China

  2010 AUG 31 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to recent research from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "The relatively small family Ochodaeidae Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802 includes 13 genera and about 100 extant species and subspecies belonging to two subfamilies (Scholtz et al. 1988, Paulsen 2007, Nikolajev 2009). One more subfamily, Cretochodaeinae Nikolajev, 1995, is known only from fossils (Nikolajev 1995). ...read more

  2010 AUG 31 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Researchers detail in 'A new species of psammogammarus (amphipoda: melitidae) from kuchinoerabu island, Japan, with a note on its feeding habits,' new data in zoology. "A new melitoid Amphipoda, Psammogammarus mawatarii, is described from Kuchinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan," investigators in Japan report.

  "This is the first record of the genus from Asia. The new species is morphologically similar to P. garthi, but differs from the latter in the following features: 1) lateral cephalic lobe of head not strongly produced; 2) head lacking antennal sinus; and 3) posteroventral corner of epimeral plate 3 rounded," wrote K. Tomikawa and colleagues, Hiroshima University ...read more

  2010 AUG 24 - (VerticalNews.com) -- "Two new species, Hypogastrura hexasetata sp. nov. and Hypogastrura heptasetata sp. nov., are described from Central and East China respectively," scientists in Hunan, People's Republic of China report.

  "Both new species belong to H. trybomi group and have highly modified mouthparts," wrote J.G. Jiang and colleagues, Hunan University.

  The researchers concluded: "All Chinese Hypogastrura species are listed, and a key to the worldwide members of the H. trybomi group is provided. ...read more