The taxonomic status of the subgenera of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet is confused. Currently ten subgenera are recognised but their separation, using the existing set of diagnostic characters, is not clear. Collections over the last forty years have shown that species of Setogaster Salmon, originally described as a genus (Trichogaster Handschin) and currently considered a subgenus of Lepidocyrtus, are ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Studying the genome structure of pines has been hindered by their large genomes and uniform karyotypes. Consequently our understanding of the genome organization and evolutionary changes in different groups of pines is extremely limited. However, techniques are now available that can surmount these difficulties. The purpose of this study was to exploit some of these techniqu...

The genus Omophorus Schoenherr, 1835 is recorded for the first time from the Oriental Region and a new subgenus and species, Omophorus (Sinomophorus subgen. n.) rongshusp. n. is described from Yunnan province (P.R. China). The new subgenus differs from the subgenus Omophorus by the longer antennal club, the bifid vestiture of the ventral parts, the elongate subtrapezoidal scutellum, the very sm...

Application of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for detection of subgenus B adenoviruses (types 3, 7 and 11) was investigated. It is based on a simple (nonnested) PCR using primer pairs specific for the hexon-coding region. The PCR allowed amplification of DNA from subgenus B adenovirus prototype strains (types 3, 7 and 11) and adenovirus isolates (types 3 and 7), whereas it did not a...

The fiddler crab Uca formosensis Rathbun, 1921 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae), restricted to the western part of Taiwan and the offshore Penghu (Pescadores) Islands in the Taiwan Strait, has been placed under the subgenus Uca (Gelasimus) Latreille, 1817 (= Uca (Thalassuca) Crane, 1975) based on only less than a dozen specimens, but later suggested under the subgenus Tubuca Bott, 1973 because...

The subgenus Choeras Mason, 1981 of genus Apanteles Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China is revised with 18 new species described and illustrated, and one known species redescribed. A key to the Chinese species of this subgenus is provided.

Fore new species of Stegana (Steganina) ornatipes species group are found from Yunnan, China: S. (S.) angustifoliacea sp. nov., S. (S.) crinata sp. nov., S. (S.) nigripes sp. nov. and S. (S.) polysphyra sp. nov. The DNA sequences of the mitochondrial COI gene with BOLD Process ID and GenBank accession numbers are provided for the Chinese species. 

a new and distinctive form belonging to the genus and subgenus eremias fitzinger, 1834 is reported from the highlands of alvand mountains, hamedan province, western iran at about 2700 m elevation. it is easily distinguished from all the other species of the typical subgenus (e. velox, e. persica, e. strauchi, e. nigrolateralis, e. lalezharica, e. afghanistanica, e. regeli, e. suphani, and e. ni...

Syconia of figs (Moraceae: Ficus spp.) harbour many wasp species, mostly belonging to several genera of chalcidoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). In contrast, only two genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) with a few known species are found in syconia belonging to the subgenus Urostigma. The braconid fig wasps have an infrequent occurrence with low population density and are rarely ...

Five species of the subgenus Plesiominettia Shatalkin from the southern China are described as new to science: Minettia (Plesiominettia) flavoscutellata sp. n., Minettia (Plesiominettia) longaciculiformis sp. n., Minettia (Plesiominettia) nigrantennata sp. n., Minettia (Plesiominettia) tridentata sp. n. and Minettia (Plesiominettia) zhejiangica sp. n. One species, Minettia longistylis Sasakawa,...