On time or fashionably late for lichen discoveries in Singapore? Seven new species and nineteen new records of Graphidaceae from the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, a highly urbanized tropical environment in South-East Asia

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gothamie Weerakoon ◽  
Kang Min Ngo ◽  
Shawn Lum ◽  
H. Thorsten Lumbsch ◽  
Robert Lücking
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
New Records ◽  
Tropical Environment ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Chemical Substances ◽  
Secondary Substances ◽  
Thallus Surface ◽  
Made In

AbstractBased on collections focusing on Graphidaceae made in 2012 at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (BTNR) in Singapore, seven new species are described: Astrochapsa sipmanii, differing from A. astroidea in the olive-brown thallus and thick and coarse apothecial pruina; Fissurina duplomarginata, differing from F. insidiosa by the double margin of the lirellae and the more greenish, rough thallus; Graphis bukittimaensis, differing from G. phaeospora in the erumpent lirellae with lateral thalline margin and the consistently 1-spored asci; G. singaporensis, differing from G. novopalmicola in the much smaller ascospores and in the immersed, densely branched lirellae with thin lateral thalline margin; Ocellularia subudupiensis, differing from O. udupiensis in the presence of three unknown secondary substances and in the comparatively rough thallus surface; O. gueidaniana, characterized by small, transversely septate, hyaline ascospores, prominent, carbonized but ecolumellate apothecia, and two unknown chemical substances resembling metabolites in the stictic acid chemosyndrome; and O. rivasplatana, differing from O. exigua in the larger, broad-pored apothecia with black-rimmed margin and filled with a black-topped columella. Nineteen species are recognized as new records for Singapore. The substantial diversity of Graphidaceae in this reserve suggests that many more taxa are awaiting discovery, even in such a highly urbanized location.

New species and new records of thelotremoid Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Ostropales) from Thailand

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 232 ◽  
Author(s):  
KHWANRUAN BUTSATORN PAPONG ◽  
ARMIN MANGOLD ◽  
ROBERT LÜCKING ◽  
H. THORSTEN LUMBSCH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Unusual Combination ◽  
Secondary Substances ◽  
Thallus Surface

Six new species of thelotremoid Graphidaceae are described from Thailand. Leucodecton confusum Papong, Mangold & Lücking has a densely corticate thallus and small, lepadinoid ascomata with double margin producing small, hyaline, submuriform ascospores. Ocellularia cerebriformis Papong, Lücking & Lumbsch is characterized by a brain-like, folded thallus surface, in combination with small, (sub-)muriform ascospores and protocetraric acid chemistry. Ocellularia kohphangangensis Papong, Mangold & Lücking features an unusual combination of small, brown, submuriform ascospores and the cinchonarum unknown chemistry. Ocellularia pseudopapillata Papong, Mangold & Lücking differs from O. papillata in the uneven-verrucose thallus, the thin, indistinctly fissured proper margin of the ascomata, and the carbonized columella. Ocellularia salazinica Papong, Mangold & Lücking is characterized by the presence of salazinic acid (a rare substance in Graphidaceae), in combination with ascomata resembling those of Rhabdodiscus, and comparatively large, muriform ascospores. A further species of Ocellularia, O. subdolichotata Papong, Mangold & Lumbsch, has a smooth, white thallus, prominent, columellate and carbonized ascomata, large, transversely septate ascospores (smaller than in O. dolichotata), and lacks secondary substances. The following 11 species are new records for Thailand: Chapsa discoides (Stirt.) Lücking, Glaucotrema glaucophaenum (Kremp.) Rivas Plata & Lumbsch, Leucodecton anamalaiense (Patw. & C. R. Kulk.) Rivas Plata & Lücking, Ocellularia fumosa (Ach.) Müll. Arg., O. granulifera (Kremp.) Müll. Arg., O. violacea Räsänen, O. viridipallens Müll. Arg., Rhabdodiscus subcavatus (Nyl.) Rivas Plata & Lumbsch, Stegobolus berkeleyanus Mont., Thelotrema defossum (Müll. Arg.) Mangold, and T. subadjectum Mangold.

A large hornet mimic clearwing moth of the genus Lamellisphecia Kallies & Arita, 2004 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Nanling, Guangdong, southern China

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4706 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-482
Author(s):  
YUTAKA ARITA ◽  
AXEL KALLIES ◽  
NAOKI YATA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Southern China ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Clearwing Moth ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

We here describe a new species, Lamellisphecia minwangi Arita & Kallies sp. nov., from Nanling, Guangdong, southern China. Furthermore, we provide new records of Lemellisphecia Kallies & Arita, 2004 species from south-east Asia, with L. champaensis Kallies & Arita, 2004 recorded for Laos and L. haematinea Kallies & Arita, 2004 recorded for Myanmar for the first time.

A new species and new records of Lecanora (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota) from south–east Asia

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khwanruan PAPONG ◽  
Kansri BOONPRAGOB ◽  
H. Thorsten LUMBSCH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Usnic Acid ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

AbstractThe new species Lecanora ulrikii from Bhutan and Thailand is described. It belongs to Lecanora s. str. and is characterized by relatively large, orange-brown to brown apothecia that are constricted at the base, a clear to inspersed hymenium, an epihymenium of the glabrata-type, and by the presence of atranorin, usnic acid and the isoarthothelin chemosyndrome. Further, three species, L. arthothelinella, L. austrotropica and L. subimmergens, are reported for the first time from Thailand.

Two new species of the genus Acria (Lepidoptera: Peleopodidae) from South-East Asia

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-281
Author(s):  
A.L. Lvovsky
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Two New Species

Acria javanica sp. nov. and A. sulawesica sp. nov. are described from Indonesia.

scholarly journals Intact forests of the Hkakabo Razi Landscape are a hotspot of bat diversity in South-east Asia

Oryx ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Paul J. J. Bates ◽  
Pipat Soisook ◽  
Sai Sein Lin Oo ◽  
Marcela Suarez-Rubio ◽  
Awatsaya Pimsai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
New Records ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Bat Conservation ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
Bat Diversity ◽  
High Diversity

Abstract The Hkakabo Razi Landscape, in northern Kachin, Myanmar, is one of the largest remaining tracts of intact forest in South-east Asia. In 2016, we undertook a survey in its southern margins to assess bat diversity, distribution and ecology and evaluate the importance of the area for global bat conservation. Two collecting trips had taken place in the area in 1931 and 1933, with four bat species reported. We recorded 35 species, 18 of which are new for Kachin. One species, Murina hkakaboraziensis, was new to science and three, Megaerops niphanae, Phoniscus jagorii, Murina pluvialis, were new records for Myanmar. Our findings indicate high bat diversity in Hkakabo Razi; although it comprises only 1.7% of Myanmar's land area, it is home to 33.6% of its known bat species. This emphasizes Hkakabo Razi's importance for conserving increasingly threatened, forest-interior bats, especially in the families Kerivoulinae and Murininae. There is also a high diversity of other mammals and birds within the Hkakabo Razi Landscape, which supports its nomination as a World Heritage Site.

scholarly journals First Anthomyzidae (Diptera) from China: a new genus, six new species and new records

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jindřich Roháček
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
Molecular Barcoding ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

The family Anthomyzidae (Diptera: Acalyptrata) is recorded from China for the first time based on 11 species, 6 of them new to science. A distinctive new genus Marshallya gen. nov. is described, based on single peculiar species, M. platythorax sp. nov. (both sexes) from Sichuan. Other new species, viz. Amygdalops sevciki sp. nov. (Hainan I.) (both sexes), Epischnomyia tkoci sp. nov. (Sichuan) (male only), Anthomyza ornata sp. nov. (Sichuan) (female only), Anthomyza sulphurea sp. nov. (Yunnan) (both sexes) and Arganthomyza hyperseta sp. nov. (Shaanxi) (male only) are described and illustrated in detail. Male-female association of two Amygdalops species is clarified by means of molecular barcoding and the female of A. bisinus Roháček, 2008 is correctly identifi ed and described. Relationships of all these taxa are discussed. Five species, viz. Amygdalops bisinus (Hainan I.), Epischnomyia merzi Roháček, 2009, Anthomyza cuneata Roháček, 1987, Anthomyza trifurca Sueyoshi & Roháček, 2003 (all from Sichuan) and Arganthomyza versitheca Roháček, 2009 (Shaanxi, Sichuan) are new additions to the Chinese fauna of Anthomyzidae. DNA sequences of the barcoding region of COI have been obtained for 3 species, Amygdalops bisinus, Amygdalops sevciki and Marshallya platythorax. Biology and distribution of all 11 species are discussed. First photographs of living Anthomyzidae from East Asia are presented. Based on knowledge of Anthomyzidae from neighbouring areas the diversity of the Chinese fauna of the family is estimated to include 50-60 species.

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