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New Species

New Species Podcast

Just a fraction of the species on our planet are known to science, but more are described and published every day. This podcast talks to the authors of these new species to get the behind-the-scenes stories of how new species are found and named, as well as why these discoveries should matter to everyone, not just scientists. Join us on our journey to better understand the wonderful biodiversity of our planet! Be sure to follow New Species on Twitter (@PodcastSpecies), and support the podcast at

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00:32:47

Episode 26: The taxonomic impediment, Part II, an...

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2021/07/20

Dr. Lyubomir Penev is the Managing Director and Founder of Pensoft Publishing and a Professor of Ecology at the Bulgaria Academy of Sciences in Sofia, Bulgaria. He talks to me about the founding of Pensoft Publishing and the books and journals published by Pensoft, like ZooKeys, a journal often cited in this podcast! We discuss the importance of biodiversity discovery, the causes of and possible solutions to the taxonomic impediment (see Episode 21 for Part I), XML publishing in biodiversity, and

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00:32:00

Episode 25: Four new species of armored scale insects...

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2021/07/06

Dr. Scott Schneider is a Research Entomologist in the Systematic Entomology Lab at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, MD, USA. He talks to me about his paper published in the June 24 issue of the ZooKeys in which he and his coauthors describe a four new species of armored scale insects! We discuss how these insects can be legless, their economic importance, the possibility that any of us could have inhaled (!!) one of their larvae, why only males can fly, a species who’s nearest

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00:30:53

Episode 24: Huntsman spiders from Madagascar, David...

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2021/06/29

Dr. Peter Jaeger is the Head of Arachnology at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. He talks to me about his paper published in the June 10 issue of the Zootaxa in which he describes two new genera and two new species of huntsman spiders! We discuss the large amount of size variation in these spiders, a species named after David Bowie, a specimen collected about the time he was born, the fun of collecting in the jingles of southeast Asia, and why we

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00:31:46

Episode 23: Reefs built by a new species of oyster...

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2021/06/22

Dr. Graham Oliver is an Honorary Research Fellow at the National Museum of Wales in the UK. He talks to me about his paper published in the June 15 issue of the ZooKeys in which he and his coauthors describe a new species of reef-building oyster! We discuss oyster-built versus coral=built reefs, cementing bivalves (true oysters), oyster clumps that look like cows, whether this new species is invasive to the Arabian Gulf, the difficulty in identifying oysters, and the reluctance to challenge

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00:31:50

Episode 22: Four new beetle species and why the term...

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2021/06/15

Dr. Adam Brunke is a Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-food Canada and the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes. He talks to me about his paper published in the June 3 issue of the ZooKeys in which he and his coauthors describe four new species of aleocharine staphylinid rove beetles! We discuss what a rove beetle is, the hyper diversity of rove beetles, the amazing diversity of habitats in which they are found, synonymies in taxonomy, elementary school

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00:39:04

Episode 21: The Taxonomic Impediment: a special...

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2021/06/08

Dr. Jason Bond is the Schlinger Chair in Insect Systematics at the University of California - Davis. He talks to me about a special topic of concern—something called the taxonomic impediment, which is the shortage of trained taxonomists and curators needed to identify, describe, catalog, curate, and organize species and species collections around the world. We talk about why there’s an impediment, and possible ways to overcome the impediment. You can follow Dr. Jason Bond on Twitter, @Jason_E_Bond,

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00:33:18

Episode 20: New millipedes from the northwestern...

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2021/06/01

Dr. Bill Shear is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. He talks to me about his paper published in the May 24 issue of the Zootaxain which he and his coauthor describe three new genera and eighteen new species of millipedes from the US! We talk about the difference between millipedes and centipedes, the “poor man’s rainforest” in temperate leaf litter, chemical defenses in millipedes, the wonderful biodiversity in soil, the wonderful biodiversity

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00:35:12

Episode 19: New Species—of orchids from Australia...

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2021/05/25

Dr. Noushka Reiter is a Senior Research Scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. She talks to me about her paper published in the May 13 issue of Phytotaxa in which she and her coauthors describe two new species of orchids from Australia! We talk about why orchids are so popular, gnats trying to have sex with flowers, why orchids need fungi to grow, how to get small wasps to try to mate with random items in your house, and the challenges of finding orchids in southern

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00:30:29

Episode 18: New Species—of semi-aquatic mice from...

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2021/05/18

Dr. Tom Giarla is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Siena College in Albany, NY. He talks to me about his paper published in the May issue of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society in which he and his coauthor describe two new species of semi-aquatic mice from Africa! We talk about catching semi-aquatic mice, a possibly extinct species from which he collected DNA, how to prepare a mammal specimen for a museum collection, and species named after the first prime minister of the Democratic

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00:29:32

Episode 17: New Species—of ant spiders from Iran and...

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2021/05/11

Alireza Zamani is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Turku in Finland. He talks to me about his paper published in ZooKeys on April 27 in which he and his coauthor describe 17 new species of ant spiders from Iran and Turkmenistan! We talk about names derived from the Persian language, collecting spiders in mine fields, names of new species derived from Persian and Kurdish history, and the amazing biodiversity of Iran! The title of the paper is “Revision of the spider family Zodariidae

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00:31:40

Episode 16: New Species—of elfin saddle fungus from...

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2021/05/04

Dr. Roberto Garibay-Orijel is a researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He talks to me about his paper published in Phytotaxa on April 23 in which he and his coauthors describe a new species of elfin saddle cup fungus from high altitudes in central Mexico! We talk about edible mushrooms, the difficulties of identifying new species of mushrooms, where monarch butterflies hide during the winter, lightning storms at the top of mountains, how dried mushrooms can look like skulls and

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00:30:23

Episode 15: New Species—of harlequin toad from Panama...

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2021/04/27

Dr. Abel Batista is a researcher at the Universidad Autonoma de Chiriqui in Panama. He talks to me about his paper published in Zoological Research in which he describes a new species of harlequin toad! We talk about the challenges of finding these environmentally sensitive organisms, the dangers of field work in areas where “narcos” and armed guerilla fighters roam, we listen to the call of this new species, and how threatened and endangered harlequin toads help us understand climate change! The

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00:32:29

Episode 14: New Species—of flying tarantulas with...

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2021/04/20

Dr. Rebecca Godwin is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Piedmont University in Demorest, Georgia, USA. She talks to us about her paper published in ZooKeys in which she describes 33 new species of trapdoor spiders! We talk about flying tarantulas, the challenges of finding spiders that live underground behind a secret door, the reactions of people in university mailrooms to shipments sent to spider researchers, trapdoor spiders with eleven (or sometimes five?) eyes, and the amazingly long lives

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00:28:50

Episode 13: New Species—of high mountain jaguar moths...

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2021/04/13

National Geographic Explorer Joe Martinez is a Ph.D. student in the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity in the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. He talks to us about his paper published in ZooKeys in which he describes six new species of jaguar moths! We talk about why these are called “jaguar” moths, why do they fluoresce (they glow!) in UV light, and what these moths are doing at high altitudes! The title of the paper is “A new Andean genus, Lafontaineana,

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00:27:12

Episode 12: New Species—of peacock spider named after...

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2021/04/06

Joseph Schubert is the Legacy Registration Officer for Entomology and Arachnology at Museums Victoria in Australia. He talks to us about his paper published in Evolutionary Systematics in which he describes a new species of peacock spider! We talk about why these are called “peacock” spiders, how social media platforms like Facebook are helping find new species, and how to find and collect these interesting little jumping spiders! The title of the paper is “Maratus nemo: A new wetland species of

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00:29:33

Episode 11: New Species—of African bats and how they...

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2021/03/30

Dr. Bruce Patterson is the MacArthur Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He talks to us about his paper published in the April issue of the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society in which he and his coauthors describe two new genera and three new species of pipistrelle-like bats! We talk about the ecological importance of bats for pest control, how bats help make tequila, and how we might learn from bats how to live longer! The title of the paper is “A revision

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00:34:11

Episode 10: New Species—of muscid flies from North...

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2021/03/23

Dr. Jade Savage is a Professor of Biology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Bishop’s University in Quebec, Canada. She talks to us about her recent paper published on March 15th in ZooKeys! Dr. Savage and her coauthor, Dr. Vera Sorokina, described 4 new species of muscid flies! We talk about where these flies are found, how she determined that these were new species, how she chose names for the new species, and the pure joy of discovering new species! The title of the paper is “Review of

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00:26:27

Episode 9: New Species—17 of them—of ant-like spiders...

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2021/03/16

Episode 9: New Species—17 of them—of ant-like spiders from the Afrotropical region. Ruan Booysen is a Ph.D. student at Free State University in South Africa. He talks to us about his recent paper published on March 4th in Zootaxa! Mr. Booysen and his coauthor, Dr. Charles Haddad, described 17 new species of ant-like spiders, including one with female reproductive structures that look like a smiley face! We talk about the Afrotropical region, how to name 17 different species, and why these spiders

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00:31:46

Episode 8: New Species—of daddy longlegs named after...

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2021/03/09

Dr. Shahan Derkarabetian is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. He talks to us about his upcoming paper to be published in the next issue of Invertebrate Systematics! Dr. Derkarabetian and his coauthors describe not only two new species, but each new species is in a new genus, and each genus is in a new family! Moreover, we talk about how these species got their names, including a new species named after

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00:33:39

Episode 7: New Species—of slime-producing hagfishes,...

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2021/03/02

Dr. Doug Fudge, an Associate Professor in the Schmid College of Science and Technology at Chapman University where he heads the Comparative Biomaterials Lab, is our guest for this episode. He talks to us about his paper available as early access in the journal the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Dr. Fudge explains how to find and catch hagfish the important ecological roles of hagfishes, how they produce buckets—yes, buckets!—of slime! The title of the paper is “Review of the hagfishes

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