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Amolops bellulus
Abstract We describe a new species of stream-breeding frog of the genus Amolops, Amolops bellulus, from the mountainous region of Lushui County, Yunnan Province, China, near the boundary between Yunnan and Myanmar. This species differs from all its congeners in a combination of morphological characteristics including the absence of a circummarginal groove at the tip of first finger, lack of a supratympanic fold, a white band along the upper jaw extending to shoulder, a black band starting from tip of snout along upper loreal region and extending to anterior flank of body, absence of a vocal sac, tympanum distinct and feebly concave, and the presence of vomerine teeth. Leistus spp.
Tachyta sp.
Aristochroa abrupta
Abstract A new species of the genus Aristochroa Tschitschérine, A. abrupta Kavanaugh and Liang, sp. nov., is described from the Gaoligongshan of western Yunnan Province, China (type locality: Danzhu He drainage, 2830 m, Gongshan County ). Members of this species are distinguished by the abrupt sinuation of the lateral margin of the pronotum in all adults and the long, triangular, right-deflected lamella of the aedeagus in males. Illustrations are provided for these and other structures. This species is unusual also in its occurrence at lower elevations (2770 to 3400 m) than most other members of the genus. Nepalella griswoldi
Abstract Five new species of chordeumatidan millipeds, Vieteuma longi (Kashmireumatidae), Nepalella pianma, N. griswoldi, N. kavanaughi and N. magna (Megalotylidae), are described from the Gaolingong Shan, Yunnan Province, China. The new species bring to seven the total number of chordeumatidans described from the Chinese mainland. Pimoa spp.
Steatoda mainlingoides
Abstract Four species of the genus Steatoda are described from the Gaoligong Mountains region of Yunnan Province, China. Three new species, i.e., Steatoda mainlingoides, Steatoda pardalia, and Steatoda tortoisea, are described as is the previously unknown female of Steatoda terostiosa Zhu, 1998.
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