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| 9:21a | [Botany • 2022] Androsace chimingiana (Primulaceae) • Further Clarification on Androsace mollis Hand.-Mazz., with A Description of A New Species of Androsace
Abstract The syntypes (H.R.E. Handel-Mazzetti 8896 and H.R.E. Handel-Mazzetti 9280) of Androsace mollis Hand.-Mazz. are identified as two separate taxa based on critical examinations of herbarium specimens and field investigation. While H.R.E. Handel-Mazzetti 8896 has been designated as the lectotype of A. mollis, we describe the other taxon, represented by H.R.E. Handel-Mazzetti 9280, as A. chimingiana Y.Xu & G.Hao sp. nov. The new species is morphologically similar to A. hookeriana Klatt and A. laxa C.M.Hu & Y.C.Yang but can be easily differentiated by its white corolla and obovate bracts. Keywords: Androsace chimingiana, new taxon, Primulaceae, taxonomy, Yunnan
Androsace chimingiana Y.Xu & G.Hao, sp. nov. Diagnosis: Androsace chimingiana is similar to A. hookeriana Klatt and A. laxa C.M.Hu & Y.C.Yang, but differs in its white corolla with a yellow eye, obovate bracts, and campanulate calyx which is parted to 1/2–3/4 of its length. Etymology: The species name honors the Chinese botanist Prof. Chi-Ming Hu, who has made outstanding contributions to the taxonomy of Primulaceae. Yuan Xu, Hai-Fei Yan and Gang Hao. 2022. Further Clarification on Androsace mollis Hand.-Mazz. (Primulaceae), with A Description of A New Species of Androsace PhytoKeys 212: 73-83. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.212.94037 | ||||||
| 9:34a | [Entomology • 2022] Scelimena pyrroma • Review of the Chinese Species of the Genus Scelimena Serville, 1838 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae: Scelimenini)
Abstract A brief preliminary revision of the genus Scelimena Serville, 1838 (Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae: Scelimenini) from PR China is presented. Scelimena pyrroma Lao, Kasalo, Gao, Deng et Skejo sp. nov. is described from Hainan, Ding'an, based on a female holotype and a male paratype, and an additional photograph of a female in the natural habitat from Wuzhi National Nature Reserve (Wuzhi-shan Mountain). Specimens of this new species were hitherto reported from Hainan as S. dentiumeris (Hancock, 1907), a species endemic to Borneo. The new species is easily distinguished from its congeners by the presence of prominent yellow humeral tubercles and by the lateral pronotal spines directed forwards. The new species from Hainan and S. chinensis (Hancock, 1915) from Vietnam are assigned to Scelimena producta species group based on the similarity with S. producta (Serville, 1838), which is characterized by the humeral angles with tubercles, wide vertex, and toothed ventral margins of hind femora, while S. boettcheri Günther, 1938 from Palawan is assigned to Scelimena discalis species group, based on the tuberculated median carina. Scelimena dammermanni Günther, 1938, stat. nov., hitherto regarded as a subspecies of S. producta, is elevated to a species level because it lacks ventral spines on the hind legs, present in all S. producta individuals. New synonymy is established: Scelimena melli Günther, 1938, =Scelimena brevispina Cao et Zheng, 2011, syn. nov.; =Scelimena wulingshana Zheng, 1993, syn. nov.; =Eufalconoides guizhouensis Zheng et Shi, 2006, syn. nov. Scelimena melli, S. guangxiensis Zheng et Jiang, 1994 from southern China and S. kempi (Hancock, 1915) from NE India are assigned to S. bellula species group on the basis of similarity to S. bellula Storozhenko et Dawwrueng, 2015. Further research should determine whether S. spicupennis Zheng & Ou, 2003 represents a valid species or a synonym of another Scelimena species, as well as if S. nitidogranulosa Günther, 1938 and S. guangxiensis Zheng & Jiang, 1994 represent separate species or whether they are conspecific. Specimens of S. nitidogranulosa from Hainan reported by Liang & Zheng in 1998 are in fact Platygavialidium sinicum Günther, 1939. Scelimena songkrana Zha et Wen, 2017 is recorded from China for the first time. A key to Scelimena species found in PR China is also provided. Keywords: Orthoptera, semiaquatic pygmy grasshopper, rowerhopper, Tetrigoidea, taxonomy, revision, new species, new synonymy, iNaturalist
Chuangyu Lao, Niko Kasako, Fan Gao, Weian Deng and Josip Skejo. 2022. Review of the Chinese Species of the Genus Scelimena Serville, 1838 (Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae: Scelimenini). Zootaxa. 5200(4); 321-343. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.4.2 | ||||||
| 10:03a | [Botany • 2021] Fritillaria arsusiana (Liliaceae: Lilieae) • A New Species from southern Anatolia
Abstract In this study, Fritillaria arsusiana (Liliaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Hatay province in southern Anatolia, Turkey. It is related to F. amana and F. hermonis by habitus features and broadly campanulate flowers, but differs mainly by its bulb shape and size, smaller leaf and flower features, and flower colour. It has also been morphologically compared with F. wendelboi, F. pinardii, and F. latakiensis. The detailed description, diagnostic characters, original photographs, geographical distribution, habitat and phenology, etymology, conservation status, and identification key of the new and the related species are presented in this study. IUCN conservation status of F. arsusiana is suggested as Critically Endangered (CR). Keywords: taxonomy, Amanos mountains, Arsuz, Hatay, Turkey, Monocots   Fritillaria arsusiana Yıldırım & Tekşen sp. nov. Etymology:—The species epithet is derived from Arsuz district in Hatay Province, where the new species wasdiscovered. Suggested Turkish name:—The Turkish name for Fritillaria arsusiana is suggested as ‘arsuzlalesi’ according to the guidelines of Menemen et al. (2016). Hasan Yildirim and Mehtap Tekşen. 2021. Fritillaria arsusiana (Lilieae, Liliaceae), A New Species from southern Anatolia. Phytotaxa. 502(2); 149–159. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.502.2.3 |
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