{"title":"Origin and diversification of endemic seed plants in Central (Nepal) and Eastern (Bhutan) Himalaya","authors":"Achyut Tiwari , Basu Dev Paudel , Kumar Manish","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mountains are rich in endemic species diversity due to various factors, including steep elevational and climatic gradients and high habitat heterogeneity. While the causal factors behind high species endemism have been well worked out with respect to habitat characteristics and climate, the evolutionary mechanisms have received little attention. In this study, we attempt to decipher the evolutionary patterns of diversification of endemic plants in Nepal (Central Himalaya) and Bhutan (Eastern Himalaya) using species-presence records, phylogenetic supertrees, and ancestral area reconstruction methods. We found that the Nepal Himalaya was richer than Bhutan Himalaya with respect to endemic plant species. Maximum diversification of endemic plants in Nepal Himalaya occurred 35-20 million years ago (Mya), and in Bhutan Himalaya, it occurred during 55-45 Mya. Ancestral area reconstructions revealed that the maximum number of endemics in both Nepal and Bhutan Himalaya have diversified from taxa that migrated from Southeast Asiatic Malaysian and Southeast Chinese regions. We conclude that the plant species endemism in the Himalaya is closely linked with the phase-wise gradual uplift of mountains, long-term climate variation, species migration and floristic composition of the neighboring landscapes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 162-167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jung Shin Park , Jong-Bin An , Sang-Kuk Han , Soon-Ok Oh
{"title":"New records of lichen species found in the National Forest Inventory in South Korea","authors":"Jung Shin Park , Jong-Bin An , Sang-Kuk Han , Soon-Ok Oh","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The National Forest Inventory, conducted at the national level, aims to provide basic data for policy establishment through scientific research and evaluation of forests. The survey was conducted on trees, vegetation, and soil characteristics, in addition to lichen, and research is being conducted as one axis of the forest survey. The survey was carried out in 258 regions, and 16 municipalities from 2021 to 2023. Lichen collected over 3 years included 119 species in 52 genera, 27 families, 16 orders, 4 classes, and 7 new records were identified. This study aims to provide lichen information known and reports new records of species based on information obtained from ongoing nationwide surveys.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 3","pages":"Pages 525-534"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144917154","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johann E. Oyola , Martha S. Calderon , Danilo E. Bustamante
{"title":"Exploring the diversity of bryophytes through DNA barcoding in montane forests of the Private Conservation Area San Pablo Communal – Gocta Waterfall, Peru","authors":"Johann E. Oyola , Martha S. Calderon , Danilo E. Bustamante","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bryophytes (liverworts, mosses, and hornworts) play crucial ecological roles in the ecosystem. However, for the Private Conservation Area (PCA) San Pablo Communal – Gocta Waterfall, there are no records of the diversity of this group of plants, despite being in the territory of the Peruvian Yungas, which is considered to be a biodiversity hotspot. In this study, the diversity of bryophytes within the PCA was characterized using the <em>rbc</em>L. In addition, Shannon-Wiener and Simpson diversity indices were used to evaluate the species richness within the three life zones of the PCA [Tropical Premontane Dry Forest (TP—df), Tropical Low Montane Dry Forest (TLM—df) and Tropical Low Montane Humid Forest (TLM—hf)]. A total of 139 individuals were collected and 83 species were identified; these individuals were located in 49 genera and 33 families. The predominant species were <em>Boulaya</em> sp., <em>Dicranolejeunea axillaris,</em> and <em>Frullania cuencensis</em>. The diversity indices showed a high diversity of bryophytes in the PCA, with values between 2.90 and 3.85 for the Shannon index and 0.93 and 0.97 for the Simpson index. This study provides information based on molecular tools on the bryophyte flora and contributes to the conservation of biodiversity in the San Pablo Communal PCA, Gocta Waterfall.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 3","pages":"Pages 535-550"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144917155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First report of the genus Dicladocerus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Korea with an updated key to the Eastern Palaearctic species","authors":"Jongmin Bae , Sunghoon Jung","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study reports the genus <em>Dicladocerus</em> Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Korea, with a newly reported species, <em>Dicladocerus yoshimotoi</em> Özdikmen. We provide a redescription of this species with photos of diagnostic characteristics based on paratype and Korean specimens. Due to subtle morphological variations among <em>Dicladocerus</em> species, we also provide a key to distinguish species within the Eastern Palaearctic region.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 216-219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Satsuki Maejima , Masanao Honda , Hidetoshi Ota , Hideaki Kato , Aya Ueno , Shigenori Karasawa
{"title":"Food habits of the exotic lizard Diploderma polygonatum polygonatum (Agamidae, Squamata, Reptilia) at a world heritage site, Yakushima Island, Japan","authors":"Satsuki Maejima , Masanao Honda , Hidetoshi Ota , Hideaki Kato , Aya Ueno , Shigenori Karasawa","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated the dietary components of an exotic lizard, <em>Diploderma polygonatum polygonatum</em>, at the Yakushima Island World Heritage Site in southern Japan. A total of 430 individuals of various invertebrate species were found in the stomachs of 42 lizards. The most abundant order of prey animals was Hymenoptera (303 individuals in 38 lizards), followed by Coleoptera (36 individuals in 18 lizards) and Lepidoptera (24 individuals in 15 lizards). DNA barcoding was applied to 135 dietary items, and a total of 59 sequences were confirmed. BLAST searches showed that 33 of these 59 sequences presented more than 95% identity to known sequences in the database. These results showed this arboreal lizard captured invertebrates from both ground and arboreal habitats in the introduced area. Although no species on the Japanese Red List were identifiable in the stomachs of the lizards, the database of invertebrate DNA was insufficient to identify the dietary components of this predator at a World Heritage site.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 210-215"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do wildfires impact community structure and diversity of beetles (Coleoptera) in northern Mongolian forests?: An investigation in Khentey Mountains","authors":"Martin Pfeiffer , Tuvshintugs Sukhbaatar , Ansgar Poloczek , Bazartseren Boldgiv","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Forest fires are part of taiga ecosystem dynamics in northern Mongolia. We studied beetle diversity and community structure in 98 plots at five sites in different forest types (light taiga, mixed taiga, dark taiga, floodplain forest) and under different fire regimes. Each plot included five pitfall traps, one soil and litter sampling and recording of environmental variable measurements. We used Hill numbers, GLMM and RDA to evaluate the data. In total, we collected 2692 individuals of 130 species and 72 genera of beetles, mainly Carabidae, Staphylinidae, Silphidae, and Leidodidae, with <em>Pterostichus eximius</em> occurring in 60% of all plots. Forest fires had a significant effect on diversity and community structure of Coleoptera at the local level. However, in all data, the effects of site and forest type outweighed the influence of fire. An RDA explained 32% of the variation in community patterns with the effects of fire and environmental parameters. RDA1 scores differed significantly by fire regime, suggesting different species composition of post-fire communities. <em>Hylobius abietis</em>, <em>Byrrhus pilula</em> and <em>Leiodes</em> sp2 were identified as indicator species for fire plots. Protection of beetle refugia is critical for successful habitat recolonization, but is threatened by the post-fire salvage logging practices common in Mongolian forestry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 2","pages":"Pages 388-398"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An annotated checklist of the subfamily Boletobiinae (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) from Korea","authors":"Ji-Young Lee, Bong-Kyu Byun","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, an annotated checklist of the Korea species of the subfamily Boletobiinae is presented, consisting of 80 species, including one new species and five unrecorded species. This list has been updated based on studies of new and unrecorded species published up to 2024, with reference to Korean Society of Applied Entomology (KSAE) and The Entomological Society of Korea (ESK) (2021). For each species, information on distribution, host plants, and synonyms is provided.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 3","pages":"Pages 511-524"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144917153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sung Kyung Han, Tae-Im Heo, Byeong-Joo Park, Sung-Hyuk Park, Sang Hoon Che
{"title":"Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Gypsophila pacifica Kom. (Caryophyllaceae)","authors":"Sung Kyung Han, Tae-Im Heo, Byeong-Joo Park, Sung-Hyuk Park, Sang Hoon Che","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Gypsophila pacifica</em> Kom. (1916) is a perennial herb native to Korea, China, and Russia, known for its ornamental and medicinal value. However, our understanding of its genomic information remains inadequate. In this study, we determined its complete chloroplast genome (cp) sequence. The cp genome of <em>G. pacifica</em> is 152,827 base pairs (bp) long with a guanine-cytosine content of 36.4%. It consists of a large single-copy region of 83,850 bp, a small single-copy region of 17,329 bp, and two inverted repeat regions of 25,824 bp each. A total of 130 genes were identified in the genome, including 85 protein-coding genes, eight rRNA genes, and 37 tRNA genes. The maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis revealed that <em>G. pacifica</em> belongs to the <em>Gypsophila</em> group and is closely related to <em>Dianthus</em> within the tribe Caryophylleae.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 204-209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new species of Hylarana Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from the Nicobar Islands, India","authors":"Ravi Shanthy Naveen , Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Chandramouli , Jayasimhan Praveenraj , Santhankrishnan Babu","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.10.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.10.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The island of Great Nicobar is known to support a high degree of herpetofaunal diversity and endemism due to insular isolation. Among them, the population of <em>Hylarana chalconota</em> on this island was assessed to determine its taxonomic status and affinities using morphological, acoustic, and molecular data. Molecular phylogeny based on 16S rRNA showed a considerable amount of genetic divergence with 9.19–16.45% from congeners of the <em>Hylarana chalconota</em> complex. We describe this population as a new species, noting its unique morphological characteristics and phylogenetic position.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 2","pages":"Pages 373-379"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rong Chai , Yae Zhao , Wanyu Zhang , Li Hu , Chenglin Guan , Dongling Niu
{"title":"Molecular identification of goat lice (Anoplura: Linognathidae) based on conserved motif analysis","authors":"Rong Chai , Yae Zhao , Wanyu Zhang , Li Hu , Chenglin Guan , Dongling Niu","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Goat lice (Anoplura: Linognathidae) are important ectoparasites in pediculosis. However, their molecular classification and identification remain challenging owing to a lack of molecular data in GenBank. This study aimed to establish a molecular method for identifying Anoplura spp. Goat lice were captured in Yulin, China, and morphologically identified as <em>Linognathus africanus</em> (<em>L. africanus</em>). Sequences from across Anoplura were downloaded from GenBank and conserved motif analysis showed that ribosomal DNA (rDNA) 18S V4, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) 12S, and 16S were candidate gene fragments suitable for universal primer design because of abundant sequences and long conserved motifs with few mutations. These three gene fragments of the lice specimens were successfully amplified and sequenced, and their divergences were 0.1–1.7%, 0–0.6%, and 0.3–1.3%, respectively, indicating that the lice specimens belonged to the same species. BLAST analysis showed that the 18S sequences were only aligned with <em>Linognathus</em>, while the 12S and 16S sequences showed 98.8–99.4% and 98.7–99.3% similarities, respectively, with those of <em>L. africanus</em> from Pakistan. Therefore, the lice specimens were molecularly identified as <em>L. africanus</em> without geographical isolation. In conclusion, the goat lice specimens were identified to <em>L. africanus</em>. 12S and 16S are potential DNA barcodes of Anoplura spp.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 2","pages":"Pages 380-387"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}