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This is an incomplete list of flora (plant) and fauna (animal) species described in the year 2022.
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| Scientific name | Common name | Native range | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aphrastura subantarctica | Subantarctic rayadito | Diego Ramírez Island Archipelago,  Chile | This bird species has a lack of terrestrial predatory mammals. | [1] |
| Zosterops paruhbesar | (informally) Wangi Wangi white eye | Region of Sulawesi,  Indonesia | A endangered species of songbird. | [2] |
| Scientific name | Common name | Native range | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brachymetra lata | None | Neotropical realm,  French Guiana | A semiaquatic predatory lifestyle true bug | [3] |
| Panstrongylus noireaui | None |  Bolivia | A kissing bug species native to Bolivia | [4] |
| Parahiraciini coronomensis | None |  China | Is part of the parahiraciini genus, a genus described in 2022 by the discovery of P. phiaoacensis and P. coronomensis | [5] |
| Parahiraciini phiaoacensis | None |  Vietnam | Is part of the parahiraciini genus, a genus described in 2022 by the discovery of P. phiaoacensis and P. coronomensis | [5] |
| Rhodnius micki | None | Bolivia | A species of kissing bug in the taxonomic family Triatominae | [6] |
| Scientific name | Common name | Native range | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epeolus asiaticus | None | Asia | Discovered along with Epeolus grordkovi | [7] |
| Epeolus gorodkovi | None | Asia | Discovered along with Epeolus asiaticus | ( [7] Same as species Epeolus asiaticus) |
| Eufriesea cockerell | None | Islas Marias archipelago  Mexico, North America | A orchid bee species and is the first bee species to be discovered on Islas Marias | [8] |
| Leioproctus zephyr | None |  Australia | L. zephyr has a very distinctive clypeus | [9] |
| Mereorus lucianae | None |  Brazil in neotropical realm climates | A species of parasitoid wasp | [10] |
| Palaeorionis longicaudis | None |  Dominican Republic, Miocene epoch during the Neogene period in the Cenozoic era, | Has the longest ovipositor discovered and has been found in amber. | [11] |
| Scientific name | Common name | Native range | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dravidacris annamalaica | None | Southern  India | A species of pygmy unicorn grasshoppers | [12] |
| Formosatettix leigongshanensis | None | China | One of the two species added to the Formosatettix genus which was described in 1937. | [13] |
| Formosatettix wulongensis | None | China | Described alongside Formosatettix leigongshanensis in China. | [14] |
| Macromotettixoided parvula | None | China | A species of Orthoptera (a group that includes grasshoppers, crickets and ect) described in the karst region of china. | [15] |
| Scientific name | Common name | Native range | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macaca selai | Sela Macaques | State of Arunachal Pradesh, India | A species of macaques | [16] |
| Mico schneideri | Schneider's marmoset | Amazon Rainforest in South America | A species of pseudo-cryptic primates. | [17] |
| Trachypithecus popa | Popa langur |  Myanmar | The species was named after the dormant volcano, Mount Popa in Myanmar | [18] |
| Scientific name | Common name | Native range | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epapatelo otyikokolo | None |  Angola during the Late cretaceous period about 71.4 million years ago | A species of pterosaur. | [19] |
| Scientific name | Common name | Native range | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrannosaurus imerator? | None | North America | A possible species of the tyrannosaurus genus. The name means "Tyrant Lizard Emperor". However a later study says that both Tyrannosaurus regina and Tyrannosaurus imperator may just be variations of Tyrannosaurus rex. | [20] [21] |
| Tyrannosaurus regina? | None | North America | A possible species of the genus Tyrannosaurus. The name means "Tyrant Lizard Queen". However a later study says that both Tyrannosaurus regina and Tyrannosaurus imperator may just be variations of Tyrannosaurus rex. | [22] [21] |
| Scientific name | Common name | Native range | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otus bikegila | Principe scops-owl |  São Tomé and Príncipe,Principe island, Gulf of Guinea, Africa | Named after the island it was described on. | [23] |
Kermes is a genus of scale insects in the order Hemiptera. They feed on the sap of evergreen oaks; the females produce a red dye, also called "kermes", that is the source of natural crimson. The word "kermes" is derived from Persian or Turkish qirmiz or kirmizi, "crimson".
Sam W. Heads is a British palaeontologist, a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, as well as a former Officer and Editor-in-Chief at the Orthopterists' Society.
Onchidium reevesii is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae. It is one of four recognized species in the genus Onchidium.
Onchidium is a genus of air-breathing sea slugs, shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Onchidiidae. There are only four species currently recognized in the genus.
Astreptolabis is an extinct genus of earwig in the Dermaptera family Pygidicranidae known from a group of Cretaceous fossils found in Myanmar. The genus contains two described species, Astreptolabis ethirosomatia and Astreptolabis laevis and is the sole member of the subfamily Astreptolabidinae.
Coffeikokkos is a genus of gall wasp.
Amegilla asserta is a species of bee endemic to Australia, belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae. Females forage by performing buzz pollination.
Lytopylus is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae. As members of the subfamily Agathidinae, they are koinobiont endoparasitoids of caterpillars. This genus is primarily found in the neotropics, but ranges from the northeastern United States to Argentina. There are 39 species of Lytopylus, and many more undescribed.
Vanhornia is a genus of parasitic wasps. Of the four known species, V. eucnemidarum (type) is widespread across North America, V. leileri is widespread across the Palearctic, V. quizhouensis is found in South China and Thailand, and V. yurii is found in Northeast Asia. Members of Vanhornia are parasitoids on beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae.
Mukariini is a tribe of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae.
Hymenoepimecis is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae best known for parasitizing arachnids, specifically those of the families Araneidae and Tetragnathidae.
Muscidifurax is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Pteromalidae.
Hesperapis larreae is a solitary, ground-nesting bee in the family Melittidae
Zigrasimeciinae is a subfamily of ants, known from the Cretaceous period, originally named as the tribe Zigrasimeciini within the subfamily Sphecomyrminae by Borysenko, 2017, it was elevated to full subfamily in 2020. It contains three described genera. They are sometimes known as "iron-maiden ants" in reference to their densely spiked mouthparts, reminiscent of an iron maiden torture device, that were likely used to trap prey. Boltonimecia canadensis was described from Campanian Canadian amber out of Alberta, Canada, while the species of Protozigrasimecia and Zigrasimecia are both exclusively known from Cenomanian Burmese amber found in Myanmar.
Ephydrolithus is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by five described species known from Brazil.
Tobochares is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by 24 described species known from the Guiana Shield Region.
Scolopendra pinguis is a species of centipede in the subfamily Scolopendrinae that is endemic to Southeast Asia.
Peronia platei is a species of slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae, one of the families of sea slugs. Nine species of Peronia are recognized; the way to tell them apart is by DNA sequencing by mitochondrial and nuclear sequence or checking their internal anatomy. This species has hermaphroditic parts in the posterior regions of the deferent duct and straight oviduct. The male part is the muscular sac of the accessory penial gland in the anterior area. It is distributed across the entire tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific, from South Africa to Hawaii.