*Correspondence: [email protected]; [email protected] 1School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Guizhou Normal College, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P.R. China 2Department of Mathematics, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Abstract Motivated by the definition of geometric-arithmetically s-convex...

The swine leukocyte antigen (SLA) complex harbors highly polymorphic gene clusters encoding glycoproteins that are involved in responses to vaccines, infectious disease, and production performance. Pigs with well-defined SLA class II genes are useful for the study of disease, immunology, and vaccines. In this study, we analyzed four SLA class II genes (SLA-DRA, SLA-DRB1, SLA-DQA, SLA-DQB1) in 2...

College of Life Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P.R. China Guizhou Key Laboratory for Agricultural Biotechnology, Guiyang 550006, P.R. China 3 Guizhou Institute of Plant Protection, Guiyang 550006, P.R. China 4 School of Science, Mae Fah Lunag University, Chaing Mai, Thailand Key Laboratory of Systematic Mycology and Lichenology, Institute of Microbiology, ...

Two new bamboo-feeding species of the cixiid planthopper genus Neocarpia Tsaur & Hsu, 2003 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae: Eucarpiini), N. bidentata sp. nov. (Guizhou: Xishui) and N. hamata sp. nov. (Guizhou, Yanhe), from southwest China, are described and illustrated. The generic characteristics are redefined. A key and a checklist to the known species of this genus in the world are provi...

INTRODUCTION Human infection with avian influenza A (H7N9) virus was first reported on March, 2013 in the Yangtze River Delta region of China. The majority of human cases were detected in mainland China; other regions out of mainland China reported imported human cases, including Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan (the Republic of China) and Malaysia, due to human transportation. Here, we report the first h...

The (nine) valid species of Japanagallia Ishihara, 1955 from Guizhou, and Yunnan Provinces, and Guangxi Autonomous Region of Southwest China are reviewed and four new species J. gracilenta sp. nov., J. neohamata sp. nov., J. trifurcata sp. nov. and J. viraktamathi sp. nov. are described and illustrated. These species can be distinguished by unique features of the aedeagus. J. hamata Zhang & Li,...

Three new Stenus species of the cirrus group collected from Guizhou Province, southwest China, are described: S. dashaheensissp. n., S. zhangyuqingisp. n., and S. liuyixiaoisp. n. The diagnostic characters of the new species are illustrated, and a key to species of the group from Guizhou Province is provided.

Material of the paederine genus Pseudolathra Casey, 1905 from the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Shanghai, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Hainan is examined. Six species are identified, one of which is described: P. glabra Peng & Li sp. n. (Guizhou: Mayanghe). The genus is now represented in the Oriental and eastern Palaearctic regions by 29 species.

The paper deals with the species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Taperus Li & Wang. A new species, Taperus daozhenensissp. n., from Guizhou Province, China is described and new records for other Chinese species are given together with a key for their separation. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University (GUGC).

Two new species of Varma Distant, 1906, V. falcata Chang & Chen, sp. n. (China: Guizhou) and V. lobata Chang & Chen, sp. n. (China: Guizhou) are described and illustrated. The female genitalia of four speices including two known species are described and illustrated for the first time. The diagnostic characters of this genus are redefined. A checklist to the species of Varma in China is given. ...