New species of plume moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from China, Sichuan Province

Pternopetalum paucifoliolatum, a new species from Sixigou Scenic Area, Emeishan City, Sichuan Province, is proposed and described. Diagnostic morphological characters, full description, detailed illustrations, and a distribution map are provided. The new species is similar to P. porphyronotum in possessing the 1-pinnate leaves and the abaxially purple-red leaflets, but differs from the latter by shorter stature, fewer leaflets ((1–) 3–7) and rays (5–8), the leaflet margin white-ciliate. The new species, which is assessed as Critically Endangered (CR), was only found on limestone cliffs. We also provide a new key to the species of Pternopetalum.

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A new species, Stemonitis sichuanensis, and a newly recorded species, Stemonitis marjana (Myxogastria) from China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.258.2.10 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 258 (2) ◽

pp. 195 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ZHANG BO ◽

LI YU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Record ◽

Sichuan Province ◽

Electron Micrograph ◽

Scanning Electron Micrograph ◽

Natural Reserve ◽

A New Species ◽

Scanning Electron

A new species, Stemonitis sichuanensis, collected in Gexigou National Natural Reserve, Sichuan province, China, is described herein. This new species has a columella that usually ends in an ovoid to triangular expansion at the apex of the sporotheca and small spores (about 6–7 μm in diam.). We present a scanning electron micrograph study of S. sichuanensis and a key to the species in the genus Stemonitis. Holotype specimens of S. sichuanensis are deposited in the Herbarium of the Mycological Institute of Jilin Agricultural University (HMJAU), Changchun, China. We also report a new record of another species of Stemonitis, S. marjana Y. Yamam., in this paper, specimens of which are also deposited in the HMJAU.

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Two new Hypomyces associated with boletoid fungi in China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.516.1.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 516 (1) ◽

pp. 28-42

Author(s):

XIN GU ◽

RONG FU ◽

RUI WANG ◽

JING-ZU SUN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Sichuan Province ◽

Morphological Features ◽

Fungicolous Fungi ◽

Two New Species ◽

Close Relatives ◽

Shape And Size

During an investigation of fungicolous fungi associated with mushrooms in China, four boleticolous fungi were collected from Sichuan Province. Based on the morphological features and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses this study introduces two new species, Hypomyces ampullaris, and H. sichuanensis. The new species are described and illustrated comprehensively and compared with their related fungi. Hypomyces ampullaris is similar to Sepedonium ampullosporum in forming candelabrum-like conidiophores and producing ampulliform conidia but differs from the latter in having shorter phialides and smaller ampulloconidia. Hypomyces sichuanensis is similar to H. chrysospermus, H. microspermus, and Sepedonium laevigatum in forming poorly developed verticills conidiophores and the shape and size of aleurioconidia. However, the asexual spores of H. sichuanensis averaged somewhat smaller than those of H. chrysospermus and S. laevigatum, and larger than that of H. microspermus. Additionally, H. ampullaris and H. sichuanensis distinct from their close relatives in no pigment discoloration of the PDA medium. These species introduced here, improve our understanding of the diversity of Hypomyces, especially of the boleticolous Hypomyces in China.

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Conlarium sichuanense sp. nov., on Ficus virens from Sichuan Province, China

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.528.1.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 528 (1) ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

TIAN ZHANG ◽

NING-GUO LIU ◽

WEN-LI LI ◽

JIAN-KUI LIU

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Sichuan Province ◽

Terrestrial Habitat ◽

Ficus Virens ◽

Distinct Lineage

A new hyphomycetous species, Conlarium sichuanense was found on dead branches of Ficus virens (Moraceae) from a terrestrial habitat in Sichuan Province, China. The new species has sporodochial colonies on natural substate, with micronematous conidiophores and muriform, brown and subglobose to irregular-shaped conidia. The phylogenetic analysis based on combined LSU, ITS and SSU sequence data showed that Conlarium sichuanense clustered together with C. aquaticum and C. thailandense and presented as a distinct lineage. A detailed, illustrated description and comparison with related Conlarium species are provided.

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Seven new Otacilia Thorell, 1897 species from China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5032.4.4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5032 (4) ◽

pp. 533-548

Author(s):

YANNAN MU ◽

FENG ZHANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sichuan Province ◽

Hunan Province ◽

Shanxi Province ◽

Chongqing City ◽

Species Groups

Seven new species of Otacilia Thorell, 1897 from China are described and illustrated, all from both sexes: O. ensifera sp. nov. and O. arcuata sp. nov. from Hunan Province; O. spiralis sp. nov. from Hunan Province and Chongqing City; O. lubrica sp. nov. and O. wuli sp. nov. from Chongqing City; O. dentigera sp. nov. from Sichuan Province; and O. shanxi sp. nov. from Shanxi Province. Based on Jin et al. (2016), the seven new species described here belong to two species groups: O. ensifera sp. nov., O. shanxi sp. nov., O. spiralis sp. nov. and O. lubrica sp. nov. belong to the armatissima-group, while O. wuli sp. nov., O. dentigera sp. nov. and O. arcuata sp. nov. belong to the longituba-group.

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Two new species of the genus Zaitzevia Champion, 1923 from China (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Macronychini)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4852.2.8 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4852 (2) ◽

pp. 231-238

Author(s):

RI-XIN JIANG ◽

SHUO WANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Yunnan Province ◽

Sichuan Province ◽

Diagnostic Features ◽

Two New Species ◽

Collection Data

Two new riffle beetles of the genus Zaitzevia Champion, 1923: Z. chenzhitengi sp. nov. from Sichuan Province and Z. xiongzichuni sp. nov. from Yunnan Province are described from China. Habitus and other diagnostic features of the new species are described and illustrated. Habitat information and collection data of the new species are also provided.

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A new species of Protonemura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from China and new images of three other species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4802.2.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4802 (2) ◽

pp. 250-260

Author(s):

MENG-YUAN ZHAO ◽

YU-ZHOU DU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sichuan Province ◽

Southwestern China ◽

Adult Males ◽

Outer Lobe ◽

Basal Portion ◽

A New Species

A new nemourid species, Protonemura longispina sp. nov. from Sichuan Province of southwestern China is described. The outer lobe of the paraprocts with numerous long spines and the basal portion divided into two lobes, distinguishes the new species from all congeners. New images of three other species, P. bidigitata Du & Wang, P. biintrans Li & Yang, and P. macrodactyla Du & Zhou are given. Additionally, a key to the adult males of Protonemura known from China is provided.

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New species of the tribe Trechini from China (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4656.1.7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4656 (1) ◽

pp. 143-152

Author(s):

IGOR A. BELOUSOV ◽

ILYA I. KABAK ◽

HONGBIN LIANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Variation ◽

Sichuan Province ◽

Hengduan Mountains ◽

Type Series ◽

New Findings ◽

Two New Species

Two new species of the tribe Trechini Bonelli, 1810 are described from the Hengduan Mountains in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, China: Agonotrechus spinangulus sp. n. (from the Kangwu Pass, Liziping Town, Muli County, southern Sichuan) and Sinotrechiama yunnanus sp. n. (from the Xiaobaicaoling Pass, Santai Town, Dayao County, Yunnan). A new collecting site (Yizi Pass between Meigu County and Ebian County, Sichuan) is provided with some data on morphological variation for one more species, Protrechiama crassipes (Uéno, 1997), known so far only from the two female specimens of the type series. These new findings significantly expand our knowledge of the above three genera. Sinotrechiama yunnanus sp. n. is the first member of the genus found outside of Sichuan Province.

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Seven new species of the Stenus cirrus group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Sichuan, Southwest China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4425.3.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4425 (3) ◽

pp. 527

Author(s):

LIANG TANG ◽

SHENG-NAN LIU ◽

XIN-YU DONG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southwest China ◽

Sichuan Province ◽

Key To Species ◽

Diagnostic Characters

Seven new species of the Stenus cirrus group collected from Sichuan, Southwest China are described: S. cariniventris Tang, Liu & Dong, sp. n., S. jiangrixini Tang, Liu & Dong, sp. n., S. lineatus Tang, Liu & Dong, sp. n., S. emeishanus Tang, Liu & Dong, sp. n., S. jiudingshanus Tang, Liu & Dong, sp. n., S. xichangensis Tang, Liu & Dong, sp. n., S. brevilineatus Tang, Liu & Dong, sp. n. The diagnostic characters of the new species are illustrated, and a key to species of the group from Sichuan Province is provided.

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A new Platambus from Sichuan, with new records of species of the P. sawadai group from China (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4612.4.5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4612 (4) ◽

pp. 533

Author(s):

JIŘÍ HÁJEK ◽

TAO ZHANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

New Records ◽

Dorsal Surface ◽

Species Group ◽

Sichuan Province ◽

Median Lobe ◽

A New Species

Platambus binliui sp. nov. from Sichuan Province, China, is described and illustrated. It belongs to the P. sawadai species group sensu Nilsson (2000). The new species differs from other species of this group by the larger body, punctation of the dorsal surface and shape of male genitalia. New records of members of the P. sawadai group from China are provided: Platambus micropunctatus Nilsson, 2003 (Guangdong), P. punctatipennis Brancucci, 1984 (Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), P. regulae Brancucci, 1991 (Yunnan), representing a new species for Chinese fauna, and P. wangi Brancucci, 2006 (Hubei). Habitus and median lobe photographs for all mentioned species are provided.

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