Pollination networks on islands are often characterized by less complexity than comparable continental environments(Olesen and Jordano 2002).Furthermore,they sometimes include novel generalist-feeding nonspecialist po...
supported by NSFC programs 31472029(Meiying Lin) and J1210002;partly by a grant(Y229YX5105)from the Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
A new species, Eodorcadion(Ornatodorcadion) zhaoi sp. nov., is described from the Alxa desert in Inner Mongolia, China. A key to species of the subgenus Eodorcadion(Ornatodorcadion) is provided. The type specimens are...
The subject of our investigation was the visual features of wing color with special focus on the UV reflectance in the green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi). Previous studies had concluded that UV reflectance o...
The European rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes nasicornis (L.), is a large flying beetle in the subfamily Dynastinae of family Scarabaeidae and order Coleoptera. It is well-known to be a Palaearctic species, inhabiting Europ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31172142);Research Foundation of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences (Hzs1103);the Postdoctoral Foundation funded projects preferred in Zhejiang Province (92 (2016))
An updated key to the species-groups of Pachyprotasis is provided, proposing the P. melanosoma group addition for species formerly placed in the P rapae group. A key to the species of the Pachyprotasis rapae group fro...
Typology of both ecological (thermo-, hygro-, phytobiotic, biomorphological, etc.) and chorological (zonal, sectoral, regional, etc.) categories as applied to specific Cicadina faunas of Palaearctic is reviewed.
In the world-wide zoogeographic division, there has been no consentaneous understanding about the delimitation between palaearctic and oriental realms in western China. In this study, we will discuss the division base...
Two new species of Sciomyzidae from Manchuria (Northeastern China) are described. Pherbellia orientalis sp. n. belongs to the P. dorsata group and is characterized by partly darkened wings and a contrasting white fore...