
In a 24-hour window on May 14–15, 2026, taxonomists formally registered 35 new species across arthropods, marine invertebrates, cave fish, fungi, and plants — drawn from Zootaxa, MycoKeys, and WoRMS. Twenty species covered in depth with locality, describer, morphology, and IUCN status.


| Scientific name | Group | Locality | Describer(s) | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armeniophyllum pollex | Diplopoda (millipede) | Georgia (Lesser Caucasus) | Vagalinski et al. | Zootaxa 5810(2) |
| Limnospila krokha | Diptera (fly) | Russia | Sorokina | Zootaxa 5810(2) |
| Limnospila vikhrevi | Diptera (fly) | Russia | Sorokina | Zootaxa 5810(2) |
| Rolepa variabilis | Lepidoptera (moth) | Brazil | Orlandin et al. | Zootaxa 5810(2) |
| Hemeroscopus jinjuensis ‡ | Odonata fossil | South Korea (Cretaceous) | Wei, Nam & Liu | Zootaxa 5810(2) |
| Semiremotus concavus † | Hemiptera (leafhopper) | Guizhou, China | Yao, Yu & Yang | Zootaxa 5810(2) |
| Buffingtonella buffingtoni | Hymenoptera (gall wasp) | Mississippi, USA | Nastasi | Zootaxa 5810(2) |
| Pseudagrion crenatum | Odonata (damselfly) | Queensland, Australia | Seehausen & Marinov | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Pseudagrion pirata | Odonata (damselfly) | Cebu Island, Philippines | Seehausen & Marinov | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Dodecamastus branchiphorus | Polychaeta (bristle worm) | Coastal Chile | Bick & Zettler | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Leiochrides chilensis | Polychaeta | Coastal Chile | Bick & Zettler | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Mediomastus concepcionensis | Polychaeta | Coastal Chile | Bick & Zettler | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Notomastus carlvilhelmi | Polychaeta | Coastal Chile | Bick & Zettler | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Notomastus friedrichi | Polychaeta | Coastal Chile | Bick & Zettler | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Compsoctena kushabhadrae | Lepidoptera (moth) | India | Rayhan et al. | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Compsoctena kamaraji | Lepidoptera (moth) | India | Rayhan et al. | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Compsoctena faridahsani | Lepidoptera (moth) | Bangladesh | Rayhan et al. | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Euagrus pulque | Araneae (spider) | Mexico | Valdez-Mondragón et al. | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Pseudosmittia hongjiannaoensis | Diptera (midge) | Shaanxi, China | Liu et al. | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Loricatheridion sp. † ★ | Araneae (cobweb spider) | Hubei, China | Fang, Liu & Hu | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Festucalex bifasciatus | Teleostei (pipefish) | N. Australia | Yuki & Motomura | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Myrmecium sp. ★ | Araneae (ant-mimicking spider) | Ecuador | Peñaherrera-R. et al. | Zootaxa 5810(1) |
| Pleurocordyceps luopingensis | Fungi (Ascomycota) | Yunnan, China | Hong Yu et al. | MycoKeys 132 |
| Pseudometarhizium cangyuanense | Fungi (Ascomycota) | Yunnan, China | Hong Yu et al. | MycoKeys 132 |
| Entoloma fucatum | Fungi (Basidiomycota) | Zhejiang, China | Yan, Xu & Wang | MycoKeys 132 |
| Entoloma pseudobrunneosquamulosum | Fungi (Basidiomycota) | Zhejiang, China | Yan, Xu & Wang | MycoKeys 132 |
| Thecacera sesama | Mollusca (nudibranch) | Taiwan, 23 m | Chan & Lee et al. | ZooKeys 1279 |
| Pierrella fendouzhei †† | Bryozoa | Deep ocean trenches | Song et al. | Science 392 |
| Electroma spinosa | Mollusca (bivalve) | Gulf of Mexico | Córdova-Cárdenas & Urbano | Ciencia y Mar 30(89) |
| Lepidophthalmus yaima | Crustacea (ghost shrimp) | Ryukyu Islands, Japan | Komai | Crustacean Research 55 |
| Leptochilus yangjiangensis | Plantae (fern) | Guangdong, China | Wang, Huang & Zhou | Phytotaxa |
| Oreocharis nanlingensis | Plantae (Gesneriaceae) | Nanling, China | Shi & Yang | Ecology and Evolution |
| Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis ‡ | Reptilia (sauropod) | Thailand (Cretaceous) | Sethapanichsakul et al. | — |
| Oreonectes weii | Teleostei (cave fish) | Yangtze Basin, China | Luo et al. | Zse 102 |
| Kambiwa itacarambi / K. maracas / Sertana capivara / S. sagarana | Araneae (cellar spiders) | Brazil | Huber & Carvalho | — |
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