Description of a New Subspecies of the Genus Saurogobio Bleeker (1870)

The genus Saurogobio Bleeker (1870) is a group of small sized cyprinids. Saurogobio dabryi Bleeker (1871) is widely distributed in East Asia.On the basis of careful inspection of morphological and meristic characters of specimen collected from Chenghai Lake in Yunnan and the opening river systems including Pearl River,Minjiang River,Yangtze River,Liaohe River and Songhuajiang River,the Chenghai Lake population of Saurogobio dabryi is considered to represent a new subspecies, Saurogobio dabryi chenghaiensis . Saurogobio dabryi chenghaiensis is distinguished by the combination of following characters.Rostral cap developed,covering over upper lip,and lips with developed papillae.Body and caudal peduncle very slender,body depth 12 7%-15 0% of standard length(SL),caudal peduncle depth 5 5%-6 1% of SL and 31 8%-39 1% of caudal peduncle length.A longitudinal dark stripe present along the axis on each side of body and 6-11 stick shaped black spots (its widths being 25%-50% of its lengths respectively) occur along the stripe.Distance from pelvic fin origin to anus is more than 50% of pelvic fin length.The length of the shortest caudal fin ray is less than 50% that of the longest one.The new subspecies occurs only in Chenghai Lake,Yunnan,China.

A New Subspecies of Darevskia raddei(Boettger,1892)(Sauria:Lacertidae)from the West Azerbaijan Province,Iran

Based on extensive field work in the northern Zagros Mountains, a new subspecies of Darevskia raddei （Boettger, 1892） from the west Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran is described. The new subspecies is distinguishable from all the other three subspecies of D. raddei based on the combination of several distinguishing characters, such as dorsal body with 50-55 oval to round, smooth, or very weakly keeled, scales, 25-31 scales across the gular region, 18-20 femoral pores on each side of body （reaching the knee）, 29-31 tuberculate lamellae under the fourth toe, 11-12 supraciliaries, 9-11 collars and a specific color pattern. The new subspecies meets all the morphological characters described by Eiselt et al. （1993） for an undefined and intermediate form between D. raddei raddei in the east of and D. r vanensis in the west of the distribution range of the species.

Alkalibacillus halophilus subsp. hitensis subsp. nov.:A new subspecies of moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a chemical plant in China

In order to develop halophilic microorganism resources to improve environment, a Gram-positive, strictly aerobic and moderately halophilic bacterial strain JSA1 was obtained from the waste water sample collected from Jinhong Chemical Plant at Weihai city, by the methods of quick isolation and screening of halophilie bacteria. Systematic studies on it were carried out. Results show that the strain JSA1 is bacillus. The temperature range most suitable for its growth is 29 - 35 ℃ and the most suitable pH is 6. 5 - 9. 0. It can grow well at the salt mass concentration of 30 - 150 g/L. The C ＋ G mole fraction of its DNA is 37.5%. The analytical result of 16S rRNA gene sequence reveals that this strain has the closest relationship with Alkalibacillus halophilus （DQ359731） of Alkalibacillts. Their similarities are as high as 99%. However, they have obvious differences in aspects of whole-cell main fatty acid components, cell size, cell morphology, motility, oxidase, gelatine liquefication, NaCl tolerance range, pH tolerance range, G ＋ C mole fraction, sole carbon source, sole nitrogen source, antibiotic sensitivity and strain source. Comparing with other species of the same genus, differences of this strain are even more obvious. In view of muhiple identification results, we believe this strain is a new subspecies ofAlkalibacillus halophilus and name it Alkalibacillus halophilus subsp, hitensis subsp, nov.

How many species of Apodemus and Rattus occur in China？ A survey based on mitochondrial cyt b and morphological analyses

Apodemus （mice） and Rattus （rats） are the top rodent reservoirs for zoonoses in China,yet little is known about their diversity.We reexamined the alpha diversity of these two genera based on a new collection of specimens from China and their cyt b sequences in GenBank.We also tested whether species could be identified using external and craniodental measurements exclusively.Measurements from 147 specimens of Apodemus and 233 specimens of Rattus were used for morphological comparisons.We analysed 74 cyt b sequences of Apodemus and 100 cyt b sequences of Rattus to facilitate phylogenetic estimations.Results demonstrated that nine species of Apodemus and seven species of Rattus,plus a new subspecies of Rattus nitidus,are distributed in China.Principal component analysis using external and craniodental measurements revealed that measurements alone could not separate the recognized species.The occurrence of Rattus pyctoris in China remains uncertain.

SUBSPECIFIC DIFFERENTIATION OF Paracobitis variegatus WITH COMMENTS ON ITS ZOOGEOGRAPHY

The distribution of the loach Paracobitis variegatus is confined to upper Yangtze, Huanghe and Nanpanjiang drainages. The number of branched dorsal fin rays, morphology of anterior nostril, colour pattern of head and the length of maxillary barbel indicate that it has differentiated into two subspecies. Both subspecies are isolated geographically: P. variegatus variegatus restricted to the upper Yangtze and the upper Huanghe Rivers, and P. variegatus longidorsalis, new subspecies, to the upper Nanpanjiang River. The subspecific differentiation is supposed to correlated to the sharp uplift of the eastern Yunnan Plateau during late Pleistocene. The taxonomic status of Nemachilus berezowsku Gunther, 1896 and Nemacheilus oxygnathus Regan, 1908 are also discussed and they are considered to be the synonyms of P. variegatus variegatus.

New taxa of Necrosciinae from Vietnam(Phasmatodea:Diapheromeridae)

In this study, one new genus, six new species and two new subspecies from the Necrosciinae of Vietnam are described and illustrated, namely Asceles hirsutus sp. nov., A.maculatus sp. nov., Lamachodes brocki sp. nov., Marmessoidea alata alata sp. nov. ＆ subsp. nov., M. alata elongata subsp. nov., M. liuxingyuei sp. nov. and Neooxyartes zomproi gen nov. ＆ sp. nov.

Review of the genus Neolarnaca Gorochov, 2005(Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae) from China

The genus Neolarnaca is firstly recorded to raspy cricket fauna of China. A new species and a new subspecies are described： N. longipenna sp. nov. and N. vera aurelostria subsp, nov. Illustrations of the morphological structures are given and a key to the species of the genus is provided. All specimens observed are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University.

The genus Neohirasea Rehn(Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae: Necrosciinae) from Vietnam

The following five species and six subspecies in the genus Neohirasea Rehn from Vietnam are described as new to science：N.biserrata sp.nov.,N.bispina bispina sp.nov.＆subsp.nov.,N.bispina babeensis subsp.nov.,N.catbaensis sp.nov.,N.coomani sp.nov.,N.hilli hilli sp.nov.＆subsp.nov.,N.hilli nahangensis subsp.nov.,N.hilli vietnamensis subsp.nov.and N.maerens pseudomaerens subsp.nov.A key to the Vietnamese species and subspecies of this genus is provided.