Taxonomic revision of the Hydroporus bodemeyeri species complex (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) with a geometric morphometric analysis of body shape within the group

The eastern Mediterranean Hydroporus bodemeyeri species complex, which so far includes three species, H. bodemeyeri Ganglbauer, 1900 Bodemeyer, E von. 1900. “Quer durch Klein-Asien in den Bulghar-Dagh”. Emmendingen, , Germany: Die Druck- und Verlags-Aktien-Gesellschaft Vormals Dölter.  [Google Scholar], Hydroporus anatolicus J.Balfour-Browne, 1963 Balfour-Browne, J. and Professor, E. 1963. Janssens journeys to Greece, 1961, and Anatolia, 1962. Haliplidae, Noteridae and Dytiscidae. Bull Inst R Sci Nat Belg., 39(17): 1–3.  [Google Scholar] and Hydroporus cuprescens Fery and Miller, 1995 Miller, KW and Fery, H. 1995. Hydroporus cuprescens n.sp. von der Insel Zypern (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Entomol Ztschr., 105: 405–415.  [Google Scholar], is revised. Three new taxa are described: H. anatolicus koksali ssp. nov. from north-eastern Turkey, H. bodemeyeri cariaensis ssp. nov. from south-western Turkey and Rhodes, and Hydroporus kurdistanicus sp. nov. from south-eastern Turkey. Hydroporus guignoti Gschwendtner, 1935 Gschwendtner, L. 1935. Zwei neue europäische Schwimmkäfer. Entomol Anz., 15: 151–152.  [Google Scholar] described from Albania and Greece and previously regarded as a synonym of H. bodemeyeri, is treated as a distinct subspecies H. bodemeyeri guignoti stat. nov. A geometric morphometric analysis of body shape within the complex is presented, which confirms the separate status of all recognized taxa, with considerable overlapping between the subspecies of H. anatolicus and H. bodemeyeri. We provide an initial hypothesis on the origin of the contemporary distribution of H. bodemeyeri and H. cuprescens, assuming their vicariant diversification from an Anatolian ancestor.     

Reflections on the preservation of recent scientific heritage in dispersed university collections

The bulk of the significant recent scientific heritage of universities is not to be found in accredited science museums or collections employed in research. Rather it is located in a wide variety of more informal collections, assemblages and accumulations. The selection and documentation of such materials is very often unsystematic and many of them are vulnerable to changes of staff, relocation and, above all, shortage of space. Following a survey of views on the values of the recent material heritage of the sciences, I consider the many advantages—for teaching, engagement with wider communities, enhancement of institutional identity and work experience, celebration of scientific achievements, study of the recent history of the practices and fruits of the sciences, etc.—of “multi-site museums” formed through the coordination of such varied and scattered collections. I go on to reflect on ways in which the preservation and display of scientific heritage in dispersed collections may be enhanced and protected through institutional recognition and through provision of guidance and assistance in selection, documentation and digitisation, preservation and conservation, and display. The importance of adequate documentation of the contexts of production and use of objects is stressed, as are the benefits that can result from involvement of student “taskforces” and heritage-concerned scientists.     

海洋沉积物中特有细菌类群的初步探讨

通过构建16S rRNA基因文库对中国南沙南海区沉积物中细菌多样性进行分析,并将获得16S rRNA基因序列与国际基因数据库GenBank进行相似性比较及聚类分析,结果发现来自海洋沉积物的未能培养的微生物往往组成一簇,并与现已获培养并鉴定的微生物自然分开,这一表象表明,海洋沉积物中存在特有的微生物属种。     

Pygmy grasshoppers of the genus Formosatettix Tinkham, 1937 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Tetriginae)

Formosatettix serrifemora Deng sp. nov., Formosatettix zhejiangensis Deng sp. nov. and Formosatettix guposhanensis Deng sp. nov. are described with detailed illustrations of external morphology. New synonymy is proposed: Formosatettix tianmushanensis Zheng and Li = Formosatettix xiai Zheng, Shi and Yin, syn. nov. An updated key to species of the genus is given.

http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D64FA763-EBA7-453C-9D76-7209F5659478     

中国的甘草属新分类群

本文发表国产甘草属6新种:紫花甘草(Glycyrrhiza purpureiflora X.Y.Li),垂花甘草(Gnutantiflora X.Y.Li)平卧甘草(G.prostraca X.Y.Li ex D.C.F.),疏花甘草(G.laxiflora X.Y.Li ex D.C.F.),无腺毛甘草(G.eglandulosa X.Y.Li),阿拉尔甘草(G.alalensis X.Y.Li).     

内蒙古被子植物新记录分类群

新记录属1 大戟科铁苋菜属Acalypha L.Sp.Pl.1003.1753.铁苋菜A.australis L.Sp.Pl.1004.1753;Pojark.in Fl.URSS 14:299.t.17.f.6.1949;中国高等植物图鉴2:605.图2939.1972;东北草本植物志6:34.图版13.图1—4.1977;辽宁植物志上册:1033.图版438:1—5.1988;河北植物志2:65.图967.1989.     

安徽省地理分布新记录植物

本文首次报道了刻鳞苔草和美丽苔草为中国地理分布新记录;裂瓜属,竹叶子属,沼兰属为安徽省新分布属;红果类叶升麻,直穗小蘖等34种(包括变种)为安徽省地理分布新记录植物。     

中国苦苣苔科植物的分类系统历史变化——兼论该科植物在我国合格发表的新分类群与国家级分布新记录情况分析

我国苦苣苔科植物的生物多样性十分丰富,且我国该科植物特有属和种的比率十分高。基于现代分子系统学,近年来对苦苣苔科分类系统的修订巨大而频繁。自2011年以来属一级水平上的撤销、合并、扩增等修订与再修订工作多次进行。到目前为止,我国苦苣苔科植物的最新系统分类已经基本能较好地反映出我国该科植物的自然演化。此外,近年来该科新分类群的大量发表,从另外一个侧面反映出我国苦苣苔科的物种多样性仍待进一步深入研究。本文将自2011年以来涉及我国苦苣苔科植物的属一级水平的修订进行归纳和整理,详尽解释介绍亚科水平上的系统新框架,修订前后属一级水平上的拆解、归并、迁移和撤销。专著《中国苦苣苔科植物》是对我国2005年之前苦苣苔科植物多样性研究的一个阶段性总结。基于这个基础,我们针对自2005年1月至2018年12月这14年内中国苦苣苔科植物新分类群和国家级分布新纪录发表情况进行分析,发现该时间段内我国的苦苣苔科植物比2005年报道的520种(含种下等级)新增194种(含种下等级,含国家级分布新记录)。截至2018年12月31日,我国的苦苣苔科植物物种数量已达714种(含种下等级)。     

Recent and fossil Lunulitidae (Bryozoa,Cheilostomata) 6. Lunulites sensu lato and the genus Lunularia from Australasia

The characters of the genus Lunulites Lamarck, and of some closely related genera are described and discussed. The genus Lunularia Busk is reintroduced, and three species from Australasia are described. One species, L. parvicella, is known only as an Australian Tertiary fossil, but the remaining two, L. capulus and L. repandus, have an extensive Tertiary-to-Recent Australasian distribution. L. capulus is apparently confined to Australian waters and deposits, but L. repandus has now been found in the Miocene and Recent of New Zealand, as well as off the southern and western Australian coasts.