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Integrative taxonomy of Leptonetela spiders (Araneae, Leptonetidae), with descriptions of 46 new species

we investigate the diversity of the genus Leptonetela Kratochvíl, 1978 that is endemic to karst systems in Eurasia using DNA barcoding. Forty-six of them are previously undescribed.

SEABRI reports on biological surveys in Southeast Asia

Eight articles in this issue involve the description of new species from biological surveys in the region.

South China Morning Post: Biologist triumphs in 14 year quest to confirm new species

Proving the find involved painstaking fieldwork on catfish, including a foray into troubled Myanmar

Opisthotropis zhaoermii, a new species of snake from western Hunan, China

The specific epithet of the new species, zhaoermii, is derived from the name of an internationally renowned Chinese herpetologist, Prof. Er-Mi Zhao, who unfortu

Exostoma gaoligongense, a new species of fish from the Salween drainage, Yunnan, China

A new species of the sisorid catfish genus Exostoma was collected from two hill-stream tributaries of the Nujiang.

A new species from Tibet, China---Herminium motuoensis

Herminium motuoensis (Orchidaceae, Orchidoideae), a new species from Tibet, China, is described and illustrated.

Phylogenetics of subtribe Orchidinae based on seven markers implications for generic delimitation

Phylogenetics of subtribe Orchidinae s.l.(Orchidaceae; Orchidoideae) based on seven markers (plastid matK, psaB, rbcL, trnL-F, trnH-psba, and nuclear nrITS, Xdh): implications for generic delimitation

Chen Jin heads delegation to Ministry of Science and Technology of Lao PDR

Prof. Chen Jin, director of XTBG, headed up a 9-person delegation to Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) of Lao PDR during November 9-15.