First Records of Bufo luchunnicus (Yang et Rao, 2008) and Amolops wenshanensis Yuan, Jin, Li, Stuart et Wu, 2018 (Anura: Bufonidae, Ranidae) from Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
Cuong The Pham ◽  
Minh Duc Le ◽  
Chung Van Hoang ◽  
Anh Van Pham ◽  
Thomas Ziegler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Lao Cai ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nd2 Gene ◽  
Quang Ninh

We record two species of amphibians for the first time from Vietnam: Bufo luchunnicus from Lao Cai and Son La provinces and Amolops wenshanensis from Quang Ninh Province. Morphologically, the Vietnamese representatives of B. luchunnicus resemble the type series from China. The specimen of A. wenshanensis from Vietnam slightly differs from the type series from China by having a smaller size (SVL 33.2 mm vs. 35.7 – 39.9 mm in males) and the presence of distinct transverse bands on the dorsal surfaces of limbs. Genetic divergence between the sequence of the Vietnamese specimen and those of A. wenshanensis from China available from GenBank is 1.2 – 1.6% (ND2 gene). In addition, morphological data and natural history notes of aforementioned species are provided from Vietnam.

Taxonomic re-evaluation of the monotypic genus Pararhabdophis Bourret, 1934 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) with discovery of its type species, P. chapaensis, from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4486 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
JIN-LONG REN ◽  
KAI WANG ◽  
TAO THIEN NGUYEN ◽  
CHUNG VAN HOANG ◽  
GUANG-HUI ZHONG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
History Data ◽  
Lao Cai ◽  
Available Information ◽  
First Time

The Asian monotypic genus Pararhabdophis Bourret, 1934 has long been known from a single holotype of the type species Pararhabdophis chapaensis Bourret, 1934 only. The limited available information hampered the identification of the natricine species. On the basis of eight newly collected specimens of P. chapaensis from the type locality in Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam and from Pingbian, Yunnan Province in southwestern China, the taxonomic position of the genus Pararhabdophis was re-evaluated using both morphological and molecular datasets for the first time. Pararhabdophis chapaensis is nested within the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 with strong support, and morphologically indistinguishable from the latter genus. As a consequence, we herein synonymize the genus Pararhabdophis with Hebius and discuss about the existing paraphyly of some Hebius species. In addition we report Hebius chapaensis for the first time from China and provide redescription and natural history data of this poorly known species. To facilitate future taxonomic work, an identification key to all known natricine genera from China and Vietnam is also provided. 

scholarly journals Description of the male of Craugastor yucatanensis (Lynch, 1965) (Anura, Craugastoridae), its advertisement call, and additional data on females

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 900 ◽  
pp. 129-139
Author(s):  
Rubén Alonso Carbajal-Márquez ◽  
Luis F. Díaz-Gamboa ◽  
Tania Ramírez-Valverde ◽  
Christian M. García-Balderas ◽  
Pedro E. Nahuat-Cervera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

The male of Craugastor yucatanensis (Lynch, 1965) is described for the first time, as the original description was based on four females. The advertisement call is described and additional morphological data on females are presented. Also, information is provided on the sexual dimorphism and natural history of the species.

scholarly journals New records of cascade frogs of the genus Odorrana (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham The Cuong ◽  
Le Duc Minh ◽  
Ngo Thi Hanh ◽  
Nguyen Quang Truong
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Distance ◽  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
New Records ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Northern Vietnam ◽  
First Time ◽  
Quang Ninh ◽  
Hoa Binh

Odorrana fengkaiensis was recorded for the first time from Vietnam based on a new amphibian collection from Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Bac Giang, Quang Ninh provinces. Sequences of the specimens from Vietnam were identical to those of the paratypes of O. fengkaiensis from China. In addition, O. trankieni was newly recorded from Hoa Binh and Bac Giang provinces, Northern Vietnam, including the first description of female individuals. Genetic divergence between O. trankieni from Vietnam and its sister species, O. nasuta from China, ranged from 1.42 to 2.66%. The intra-specific genetic distance within O. trankieni ranged from 0.68 to 1.88% between the northeastern and northwestern populations. 

Edward Heron-Allen FRS (1861–1943): a review of his scientific career, with an annotated bibliography of his foraminiferal publications

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Hodgkinson ◽  
John E. Whittaker
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Annotated Bibliography ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Scientific Career ◽  
History Museum ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACT: In spite of his many other interests, Edward Heron-Allen also worked for nearly 50 years as a scientist on minute shelled protists, called foraminifera, much of it in an unpaid, unofficial capacity at The Natural History Museum, London, and notably in collaboration with Arthur Earland. During this career he published more than 70 papers and obtained several fellowships, culminating in 1919 in his election to the Royal Society. Subsequently, he bequeathed his foraminiferal collections and fine library to the Museum, and both are housed today in a room named in his honour. In this paper, for the first time, an assessment of his scientific accomplishments is given, together with a full annotated bibliography of his publications held in the Heron-Allen Library. This is part of a project to produce a bibliography of his complete publications, recently initiated by the Heron-Allen Society.

scholarly journals Illustrated checklist of Nolinae (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) of Hong Kong, China, with description of two new species

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 35-58
Author(s):  
Gyula M. László ◽  
Mark Sterling
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Check List ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

This paper provides a comprehensive check list of Nolinae species recorded in Hong Kong, China based on the collections of the second author, Dr. Roger Kendrick and the Natural History Museum, London. The checklist comprises 30 species.  Two of them are new to science and described here as new species (Spininola kendricki sp. n., and Hampsonola ceciliae sp. n.). Misidentification of the female paratype of Spininola nepali László, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2014 is revealed and the true female of S. nepali is illustrated with its genitalia described here for the first time. The hitherto unknown female of S. armata László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010 is also illustrated here for the first time. All species recorded from Hong Kong are illustrated together with their genitalia on 54 colour and 46 black and white diagnostic figures.

The habits and habitats of the opisthobranch molluscs of the British Solomon Islands

1969 ◽  
Vol 255 (800) ◽  
pp. 541-548 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Gut Contents ◽  
Numerical Evidence ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Opisthobranch Molluscs ◽  
First Time ◽  
Reef Formation

Often bizarre in shape and gaudily coloured, the opisthobranchs of the tropical IndoPacific have always been attractive subjects for the specialist worker and for writers of popular natural history. There is certainly no lack of papers describing their anatomy and systematics (Marcus & Burch (1965) give a fairly full bibliography), but only in those by Risbec (1928 a, b , 1951, 1953) are there descriptions of where or how they live and his statements are brief and rather vague. I collected opisthobranchs so as to record them for the British Solomon Islands for the first time and, whenever possible, I noted their habits and habitats. My observations on gut contents are rather scanty as I did not wish to damage any of the few specimens of each species collected. From an examination of ten different types of reef formation I discovered that opisthobranchs are common in only two places; (1) the crest of a semi-exposed reef where algae occur in pools, and (2) the flat of a sheltered or semi-sheltered reef. At each of these sites several distinct habitats can be distinguished. Unfortunately my recognition of these habitats is not supported by strong numerical evidence as none of the 55 species occurred in large numbers.

First description of the male of the linyphiid spider Disembolus  corneliae (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) (Araneae, Linyphiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4526 (3) ◽  
pp. 393
Author(s):  
MARC A. MILNE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Museum Specimens ◽  
American Museum ◽  
First Time

The erigonine linyphiid genus Disembolus currently contains 24 described species (World Spider Catalog 2018). Disembolus was erected by Chamberlin and Ivie (1933) to accommodate their new species D. stridulans Chamberlin and Ivie from Utah. Since then, 23 species have been added to the genus. Chamberlin (1949) described D. zygethus Chamberlin, but the majority of species were added to the genus by Millidge (1981). Millidge (1981) described 16 species from museum specimens at the American Museum of Natural History and transferred five species from the genera Tapinocyba and Soudinus (D. alpha (Chamberlin 1949), D. kesimbus (Chamberlin 1949), D. phanus (Chamberlin 1949), D. sacerdotalis (Crosby & Bishop 1933), and D. corneliae (Chamberlin & Ivie 1944)). The last species added to the genus was D. bairdi Edwards described by Edwards in 1999. Disembolus corneliae Chamberlin and Ivie was described from the female only by Chamberlin and Ivie (1944) as Soudinus corneliae. The species was then transferred to Disembolus by Millidge (1981). Herein, I describe the male of the species for the first time. 

First record of the genus Acrodactyla Haliday (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3207 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
NHI THI PHAM ◽  
GAVIN R. BROAD ◽  
RIKIO MATSUMOTO ◽  
WOLFGANG BÖHME
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
First Record ◽  
Group A ◽  
Lao Cai

Six new Acrodactyla species are described and illustrated from Vietnam based on the Ichneumonidae collection depositedat the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity, Naturalis, Netherlands and the Osaka Museum of Natural History, Japan: A.maiphuquyi sp. nov., A. elongata sp. nov., A. shawi sp. nov and A. tami sp. nov. collected from Lao Cai Province at anelevation of 1,700–2,320 m a.s.l; A. lachryma sp. nov. collected from Chu Mom Ray NP, Kon Tum Province at an eleva-tion of 700–900 m a.s.l; and A. phuthoensis sp. nov. collected from Xuan Son NP, Phu Tho Province at an elevation of350–400 m a.s.l. Acrodactyla maiphuquyi sp. nov., A. elongata sp. nov. and A. tami sp. nov. belong to the degener group; A. lachryma sp. nov., A. phuthoensis sp. nov. and A. shawi sp. nov. belong to the quadrisculpta group.

scholarly journals The First Record of Adult Spotted Sea Bass (Lateolabrax maculatus, McClelland, 1844) from the Coastal Waters of Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 946-954
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Giang ◽  
Phan Thanh Nghi ◽  
Nguyen Bich Hanh
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Sea Bass ◽  
First Record ◽  
16S Rdna Sequence ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Lateolabrax Maculatus ◽  
Mature Fish ◽  
The Many ◽  
First Time ◽  
Quang Ninh

Spotted sea bass (Lateolabrax maculatus, McClelland, 1844) is a species belonging to the genus Lateolabrax (Lateolabracidae), and is characterized by the many distinct black spots on the bodies of mature fish. For the first time, six specimens have been recorded in Quang Ninh province. The specimens were collected from Luon Cave in Bai Tu Long National Park in May-June 2019. The new specimens collected from Quang Ninh, Vietnam are different from the recorded specimens from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China in terms of lateral line scales (LLS) as the samples collected in Quang Ninh, Vietnam have 94-97 scales and the samples collected from the other countries have 66-82 scales. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rDNA sequence confirmed that all of the samples collected in Quang Ninh, Vietnam belonged to the species of spotted sea bass.

scholarly journals Range extension of Lestes nodalis Selys, 1891 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae) in southern India

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 8528
Author(s):  
K. G. Emiliyamma ◽  
Muhamed Jafer Palot
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Range Extension ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
First Time

<p>Here we report the range extension of <em>Lestes nodalis </em>Selys , a northeastern and eastern Indian species to Kerala, southern India for the first time. Additional taxonomic and natural history notes are also given for the species.</p><div> </div>

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