Two new species are described and figured: Okinawepipona nigra Nguyen & Xu, sp. nov. (northern Vietnam and southern China), and O. curcipunctura Nguyen & Xu, sp. nov. (southern China). A key to the three known species of the genus is provided.

Tropospheric ozone observations over China from 2005 to 2010 at three pressure levels (484, 681 and 825 hPa) from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer on board the NASA Aura satellite have been analyzed. Fourier Transform analysis revealed the trends and seasonality of regionally-averaged, monthly-mean ozone concentrations over western, northern and southern China. Significant increases in oz...

The grey wolf (Canis lupus) is one of the most widely distributed terrestrial mammals, and its distribution and ecology in Europe and North America are largely well described. However, the distribution of grey wolf in southern China is still highly controversial. Several well-known western literatures stated that there are no grey wolves in southern China, while the presence of grey wolf across...

1Postdoctoral Workstation of Chinese and Western Integrative Medicine, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China 2The Futian Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical Institute, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 3The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 4Shenzhen Institute of Geriatrics, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 5Department of Rheumatolo...

In January 2008, central and southern China experienced persistent low temperatures, freezing rain, and snow. The large-scale conditions associated with the occurrence and development of these snowstorms are examined in order to identify the key synoptic controls leading to this event. Three main factors are identified: 1) the persistent blocking high over Siberia, which remained quasi-stationa...

Based on a great number of literatures, we established the database about the Chinese endemic seed plants and analyzed the compositions, growth form, distribution and angiosperm original families of them within three big natural areas and seven natural regions. The results indicate that the above characters of Chinese endemic plants take on relative rule at the different geographical scales. Am...

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) has a high degree of genetic variation. In this study, we characterized the genetic variation and evolutionary relationships among circulating PRRSV strains in southern China. We analyzed 29 NSP2 strains and 150 ORF5 strains from clinical samples collected in southern China during 2007-2014. The alignment results showed that the nucleo...

Springtime rainfall, accounting for 25-40% of the annual rainfall in southern China, exerts great agricultural and socioeconomic impacts on the region. In the recent decades, southern China has experienced a significant declining trend of precipitation in boreal spring. Meanwhile, precipitation has increased over the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea (SCS-PhS). This paper presents observat...

The red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier), was initially reported in China in the 1990s and is now considered one of the most successful invasive pests of palm plants in the country. A total of 14 microsatellite loci and one mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit Ι (cox I) gene fragment were used to investigate the genetic characteristics and structure of R. ferrugineus i...

Estimation of stature from body parts plays a vital role in identifying the dead. This study focused on dimensions of the foramen magnum region and examined the relationship between stature and the dimensions of the foramen magnum region in northern and southern Chinese populations. Measurements were taken on the skulls of 276 individuals (all male). Data on 48 individuals from northern China a...