First record for the European Ichthyofauna of Dentex (Cheimerius) canariensis Steindachner, 1881

Dentex ( Cheimerius ) canariensis is recorded for the first time for European waters, on the basis of four specimens captured on the coast of Cádiz (SW Iberian peninsula).     

Molecular evidence for Pleistocene glacial cycles driving diversification of a North American desert spider, Agelenopsis aperta

The influence of historical climatic vs. geological changes on species diversification patterns was investigated in a widely distributed North American desert spider, Agelenopsis aperta (Araneae: Agelenidae), with particular reference to Pleistocene glacial cycles and earlier patterns of mountain building. Levels of sequence divergence obtained from the mitochondrial gene, cytochrome oxidase I, dated to the Pleistocene, eliminating Rocky Mountain orogeny as a cause of diversification, as orogeny ended 4 million years ago. The results of phylogenetic and network analyses showed the presence of three geographically defined clades, which were consistent with the presence of at least three glacial refugia: (i) east of the Rocky Mountains; (ii) between the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevadas; and (iii) west of the Sierra Nevadas. In addition, populations within the Rocky Mountains exhibited significantly lower genetic diversity than populations east of the Rocky Mountains and the haplotypes found within the Rockies were a subset of eastern haplotypes. These patterns suggest that a post-Pleistocene range expansion occurred out of an eastern glacial refugium into the Rocky Mountains. Examination of phylogeographical studies of other North American desert taxa indicated that mountain building explained diversification patterns more effectively for some taxa but Pleistocene climate change was more important for others, including A. aperta.     

Evolutionary significance of cranial variation in Asian Homo erectus

Homo erectus inhabited a wide geographic area of Asia, ranging from 40 degrees north latitude in China to 8 degrees south latitude in island Southeast Asia. Yet variation within Asian H. erectus and its relation to ecological and temporal parameters have been little studied. I synthesize the revised radiometric chronologies for hominid sites in Asia and their relation to new oxygen isotope curves (proxies for climatic fluctuations and landbridge connections). These data suggest substantial opportunities in the later Pleistocene for both regional isolation and gene flow between hominids in mainland and Southeast Asia. They also suggest that the most northerly located Chinese sites (Zhoukoudian and Nanjing) may have been occupied during sequential, interglacial periods. Probably reflecting these periods of isolation, nonmetric features and principal components analysis (PCA) of calvarial shape suggest regional differentiation between northern Asian and Southeast Asian H. erectus. The most recent Southeast Asian fossils (e.g., Ngandong) conform to the Southeast Asian pattern. Except perhaps in brain size, there is no evidence that the temporally intermediate Chinese fossils are intermediate in morphology between older and younger Indonesian fossils. In fact, northern Chinese calvaria are easier to exclude from the larger Asian H. erectus hypodigm than are the Ngandong fossils. The Chinese specimens differ from the others based on their narrower occipitals and frontals for their cranial size. The Chinese sample from Zhoukoudian alone is thus not a good proxy for the morphology and variation seen within Asian H. erectus. Both the Chinese and late Indonesian samples exhibit less variation than does the early Indonesian sample; this along with their shared morphological bauplan suggests a common origin and no more than subspecific differentiation. This shared morphology, despite regional differences, was likely maintained by the increasing intensity of multiple glaciations (and longer-lasting land bridge connections) between mainland and island Southeast Asia during the last million years.     

广西植物新资料

报道了广西植物分布新记录属 1个 ,新记录种 19个。     

广西景天科景天属植物小志

该文基于文献考证、馆藏标本鉴定及野外调查，对广西景天属(Sedum L.)植物进行了系统的梳理，对景天属植物物种多样性进行概述，确定目前分布有17种，其中有6个新记录种。该文概述了广西景天属植物物种多样性，订正了藓状景天(S.polytrichoides Hemsl.),简述了6个新记录种，即钝萼景天(S.leblancae Hamet.)、黎平景天(S.lipingense R. B. Zhang, D. Tan&R. X. Wei)、龙泉景天(S.lungtsuanense S. H. Fu)、圆叶景天(S.makinoi Maxim.)、细小景天(S.subtile Miq.)、土佐景天(S.tosaense Makino),并提供其形态特征集要与彩色照片。该文还对广西景天属植物的多样性以及资源潜在利用价值等进行了讨论，并附有分种检索表和各个分类群在广西的分布情况，为该属后续的研究与利用提供了本底资料。     

曲霉属三新记录种(英文)

报道了曲霉属的3个中国新记录种:Aspergillus dimorphicus,A.fumigatiaffinis以及A.westerdijkiae。比较了其与相近种的形态及分子序列β‐tubulin基因的差异,并采用高效液相色谱‐质谱联用技术对菌株产赭曲霉毒素A(OTA)的能力进行了测定。检测结果表明Aspergillus westerdijkiae CGMCC3.15268在大米培养基上能够产生OTA,单位菌丝的产毒量为17.26μg/kg;而A.fumigatiaffinis CGMCC3.15275以及A.dimorphicus CGMCC3.17045未检出OTA。     

中国肿足蕨科一新记录属——翼囊蕨属（英文）

报道了中国肿足蕨科一新记录属——翼囊蕨属(Didymochlaena Desv.)。该属为泛热带分布的单型属,在中国为首次记录。本文结合原始文献对该属及其折囊蕨种的特征进行了详细描述。     

湖北省发现中国瘰螈

2009年6～9月,在咸丰县丁寨乡、甲马池乡采集到一批两栖类标本,经鉴定其中中国瘰螈(Paramesotriton chinesis)为湖北省新纪录种。     

内蒙古蛇类新纪录——双斑锦蛇

2007年8月17日在内蒙古赤峰市巴林右旗北部的赛罕乌拉国家级自然保护区进行野生动物多样性调查时,首次发现双斑锦蛇(Elaphe bimaculata),随后又分别于2008年8月、2009年10月4次在保护区内发现该蛇种,2次为成年个体,1次为幼体,经核查鉴定该蛇为内蒙古蛇类新纪录。     

环柄菇属中国一新记录种——橙褶环柄菇

报道了中国环柄菇属的一个新记录种——橙褶环柄菇[Lepiota citrophylla(Berk.Broome) Sacc.],标本采自中国云南省勐腊县勐仑镇绿石林公园。该种的鉴别特征是菌褶浅橙色,担孢子侧面观近圆柱形,褶缘囊状体棒状或窄棒状,盖表鳞片呈栅状排列,末端细胞无明显分化,近圆柱状或稍窄棒状,具锁状联合。该种被置于卵孢环柄菇组。