The taxonomy of Micronectidae in Vietnam is reviewed. Based on our cumulative collections during 2001–2020, 11 new species Micronecta Kirkaldy, 1897 are documented and described this study: M. acuminata sp. nov., arcuata caperata clavata cultellata fulvopicta nieseri pingae sinuata undulata vietnamica nov. Nine recorded from for the first time: decorata Lundblad, 1933, drepani Nieser, 2000, ery...

A continuing impediment to the taxonomy of reticulate whipray Himantura spp. species complex is absence a type specimen for H. uarnak (Gmelin [ex Forsskål], 1789). Here, specimens were sampled from Jeddah region in Red Sea, assumed locality uarnak, and characterized genetically at cytochrome-oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) locus. One these now fish collection California Academy Sciences was designated ...

In preparation for the forthcoming orchid accounts of Flore des Mascareignes lectotypifications are made Angraecum cadetii, A. cornigerum, corrugatum, costatum, eburneum, mauritianum, A, patens, pingue, tenuifolium, Benthamia erinacea, B. perfecundum, Bulbophyllum commersonii, compressum, conicum, cordemoyi, densum, pusillum, variegatum, Cynorkis arnottioides, C. calcarata, calcaripotens, falca...