“…The new records we report coupled with predictions from species distribution modelling (Huang et al, 2022) suggest that this species is likely much more widely distributed in northern Laos than has been documented. The mountains of northern Vietnam and Laos are the southeasternmost extension of the Himalaya Range (Sterling et al, 2006) and exhibit considerable Himalayan biogeographic affinities (e.g., Spitzer et al, 1993;Bain and Truong, 2004;Sterling et al, 2006;Bakalin et al, 2018Bakalin et al, , 2023 that undoubtedly influence the success of the bee there. In contrast, further south in the Central Highland region of Vietnam, despite some Himalayan influences in the flora (e.g., Vuong and Sridith, 2016;Wu et al, 2023), several searches by C.H.…”
Apis laboriosa, the Himalayan giant honeybee, inhabits the foothills of the Himalaya and neighboring mountainous regions. Here we revise its distribution in light of recent reports and discoveries. The range now extends from longitude 105.9E in Cao Bang, Vietnam, in the east to 74.4E in the Pir Panjal Range of western Himalaya, a linear distance of 3300 km, with the most notable new localities in northeastern Vietnam, central Myanmar, northern Thailand, and AJK-Pakistan. The species generally occurs at lower elevations in the eastern part of its range than in Nepal, northern India, and the border region between India and Pakistan. Most but not all of the new localities are within the range predicted by species distribution modelling. We discuss the new localities that fall outside of the predicted range, the biotic characteristics of the terrestrial ecoregions in which the species occurs, and the remaining regions that may harbor this spectacular honey bee species.
“…The new records we report coupled with predictions from species distribution modelling (Huang et al, 2022) suggest that this species is likely much more widely distributed in northern Laos than has been documented. The mountains of northern Vietnam and Laos are the southeasternmost extension of the Himalaya Range (Sterling et al, 2006) and exhibit considerable Himalayan biogeographic affinities (e.g., Spitzer et al, 1993;Bain and Truong, 2004;Sterling et al, 2006;Bakalin et al, 2018Bakalin et al, , 2023 that undoubtedly influence the success of the bee there. In contrast, further south in the Central Highland region of Vietnam, despite some Himalayan influences in the flora (e.g., Vuong and Sridith, 2016;Wu et al, 2023), several searches by C.H.…”
Apis laboriosa, the Himalayan giant honeybee, inhabits the foothills of the Himalaya and neighboring mountainous regions. Here we revise its distribution in light of recent reports and discoveries. The range now extends from longitude 105.9E in Cao Bang, Vietnam, in the east to 74.4E in the Pir Panjal Range of western Himalaya, a linear distance of 3300 km, with the most notable new localities in northeastern Vietnam, central Myanmar, northern Thailand, and AJK-Pakistan. The species generally occurs at lower elevations in the eastern part of its range than in Nepal, northern India, and the border region between India and Pakistan. Most but not all of the new localities are within the range predicted by species distribution modelling. We discuss the new localities that fall outside of the predicted range, the biotic characteristics of the terrestrial ecoregions in which the species occurs, and the remaining regions that may harbor this spectacular honey bee species.
“…The last list of liverworts in Vietnam [ 24 ] contains information on eight species of Calypogeia recorded in the country in the literature (including our own papers [ 7 ] and [ 2 , 25 ]): C. aeruginosa Mitt., C. arguta Nees & Mont., C. azurea Stotler & Crotz, C. granulata Inoue, C. japonica Steph., C. sinensis Bakalin et Buczkovska, C. tosana (Steph.) Steph.…”
Calypogeia is a genus in Pacific Asia that is difficult to classify taxonomically. These difficulties arise from (1) considering the presence of oil bodies as anatomical characters for taxonomic differentiation, (2) the wide occurrence of sibling, semicryptic and geographical vicariant taxa and (3) the inevitable need to organize new datasets for molecular genetic revision of the genus. The present study uses an integrative approach, including molecular genetic, morphological, chorological and ecological methods, to understand the taxonomy of the genus in Amphi-Pacific Asia. As a result, a set of new-to-science taxa was revealed, and the suite of morphological features necessary for reliable discrimination of the taxa was revised. These results are based on the study of a large set of ‘fresh’ collections suitable for molecular analysis and morphological comparison and include data on oil bodies. The most basal branch in Calypogeia s.l. is segregated into a new genus, Asperifolia. Descriptions of the new taxa and the key to Calypogeia in Vietnam are provided.
“… Lepidozia subintegra Lindenb. MOLUCCAS : Inoue and Miller 1965 , Mizutani 1968a , 1976 , Del Rosario 1975b , Miller et al 1983 , Bapna and Kachroo 2000a , Bakalin et al 2021 . Seram: Akiyama 1986 , 2009 [misidentification of Lepidozia subtrichodes fide Doei (1987b : 525).].…”
Section: Taxa Accepted For Moluccasmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…,Bapna and Kachroo 2000a, Bakalin et al 2021. Seram: Akiyama 1986 [misidentification of Lepidozia subtrichodes fide Doei (1987b.].…”
The first ever liverwort and hornwort checklist is provided for the Maluku Islands (Moluccas/Spice Islands) of Indonesia. We report 355 accepted and 16 doubtful species and reject 22 species previously reported for Maluku Islands. The list is based on the specimens housed in the Herbarium Bogoriense (BO) and reports from over 500 literature references, including monographs, regional studies, and molecular investigations. The Maluku Islands are part of the Wallacea Biodiversity Hotspot with many unique species found only in Wallacea. Publications focusing on liverworts and hornworts of Maluku Islands are few and scattered. Considering regionally widespread species that have been recorded elsewhere, we predict that further fieldwork exploring the diversity of habitats coupled with collections unveiled from regional herbaria, a number of new records remain to be reported.
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