Ten new records of Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae) for Vietnam and lectotypification of Polystichum atroviridissimum and P. fimbriatum

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 164 (2) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngan Thi Lu ◽  
Liang Zhang ◽  
Li-Bing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Color Images ◽  
Species Type ◽  
Type Information

Ten new records of Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae; pteridophyta) for Vietnam, P. auriculum, P. dangii, P. excellens, P. fimbriatum, P. liboense, P. minimum, P. mucronifolium, P. nepalense, P. subacutidens, and P. xichouense, are reported from new collections, incorrectly attributed past collections, or unidentified material. Color images are provided for newly collected species. Type information is given for all related names. We also lectotypified two names of Polystichum: P. atroviridissimum and P. fimbriatum.

scholarly journals The Reptile Database: Curating the biodiversity literature without funding

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Uetz
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Publication ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Reptile Species ◽  
Initial Release ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
Species Type ◽  
Species Descriptions ◽  
Online Sources ◽  
Type Information ◽  
Name Changes

The Reptile Database (RDB) curates the literature and taxonomy for about 14,000 species and subspecies of reptiles (Uetz et al. 2021). Together with a few other databases, the RDB curates the literature for about 70,000 species of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. While it acts as a current name list for extant reptile taxa, including synonymies, it also collects images (currently ~18,000, representing half of all species), type information, diagnoses and descriptions, and a bibliography of 62,000 references, most of which are linked to online sources. The database is also extensively cross-referenced to citizen science projects (iNaturalist), the NCBI taxonomy, the IUCN Red List, and several others, and serves as data provider (for reptiles) for the Catalogue of Life. A major challenge for the Reptile database is the consistent curation of the literature, which requires the addition of about 2000 papers a year, including about 200 new species descriptions and numerous taxonomic changes. For instance, during the past five years, almost 1000 species changed their names, in addition to the ~900 species that were newly described, i.e., almost 20% of all reptile species were described or changed their name within just a half decade! While the database can keep track of name changes, it remains a largely unsolved problem of how these name changes can or should be translated into related databases such as the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), which keeps track of the literature independently (but exchanges data with the RDB). Some sites use the web services of the RDB to update their taxonomy, such as Calphotos or iNaturalist, but many do not or have not been able to implement automated name tracking. The RDB also works with the Global Assessment of Reptile Distributions (GARD Initiative) to keep track of range changes. After GARD published a collection of ~10,000 range maps for reptiles in 2017, more than half of these maps have changed in area size by more than 5% since the initial release. The database has developed several avenues for streamlining and optimizing curation of the literature, e.g., (semi-) automated requests for publications, species descriptions, and photos from authors, but the process is far from fully automated. Questions remain: how can taxonomic databases develop, share, and exchange better tools for curation? Can we standardize data collection and processing? How can we automatically exchange data with other data sources? How can we optimize the process of scientific publication to streamline databasing and automated information extraction?

A new species and two new records of the Neoperla diehli subgroup of the N. montivaga group (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4790 (3) ◽  
pp. 515-524
Author(s):  
RAORAO MO ◽  
GUOQUAN WANG ◽  
WEIHAI LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Color Images ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the Neoperla diehli subgroup of the montivaga group, N. curvilobata sp. nov., is described from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China. The first country records for N. diehli Sivec, 1985 and N. hubleyi Stark & Sivec, 2008 from China are given. Neoperla wui Yang & Yang, 1990 is reported again from the type locality. Neoperla mesostyla Li & Wang, 2013 (in Wang et al. 2013b) is placed as a synonym of N. wui. Illustrations and color images are provided for each species and the new species is compared with related congeners of the N. diehli subgroup. A provisional key to the known species of the N. diehli subgroup is also presented. 

New species and records of grammitid ferns (Polypodiaceae) for Vietnam

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 226 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Parris ◽  
Cheng Wei Chen ◽  
Tian Chuan Hsu ◽  
Thi Ngan LU ◽  
Quoc Dat Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Information Distribution ◽  
Voucher Specimens ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Grammitid Ferns ◽  
Type Information

Three new species (Calymmodon concinnus, Oreogrammitis parvula, Xiphopterella parva), and seven new records (Dasygrammitis brevivenosa, Oreogrammitis sinohirtella, Radiogrammitis beddomeana, R. jagoriana, Scleroglossum pyxidatum, S. sulcatum and Themelium halconense) of grammitid ferns (Polypodiaceae) are reported for the flora of Vietnam, mostly from newly collected specimens. We provide detailed morphological descriptions, illustrations, ecology and distribution, and taxonomic notes for each new species. Furthermore, type information, distribution, voucher specimens and taxonomic notes are provided for each newly recorded species. A checklist including synonymy and a key to Vietnamese grammitid ferns are also given.

A newly recorded genus and twelve newly recorded species of ferns for Vietnam from Lang Biang Plateau

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 443 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-143
Author(s):  
CHENG-WEI CHEN ◽  
TIAN-CHUAN HSU ◽  
YI-SHAN CHAO ◽  
PING-FONG LU ◽  
CHIA-WEI LI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Voucher Specimens ◽  
Type Information ◽  
Key Characters

One genus (Chrysogrammitis) and twelve species (Asplenium pifongiae, Chrysogrammitis musgraviana, Crepidomanes makinoi, Ctenitis sinii, Ctenopterella khaoluangensis, Didymoglossum wallii, Dryopteris hendersonii, Hymenophyllum palmatifidum, H. paniculiflorum, Polystichum prionolepis, Pteris latipinna, and Stegnogramma wilfordii) of ferns are reported as new records for Vietnam based on newly collected specimens from Lang Biang Plateau. We provide photographs of key characters, type information, voucher specimens, distribution, ecology, and notes for each newly recorded species.

scholarly journals A revision of the types of Heteroptera species described by Géza Horváth based on specimens from collections of Ladislav Duda and Emil Holub

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 275-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Kment ◽  
Dávid Rédei
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Species Type ◽  
Hungarian Natural History Museum ◽  
Original Type

A recent cataloguing of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) types held in the collection of National Museum, Prague (NMPC), revealed several specimens originating from the collection of Czech collectors Emil Holub and Ladislav Duda, being part of the same series as types described by Géza Horváth in his paper ‘Hemiptera nova africana’ and until now believed to be deposited exclusively in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (HNHM). The publication date of that paper is fixed as March 20, 1893, affecting these taxa: Reduviidae: Coranopsis Horváth, 1893, Coranopsis vittata Horváth, 1893, Cosmolestes fulvus Horváth, 1893, Edocla albipennis Horváth, 1893, Harpactor (Diphymus) dudae Horváth, 1893, Oncocephalus angustatus Horváth, 1893, Phonoctonus validus Horváth, 1893, Reduvius reuteri Horváth, 1893, Staccia inermis Horváth, 1893; Blissidae: Ischnocoridea Horváth, 1893, Ischnocoridea elegans Horváth, 1893; Rhyparochromidae: Aphanus (Graptopeltus) dilutus Horváth, 1893 [= Naphiellus dilutus (Horváth, 1893)], Pamera bergrothi Horváth, 1893 [= Horridipamera bergrothi (Horváth, 1893)]; Coreidae: Homoeocerus fuscicornis Horváth, 1893, Hypselonotus balteatus Horváth, 1893 [= Hypselonotus interruptus Hahn, 1833]; Plataspidae: Niamia Horváth, 1893, Niamia angulosa Horváth, 1893; Scutelleridae: Cantao africanus Horváth, 1893, Cryptacrus princeps Horváth, 1893 [= Cryptacrus comes comes (Fabricius, 1803)], Polytodes Horváth, 1893 [= Polytes Stål, 1867], Polytodes ochraceus Horváth, 1893 [= Polytes tigrinus (Vollenhoven, 1868)]; Dinidoridae: Dinidor vicarius Horváth, 1893; Pentatomidae: Caura modesta Horváth, 1893, Diploxys (Paracoponia) holubi Horváth, 1893 [= Coponia holubi (Horváth, 1893)], Paracoponia Horváth, 1893 [= Coponia Stål, 1865], Mecosoma spinosum Horváth, 1893 [= Macrorhaphis acuta Dallas, 1851], Menida distanti Horváth, 1893 [= Menida transversa transversa (Signoret, 1861)], and Stollia crucifera Horváth, 1893. Only the following type specimens bearing Horváth’s original type label and deposited in HNHM are recognized and their status elucidated: Coranopsis vittata (1 syntype), Cosmolestes fulvus (holotype), Edocla albipennis (holotype), Harpactor (Diphymus) dudae (1 syntype), Oncocephalus angustatus (1 syntype), Reduvius reuteri (1 syntype), Homoeocerus fuscicornis (1 syntype), Hypselonotus balteatus (1 syntype), Niamia angulosa (1 syntype), Cryptacrus princeps (1 syntype), Polytodes ochraceus (holotype), Dinidor vicarius (holotype), Caura modesta (lectotype), Diploxys (Paracoponia) holubi (lectotype), and Menida distanti (1 syntype). The syntype(s) of Cantao africanus and holotype of Stollia crucifera could not be located; a specimen in NMPC presumably from the same series is designated here as neotype of Stollia crucifera. Based on the examination of the type material the following subjective synonymies are proposed: Neotrichedocla quadrisignata (Stål, 1855) = Reduvius reuteri Horváth, 1893, confirmed synonymy; Dinidor impicticollis Stål, 1870 = D. vicarius Horváth, 1893, syn. nov.; Parantestia (Chromantestia) cincticollis (Schaum, 1853) = Parantestia (Chromantestia) modesta (Horváth, 1893), syn. nov. = Parantestia (Chromantestia) cincticollis var. bergrothiana Kirkaldy, 1909, syn. nov.; Cosmopepla cruciaria Stål, 1872 = Stollia crucifera Horváth, 1893, syn. nov. Rhynocoris katangensis Schouteden, 1929 (Reduviidae), erroneously considered as junior synonym of Rhynocoris dudae by MALDONADO CAPRILES (1990), must be considered valid species. Type locality of the species described based on material collected by Emil Holub is discussed. New records are provided for Edocla albipennis (Namibia), Homoeocerus fuscicornis (Angola) and Parantestia cincticollis (Republic of the Congo).

scholarly journals Revision of the ichneumon-flies of the genus Ischyrocnemis Holmgren, 1858 with resurrection of the genus Terozoa Förster, 1869 stat. resurr. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 323 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-44
Author(s):  
D.R. Kasparyan
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Western Palearctic ◽  
Palearctic Species ◽  
The Face ◽  
Species Type

Genera Ischyrocnemis and Terozoa (both initially monotypic) have been synonymized by H. Townes (1971) and preliminary placed in the subfamily Metopiinae. The results of molecular analyses (Quicke et al. 2009) did not clarify their systematic position. In this work Terozoa Förster, 1869 gen. resurr. (=Parablastus M. Constantineanu, 1973, syn. nov.) is restored from synonyms and placed into the subfamily Tryphoninae. Terozoa includes three species: type of the genus, Terozoa quadridens Perkins, 1962 (= Parablastus bituberculatus M. Constantineanu, 1973, syn. nov.) and two more species described earlier in Parablastus – T. iberica (Kasparyan, 1999) comb. n. and T. anatolica (Gürbüz et Kolarov, 2005) comb. n. The genus Terozoa and species T. quadridens are new records for Russia (North Caucasus, Essentuki). A key to species is provided. Four new Western Palearctic species are in Ischyrocnemis: I. femorator sp. nov. (with two subspecies: Caucasian I.f. femorator subsp. nov. and I. f. turanicus subsp. nov. from Central Asia), I. kotenkoi sp. nov. from the Transcaucasia, I. nigrans sp. nov. from steppes of Eastern Ukraine, Volga region and Kazakhstan, and I. verae sp. nov. from Kopet-Dag. A key to five species of the genus is given. Ischyrocnemis is treated provisionally in Metopiinae after H. Townes (1971), G. Broad and M. Shaw (2005). The characters common for Ischyrocnemis and Metopiinae are discussed: Ischyrocnemis approaches to Metopiinae in having the face and clypeus completely fused and clypeal fovea entirely lacking, that is unusual for most of Ichneumonidae but is typical for many Metopiinae (Acerataspis, Colpotrochia, Periope, Hypsicera, Triclistus, etc.); epipleura very wide (in metopiine present in Colpotrochia, Periope, Hypsicera, Seticornuta, Triclistus, etc.). Unusual for Metopiinae 1st metasomal segment of Ischyrocnemis (without glymmae with spiracles beyond the middle, and strongly narrowed in front of spiracles) found in Periope and in many ways is similar to some other Metopiinae (in genera Apolophus, Colpotrochia).

IPOMOEA LITTORALIS AND IPOMOEA CAPITELLATA VAR. MULTILOBATA : NEW RECORDS FOR UPPER GANGETIC PLAINS OF INDIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
JASWINDER KAUR ◽  
SATYA NARAIN
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Gangetic Plains

The floristic exploration and critical examination of specimens collected of family Convolvulaceae from Upper Gangetic Plains of India, resulted in addition of 2 new records for the flora viz. Ipomoea littoralis and Ipomoea capitellata var. multilobata. Detailed description, phenology, ecology, distribution, locality, field number, type specimens examined, illustrations and other relevant notes are provided.

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