关于亚马景天的名实问题

通过查阅亚马景天S.almae的等模式,发现该种应该是华北八宝Hylotelephium.tatarinowii的新异名。     

国产杜鹃花属马银花亚属(杜鹃花科)五个新异名

将杜鹃花属马银花亚属Rhododendron subgen. Azaleastrum的凯里杜鹃R. kailiense Fang &; M. Y. He和线萼杜鹃R. linearicupulare Tam处理为南海杜鹃R. westlandii Hemsl.的异名, 鹿角杜鹃R. latoucheae Franch.处理为西施花R. ellipticum Maxim.的异名, R. esquirolii Lévl.处理为长蕊杜鹃R. stamineum Franch.的异名, 山荷桃R. championae Hook. var. ovatifolium Tam处理为刺毛杜鹃R. championae的异名, 并作了相应的讨论。     

湖南楼梯草属(荨麻科)二个新异名

将具钙楼梯草Elatostema calciferum W.T.Wang和裂序楼梯草Eschizocephalum、W．T.Wang处理为新异名。     

Taxonomic notes on Japanese species of the Nomada furva species group (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

The furva species group of the genus Nomada in Japan is taxonomically revised and the following three species are recognized: N. okubira Tsuneki, 1973, stat. nov., N. pulawskii Tsuneki, 1973, and N. taicho Tsuneki, 1973. Nomada okubira is raised to species rank, and N. etigonis Tsuneki, 1986, is synonymized under N. okubira. Detailed illustrations of male terminalia are provided for N. okubira and N. taicho. A key to the Japanese species is provided.     

A new synonym of Hylodesmum podocarpum ssp. podocarpum (Leguminosae)

Close examination of the type material of Podocarpium lancangense Y. Y. Qian has shown that this species is indistinguishable from Hylodesmum podocarpum (DC.) H.　Ohashi & R. R. Mill ssp. podocarpum, and thus is reduced to synonymy herein.     

A new synonym of Pellionia scabra Benth.

Based on the study of specimens from Hunan, and field observations in Hengshan (holotype locality of Pellionia cephaloidea W. T. Wang), Nanyue, Hunan, China, Pellionia cephaloidea W. T. Wang is regarded as a new synonym of Pellionia scabra Benth., and Pellionia Gaudich. sect. Elatostematopsis W. T. Wang as a new synonym of Pellionia Gaudich. sect. Pellionia.     

On the synonymy of two Acantholycosa species (Araneae,Lycosidae) from the Altai

Two species previously known from East Kazakhstan, Acantholycosa katunensis Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004, known from the holotype male, and Acantholycosa kurchumensis Marusik, Azarkina & Koponen, 2004, syn. n. known from females, are synonymized, and priority is given to Acantholycosa katunensis. Acantholycosa katunensis is reported for the first time in the Russian Altai. Both sexes of this species are illustrated, and a distribution map is provided.     

The millipede family Ammodesmidae (Diplopoda,Polydesmida) in western Africa

Ammodesmidae are represented in western Africa by two species of a single genus, Ammodesmus Cook, 1896 (= Cenchrodesmus Cook, 1896, syn. n.). The type-species Ammodesmus granum Cook, 1896 (= Cenchrodesmus volutus Cook, 1896, syn. n.) is redescribed, based on neotype selection, as well as on additional samples, often containing numerous specimens, from Liberia, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. A new species is described from Mount Nimba, Guinea: Ammodesmus nimbasp. n.