19/02/2021
Japanese and Vietnamese Scientists have just announced 1 species of the Cotton family discovered in Dak Nong province and 2 species of the Coffee family discovered in Gia Lai province.
These 3 new species have the full scientific name: Helicteres daknongensis V.S.Dang & D.T.Bui - Dak Nong cocoon nest; Psydrax gialaiensis B.H.Quang, T.B.Tran & V.S.Dang - Cang Gia Lai; Lasianthus konchurangensis V.S.Dang, T.B.Tran & T.D.Ha - Xu Huong kon chu rang.
In which, Dak Nong cocoon group belonging to Cotton family (Malvaceae) was discovered at an altitude of 750m in Nghia Duc commune, Gia Nghia, Dak Nong. Meanwhile, the Cang Gia Lai belonging to the Coffee family (Rubiaceae) was discovered at an altitude of 989m in the evergreen forest habitat of Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, Gia Lai province. The species name "gialaiensis" was named after Gia Lai province. Xu Huong kon chu rang, also in the coffee family (Rubiaceae), was discovered at an altitude of 1,012 m in the primary forest of Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, Gia Lai province.
The findings above were published in the Taiwania and Phytokeys Journals, June 2020.
Scientists have also discovered a new species of giant mantis in Truong Son. The team described this mantis species to be about 99.6mm - 102.2mm long. Scientists named the mantis the Titanodula attenboroughi, after the British naturalist David Attenborough.
The results have just been published by the Royal Society of Insects of Belgium (Belgium) in the Belgian Journal of Entomology.
Gia Linh
