—Delayed biotic recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction has long been interpreted to result from environmental inhibition. Recently, evidence of more rapid recovery has begun to emerge, suggesting the role of environmental inhibition was previously overestimated. However, there have been few high-resolution taxonomic and ecological studies spanning the full Early and Middle Triassic recov...

*Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]) *Present address: Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Oiwake, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. **Present address: Institute of Geochemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 46 Guanshui Road, Guiyang/Guizhou 550002, China. †Present address: NPO Mori-no-za, Ina 396-0011, Japan. ‡Present address: Graduate ...

The previously monotypic leafhopper genus Nirvanguina Zhang & Webb (Deltocephalinae, Drabescini, Paraboloponina), recorded from Australia and New Guinea, is recorded from mainland Asia (China) for the first time and a new species, N. pectena sp. nov., from Fanjingshan Mountain in Guizhou Prov., China, is described and illustrated.

Five new leafhopper species, Qadria bannaensis, Q. daliensis, Q. dongfanga, Q. guiyanga and Q. cucullata spp. nov. from Yunnan, Hainan and Guizhou Prov. of China are described and illustrated, and a key to all species of the genus Qadria is provided.

The genus Soractellus Evans, 1966 is reported for the first time based on a new species, Soractellus jianfengensis sp. nov., here described and illustrated from China. A key is given to distinguish all species of the genus. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).

Four new species of the huntsman spider genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 are described from Southern China: Pseudopoda acuminata sp. n. from Suiyang County, Guizhou Province, P. emei sp. n. from Emei Mountain, Sichuan Province, P. lacrimosa sp. n. from Fugong County and Tengchong County, Yunnan Province, and P. robusta sp. n. fromJinyun Mountain, Chongqing Municipality.

A total of three Chinese species of the genus Intestinarius Kurbatov, 2007 are recognized, among which, two new species are described: Intestinarius guangdongensissp. n. from Guangdongand Intestinarius longicepssp. n. from Guizhou. Illustrations of major diagnostic characters are given for all three Chinese species including Intestinarius kuzmini Kurbatov, 2007. A key is included to aid in thei...

In the present paper, a worldwide checklist of Clubiona japonica-group spiders is provided based on published literature and authors' collections. A new japonica-group species, Clubiona grucollarissp. n. (♀♂) from Guizhou Province and Hainan Island of China is diagnosed, described, and illustrated. A distribution map of this species is given.

BACKGROUND Knowledge about tuberculosis (TB) is important for TB control, and China's national TB control guidelines emphasise TB health promotion. A 2010 national TB epidemiology survey showed that the general public had limited knowledge and awareness of TB. OBJECTIVE To assess the level of TB knowledge after 5 years of TB health promotion in Guizhou Province, one of the regions with the hi...