Keys to subfamilies, genera and species of the Prophalangopsidae are provided. Two new species Aboiloilomimus guizhouensis sp. n. and Aboiloimimus ornatus sp. n. are described respectively from Guizhou and Sichuan of China. The female of Prophalangopsis obscura is found for the first time from Tibet and is given a diagnosis. All type specimens examined in this study are deposited in Shanghai En...

Five new species of the Stenus indubius group from China are described: Stenus cangshanussp. n. from Yunnan Province, Stenus hewenjiaesp. n. from Sichuan Province, Stenus taiyangshanussp. n. from Guangdong Province, Stenus yinziweiisp. n. and Stenus zhaiyanbinisp. n. from Guizhou Province.Diagnostic characters are illustrated and a key to the species of this group from the Chinese mainland is p...

Thirteen species of Pyrrhalta Joannis, 1865 with black elytron are reviewed. A key to species, photographs of aedeagus and habitus are provided. Pyrrhalta qianana sp. n. is described from Guizhou, China. Pyrrhalta martensi Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax, 1999 is newly recorded from China (Tibet).

TWO NEW SPECIES OF LEAFHOPPERS Abrus damingshanensis sp. n. (from Guangxi) and A. expansivus sp. n. (from Guizhou) are described and illustrated from China. A map showing the geographic distribution of the two new species is given. Taxonomic notes on species of the genus Abrus is also provided.

A new species Membranacea distincta sp. nov. is described and illustrated from China. A key, based on the male genitalia, is given to separate all six species of the genus. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China (GUGC).

One new species of the planthopper genus Euricania Melichar, 1898 - E. paraclara sp. nov. is described from Guizhou (southwest China). A checklist of all Euricania species and an identification key to the species of the Chinese fauna are provided. Photographs of the adult and illustrations of male and female genitalia of the new species are also given.

Two new species of the bamboo-feeding genus Abrus Dai & Zhang, 2002, Abrus xishuiensis sp. n. and Abrus langshanensis sp. n., are described and illustrated from Guizhou and Hunan, South China. A checklist and a key to 13 known species are given.

BACKGROUND Great health inequalities have been reported in China over the past few years. Height has been used as an important parameter of health and it may also be distributed unequally in different regions. By studying height data of Chinese children and adolescents aged 7 to 18 years, we analyze height inequalities and their change trends during 1985-2010. METHODS On the base of data from...

BACKGROUND Shigellosis is a serious problem in Guizhou and Shigella sonnei is an increasingly prevalent etiologic agent of local shigellosis cases. No data, however, are available about the molecular characterization of the local isolates of S. sonnei. We have conducted this study to molecularly characterize the clinical isolates of S. sonnei in Guizhou Province. RESULTS 76 S. sonnei isolates...

Tracking the evolution of air pollutants has a critical impact on our ability to further improve quality, which have been extensively studied in North China Plain (NCP), Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and Pearl (PRD) regions, but remain poorly characterized Guizhou located east Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Here, we analyzed spatiotemporal variations trends six criteria pollutants, i.e., inhalable particl...