{"title":"Taxonomy of Korean Scopaeus Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)","authors":"Gae-Nam Jeon, Kee-Jeong Ahn","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A taxonomic study of Korean <em>Scopaeus</em> Erichson is presented. Nine species are recognized, six of which are new to the Korean fauna [<em>Scopaeus</em> (<em>Scopaeus</em>) <em>chinensis</em> Frisch, <em>Scopaeus</em> (<em>Scopaeus</em>) <em>complex</em> Sharp, <em>Scopaeus</em> (<em>Scopaeus</em>) <em>limbatus</em> Kraatz, <em>Scopaeus</em> (<em>Scopaeus</em>) <em>naomii</em> Frisch, <em>Scopaeus</em> (<em>Scopaeus</em>) <em>paliferus</em> Frisch, and <em>Scopaeus</em> (<em>Scopaeus</em>) <em>testaceus</em> (Motschulsky)]. <em>Scopaeus</em> (<em>Scopaeus</em>) <em>curraxoides</em> is excluded from the Korean fauna. Detailed morphological characters support the validity of these species. A key, diagnoses, habitus photographs, and illustrations of diagnostic characters of Korean <em>Scopaeus</em> species are provided to facilitate identification.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 2","pages":"Pages 326-336"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139510","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}
Mark Arcebal K. Naive , Jeco Jed J. Ruales , Darlo Novo M. Beltran , Eddie P. Mondejar , Ralph Rj E. Rozano
{"title":"Etlingera lacerata (Alpinieae, Zingiberaceae), a new ginger species discovered in Mindanao Island, Philippines","authors":"Mark Arcebal K. Naive , Jeco Jed J. Ruales , Darlo Novo M. Beltran , Eddie P. Mondejar , Ralph Rj E. Rozano","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>During our continued expeditions in Mindanao Island of southern Philippines, a new species, <em>Etlingera lacerata</em> Naive, was discovered and is herein described and illustrated. Resembling <em>Etlingera amomoides</em> closely, it is easily distinguished by its turbinate spike with a tapering tip and a red labellum adorned with occasional white spots along the lacerate margin. This study includes a comprehensive species description, colored photographs, phenology, habitat details, geographical information, and a provisional conservation assessment for this new endemic <em>Etlingera</em> species. With this discovery, the total of known <em>Etlingera</em> species in the Philippines rises to 18, with 12 of them being endemic to the archipelago.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"17 4","pages":"Pages 764-768"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142704884","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 newly recognized family Platypezidae Fallén, 1815 (Diptera: Platypezoidea) with genus Lindneromyia Kessel, 1965 in South Korea","authors":"Jeong-Hwan Choi, Il-Kwon Kim, Seung-Su Euo","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Platypezidae, known as the flat-footed flies, is a relatively small-sized fly family comprising 264 species in 19 genera worldwide. The family was newly recognized in South Korea with two species, <em>Lindneromyia argyrogyna</em> and <em>L</em><em>.</em> <em>kerteszi</em>; the latter one as the very first record from the Palaearctic region. Diagnoses, descriptions and photographs of diagnostic characters are provided based on the examination of the Korean specimens.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 2","pages":"Pages 320-325"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139509","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}
Jae-Ho Ko , Sang Woo Jung , Yoon-Ho Kim , Austin Albert , Ulziijargal Bayarsaikhan
{"title":"A taxonomic study on the Lepidoptera (Insecta) fauna in Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia. Part 1: Macrolepidoptera","authors":"Jae-Ho Ko , Sang Woo Jung , Yoon-Ho Kim , Austin Albert , Ulziijargal Bayarsaikhan","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A taxonomic study was conducted on the macrolepidoptera fauna (plus Hyblaeidae) in Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) for a total of 34 species of 31 genera belonging to 10 families of Lepidoptera, with 19 of these species recorded from the FSM for the first time. Additionally, we provide illustrations of adults for all examined species, excluding the genitalia of butterflies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 2","pages":"Pages 288-305"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139508","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 Aegus Macleay (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aegini) from western Thailand","authors":"Wuttipon Pathomwattananurak , Kawin Jiaranaisakul","doi":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.japb.2024.09.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, <em>Aegus crenulatus</em> Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, new species is described from Ratchaburi Province, western Thailand. Habitus and genitalia of both sexes are also illustrated and compared with the related species, <em>Aegus sumatraensis</em> Bomans, 1992 and <em>Aegus taurus</em> Boileau, 1899. The published records of <em>Aegus linealis</em> Didier, 1928 from Thailand are reidentified as <em>A. taurus</em>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37957,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity","volume":"18 2","pages":"Pages 306-310"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139629","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":"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}