Two new species of Comidoblemmus Storozhenko & Paik, 2009 are described and illustrated, Comidoblemmussororius sp. n. (CHINA, Zhejiang) and Comidoblemmusexcavatus sp. n. (CHINA, Guizhou). A key and a distribution map of all species in the world are presented.

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612 (M Li, ZW Zhou, & SF Zhou) Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 750004, China (Y Yang) Guizhou Provincial Key Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Research Center, Guiyang ...

From winter 2009 to spring 2010, due to decreasing precipitation and high temperature, Southwest China experienced the worst meteorological drought in 60 years. The drought has impacted large areas of Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi and Sichuan provinces. In this paper, climate data (precipitation and temperature) and SPOT VGT Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data were combined with land ...

Given the uncertain future living of peasant households when they rent out farmland, the situation of livelihood assets is important for keeping sustainable livelihood. In this paper, the livelihood assets indicators were selected based on DFID’s sustainable livelihoods framework, and Monte Carlo method was adopted to establish the assessment model. The empirical study of peasant households sur...

In the study we focus on determining the contents of artemisinin in Artemisia annua L. from different geographical origins of southwest district of China. The artemisinin contents of eleven samples are measured by the high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). As a result, Artemisinin exists in different parts of A. annua plant and the content is as follow: inflorescences > leaves > stems. ...

Five new Platocoelotes species are described based on both sexes collected from caves in southern China. They are: Platocoelotesluoi sp. n. from Jiangxi, Platocoelotesqinglinensis sp. n. from Yunnan, Platocoelotesshuiensis sp. n. from Guizhou, Platocoelotestianyangensis sp. n. from Sichuan and Platocoelotesxianwuensis sp. n. from Hubei.

a Key Laboratory of Engineering Geomechanics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9825, Beijing 100029, China b Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China c Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China d State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geoc...

Two new species of the millipede genus Paracortina Wang & Zhang, 1993 are described. Both are presumed troglophiles: Paracortinazhangi sp. n. from a cave in Ceheng County, southwestern Guizhou Province and Paracortinayinae sp. n. from a cave in Longlin County, western Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A distribution map and a key to all 12 Paracortina species are also provided.

Two new speices, Oxycera rozkosnyisp. n. and Oxycera ningxiaensissp. n., are described from Liupanshan Nature Reserve, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Northwest China. All essential diagnostic characters are figured and possible relationships of both taxa are briefly discussed, and a new key to species of Oxycera from China. The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizho...