The Malesian species of Serianthes Bentham (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae)

Brunonia ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 289 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Kanis

The Malesian representatives of Serianthes are revised and the relationships with those from nearby Pacific islands are discussed. A key is provided to all relevant taxa as well as maps showing their respective distributions. S. minahassae (Koord.) Merr. & ~ e r r y is reinstated here and newly subdivided with ssp. rninahassae in central Malesia, ssp. ledermannii (Harms) Kanis, stat. nov.. in New Guinea and ssp. fosbergii Kanis. nom. & stat. nov. (based on Albizia melanesica Fosb.), in the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands. S. dilmyi Fosb. reaches from Sumatra and the Philippines to western New Guinea and the Admiralty Islands. S. robinsonii Fosb, is restricted to the southern Moluccas. S. hooglandii (Fosb.) Kanis, stat. nov., occurs in eastern New Guinea, with ssp. floridensis Kanis, ssp. nov.. in the Solomon Islands. S. kanehirae Fosb. is excluded, being restricted to the western Caroline Islands.

Itinerario ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 173-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Aldrich

At the end of the Second World War, the islands of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia were all under foreign control. The Netherlands retained West New Guinea even while control of the rest of the Dutch East Indies slipped away, while on the other side of the South Pacific, Chile held Easter Island. Pitcairn, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Fiji and the Solomon Islands comprised Britain's Oceanic empire, in addition to informal overlordship of Tonga. France claimed New Caledonia, the French Establishments in Oceania (soon renamed French Polynesia) and Wallis and Futuna. The New Hebrides remained an Anglo-French condominium; Britain, Australia and New Zealand jointly administered Nauru. The United States' territories included older possessions – the Hawaiian islands, American Samoa and Guam – and the former Japanese colonies of the Northern Marianas, Mar-shall Islands and Caroline Islands administered as a United Nations trust territory. Australia controlled Papua and New Guinea (PNG), as well as islands in the Torres Strait and Norfolk Island; New Zealand had Western Samoa, the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau. No island group in Oceania, other than New Zealand, was independent.


Author(s):  
Graeme Barker

East and South-East Asia is a vast and diverse region (Fig. 6.1). The northern boundary can be taken as approximately 45 degrees latitude, from the Gobi desert on the west across Manchuria to the northern shores of Hokkaido, the main island of northern Japan. The southern boundary is over 6,000 kilometres away: the chain of islands from Java to New Guinea, approximately 10 degrees south of the Equator. From west to east across South-East Asia, from the western tip of Sumatra at 95 degrees longitude to the eastern end of New Guinea at 150 degrees longitude, is also some 6,000 kilometres. Transitions to farming within this huge area are discussed in this chapter in the context of four major sub-regions: China; the Korean peninsula and Japan; mainland South-East Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, the Malay peninsula); and island South-East Asia (principally Taiwan, the Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, and New Guinea). The chapter also discusses the development of agricultural systems across the Pacific islands to the east, both in island Melanesia (the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands east of New Guinea) and in what Pacific archaeologists are terming ‘Remote Oceania’, the islands dotted across the central Pacific as far as Hawaii 6,000 kilometres east of Taiwan and Easter Island some 9,000 kilometres east of New Guinea—a region as big as East Asia and South-East Asia put together. The phytogeographic zones of China reflect the gradual transition from boreal to temperate to tropical conditions, as temperatures and rainfall increase moving southwards (Shi et al., 1993; Fig. 6.2 upper map): coniferous forest in the far north; mixed coniferous and deciduous forest in north-east China (Manchuria) extending into Korea; temperate deciduous and broadleaved forest in the middle and lower valley of the Huanghe (or Yellow) River and the Huai River to the south; sub-tropical evergreen broad-leaved forest in the middle and lower valley of the Yangzi (Yangtze) River; and tropical monsoonal rainforest on the southern coasts, which then extends southwards across mainland and island South-East Asia. Climate and vegetation also differ with altitude and distance from the coast.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 479 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-82
Author(s):  
HUI SHANG ◽  
ZHEN-LONG LIANG ◽  
LI-BING ZHANG

A taxonomic revision of Didymochlaena (Didymochlaenaceae) from Asia and the Pacific region is conducted based on morphological and molecular evidence. Seven species are recognized, of which four are described as new and a new status is raised to a species from a variety. These four new species include D. fijiensis from Fiji, D. philippensis from the Philippines, D. punctata from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, and D. solomonensis from the Solomon Islands. The new status is D. oceanica from Papua New Guinea. Six of the seven species have all been erroneously treated as D. truncatula by earlier pteridologists. A key to the species is provided and descriptions of all species are given.


1977 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.T. Wiebes

Introduction of the new genus Deilagaon with descriptions of new species chrysolepidis (type-species) from the Philippines (type-locality Luzon, ex Ficus chrysolepis Miq.), Celebes, New Guinea (ex F. novoguineensis Corner), Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Isis.; and annulatae from Thailand, Malaya (ex F.depressa Bl.), Sumatra, Borneo (type-locality N. Borneo, ex F. annulata Bl.), Philippines. Included is also Ceratosolen megarhopalus Grandi (1923) from Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines (Balabac Isl.).


Author(s):  

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Dysdercus sidae Montr. (D. insular is Stål) (Hemipt., Pyrrhocoridae). Host Plants: Cotton, kapok, Hibiscus spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AUSTRALASIA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Fiji, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Niue, Papua & New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Wallis Islands, Irian Jaya.


Author(s):  

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Leptoglossus australis (F.) (=L. membranaceus (F.), L. bidentatus Montr.) (Hemipt, Coreidae) (Leaf-footed Plant Bug). Host Plants: Cucurbits, Citrus and legumes. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Andaman Islands, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Philippine Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, AFRICA, Angola, Annobon Islands, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Dahomey, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Rodriguez Islands, Rwanda, Saõ Tomé, Senegal, Seychelle, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Upper Volta, AUSTRALASIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Papua & New Guinea, Western Samoa, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Wallis Islands, Irian Jaya, China.


Author(s):  

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Hemiberlesia lataniae (Sign.) (Aspidtotux lataniae Sign.) (Hem., Coccoidea) (Latania Scale). Host Plants: Acacia, almond, avocado, banana, coconut, guava, indigo, mango, rose, tung. Information is given on the geographical distribution in EUROPE, Crete, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Sicily, Spain, Yugoslavia, ASIA, China, Cyprus, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Philippines, Sinai, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, AFRICA, Algeria, Angola, Cameroun, Canary islands, Cape Verde Islands, Dahomey, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Principe, Réunion, Rhodesia, Rodriguez Is, St. Helena, São Tomé, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zaire, AUSTRALASIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Hawaii, Johnston Island, New Caledonia, Western Samoa Solomon Islands, Tonga, Irian Jaya, NORTH AMERICA, Mexico, U.S.A, CENTRAL AMERICA and WEST INDIES, Guatemala, Panama, West Indies, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Galapagos Islands, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.


Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 710
Author(s):  
Ladislav Bocak ◽  
Michal Motyka ◽  
Dominik Kusy ◽  
Renata Bilkova

We reviewed the species-level classification of Metriorrhynchina net-winged beetles to make the group accessible for further studies. Altogether, 876 valid species are listed in a checklist along with known synonyms, combinations, and distribution data. The compilation of geographic distribution showed that Metriorrhynchina is distributed mainly in the Australian region with very high diversity in the islands at the northern edge of the Australian craton, i.e., in the Moluccas and New Guinea (54 and 423 spp. respectively). The neighboring northern part of the Australian continent houses a majority of known Australian species (112 spp.) and the diversity of net-winged beetles gradually decreases to the south (43 spp.). The fauna of Sulawesi is highly endemic at the generic level (4 of 10 genera, 67 of 84 spp.). Less Metriorrhynchina occur in the Solomon Islands and Oceania (in total 22 spp.). The Oriental Metriorrhynchina fauna consists of a few genera and a limited number of species, and most of these are known from the Philippines (51 of 94 Oriental spp.). We identified a high species level turn-over between all neighboring landmasses. The genus-level endemism is high in Sulawesi (4 genera) and New Guinea (11 genera), but only a single genus is endemic to Australia. During the compilation of the checklist, we identified some homonyms, and we propose the following replacement names and a new synonym: Metriorrhynchus pseudobasalis, nom. nov. for M. basalis Lea, 1921 nec M. basalis Bourgeois, 1911; Metriorrhynchus pseudofunestus, nom. nov. for M. funestus Lea, 1921 nec M. funestus (Guérin-Méneville, 1838), Trichalus pseudoternatensis, nom. nov. for T. ternatensis Kleine, 1930 nec T. ternatensis Bourgeois, 1900, Procautires subparallelus, nom. nov. for P. parallelus (Pic, 1926) nec P. parallelus (Bourgeois, 1883), and Cautires pseudocorporaali, nom. nov. for C. corporaali (Pic, 1921: 12), (formerly Odontocerus and Cladophorus) nec C. corporaali (Pic, 1921) (formerly Bulenides, later Cautires). Diatrichalus biroi Kleine, 1943, syn. nov. is proposed as a junior subjective synonym of D. subarcuatithorax (Pic, 1926). Altogether, 161 new combinations are proposed, and 47 species earlier placed in Xylobanus Waterhouse, 1879 transferred from Cautirina to Metriorrhynchina incertae sedis. The study clarifies the taxonomy of Metriorrhynchini and should serve as a restarting point for further taxonomic, evolutionary, and biogeographic studies.


Author(s):  

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Tarophagus proserpina (Kirk.) (including T. p. australis Fennah) (Megamelus proserpina Kirk.) (Hemipt., Delphacidae) (Taro Leafhopper). Host Plants: Colocasia spp., Alocasia spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, AUSTRALASIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Caroline Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hawaii, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Niue, Samoa, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Wallis Islands.


Author(s):  

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood [Thysanoptera: Thripidae] Chilli thrips, flower thrips, yellow tea thrips, Assam thrips Polyphagous, attacks grapevine, rubber, tea, castor, strawberry, Capsicum (chilli), tamarind, groundnut, soyabean, asparagus, citrus, mango, passionfruit, etc. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Hongkong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, AUSTRALASIA, AND PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.


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