(Orchidaceae, Aeridinae), a new subalpine epiphytic orchid from the Mountains of Southwest China.

, a new orchid species from the Balang Mountain, Sichuan Province, Southwest China, is described and illustrated. It morphologically resembles , but differs in having shorter stems, a reniform epichile and a sub-hemispherical hypochile (spur), obtuse-rounded at the apex. The results of molecular phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear ribosome internal transcribed spacer (nrITS) and four chloroplast DNA markers (K, A-H, M-D and L-F) from 50 species indicate that is closely related to and , also endemic to the Hengduan Mountains.

 (Celastraceae): Rediscovered in flowering with respect to its taxonomy, nomenclature, and rarity.

A small population of (Celastraceae) with flowering plants was discovered more than 100 kilometers away from its type locality. The incomplete original description of this species is supplemented here with floral materials since it is known from only two gatherings of fruiting specimens. Its 5-merous flowers and two ovules per locule support its position in , and this inference is further reinforced by phylogenetic analysis based on the nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of rDNA.

Taxonomic study on the genus Bates from China (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Lamiini).

A taxonomic review of the Chinese species of the genus Bates, 1884 is presented. A new species, , is described from Chongqing, China, and a new combination, (Gressitt, 1942) , is proposed.

 (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae), a new species from Sichuan, China, based on molecular and morphological data.

(Orchidaceae), a new orchid species from Sichuan Province, Southwest China, is described and illustrated. It morphologically resembles and , but differs markedly from the former in having a thinner and slightly rolled downwards reniform epichile and the central thickened purple-red mat with irregular folds (vs. subtriangular epichile curves upwards, with 2 thick, brown to purplish-brown median ridges from base to apex), and can be clearly distinguished from the latter by having reniform epichile with lobed apex and subconical hypochile with bilobed apex that splits into two conical protrusions (vs.

Taxonomy of the genus from China, with a new species and an updated key to the Oriental species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae).

A new species of potter wasps, is described and illustrated from Zhejiang, China. The holotype specimen of (Wickwar, 1908) was examined and based on the characters of the type specimen, it is transferred from the genus de Saussure to the genus de Saussure, as In addition, an updated key to the Oriental species of is provided.

Descriptions of three new species of the genus Giordani Soika with keys to some related species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae).

Three new species, namely from Thailand, from Philippines, and from Indonesia, are described and illustrated in detail. Gusenleitner, 2013 is newly recorded from Vietnam. Two keys to some related species are also provided.

The complete mitochondrial genome of and comparative analysis in the family Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae).

To date, only one mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) in the Eumeninae has been reported in the world and this is the first report in China. The mitogenome of is 17 972 bp long, and contains 38 genes, including 13 protein coding genes (PCGs), 23 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, a long non-coding region (NCR), and a control region (CR). The mitogenome has 79.