May 16, 2022 | Latest, New Species
Simon van Noort, Research and Exhibitions Department, Iziko Museums of South Africa The ongoing exploration and documentation of the huge diversity of unknown wasp species in Africa has recently led to the description of new species of rare parasitoid wasp species,...
Mar 12, 2021 | Latest, New Species
Linda Dyani, Albany Museum The unprecedented discovery of an ancient lamprey growth series from Makhanda was revealed in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature on the 10th of March 2021. Supported by information from rare juveniles of other (slightly less ancient)...
Feb 2, 2021 | Latest, New Species
As part of discovery and exploration of the extremely species rich, yet largely unknown wasp fauna in Africa, we recently described a number of new species of parasitoid wasps in the superfamilies Chalcidoidea and Ichneumonoidea, including the first records of two...
Feb 20, 2019 | New Species
A new species of tarantula (the Mega Horned Baboon Tarantula, Ceratogyrus attonitifer) is described in a paper published in the open-access journal African Invertebrates by Drs John Midgley and Ian Engelbrecht. The spider was discovered by Dr John Midgley...
Feb 12, 2019 | New Species
Two new legless lizard species from the genus Acontias from the Mpumalanga Escarpment were recently described by Werner Conradie and colleagues. These species live under rocks in mountain grasslands and feed on termites. Type material is deposited at Port Elizabeth...
Feb 12, 2019 | New Species
A new species of tangle-veined fly was described in the journal Zootaxa from the Hantam National Botanical Garden, Nieuwoudtville, Bokkeveld Plateau, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The species is a narrow-range endemic and is restricted to the Nieuwoudtville...
