Description of a new subspecies of Dodona dipoea Hewitson, [1866] (Lycaenidae: Riodininae) from S.W. Chongqing, China.

Dodona dipoea pseudokaterina subsp. nov. is described from southwestern Chongqing, China.

A new species of (Diptera, Tipulidae) from China, with description of the female internal reproductive system.

A new species of the genus Enderlein, 1912, Xue & Men, (Guangxi, South China) is described and illustrated. A key to the known species in China is provided. The morphological description of the female internal reproductive system of the new species is provided, which represents the first description for this genus.

Resurrection of Caltoris ranrunna (Sonan) from synonymy as a skipper endemic to Taiwan based on COI barcode and morphology.

Caltoris ranrunna (Sonan, 1936) is resurrected from synonymy of Caltoris cahira austeni (Moore, 1883) to represent a Caltoris species endemic to Taiwan based upon COI barcode divergence and morphological diagnosis in genitalia of both sexes. This species distributes allopatrically from C. cahira of continental Asia and Andamans.

DNA barcoding-based sexual association of Sovia lucasii and S. lii (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), with description of a new subspecies.

Both sexes of two sympatric and sexually dimorphic species, Sovia lucasii (Mabille, 1876) and S. lii Xue, 2015, are associated based on DNA barcoding using the COI (mitochondrial cytochrome coxidase I) gene. The females are thus identified for the first time, and their wing patterns and genitalia are described and illustrated for the convenience of morphological identification hereafter.

A preliminary checklist of the skippers (Rhopalocera: Hesperiidae) of Guangxi, China.

A survey of the literature shows that a total of 64 genera comprising 155 species/subspecies of skippers have been recorded in Guangxi. Based on a field survey and the examination of specimens, 1 subspecies, Burara gomata gomata (Moore, 1866), is recorded as new to China, and 1 species, Celaenorrhinus vietnamicus Devyatkin, 1998, is reported in Guangxi for the first time. Therefore, to date, a total of 57 genera with 109 species/subspecies in 4 subfamilies of Hesperiidae have been positively identified as the fauna of Guangxi.

New species of subgenus Tipula (Sivatipula) from China, with redescription of T. (S.) parvauricula and a key to all known species of the Oriental Region (Diptera, Tipulidae, Tipula).

Species of Tipula (Sivatipula) biprocessa sp. n. from Guangxi, China is described and illustrated as new in the subgenus Tipula (Sivatipula) Alexander, 1964.

Two new species of the genus Nephrotoma (Diptera, Tipuloidea, Tipulidae) from China with a key to species from Mainland China.

Nephrotoma liankangensis sp. n. and Nephrotoma pseudoliankangensis sp.

A new subspecies and a new synonym of the genus Coladenia (Hesperiidae, Pyrginae) from China.

The second subspecies of Coladenia buchananii (de Nicéville, 1889), viz. Coladenia buchananii separafasciata Xue, Inayoshi & Hu, ssp. n.

A new species of the genus Sovia (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Qinling-Daba Mountains of China.

In this paper, a new species Sovia lii spec. nov. is described from Qinling-Daba Mountains in S.

A taxonomic note on Erionota acroleuca (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) stat. rest. (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).

The purpose of this paper is to restore Erionota acroleuca (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) as a valid name, and to establish Erionota acroleuca apicalis de Jong & Treadaway, 1992 as a new subspecific combination, with its immature biology briefly introduced.

[Choline chloride protects cell membrane and the photosynthetic apparatus in cucumber seedling leaves at low temperature and weak light].

Choline chloride 1.07 mmol/L treatment diminished the saturated lipid contents of the fatty acid components mainly the phosphatidylglycerol (PG) resulting in the decrease of the saturation of lipid (Table 1), declined the permeability of cell membrane and the production of MDA from lipid peroxidation (Fig.2) in the cucumber seedling leaves under low temperature and weak light (6 degrees C, PFD 100 micromol m(-2) s(-1)).

[Effects of chitosan treatment on physiological and biochemical characteristics in cucumber seedlings under low temperature].

Chitosan 50 mg/L treatment alleviated the low temperature injury of cucumber seedling membrane. The chitosan treatment reduced electrolyte leakage and the MDA content of cucumber leaves and alleviated the decreases in photosynthetic rate, the photochemical efficiency of photosystem II (PhiPSII), the photochemical quenching of fluorescence (q(P)) and the efficiency of excitation energy captured by the open photosystem II reaction centers (F(v)'/F(m)') under low temperature (6 degrees C). At the same time, the chitosan treatment enhanced the antioxidant enzymatic activities and increased the proline and soluble protein contents in cucumber leaves under low temperature.