<i>Odontochilusputaoensis</i> ( Cranichideae , Orchidaceae ), a new species from Myanmar

Aung, Ye Lwin,Mu, Aye Thin,Jin, Xiaohua Pensoft Publishers 2018 PhytoKeys Vol.103 No.-

Abstract<P><I>Odontochilusputaoensis</I>, a new species of Orchidaceae, is described and illustrated from Putao Township, Kachin State, Myanmar. <I>Odontochilusputaoensis</I> is close to <I>O.duplex</I>, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by having a light yellow lip, a bisaccate hypochile with a small, erect, blade-like and emarginate callus within each sac, a mesochile with a pair of dentate-pectinate flanges and a bilobed epichile with a pair of widely diverging lobes that are erect and concave. An identification key to the Southeast Asian species of <I>Odontochilus</I> and colour photographs of <I>O.putaoensis</I> are provided. A preliminary conservation assessment according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria is given for the new species.</P>

Further studies on water mites from Korea, with description of two new species ( Acari , Hydrachnidia )

Peš,ić,, Vladimir,Semenchenko, Ksenia A.,Lee, Wonchoel Pensoft Publishers 2015 ZooKeys Vol.507 No.-

<P>Abstract</P><P>New records of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from streams in South Korea are presented. Two species are described as new to science: <I>Torrenticolaneodentifera</I><B>sp. n.</B> (Torrenticolidae) and <I>Atractidesermilovi</I><B>sp. n.</B> (Hygrobatidae). Five species are reported as first records for Korea: Wandesia (Wandesia) reducta Tuzovskij, 1987, Wandesia (Wandesia) cf.rara Tuzovskij, 1990, Sperchon (Sperchon) orientalis Tuzovskij, 1990, Feltria (Feltria) kuluensis Tuzovskij, 1988 and Atractides (Atractides) constrictus (Sokolow, 1934). The latter species is redescribed and elevated to species rank based on new material from the Russian Far East.</P>

Two new species of benthopelagic <i>Stephos</i> ( Copepoda , Calanoida , Stephidae ) from Korea

Moon, Seong Yong,Youn, Seok-Hyun,Venmathi Maran, B. A. Pensoft Publishers 2015 ZooKeys Vol.495 No.-

<P>Abstract</P><P>Two new species of benthopelagic copepods of the genus <I>Stephos</I> T. Scott, 1892, belonging to the family Stephidae G.O. Sars, 1902, are described based on specimens collected in the stagnant water flooding the burrows excavated by ocypodid crabs in two intertidal mud-flats, and from near-bottom shallow waters in Korea, respectively. They can be easily diagnosed based on the ornamentation of both the female genital double-somite and genital operculum; the morphology of the distal segment of the male right P5; the presence/absence of a tiny pointed process on the distomedial angle of second segment of female P5; and the condition (seta or spine) of the lateral armature element on the distal segment of female fifth legs, among other features. This is one of the few cases reported of calanoid copepods living as commensals of other invertebrates, and raises to six the number of members of the genus reported from Asia. This is also the first record of the family Stephidae in Korea.</P>

A new species of the genus <i>Seticornuta</i> Morley ( Hymenoptera , Ichneumonidae , Metopiinae ) from South Korea

Choi, Jin-Kyung,Kolarov, Janko,Lee, Jong-Wook Pensoft Publishers 2015 ZooKeys Vol.478 No.-

<P>Abstract</P><P>Old World species of the genus <I>Seticornuta</I> Morley are reviewed. Seven species of this genus were recorded worldwide, but only one species, <I>Seticornutaalbopilosa</I> (Cameron), was known from the Old World. Here, we report one new species, <I>Seticornutakoreana</I><B>sp. n.</B>, from South Korea, and redescribe the other known Old World species, <I>Seticornutaalbopilosa</I>, with photographs.</P>

A taxonomic review of Korean species of the AthetaThomsonsubgenusMicrodota Mulsant & Rey, with descriptions of two new species ( Coleoptera , Staphylinidae , Aleocharinae )

Lee, Seung-Gyu,Ahn, Kee-Jeong Pensoft Publishers 2015 ZooKeys Vol.502 No.-

<P>Abstract</P><P>A taxonomic review of the AthetaThomsonsubgenusMicrodota Mulsant & Rey in Korea is presented. The subgenus is represented in Korea by 15 species including two new species, Atheta (Microdota) jangtaesanensis Lee & Ahn, <B>sp. n.</B> and Atheta (Microdota) pasniki Lee & Ahn, <B>sp. n.</B> Four species [Atheta (Microdota) kawachiensis Cameron, Atheta (Microdota) muris Sawada, Atheta (Microdota) spiniventris Bernhauer, and Atheta (Microdota) spinula (Sawada)] are new to the Korean Peninsula and two [Atheta (Microdota) formicetorum Bernhauer and Atheta (Microdota) subcrenulata Bernhauer] to South Korea. Two other species [Atheta (Microdota) kobensis Cameron and Atheta (Microdota) scrobicollis (Kraatz)] previously recorded in North Korea had been identified incorrectly. A key, descriptions, habitus photographs and illustrations of the diagnostic features are provided. Species distributions and diversity in East Asia are discussed.</P>

<i>Lampropsdonghaensis</i> sp. n. ( Crustacea , Cumacea , Lampropidae ), a new species from Korean waters

Kim, Sung-Hyun,Kim, Young-Hyo Pensoft Publishers 2015 ZooKeys Vol.517 No.-

Abstract<P>A new species of Cumacea belonging to the genus <I>Lamprops</I> Sars was collected from the East Sea of Korea. This new species resembles <I>Lampropscomatus</I> Zimmer, <I>Lampropscarinatus</I> Hart, <I>Lampropsflavus</I> Harada, <I>Lampropspumilio</I> Zimmer, <I>Lampropstomalesi</I> Gladfelter, and <I>Lampropsobfuscatus</I> (Gladfelter) in lacking lateral oblique ridges on the carapace and lateral setae on the telson. The new species, however, is distinguished from its congeners by having a dorsal concave groove and a lateral rounded depressed area on pereonite 2. The new species is fully illustrated and compared with related species. A key to the world <I>Lamprops</I> species lacking lateral ridges on the carapace is also provided.</P>

Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history

Frank, J. H.,Ahn, Kee-Jeong Pensoft Publishers 2011 ZooKeys Vol.107 No.-

<P>Abstract</P><P>We provide a list of the 392 described species of Staphylinidae confined to coastal habitats worldwide. The list is in taxonomic sequence by subfamily, tribe, and genus and includes 91 genera. We provide the page reference of the original description of every species and genus listed and of many synonyms. We note the existence of recent reviews, phylogenies and keys of each of the tribes and genera included. Coastal Staphylinidae contain eight subfamilies: Microsilphinae, Omaliinae, Pselaphinae, Aleocharinae, Oxytelinae, Scydmaeninae, Paederinae, and Staphylininae.</P><P>By ‘coastal habitats’ we mean habitats existing on the sea coast and subject to inundation or at least splashing by the very highest tides. This includes rocky, boulder, coral, sandy, and muddy seashores, and at least portions of salt-marshes, estuaries, and mangrove swamps. We exclude the sand dune habitat and higher parts of sea-cliffs.</P><P>The list notes distribution of all the species, first according to the ocean or sea on whose shores it has been recorded, and second by country (and for the larger countries by province or state). Although this distribution is undoubtedly incomplete, it provides a basis for future development of a dedicated database.</P><P>The ‘Habitats, Habits, and Classificatory Notes’ section is designed to provide ecologists with further taxonomic and ecological information. It includes references to descriptions of the immature stages, behavior of adults and immatures, their food, natural enemies, and habitat. We would have preferred to separate these entities, but current knowledge of ecology is developed in few instances beyond natural history.</P><P>The Pacific Ocean basin was the origin and contributed to the dispersal of the majority of specialist coastal Staphylinidae at the level of genus. However, at the level of species, species belonging to non-coastal-specialist genera are about as likely to occur on the shores of other oceans as on the shores of the Pacific. This difference is a reflection of the antiquity of coastal genera and species.</P><P>A complete bibliography, and habitat and habitus photographs of some representative coastal Staphylinidae species are provided.</P>

Morphological and molecular affinities of two East Asian species of <i>Stenhelia</i> (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida)

Karanovic, Tomislav,Kim, Kichoon,Lee, Wonchoel Pensoft Publishers 2014 ZooKeys Vol.411 No.-

<P>Abstract</P><P>Definition of monophyletic supraspecific units in the harpacticoid subfamily Stenheliinae Brady, 1880 has been considered problematic and hindered by the lack of molecular or morphology based phylogenies, as well as by incomplete original descriptions of many species. Presence of a modified seta on the fifth leg endopod has been suggested recently as a synapomorphy of eight species comprising the redefined genus <I>Stenhelia</I> Boeck, 1865, although its presence was not known in <I>S. pubescens</I> Chislenko, 1978. We redescribe this species in detail here, based on our freshly collected topotypes from the Russian Far East. The other species redescribed in this paper was collected from the southern coast of South Korea and identified as the Chinese <I>S. taiae</I> Mu & Huys, 2002, which represents its second record ever and the first one in Korea. A fragment of the mtCOI gene was successfully PCR-amplified from two specimens of each species, which represents the first molecular data for this genus, and from additional 19 specimens belonging to six different species of other stenheliins from Korea and Russia. Reconstructed phylogenies confirm previously postulated monophyly of <I>Stenhelia</I> and polyphyly of the closely related genus <I>Delavalia</I> Brady, 1869. Average pairwise maximum likelihood distances between <I>S. pubescens</I> and <I>S. taiae</I> are only slightly above 10%, suggesting a very close relationship despite numerous newly discovered micro-morphological differences and despite macro-morphological similarities being probable plesiomorphies.</P>

Two new species of <i>Trivalvaria</i> ( Annonaceae ) from northern Myanmar

Yang, Bin,Zhou, Shi-Shun,Ding, Hong-Bo,Li, Ren,Maung, Kyaw Win,Tan, Yun-Hong Pensoft Publishers 2018 PhytoKeys Vol.94 No.-

<P>Abstract</P><P><I>Trivalvariarubra</I> and <I>Trivalvariacasseabriae</I>, two new species of Annonaceae from Putao, Kachin State, Myanmar, are here described and illustrated. They are morphologically similar to <I>T.costata</I> and <I>T.macrophylla</I>. The major differences between them are outlined and discussed. A diagnostic key to the species of <I>Trivalvaria</I> is provided.</P>

Seahorses of the <i>Hippocampuscoronatus</i> complex: taxonomic revision, and description of <i>Hippocampushaema</i> , a new species from Korea and Japan ( Teleostei , Syngnathidae )

Han, Sang-Yun,Kim, Jin-Koo,Kai, Yoshiaki,Senou, Hiroshi Pensoft Publishers 2017 ZooKeys Vol.712 No.-

<P>Abstract</P><P>Morphological and molecular analyses were conducted on 182 specimens belonging to the <I>Hippocampuscoronatus</I> complex (<I>H.coronatus</I> sensu lato), collected in Korea and Japan 1933–2015, in order to clarify the taxonomic status of the species within this complex. Three species are recognized based on the shape of the coronet, the number of trunk rings (TrR) and tail rings (TaR), and presence or absence of a wing-tip spine (WS) at the dorsal fin base. <I>Hippocampuscoronatus</I> Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 (<I>H.coronatus</I> sensu stricto), is diagnosed by 10 TrR, 37–40 TaR, an extremely high coronet (55.7–79.0 % head length) with four tips on the corona flat (CoT), and one WS. <I>Hippocampussindonis</I> Jordan & Snyder, 1901 is diagnosed by 10 TrR, 35–38 TaR, a moderately high coronet (36.3–55.4 % HL) with five CoT, and no WS. A new species, <I>H.haema</I> is described on the basis of 140 specimens, characterized by 10 TrR, 35–38 TaR, a moderately high coronet (34.1–54.9 % head length) with four CoT, and two WS. <I>Hippocampushaema</I> is only known from the Korea Strait, western Kyushu, and East/Japan Sea. Recognition of the three species is supported by differences in mitochondrial DNA fragments (cytochrome <I>b</I>, 16S rRNA, and 12S rRNA).</P>