Species nova

In biological taxonomy, a species nova (plural: species novae; abbreviation: sp. nov. plural abbreviation: spp. nov.) is a new species.[1] The phrase is Latin,[1] and is used after a binomial name that is being published for the first time.[2]

An example is the species of dink frog, Diasporus ventrimaculatus, originally described as Diasporus ventrimaculatus sp. nov. in Zootaxa in 2009.[3]

The term should not to be confused with combinatio nova, used when a previously named taxon is moved to a different genus or species, or its rank is changed.

References

  1. 1 2 "What Latin abbreviations mean". Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Medical Definition of sp nov". Merriam Webster. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Chaves, G.; Garcia-Rodriguez, A.; Mora, A.; Leal, A. (2009). "A new species of dink frog (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae: Diasporus) from Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica". Zootaxa (2088): 1–14.
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