Taxonomic review of the Sebastes vulpes complex (Scorpaenoidei: Sebastidae)

Ichthyological Research - A taxonomic review of the Sebastes vulpes complex (S. vulpes, S. zonatus and S. ijimae) established the existence of two valid species, Sebastes vulpes Döderlein in...     

厚叶木犀名称的合格发表

由于指定的两号标本分别为花和果模式标本,厚叶木犀在种及变种等级上的名称Osmanthus pachyphyllus H．T．Chang和O．marginatus var．pachyphyllus（H．T．Chang）R．L．Lu是不合格发表的名称。通过指定模式标本,对厚叶木犀O．marginatus var．pachyphyllus的名称作了合格发表。     

The coralline genera Sporolithon and Heydrichia (Sporolithales,Rhodophyta) clarified by sequencing type material of their generitypes and other species

Interspecific systematics in the red algal order Sporolithales remains problematic. To re‐evaluate its species, DNA analyses were performed on historical type material and recently collected specimens assigned to the two genera Sporolithon and Heydrichia. Partial rbcL sequences from the lectotype specimens of Sporolithon ptychoides (the generitype species) and Sporolithon molle, both from El Tor, Egypt, are exact matches to field‐collected topotype specimens. Sporolithon crassum and Sporolithon erythraeum also have the same type locality; material of the former appears to no longer exist, and we were unable to PCR amplify DNA from the latter. A new species, Sporolithon eltorensis, is described from the same type locality. We have not found any morpho‐anatomical characters that distinguish these three species. No sequenced specimens reported as S. ptychoides from other parts of the world represent this species, and likely reports of S. ptychoides and S. molle based on morpho‐anatomy are incorrect. A partial rbcL sequence from the holotype of Sporolithon dimotum indicates it is not a synonym of S. ptychoides, and data from the holotype of S. episporum confirm its specific recognition. DNA sequences from topotype material of Heydrichia woelkerlingii, the generitype species, and isotype material of Heydrichia cerasina confirm that these are distinct species; the taxon reported to be H. woelkerlingii from New Zealand is likely an undescribed species. Type specimens of all other Sporolithon and Heydrichia species need to be sequenced to confirm that they are distinct species; morpho‐anatomical studies have proved inadequate for this task.     

沱沱河细蠓新种描述(双翅目,蠓科)

报道青藏公路沿线唐古拉山区沱沱河采获的细蠓属全蠓亚属1新种,即沱沱河细蠓Leptoconops(Holo—Conops)tuotuohea sp．nov,对其进行了形态描述,新种的模式标本分别保存在军事医学科学院医学昆虫标本馆和兰州军区军事医学研究所。     

Water loss and metabolic water in starving Argas reflexus nymphs (Acari: Argasidae)

Basic components of the water balance were determined in A. reflexus unfed second instar nymphs kept at 30 degrees C and different relative humidities in darkness. At 2.5% and 32.5% RH, A. reflexus survived for 170+/-60 and 246+/-71 days, respectively. At 56%, 75.5% and 96.5% RH, the experiment was terminated after 168 days without any mortality. The initial water content of hydrated A. reflexus kept at 85% RH was 70.3+/-1.8% while the water content was close to 50% in ticks dehydrated at /=56% suggesting that A. reflexus increased its oxidative metabolism under dehydrating conditions and thus delayed lethal dehydration. Interestingly, the dry mass of dead ticks was almost identical irrespective of whether the ticks had previously been kept at 2.5% and 32.5% RH, i.e. irrespective of their different survival periods. This raises the question whether the ticks had died by dehydration or by exhaustion of energy reserves.     

First record and further description of the Cape hagfish Myxine capensis(Myxinidae) off Mozambique, western Indian Ocean

The first record of the Cape hagfish Myxine capensis in Mozambican waters is reported based on a single 356 mm total length specimen taken by bottom trawl off Maputo, 25° 52·9' S; 34° 42·7' E - 25° 54·1' S; 34° 41·0' E, at depths from 557 to 564 m. This account also represents the northernmost record of a hagfish in the western Indian Ocean. Morphometric and meristic data are provided and compared with those of 27 specimens (including the holotype) caught off Namibia and South Africa.     

中国橐吾属(菊科-千里光族)的分类学研究(五):君范橐吾、长毛槖吾和南川橐吾原白中一些排印错误的改正

对我国菊科橐吾属(Ligularia Cass.) 3种植物原白中模式标本引证的排印错误进行了改正。君范橐吾(L. lingiana S.W. Liu)原白中错误地将主模式标本引证为赵清盛82946,实际应为赵清盛、牟克平和杨亚斌8294。长毛槖吾(L. changiana S.W. Liu ex Y. L. Chen & Z. Yu Li)(=L. heterophylla C. C. Chang,为L. heterophylla Rupr.的晚出同名)主模式为蔡希陶59771,但L. heterophylla C. C. Chang 的原白中错误地将主模式标本引证为蔡希陶59711;该号标本属于唇形科的灯笼草[Clinopodium polycephalum (Vaniot) C. Y. Wu & Hsuan]。南川橐吾(L. nanchuanica S. W. Liu)原白中引证的副模式标本熊济华和周子林93871实际应为李国凤63871,前者属于桤叶树科的城口桤叶树(Clethra fargesii Franch.)。     

Rediscovery of Celes akitanus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from semi‐natural grasslands in Japan

Celes akitanus was rediscovered in semi‐natural grasslands in Japan. This species is one of the most endangered insects in Japan; most local populations were thought to be extinct. Reliable records of this rare species had been obtained only from Yamagata, Niigata, Tokyo and Nagano Prefectures. We compared the morphology of the holotype of Oedipoda akitana (=C. akitanus) and newly collected specimens and found that they matched with each other. The species was redescribed based on the holotype and new specimens. A molecular phylogenetic analysis involving other acridid species indicated that our samples were practically identical to C. akitanus from China. We conclude that the specimens we collected are C. akitanus, which has been rediscovered in Japan after about 30 years. Because the discovered populations were restricted to narrow and scattered areas, conservation of these populations should be a high priority. Population monitoring and habitat assessment are required. Because C. akitanus and many other endangered species are found in the grassland areas, these habitats should be protected and maintained.     

Orthotrichum courtoisii(苔藓植物),丛生木灵藓的一个新异名

经过模式标本与普通标本的查检,确认华东木灵藓Orthotrichum courtoisii Broth．＆ Paris是丛生木灵藓D．consobrinum Card．的一个新异名;基于丛生木灵藓的模式标本,对该种进行了详细的描述,绘制了其详图。     

Remarks on Aspicilia parasitica (Lecanoraceae, Lichenes)

Loppi, S. & Mariotti, M. G. 1995. — Remarks on Aspicilia parasitica (Lecanoraceae, Lichenes). — Nord. J. Bot. 15: 557–559. Copenhagen. ISSN 0107–055X.
Morphology and distribution of Aspicilia parasitica B. de Lesd., a much neglected species, are discussed. Since the holotype has been lost, a lectotype was selected. Examination of the latter and other specimens showed that the diagnostic characters are quite constant. All of known stations of A. parasitica are in the central-eastem Mediterranean area and include Italy, Algeria, Greece and Bulgaria.     

Rhabditophanes schneideri (Rhabditida) phoretic on a cave pseudoscorpion

Information of phoretic nematode-pseudoscorpion associations and cases of parasitism on five European species of pseudoscorpions was summarized by Cur?ic et al. [Curci?, B.P.M., Dimitrijevi?, R.N., Makarov, S.E., Luci?, L.R., Curci?, S.B., 1996. Further report on nematode-pseudoscorpion associations. Acta arachnol. 45, 43-46; Curci?, B.P.M., Sudhaus, W., Dimitrijevi?, R.N., Tomi?, V.T., Curci?, S.B., 2004. Phoresy of Rhabditophanes schneideri (Bütschli) (Rhabditida: Alloionematidae) on pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Nematology 6 (3), 313-317]. An examination of a sample of the cavernicolous pseudoscorpion Neobisium rajkodimitrijevici (Curci? and Tomi?, 2006) (comprising a holotype male and a paratype tritonymph) from a cave in Eastern Serbia revealed this false scorpion to be a nematode carrier; the present paper reports this finding and extends our knowledge of phoresy of Rhabditophanes on pseudoscorpions. This is the first time that the rhabditid R. schneideri (Bütschli, 1873) has been noted in association with a cavernicolous pseudoscorpion. There must be some patchily distributed micro-habitats in caves where saprobiotic nematodes and small arthropods can complete their life-cycles, for example something like deposits of bat guano. The transportation of Rhabditophanes J3 by pseudoscorpions indicate that Neobisium specimens often visit these micro-habitats to find their prey.     

Redescription of Lepadichthys coccinotaenia Regan 1921 and description of Lepadichthys trishula sp. nov. from southern Japan (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae)

Ichthyological Research - Lepadichthys coccinotaenia Regan 1921 (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae) is redescribed on the basis of 60 specimens, including the holotype, and a new species of...     

Validation of Scrophularia macrocarpa (Scrophulariaceae) endemic to southwestern China

Scrophularia macrocarpa P. C. Tsoong, originally described from Sichuan, China, was not validly published in 1979 because two type specimens (one fruiting, one in flower) were designated. To enable formal use of the name, the species name is validated here, with the fruiting specimen designated as the holotype.     

Notes on quiina (Quiinaceae) and ilex species (Aquifoliaceae) in Cuba

Quiina ternatiflora C. H. Wright is the only member of the family Quiinaceae reported from Cuba. An examination of the holotype indicates that this is a species ofIlex, and the transfer is made asIlex ternatiflora (C. H. Wright) R. Howard. A study of otherIlex species from Cuba indicates that a new name,Ilex walsinghamii Howard, is required forIlex wrightii Loes. not Trel.     

Arnoglossus macrolophus Alcock (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae); a valid species distinct fromA. tapeinosomus (Bleeker)

The holotype of a bothid flounder,Arnoglossus tapeinosomus (Bleeker, 1866), was re-examined and found to bear none of the diagnostic characters ascribed by many authors to the species. In addition, the shape of the prevomer was clearly different between the holotype and 18 specimens supposedly“A. tapeinosomus.” A. macrolophus Alcock, 1889, which was synonymized underA. tapeinosomus by Weber and de Beaufort (1929), is considered as a valid replacement name for“A. tapeinosomus,” because of the elongated anterior rays in the dorsal fin and a large, dark spot on the posterior dorsal and anal fin bases.A. tapeinosomus is redescribed from the holotype.     

始兴斑叶兰(兰科)的订正

通过仔细研究藏于中国科学院植物研究所标本馆(PE)以及中国科学院华南植物园标本馆(IBSC)的始兴斑叶兰Goodyera shixingensis K. Y. Lang的模式及等模式标本, 并同作者野外观察和采集的小小斑叶兰G. yangmeishanensis T. P. Lin的新鲜植物和文献描述以及标本进行比较, 证实始兴斑叶兰应为小小斑叶兰的异名。     

Additions to the Gobioidei Fauna of Nha Trang and Phan Thiet Bays (South China Sea,Vietnam)

Journal of Ichthyology - Information is provided on new specimens of the recently described Amblyeleotris memnonia species (Gobiidae), previously known only by its holotype. The absence of...