Hao-Ran Gao 高皓然

Yunnan Agricultural University · Department of Plant Protection

Calvisia is a colorful winged stick insect genus consisting of 6 subgenera and 44 species widely distributed in temperate and tropical Asia. C. medogensis syn. nov. was discovered in Mêdog, Xizang (Tibet), China and is so far the only species recorded from China. We here propose that C. medogensis syn. nov. is a synonym of C. fuscoalata after check...

The genus Oxyartes currently comprises 17 taxa, of which 12 are found in China, representing the high diversity in China. This list includes the two species from China as described in this paper. The first is a new remarkable species O. bouxraeuz sp. nov. collected from Gulinqing township, Yunnan. The second is a newly recorded species, O. cresphon...

Thrips are tiny insects that are difficult to identify morphologically, but molecular marker has become a well-established method of identification. To explore the phylogenetic relationships among species in the genus Trichromothrips of the large family Thripidae, 3 genes: a mitochondrial gene, COI (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I), and two nuclear...

The recently described genus Spinomarmessoidea is comprised of only 2 species from Peninsular Malaysia. The 3rd species of this genus, Spinomarmessoidea damingensis sp. nov. is described from Guangxi Province, China. The new species represents the first record of this genus in China. The granulose head of new species without large spines and mesono...

The oriental stick insect Paragongylopus Chen & He, 1997 is a small and poorly known genus, including 9 taxa distributed in China, Thailand and Vietnam. The male and egg of most species in this genus are still unknown. In this paper, two subgen-era are redefined with three new combinations: P. (Planoparagongylopus) brevicornis (Ho, 2019) comb. nov....

A new species Andropromachus ynau sp. nov.. is described and the Chinese species of the moss-like stick insect genus Andropromachus are reviewed. An updated key to the known species of this genus is provided. Types of the new species are deposited in Yunnan Agricultural University (YNAU).

Pylaemenes gulinqingensis sp. nov., from Gulinqing Nature Reserve, Maguan County, Yunnan, China, is described for the first time from two females and six eggs. The types of the new species are deposited in Southwest Forestry University (SWFU), China, as well as in the first author's collection.

Trachythorax maculicollis yunnanensis subsp. nov. from Yunnan, China is here decribed. Photographs of the adults and eggs as well as a key to female of the six known species from China are provided.