{"title":"Description of Chelidura gansuensis sp. nov. (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) from Gansu Province, China","authors":"Zhi-Teng Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A new species of <em>Chelidura</em> Latreille, 1825 (Dermaptera: Forficulidae), <em>Chelidura gansuensis</em> sp. nov., collected from Jiutianshimen Mountain, Gansu Province, China, is described and illustrated based on male and female adults. <em>Chelidura gansuensis</em> sp. nov. is characterized by the strongly undulating forceps bearing giant dorsal and ventral tubercles. The morphological comparison is made between the new species and the similar species <em>Chelidura semenovi</em> (Bey-Bienko, 1934). The types localities of <em>Chelidura</em> species from China are clarified. An updated key to Chinese species of <em>Chelidura</em> is also provided.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 2","pages":"Pages 311-314"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139630","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}
Kyujin Jeong , Sang Eon Shin , Sangwook Park , Ki-Jeong Hong
{"title":"Review of the tribe Megatomini Leach (Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Megatominae) in Korea","authors":"Kyujin Jeong , Sang Eon Shin , Sangwook Park , Ki-Jeong Hong","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In total, 10 species in five genera of the tribe Megatomini Leach, 1815 belonging to the family Dermestidae (Coleoptera), are recognized from Korea. Two species (<em>Orphinus japonicus</em> Arrow, 1915 and <em>Trogoderma variabile</em> Ballion, 1878) of them are recorded for the first time from Korea. A key to the Korean species of Megatomini, diagnosis, and photographs of the adult for the species are provided.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 133-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453630","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":"Five newly recorded species of the genus Argyresthia (Lepidoptera: Argyresthiidae) from Korea","authors":"Sang-Yoon Kim , Sol-Moon Na , Bong-Kyu Byun","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, we report 5 species of the genus <em>Argyresthia</em> for the first time in Korea: <em>A. aphoristis</em> (Meyrick, 1938), <em>A. brockeella</em> (Hübner, [1813]), <em>A</em>. <em>chiotorna</em> Liu (Wang & Li, 2017), <em>A. longalbella</em> (Liu, Wang & Li, 2017), and <em>A. mala</em> (Liu, Wang & Li, 2017). All available information, images of adults, and genitalia for species are provided.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 2","pages":"Pages 315-319"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144138184","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":"Net primary productivity of Betula platyphylla woodland and the response of current-year shoots to vegetation degradation in Mongolian forest steppe","authors":"Demidkhorloo Bayarsaikhan , Buho Hoshino , Takashi S. Kohyama , Shin-ichiro Aiba","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>At the southern margin of forest steppe vegetation in Mongolia, <em>Betula platyphylla</em> woodlands occur on north-facing slopes and hilltops, where congeneric shrub <em>Betula fusca</em> often coexists. Woodland degradation results in <em>B. fusca</em> scrub with scattered <em>B. platyphylla</em> trees. We studied the structure and productivity of a <em>B. platyphylla</em> woodland and the current-year shoot allometry in the Hustai National Park of central Mongolia. For the <em>B. platyphylla</em> woodland examined, stand basal area and estimated aboveground biomass for stems ≥ 3 cm diameter were 3.9 m<sup>2</sup> ha<sup>–1</sup> and 13.3 Mg dry mass ha<sup>–1</sup>, respectively. Leaf area index was 0.93 indicating open canopy layer. Aboveground net primary productivity as the sum of coarse wood production and current-year shoot mass amounted to 1.89 Mg dry mass ha<sup>–1</sup> year<sup>–1</sup>, which was high relative to small aboveground biomass. Analysis of current-year shoot allometry demonstrated that <em>B. platyphylla</em> had more xeromorphic shoots in the scrub, with smaller specific leaf area, lower mass ratio of leaf laminae to supporting parts, and smaller lamina mass against the sum of petiole basal area, than in the woodland. Our results indicate that current-year shoot allometry characterizes tree response to woodland degradation at the dry margin of forest steppe.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 125-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453629","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}
Thanh Loan Nguyen , Hoang Danh Nguyen , Ngoc Han Vu , Minh Thiet Vu
{"title":"Plastome sequencing of Gymnanthemum amygdalinum and phylogenetic analysis of 17 newly assembled Asteraceae plastomes","authors":"Thanh Loan Nguyen , Hoang Danh Nguyen , Ngoc Han Vu , Minh Thiet Vu","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.08.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.08.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Asteraceae (sunflower) is a large and diverse family of flowering plants that include numerous economically important and ornamental species. Thorough systematics research has identified 13 subfamilies within Asteraceae. However, some taxa still lack comprehensive genomic data, which hampers the understanding of relationships between these subfamilies. This study sequenced the complete plastome of <em>Gymnanthemum amygdalinum</em> from Vietnam. Additionally, plastomes of 16 Asteraceae species were newly assembled using existing whole genome sequencing data from GenBank. All 17 examined Asteraceae plastomes displayed a quadripartite structure, with lengths ranging from 151,340 bp to 153,670 bp. Of these, <em>G. amygdalinum</em> exhibited a loss of <em>ndhF</em> gene and an expansion of inverted repeat regions, resulting in a smaller small-single copy region. The large single-copy regions of the 16 Asteraceae plastomes, excluding <em>D. popayanense</em> from Barnadesioideae subfamily, showed two inversions: one between the <em>trnE-UUC</em> and <em>trnG-UCC</em>, and another between <em>trnE-UUC</em> and <em>trnC-GCA</em> regions. Our plastome-based phylogenetic analysis of 42 Asteraceae species supported the nuclear gene-based taxonomic classification. However, discrepancies were observed in the phylogenetic relationship among certain less abundant subfamilies. The newly obtained genomic data provide novel insights into the phylogenetic relationships across species in Asteraceae.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"17 4","pages":"Pages 820-826"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142703792","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}
Karimov Bobur , Toshtemirov Jorabek , Muzafarova Sarviniso , Yusupov Ziyoviddin
{"title":"First complete chloroplast genome of Thymus seravschanicus: Insights into genome structure and phylogenetic relationships within Lamiaceae","authors":"Karimov Bobur , Toshtemirov Jorabek , Muzafarova Sarviniso , Yusupov Ziyoviddin","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study presents the complete chloroplast genome sequence of <em>Thymus seravschanicus</em>, a medicinally important species from Central Asia. The 151,712 bp genome features a typical quadripartite structure and 114 unique genes. Comparative analysis of eight <em>Thymus</em> chloroplast genomes identified hotspots of nucleotide diversity, including the SSC region, <em>ycf1</em> gene, and intergenic spacers, which can be exploited for phylogenetic and population genetic marker development. Phylogenomic analysis of 33 Lamiaceae species strongly supports the monophyly of major clades, including the genus <em>Thymus.</em> This work provides a valuable reference for molecular studies of <em>T. seravschanicus</em> and contributes to our understanding of chloroplast evolution in the Mint family.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 185-189"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143453601","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":"First report of poorly known genus Gloeoheppia (Ascomycota: Gloeoheppiaceae), reveals one new species from Pakistan","authors":"Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Abdul Nasir Khalid","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.08.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.08.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The new species <em>Gloeoheppia immersusia</em> sp. nov. is described from Darel Valley, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. A comparative morpho-anatomical and chemical study and ITS-based molecular analyse indicated a position of this new species within the genus <em>Gloeoheppia</em> Gyeln. <em>Gloeoheppia immersusia</em> sp. nov. is closely related to <em>G. turgida</em> (Ach.) Gyeln and <em>G. erosa</em> (J. Steiner) Marton, characterized by thallus gelatinose, squamulose to peltate, upper surface blackish brown to dark olive brown, apothecial disc blackish brown to reddish brown, apothecia 0.4 – 1 mm, hymenium 110–150 μm, subhymenium 50–85 μm, exciple 30–42 μm, ascospores 12–18 × 6–9 μm and growing on calcareous rocks. A key and comparison to all existing species of the genus <em>Gloeoheppia</em> is also given.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 2","pages":"Pages 282-287"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139507","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}
Jong Bong Choi , Taeyeong Kwon , Eun Young Choi , Myeonghwan Kim , Sodavy Gnim , Seungmin Shin , Jong Kyun Park
{"title":"Taxonomic review of the subfamily Paussinae from Cambodia","authors":"Jong Bong Choi , Taeyeong Kwon , Eun Young Choi , Myeonghwan Kim , Sodavy Gnim , Seungmin Shin , Jong Kyun Park","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.06.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.06.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The carabid beetle fauna of Cambodia is poorly known compared to other countries in Southeast Asia, resulting in a small number of recorded species even when compared to neighboring countries. Particularly, within the subfamily Paussinae, only two species have been recorded, with one considered doubtful for its species—group name. In this study, the authors aim to contribute to the Paussine beetle fauna in Cambodia by providing some new specimens and preliminary keys for lower taxa in the Oriental region.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 2","pages":"Pages 274-281"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139506","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":"A new species of genus Aceria (Acari: Eriophyidae) on Chinese fringetree from Korea","authors":"Woong Ki , Jong-Ho Lee , Ki-Jeong Hong","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.08.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.08.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>It has been reported that young shoots of the Chinese fringetree (<em>Chionanthus retusus</em> Lindl. & Paxton), a roadside tree in Korea, deformed into cauliflower-like galls, causing stunted growth. The symptom is associated with the occurrence of an eriophyid mite belonging to the genus <em>Aceria</em>, which is identified as <em>Aceria chionanthi</em> sp. nov. This study provides descriptions and photographs of this new mite species.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"17 4","pages":"Pages 810-813"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142704890","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":"Four new records of the genus Cis Latreille (Coleoptera: Ciidae) from Korea","authors":"Boo Hee Jung , Jinbae Seung","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.02.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.02.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Four species of the genus <em>Cis</em> Latreille, 1796 are first reported from Korea: <em>Cis nipponicus</em> Chûjö, 1940, <em>Cis rufocastaneus</em> Nakane & Nobuchi, 1955, <em>Cis seriatulus</em> Kiesenwetter, 1879, and <em>Cis taiwanus</em> Chûjö, 1939. Redescriptions for the newly recorded species, a key to Korean <em>Cis</em>, photographs for diagnostic characters of adult, and ecological information on their host fungi are provided.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"17 4","pages":"Pages 814-819"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142704891","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}