[Botany • 2010] Damrongia cyanantha Triboun | ผักกาดหินคลองลาน • A New Species (Gesneriaceae) from Kamphaeng Phet, Northern Thailand

ผักกาดหินคลองลาน | Damrongia cyanantha Triboun

ABSTRACT

Damrongia cyanantha Triboun (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand is described. Damrongia is resurrected from synonymy with Chirita.

KEY WORDS: Damrongia, Gesneriaceae, new species, Thailand.

Damrongia cyanantha Triboun sp. nov.

Damrongiae purpureolineatae in habitu, infl orescentiae figura, foliorum phyllotaxe et stigmatis forma similis sed caulibus longioribus, foliis et infl orescentiis majoribus fl oribusque cyanatris differt. Typus: Thailand, Kamphaeng Phet, Khlong Lan waterfall, on moist granitic rocks in dry evergreen forest, 16 June 2009, Triboun & Yothakaew 4289 (holotype BK, isotypes BKF, E). Fig. 1.

Thailand.— NORTHERN: Kamphaeng Phet: Khlong Lan Waterfall.

Distribution.— Endemic to Thailand, known only from the type locality.

Ecology.— On granitic rock and slopes along a waterfall in dry evergreen forest to mixed deciduous forests at ca 300 m altitude. Flowering: June–July.

ลักษณะ ไม้ล้มลุกปีเดียว มีใบเดี่ยว รูปรี ฐานใบเบี้ยว ด้านหลังใบและท้องใบมีสีต่างกัน

จัดให้อยู่ในสกุล Damrongia ซึ่งเป็นการอัญเชิญพระนามของกรมพระยาดำรงราชานุภาพมาตั้งเพื่อเป็นการระลึกถึง มีชื่อทางวิทยาศาสตร์ว่า Damrongia cyanantha

ขึ้นอยู่ตามเขาหินแกรนิตริมน้ำ ที่มีความชื้น บริเวณน้ำตกคลองลาน ออกดอกสีม่วงเป็นช่อ ในช่วงเดือนกรกฏาคมถึงตุลาคม

Triboun, P. & Middleton, D.J. 2010. A new species of Damrongia (Gesneriaceae) from Thailand. Thai For. Bull. (Bot.) 38: 108–110.: http://web3.dnp.go.th/botany/PDF/TFB/TFB38/16_Damrongia.pdf

[Botany • 2010] 2 new Petrocosmea | ม่วงสอดสี P. bicolor | ม่วงกำมะหยี่ P. pubescens • from Karst Limestone, northern Thailand

ABSTRACT

Two new species of Petrocosmea section Deinanthera are described, P. pubescens D.J.Middleton & Triboun and P. bicolor D.J.Middleton & Triboun.

ม่วงสอดสี

Petrocosmea bicolor

D.J.Middleton & Triboun, sp. nov.

A Petrocosmea grandifolia et Petrocosmea heterophylla corollis bicoloribus et bulbillis in multis foliis adsunt distincta. Typus: Thailand, Chiang Mai, Fang District, Doi Ang Khang, vertical limestone cliff face in montane forest, 21 Sept. 2008, Middleton, Karaket, Triboun, Kawatkull & Meeboonya 4543 (holotype BKF; isotypes A, BK, E). Figs. 1, 3A–C.

Distribution.— Only known from Doi Ang Khang in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Ecology.— In montane moist seasonal forest on karst shady limestone at ca 1,450 m in altitude. Flowering and fruiting periods unknown.

Notes.— This is the only species in Petrocosmea sect. Deinanthera with a strongly bicolourous corolla with the upper lip much paler than the lower. It is otherwise rather similar to Petrocosmea heterophylla and P. grandifolia, both of which have larger white fl owers. We have also not found any evidence that bulbils have previously been recorded in the genus.

ม่วงกำมะหยี่

Petrocosmea pubescens

D.J.Middleton & Triboun, sp. nov.

Ab aliis speciebus Petrocosmeae sect. Deinantherae combinatione foliorum peltatorum, pilorum longorum villosorum et corollarum purpurearum differt. Typus: Thailand, Chiang Rai, Mae Fa Luang District, Doi Tung, montane deciduous forest on karst limestone, 23 Sept. 2008, Middleton, Karaket, Triboun, Kawatkul & Meeboonya 4553 (holotype BKF; isotypes BK, E). Figs. 2, 3D–E.

Distribution.— Only known from Doi Tung in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

Ecology.— In montane deciduous forest on karst limestone at 1350–1400 m in altitude.

Flowering and fruiting periods unknown.

Notes.— This is perhaps the most distinctive species of Petrocosmea sect. Deinanthera due to the peltate leaves and deep purple corollas. No other species in Petrocosmea sect. Deinanthera have peltate leaves and only Petrocosmea bicolor has such deep purple corollas, albeit not uniformly in that species.

Middleton, D.J. & Triboun, P. 2010. Two new species of Petrocosmea (Gesneriaceae) from Thailand. Thai For. Bull. (Bot.) 38: 42–47.: http://web3.dnp.go.th/botany/PDF/TFB/TFB38/06_Petrocosmea.pdf

[Botany • 2011] Petrocosmea huanjiangensis Yan Liu & W. B. Xu (Gesneriaceae) • from Limestone Areas in Guangxi, Southern China

ABSTRACT

A new species of Gesneriaceae, Petrocosmea huanjiangensis Yan Liu & W. B. Xu, is described and illustrated from northern Guangxi, China. The new species is related to P. martini (H. Le´v.) H. Le´v. but is distinguished on the basis of the peltate leaf blade, the densely lanate androecial filaments 6–7.2 mm long, the rostellate, cordateovoid anthers that are constricted near the apex, and the three staminodes, 2–3 mm long.

Key words: China, Gesneriaceae, Guangxi, IUCN Red List, limestone flora, Petrocosmea.

Wei-bin Xu, Bo Pan, and Yan Liu. 2011. Petrocosmea huanjiangensis, a New Species of Gesneriaceae from Limestone Areas in Guangxi, China. Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 21:3, 385-387: http://bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3417/2009101

[Botany • 2009] Petrocosmea xingyiensis Y. G. Wei & F. Wen (Gesneriaceae) • from Guizhou Province, Southwestern China

ABSTRACT

A new species, Petrocosmea xingyiensis Y. G. Wei & F. Wen, is described and illustrated from Maling Gorge, Xingyi County, Guizhou Province, China. The new species differs from related species in the genus by its narrowly oblanceolate leaves that are pubescent on both surfaces.

Key words: China, Gesneriaceae, Guizhou, IUCN Red List, Petrocosmea.

Wei, Y. G. & F. Wen. 2009. Petrocosmea xingyiensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Guizhou, China. Novon 19(2): 261–262: http://bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3417/2007090

[Botany • 2008] Paraboea trisepala W.H.Chen & Y.M.Shui (Gesneriaceae) • from a Karst cave in Guangxi, China

A new species of Gesneriaceae, Paraboea trisepala W.H.Chen & Y.M.Shui, from a karst cave in Guangxi, China is described and illustrated. The new species differs from other species of Paraboea by its three-lobed calyx. Variation in flower and inflorescence architecture was observed under cultivation.

ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS: actinomorphy – floral morphology – pair-flowered cyme – Paraboea trisepala sp. nov. – spatiotemporal flower development – zygomorphy.

Chen, W.H., M. Möller, Y.M. Shui, and M.D. Zhang. 2008. A new species of Paraboea (Gesneriaceae) from a karst cave in Guangxi, China, and observations on variations in flower and inflorescence architecture. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 158: 681-688. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00873.x
Researchgate.net/publication/230015665_A_new_species_of_Paraboea_Gesneriaceae_from_a_karst_cave_in_Guangxi_China_and_observations_on_variations_in_flower_and_inflorescence_architecture

[Botany • 2003] Southern Yunnan Limestone Flora • Biogeography and Floristic affinity of the Limestone Flora in southern Yunnan, China

Figure 1. Locations of the research area in Xishuangbanna, southern Yunnan, China, and compared regional floras (see Table 6). —1. Our research area. —2. Longgan, SW China. —3. Daqinshan Mountains, SW China. —4. Gulinqing, SW China. —5. Huapin, China. —6. Dongyang Mountains, China. —7. Cucphuong, N Vietnam. —8. Chiengdao, N Thailand. —9. The Malay Peninsula limestone. —10. Taiping, Malay Peninsula.

ABSTRACT

The forests on limestone in southern Yunnan, in tropical southwest China, were inventoried, and their floristic composition and biogeographical affinities are discussed. These limestone forests were characterized by phanerophytes making up ca. 78% of the total species and those with mesophyllous leaves comprising 75%. Ecological species groups based on their habitat preferences were discerned from field observations: the species exclusive to the limestone habitats make up 10% and the preferents make up ca. 12% of the total limestone flora. From these limestone forests, 1394 vascular plant species belonging to 640 genera and 153 families were recorded. Based on their distributions, 12 biogeographic elements at the generic level and nine at the specific level were recognized. About 90% of the seed plant genera (over 90% of the species) were tropical; furthermore, 35% of the seed plant genera (65% of the species) have tropical Asian affinities. In a comparison with other regional floras from southern China and tropical Asia, the limestone flora of southern Yunnan revealed closer affinity to tropical floras than to temperate elements of eastern Asian floras. This limestone flora is thus tropical and part of the tropical Asian flora at its northern margin.

Key words: biogeography, China, limestone forest, southern Yunnan.

Zhu, H., H. Wang, B. Li, P. Sirirugsa. 2003. Biogeography and floristic affinity of the limestone flora in southern Yunnan, China. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 90: 444-465.:

http://foc.bio-mirror.cn/novon/mobt-90-03-444.pdf

[Insect • 2010] Himalusa thailandensis • New species & the first record of the genus Himalusa for Thailand

Abstract

A new aleocharine species, Himalusa thailandensis Pace, Klimaszewski & Center sp. n., found feeding on sewer vine, Paederia pilifera Hook. f., in Thailand, is described and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus Himalusa for Thailand. Himalusa was previously known from the Himalayan region in Nepal where it was originally described. New data on bionomics and distribution are provided, including a discussion on the potential use of this species in the biological control of weeds in the United States. A short diagnosis, description, colour habitus images of adult and larva, and black and white genital images are provided. A key to the world species of Himalusa is also given. A new tribe Himalusini Klimaszewski, Pace & Center, is erected to accommodate Himalusa species.

Keywords: Himalusa, Aleocharinae, Coleoptera, Thailand, new species, phytophagous, biological control, weeds, Paederia pilifera, sewer vin

Etymology. The specific name is a feminine adjective derived from the country name Thailand, where the type series was found.

Distribution. Adult specimens were collected from Lampang and Prachuap Kin Kan (Prachuap Khiri Khan) provinces, both in Thailand.

:: Key to Himalusa species of the world

(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) ::

Klimaszewski J, Pace R, Center TD, Couture J (2010) A remarkable new species of Himalusa Pace from Thailand (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): phytophagous aleocharine beetle with potential for bio-control of skunkvine-related weeds in the United States. ZooKeys. 35: 1–12. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.35.329

[Insect • 2011] Aphelopus mangshanensis • A new species of Dryinidae from China

Abstract

Aphelopus mangshanensis n. sp., from Mount Mangshan (Hunan Province, P. R. China), is described. The new taxon is different from all other Oriental species of Aphelopus Dalman, because of the tridentate distal apex of the aedeagus.

Key words: Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Mt. Mangshan, Hunan, P. R. China

Xu, Z., Olmi, M., Guglielmino, A. & Chen, H. 2010. Description of Aphelopus mangshanensis, a new species of Dryinidae from China. Bulletin of Insectology. 64 (2): 243-246

http://www.bulletinofinsectology.org/pdfarticles/vol64-2011-243-246xu.pdf

[Insect • 2010] Prothemus laticornis & P. lycoceroides • Two new Prothemus (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from China and Thailand

Abstract

Two remarkable new cantharid species were described, Prothemus laticornis sp. n. (CHINA: Yunnan) and Prothemus lycoceroides sp. n. (THAILAND: Chiang Dao), and provided with illustrations of aedeagi, ultimate abdominal sternites and antennae of both sexes. Their systematic status was discussed, because they differed from all other species of Prothemus in the dilated and/or serrate antennae and elytra with distinct longitudinal costae and longer pubescence.Keywords: Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Prothemus, new species, China, Thailand

Prothemus laticornis Y. Yang & X. Yang sp. n.

Type material. Holotype male, CHINA: Yunnan, W. Cangshan, 2100m, 3.vi.2008 (IZAS). Paratypes: one male, Yunnan, Cangshan, 21.v.2009, leg. Shoubin Li (HBUM); one female, Yunnan, Yangbi, Xueshanhe, 2000–2800m, 6–8.vi.2004, leg. Song Wang (IZAS); one female, same data as the latter, leg. Xueyan Guo (IZAS); one female, Yunnan, E. slope Cangshan, Mojian, 2.vi.2009, leg. Jianhui Zeng (HBUM)[above transferred from Chinese labels]; two females, Yunnan, Gaoligong Mts., 1500–2500m, 25.22°N, 98.49°E, 17–24.v.1995, leg. V. Kubáň (ICCM).

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Diagnosis. This new species can be easily distinguished from all others of Prothemus by the serrate antennae and elytra with distinct longitudinal costae and longer pubescence.

Etymology. This new specific name is derived from Latin words latus (wide) and cornu (antenna), referring to its dilated antennae.

Prothemus lycoceroides Kazantsev sp. n.

http://species-id.net/wiki/Prothemus_lycoceroides

Type material.Holotype male, THAILAND, Chiang Dao, 1000m, 19°25'N, 98°52'E, 17–24.v.1991, leg. V. Kubáň (ICCM). Paratypes, two males and one female, same data as holotype (ICCM).

Distribution.Thailand (Chiang Dao).

Etymology. The name of the new species is modified from Lycocerus, alluding to its similarity to the members of some Lycocerus species.

Citation: Yang Y, Kazantsev SV, Yang X (2011) Two remarkable new species of Prothemus Champion from China and Thailand, with comments on their systematic status (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). ZooKeys 119: 53–61. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.119.1621

[Insect • 2010] 6 new Ischnobracon • Revision of the Indo-Australian braconine wasp genus Ischnobracon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Abstract

The uncommon Asian braconine wasp genus Ischnobracon Baltazar is revised. Eleven species are recognized of which six are described as new, namely I. albitarsus Butcher and Quicke from mainland Malaysia, I. baltazarae Butcher and Quicke from the Philippines, I. hannongbuai Butcher and Quicke from Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Indonesia (Sulawesi), I. morleyi Butcher and Quicke from Sri Lanka, I. feliciae Butcher and Quicke from Thailand, I. xanthoflagellaris Butcher and Quicke from Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Ischnobracon rhyssides (Enderlein) is a new junior subjective synonym of I. laboriosus (Smith).

Keywords: Ichneumonoidea, Braconinae, taxonomy, new species, parasitoid

Butchera, B.A. & Quicke D.L.J. 2010. Revision of the Indo-Australian braconine wasp genus Ischnobracon Baltazar (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with description of six new species from Thailand, Laos and Sri Lanka. Journal of Natural History. 44 (35-36). 2187-2212. DOI:10.1080/00222933.2010.488811

แตนเบียนขาขาว Ischnobracon allbitarsus http://chm.forest.go.th/th/?p=1074

แตนเบียนหนวดยาวบัลทาซ่า Ischnobracon baltazarae http://chm.forest.go.th/th/?p=1100

แตนเบียนหนวดยาวสุพจน์ Ischnobracon hannongbuai http://chm.forest.go.th/th/?p=1067

แตนเบียนหนวดยาวมอลเล่ย์ Ischnobracon morleyi http://chm.forest.go.th/th/?p=1105

แตนเบียนหนวดยาวเฟลิเซีย Ischnobracon feliciae http://chm.forest.go.th/th/?p=1092

แตนเบียนหนวดยาวเหลือง Ischnobracon xanthoflagellaris http://chm.forest.go.th/th/?p=1080

Braconine wasp genus Ischnobracon Baltazar (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with 3 new species from Thailand แตนเบียนหนวดยาว 3 ชนิดพบใหม่จากประเทศไทยโดยนักวิจัยจากจุฬาฯ

http://www.malaeng.com/blog/?p=12395

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[Insect • 2010] Olidiana spimera; anisota, nuda & paridens • Four New Species of Olidiana from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

ABSTRACT

Four new species of Olidiana McKamey in the tribe Coelidiini are described from Thailand. They are spimera, anisota, nuda and paridens. A checklist of the known species from Thailand is also included. Olidiana spina (Zhang) is a new synonym of Olidiana praetexta (Distant).

KEY WORDS: Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Coelidiinae, Olidiana, Thailand, leafhoppers

Olidiana anisota

Holotype male: Thailand: Phetchabun, Thung Salaeng Luang NP., Gang Wang Nam Yen, 16°34.569'N 100°53.155'E, 750 m., Pan traps, 19-20January 2007, Pongpitak & Suthit leg., T1575 (QSBG). Paratypes: Two males,same data as holotype except, 22-23 January 2007, T1578 (one QSBG, and oneUKYL).

Olidiana paridens

Holotype male: Thailand: Nakhon Nayok, Khao Yai NP., valleyat entrance of Huay Pak Chee, 14°27.115'N 101°21.951'E, 733 m., Pan traps, 11-12 November 2006, Pong Sandao leg., T986 (QSBG). Paratype: One male, samedata as holotype except, training center 2, 14°24.515'N 101°22.432'E, 750 m.,Pan traps, 5-6 February 2007, Wirat Sukho leg., T2235 (UKYL).

Olidiana spimera

Holotype male: Thailand: Phitsanulok, Thung Salaeng LuangNP., dry evergreen, 16°50.217'N 101°52.541'E, 580 m., Pan trap, 12-13 August2006, Pongpitak Pranee leg., T560 (QSBG). Paratypes: One male, same data asholotype except, deciduous forest, 16°50.563'N 100°51.757'E, 481 m., Pan traps,24-25 March 2007, Pongpitak & Pranee & Sathit leg., T2385 (QSBG); and onemale, same data as holotype except, 25-26 March 2007, T2386 (UKYL).

Olidiana nuda

Holotype male: Thailand: Nakhon Nayok, Khao Yai NP, LamTakong viewpoint, 14° 25.820'N 101° 23.754'E, 744 m., Malaise trap, 19-26 October 2006, Pong Sandao leg., T748 (QSBG).

Paul H. Freytag, P.H. 2011. Four New Species of Olidiana from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae). Entomological News. 121(4):362-368.

http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3157/021.121.0411

[Insect • 2011] Exochomoscirtes chiangmaiensis • A new species of Exochomoscirtes (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Northern Thailand

Exochomoscirtes chiangmaiensis

Abstract

Exochomoscirtes chiangmaiensis n. sp. from Thailand is described and figured. Additional data on a female specimen from Taiwan, probably belonging to a related species is presented.

Key words: entomology, taxonomy, Coleoptera, Scirtidae, Exochomoscirtes, new species,

Thailand, Taiwan.

Distribution: Known only from the locus typicus in Thailand.

Etymology: Locotypically, after Chiang Mai, in vicinity of which the holotype was collected.

Ratu, R. 2011. A new species of Exochomoscirtes Pic from Thailand (Coleoptera: Scirtidae)

http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/Ruta_Exochomoscirtes%20chiangmaiensis.pdf

[Insect • 2011] แมลงทับอกกว้างพิสุทธิ์ | Coraebina pisuthi • Revision of Siamese Coraebina Obenberger, 1923 with 2 new species

Abstract

The genus Coraebus Obenberger, 1923 in Thailand is supplementary reviewed and described two new species under the name of C. pisuthi sp. nov. and C. azureu sp. nov. Further, male of C. bilyi, firstly recorded from Thailand, is also described and a key for the Siamese species is given.

Coraebina pisuthi Ohmomo, 2011

Type locallity: Klong Wang Chao (alt. 200 m), Wang Chai, Kamphaeng Phet Prov., N. Thailand.

A new buprestid from Thailand, Coraebina pisuthi Ohmomo, 2011

แมลงทับอกกว้างพิสุทธิ์ / แมลงทับชนิดใหม่ของโลก พบในประเทศไทย : http://www.malaeng.com/blog/?p=12946

Referring to: Notes on Buprestid Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Thailand, VIII. Supplement to the revision of Siamese Coraebina Obenberger, 1923 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Coraebini) with descriptions of two new species.

[Insect • 2011] Coenochilus thailandicus • a New Species of Cremastocheilini from Northeastern Thailand

Abstract

Coenochilus thailandicus Maruyama et Ueno sp. nov. belonging to the striatus Westwood, 1874 species group is described based on specimens collected in Khao Yai National Park, East Thailand.

Key words: taxonomy, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cremastocheilini, Odontotermes, Khao Yai National Park, flight interception trap.

Maruyama, M., Ueno, T. & Skachoowong, W. 2011. Coenochilus thailandicus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae), a New Species of Cremastocheilini from Thailand

https://qir.kyushu-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2324/19401/1/p093.pdf

[Insect • 2011] Philanthaxia pseudoaenea from NE Thailand • Four new species of the genus Philanthaxia from Southeast Asia

Figures 1–5. Philanthaxia, habitus, dorsal view

1 Philanthaxia pseudoaenea sp. n., holotype, 8.1 mm 2 P. jakli sp. n., holotype, 7.5 mm

3 P. chalcogenoides sp. n., holotype, 10.0 mm 4 P. lombokana sp. n., holotype – male, 8.0 mm 5

P. lombokana sp. n., paratype – female, 10.0 mm.

Abstract

Descriptions of four new species of the genus Philanthaxia Deyrolle, 1864: P. pseudoaenea sp. n. (Thailand), P. jakli sp. n. (Indonesia, Sumatra), P. chalcogenioides sp. n. (Indonesia, Sabah) and P. lombokana sp. n. (Indonesia, Lombok) are given. The new species and male genitalia are illustrated and compared with the most similar congeners. Sexual dimorphism of P. iris Obenberger, 1938 is described and discussed.

Keywords: Taxonomy, Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Thomassetiini, Philanthaxia, new species, sexual dimorphism, Oriental region

Philanthaxia pseudoaenea

Type locality. Northeastern Thailand, Pak Chong, Korate, Kasetsart Farm.

Etymology. The specific epithet “pseudoaenea” expresses the similarity with the sympatric species, P. aenea (Saunders, 1867).

Distribution. Central and northeastern Thailand, Pak Chong province.

Bílý, S. & Nakládal, O. 2011. Four new species of the genus Philanthaxia Deyrolle, 1864 from Southeast Asia and comments on P. iris Obenberger, 1938 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Thomassetiini). ZooKeys. 116: 37–47. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.116.1403

Photo: four new jewel beetles uncovered in Thailand and Indonesia http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0409-hance_jewelbeetles.html via @mongabay