Top 10 New Species for 2014 Includes Domed Land Snails, Tinkerbell Fairyflies and Kaweesak’s Dragon Trees

The 2014 top 10 new species for 2014 has been published by the SUNY-ESF International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE), revealing a number of incredible finds. In constructing this year’s list, the team of international taxonomists whittled down an 18,000-strong list of new species, all of which were named in 2013. This eclectic selection was then released on May 22, a day before the birthday of eighteenth century botanist Carolus Linnaeus, whom was considered a prolific force in modern taxonomy.

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CrazyNeutrino said:

Top 10 New Species for 2014 Includes Domed Land Snails, Tinkerbell Fairyflies and Kaweesak’s Dragon Trees

The 2014 top 10 new species for 2014 has been published by the SUNY-ESF International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE), revealing a number of incredible finds. In constructing this year’s list, the team of international taxonomists whittled down an 18,000-strong list of new species, all of which were named in 2013. This eclectic selection was then released on May 22, a day before the birthday of eighteenth century botanist Carolus Linnaeus, whom was considered a prolific force in modern taxonomy.

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18000, crikey, we are finding them quicker than we can wipe them out.

dv said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Top 10 New Species for 2014 Includes Domed Land Snails, Tinkerbell Fairyflies and Kaweesak’s Dragon Trees

The 2014 top 10 new species for 2014 has been published by the SUNY-ESF International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE), revealing a number of incredible finds. In constructing this year’s list, the team of international taxonomists whittled down an 18,000-strong list of new species, all of which were named in 2013. This eclectic selection was then released on May 22, a day before the birthday of eighteenth century botanist Carolus Linnaeus, whom was considered a prolific force in modern taxonomy.

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18000, crikey, we are finding them quicker than we can wipe them out.

I wondered about that

dv said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

Top 10 New Species for 2014 Includes Domed Land Snails, Tinkerbell Fairyflies and Kaweesak’s Dragon Trees

The 2014 top 10 new species for 2014 has been published by the SUNY-ESF International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE), revealing a number of incredible finds. In constructing this year’s list, the team of international taxonomists whittled down an 18,000-strong list of new species, all of which were named in 2013. This eclectic selection was then released on May 22, a day before the birthday of eighteenth century botanist Carolus Linnaeus, whom was considered a prolific force in modern taxonomy.

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18000, crikey, we are finding them quicker than we can wipe them out.

Of course. In addition, our methods of inducing geographic isolation through the rise of roads etc. is going to cause an increase in separation of one species into many.

“Tinkerbella nana is a miniscule type of wasp that is 20 micrometers in length.”
Cripes, I found a 2 mm long wasp recently, and I thought THAT was small.

“Domed land snail”
Looks like a species of land snail I photographed in Bowral last week, although mine wasn’t transparent.

Great little article.