Cloud rats in the Philippines — preliminary report on distribution and status

This paper describes a preliminary field survey of bushy-tailed cloud rats Crateromys spp. and slender-tailed cloud rats Phloeomys in the Philippines in April and May 1990. Brief visits were made to all islands/locations known to support these animals and also to neighbouring areas considered likely to do so. Comparing the results with information from previous surveys suggests that both genera, particularly Crateromys, are more widely distributed than formerly believed, but that some forms are threatened. Three of the four known species of Crateromys are known only from their holotype specimens, one of which awaits description. Another is extinct in its type locality on Ilin Island but may survive on neighbouring Mindoro. These preliminary findings indicate that thorough surveys are required to establish the status of certain species, to investigate the possibility that new species remain undiscovered and to develop conservation plans to reduce the likelihood of further extinctions occurring.

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Deilagaon, a New Genus of Indo-Malayan and Papuan Fig Wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae)

Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde ◽

10.1163/26660644-04602014 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 46 (2) ◽

pp. 291-298 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J.T. Wiebes

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

New Guinea ◽

The Philippines ◽

Type Locality ◽

Fig Wasps ◽

Bismarck Archipelago

Introduction of the new genus Deilagaon with descriptions of new species chrysolepidis (type-species) from the Philippines (type-locality Luzon, ex Ficus chrysolepis Miq.), Celebes, New Guinea (ex F. novoguineensis Corner), Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Isis.; and annulatae from Thailand, Malaya (ex F.depressa Bl.), Sumatra, Borneo (type-locality N. Borneo, ex F. annulata Bl.), Philippines. Included is also Ceratosolen megarhopalus Grandi (1923) from Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines (Balabac Isl.).

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Begonia balangcodiae sp. nov. from northern Luzon, the Philippines and its natural hybrid with B. crispipila, B. × kapangan nothosp. nov.

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.407.1.3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 407 (1) ◽

pp. 5-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

SHIH-HUI LIU ◽

YU-HSIN TSENG ◽

DIAITI ZURE ◽

ROSARIO RIVERA RUBITE ◽

TEODORA D. BALANGCOD ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Field Survey ◽

The Philippines ◽

Southeast Asian ◽

Herbarium Specimens ◽

Natural Hybrid ◽

Paternal Genome ◽

Molecular Analyses ◽

Maternal Genome

The pantropically distributed Begonia (Begoniaceae) is one of the most species-rich genera. Philippines is one of the diversity centers of Southeast Asian Begonia. In our 2012 field survey, three species of Begonia section Petermannia were collected in Barangay Sagubo, Municipality of Kapangan, Province of Benguet in the northern Luzon Island, Philippines. Our study on literatures and herbarium specimens suggests that these collections consist of B. crispipila, an unknown new species hereby we named B. balangcodiae, and the natural hybrid between them. Molecular analyses confirm that the former contributed the maternal genome while the latter provided the paternal genome. We name the natural hybrid B. × kapangan, which is the first natural hybrid reported in sect. Petermannia.

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Turleania rubriguttatus, a new species of pagurid hermit crab (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from shallow water in Japan, with notes on T. senticosa (McLaughlin & Haig, 1996)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4834.1.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4834 (1) ◽

pp. 96-106

Author(s):

TOMOYUKI KOMAI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Shallow Water ◽

Hermit Crab ◽

Dorsal Surface ◽

The Philippines ◽

The Status ◽

Shallow Subtidal ◽

The Right ◽

Kochi Prefecture ◽

A New Species

A new species of the pagurid hermit crab genus Turleania McLaughlin, 1997, T. rubriguttatus, is described on the basis of two specimens, including one male and one female, from shallow subtidal waters in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. The new species appears close to T. albatrossae (McLaughlin & Haig, 1996), known from the Philippines, but the proximally unarmed dorsal surface of the right chela palm and the lack of a dorsomesial row of spines on the left cheliped carpus easily distinguish T. rubriguttatus n. sp. from T. albatrossae. Examination of the type material of T. similis Komai, 1999 and T. spinimanus Komai, 1999, and supplemental material from Japan, confirms that the two taxa are synonymous with T. senticosa (McLaughlin & Haig, 1996), as was suggested by previous authors. Re-examination clarified that in T. senticosa the maxilliped 3 has no developed arthrobranchs, and this led the author to assess the status of T. sinensis Han, Sha & An, 2016, which is also synonymised with T. senticosa.

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A new species of Argostemma (Rubiaceae) with free stamens in star-shaped corolla from the Philippines

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.437.2.7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 437 (2) ◽

pp. 113-117

Author(s):

HAO WEI C. HSU ◽

DENMARC R. ARANAS ◽

GRECEBIO JONATHAN D. ALEJANDRO ◽

SIGRID LIEDE-SCHUMANN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Conservation Status ◽

The Philippines ◽

Type Locality ◽

Iucn Categories ◽

Data Deficient ◽

Stem Leaf ◽

A New Species

Argostemma separatum, a new species with free stamens in star-shaped corolla from Mt. Halcon Oriental Mindoro, Philippines is here described and compared with Argostemma diversifolium, the only species of the genus with this type of flower. This species is distinct from A. diversifolium by its indumentum on stem, leaf blades and calyx, smaller leaf blades, fewer flowered inflorescences, shape of stipule and calyx, red tips on corolla lobes, and color of anthers. Based on the recent IUCN categories, the conservation status of A. separatum is Data Deficient (DD) since it was only collected at the type locality.

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Revision of the genus Epexochus Reitter, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae: Cleonini)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2011.1.2 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2011 (1) ◽

pp. 47-68

Author(s):

MASSIMO MEREGALL ◽

FABIO TALAMELLI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Single Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Type Locality ◽

Western China ◽

Large Size ◽

Colour Variant ◽

The Status ◽

Three New Species ◽

North Western

The genus Epexochus Reitter is revised, its morphological characters are defined and the differences from the most closely related genera, Leucochromus Motschulsky and Eurycleonus Bedel, are outlined. All the populations of Epexochus from Kazakhstan and north-western China (Xinjiang) are referred to a single species, E. lehmanni (Ménétries). The status of Exochus latus Chevrolat is discussed and its name is formally synonymised with lehmanni. According to Art. 45.6.4.1 of the ICZN (1999), the name lehmanni var. consobrinus Faust, originally proposed for a colour variant and misidentified by Ter-Minasyan, is deemed to be subspecific and thus a synonym of lehmanni. Three new species are described in the genus: E. korotyaevi sp. n. (type locality: southern Tajikistan, Shaar-tuz region), characterised by the pronotum curved towards the elytra and by slender, lanceolate scales; E. voriseki sp. n. (type locality: central Uzbekistan, Gazli), characterised by small size, only slightly convex elytra and long hair-like setae, and E. mongolicus sp. n. (type locality: western Mongolia, Kobdoskij Aimak), characterised by large size, convex elytra with flat intervals and an elongate lamella of the aedeagus.

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A NEW GENUS AND A NEW SPECIES OF PYRAUSTINAE (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent991104-10 ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 99 (10) ◽

pp. 1104-1110

Author(s):

Eugene Munroe

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

The Philippines ◽

Type Locality ◽

Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽

A New Species

AbstractChrysothyridia n. gen., related to Didymostoma Warren, is described, with Gonocausta invertalis Snellen as type-species. C. triangulifera n. sp., from the Philippines, type locality Mt. Makiling, Luzon, is described. Didymostoma is recognized as distinct from Bocchoris Moore and Bocchoris aurotinctalis Hampson is transferred to Didymostoma.

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Salmoneus durisi sp. nov., an infaunal alpheid shrimp probably associated with callianassid ghost shrimps in the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Caridea)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4651.1.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4651 (1) ◽

pp. 64-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ARTHUR ANKER ◽

HOSSEIN ASHRAFI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Solomon Islands ◽

The Philippines ◽

Type Locality ◽

Decapod Crustaceans ◽

West Pacific ◽

Suction Pump ◽

Ghost Shrimp ◽

A New Species ◽

Alpheid Shrimp

A new species of the alpheid shrimp genus Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955, probably an obligate associate of ghost shrimp burrows, is described based on material from Oman (type locality: Darsait near Muscat), Iran and the Philippines. Salmoneus durisi sp. nov. is characterised principally by both chelipeds enlarged, robust, with ventral and dorsal margins of chelae carrying long fine setae, and with minor chela fingers armed with a few large teeth on cutting edges. All specimens of Salmoneus durisi sp. nov. were collected either directly from burrows of larger decapod crustaceans with the aid of a suction pump, or by exposing burrows dug under large subtidal rocks. The Iranian specimen was found together with its presumed host, Neocallichirus calmani (Nobili, 1904). Two additional specimens from Indonesia and the Solomon Islands are tentatively assigned to S. cf. durisi sp. nov., awaiting further studies.

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A new species of deepwater tilefish (Percoidea: Branchiostegidae) from the Philippines, with a brief discussion of the status of tilefish systematics

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3249.1.3 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3249 (1) ◽

pp. 31 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

JAMES K. DOOLEY ◽

YUKIO IWATSUKI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

The Philippines ◽

Body Depth ◽

Yellow Colour ◽

Bright Yellow ◽

Orange Yellow ◽

The Status ◽

Yellow Orange ◽

A New Species ◽

Sand Bottom

A new rare species of deepwater Branchiostegus is described from two specimens collected from Bayangas, Laiya, Philippines(130 38.5’ N, 1210 25.6’ E). A total of four specimens were caught by hook and line in 2009 and 2011 between 210–220 m overa rocky-sand bottom, only two were preserved. The species may also be endemic to the Philippines and inhabit burrows as dothe other known species of this genus. The combination of the following characters distinguish the new species from its conge-ners: prominent dark predorsal ridge bordered by bright yellow-orange background (only B. semifasciatus from West Africahas a more prominent and dark predorsal ridge, but the ridge has no underlying orange-yellow colour), a great body depth (28–29% SL; other species of Branchiostegus, usually 27% SL) longer head length (30–31% SL; other species of Branchiostegus,usually 28%), greater head depth (26–27% SL; other species of Branchiostegus, usually 26% SL); long pre-dorsal length (35%SL; other species of Branchiostegus, usually 32% SL), and distinctive body, head and caudal fin colouration; skin over dorsal tips of branchiostegals characteristically bright yellow. A brief discussion of the status of tilefish systematics is included.

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On some Afrotropical Harpalus, with description of two new species, and remarks on Hypharpax australis (Coleoptera: Carabidae): misidentification, mislabeling, and introduction to the Australian region

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5020 (1) ◽

pp. 31-56

Author(s):

BORIS M. KATAEV

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

East Africa ◽

Taxonomic Position ◽

Type Locality ◽

African Continent ◽

Additional Material ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Two New Species ◽

The Status

New data on taxonomy of several Afrotropical species of Harpalus Latreille, 1802 are provided, with special attention to the species recorded outside the African continent. Two new species from East Africa are described: H. pseudoasemus sp. n. from Tanzania and Kenya (type locality: Oldonyo Dambu, 15 km north of Arusha, Tanzania), and H. merkli sp. n. from Ethiopia (type locality: Chercher). Harpalus impressus Roth, 1851, H. asemus Basilewsky, 1947, H. fuscoaeneus Dejean, 1829, H. australasiae Dejean, 1829, and H. parvulus Dejean, 1829 are re-described based on the types and additional material, and the diagnostic characters of Hypharpax australis (Dejean, 1829) are given. Harpalus australasiae sensu Larochelle & Larivière, 2005 (non Dejean, 1829) is treated as conspecific with the Afrotropical H. parvulus which was introduced to Australia and New Zealand. The genus Anisochirus Jeannel, 1946, stat. resurr. is restored for most of the Madagascan and Mascarene species included previously in Harpalus. The members of this genus differ from those of Harpalus in having glabrous paraglossae. The status and taxonomic position of Anisochirus is discussed. The following synonymies are proposed: Harpalus impressus Roth, 1851 = H. sundaicus Schauberger, 1933, syn. n., and H. asemus Basilewsky, 1947 (January 30) = H. hamasiensis G. Müller, 1947 (September 30), syn. n. Lectotypes are designated for H. impressus and H. fuscoaeneus.

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Review of the genus Bolbochromus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Geotrupidae, Bolboceratinae) in the Philippines

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.842.32315 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 842 ◽

pp. 135-152 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chun-Lin Li ◽

Jan Krikken ◽

Chuan-Chan Wang

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Literature Review ◽

The Philippines ◽

Type Locality ◽

Three New Species ◽

Annotated Checklist ◽

First Time

The genus Bolbochromus Boucomout, 1909 from the Philippines is reviewed for the first time. Six species in two subgenera, Metabolbochromus Krikken & Li, 2013 and Bolbochromus, including three new species, Bolbochromus (Bolbochromus) jengi Li & Krikken, sp. n., Bolbochromus (Bolbochromus) luzonensis Li & Krikken, sp. n., and Bolbochromus (Bolbochromus) setosifrons Li & Wang, sp. n., are described with diagnoses, illustrations, distributional data and remarks. A key for the identification of Philippine species is provided. An annotated checklist of the genus in the Philippines is given with information for each species including literature review, synonymy, distribution, and type locality.

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