E2EBAFB99
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.4.6
#Zootaxa #JingophrysZhaoermii

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#NewSpecies!
New fruit fly from #india just landed:

Rhabdochaeta octomaculata

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AA1987FE-FFD7-C049-28AA-035CC7F8FF6E
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.2.4
#Zootaxa #RhabdochaetaOctomaculata

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#NewSpecies!
New karst-dwelling freshwater crab from #malaysia just pinched us:

Merapohra karsticola

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7734DAEF-3637-52D4-A857-87DF8A64B60D
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1277.181453
#ZooKeys #MerapohraKarsticola

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