The flavipes group of Pachyprotasis Hartig, 1837, with twenty-four species recognized in China, is reviewed. This number includes two newly described species, rufodorsata sp. nov., from Sichuan, Hubei, Ningxia, and Shaanxi provinces, nigritarsalia Hunan province. mesopleuron metapleuron the new are reddish-brown, distinguishing them other similar P. group. Thirty-four this have been recorded on...

Clonality is a common characteristic of successful invasive species, but general principles underpinning the success of clonal invaders are not established. A number of mechanisms could contribute to invasion success including clones with broad tolerances and preferences, specialist clones and adaptation in situ. The majority of studies to date have been of plants and some invertebrate partheno...