In 1995, Peng Zhongliang published an article in the English edition of Entomologia Sinica entitled "Research on the Genus LisaGiddin", which described four new species, which was a common thing in the academic community, but quietly caused quite a stir in the Japanese insect collection community at that time. In the mid-1990s, Japanese folk nature collecting activities were very popular, and these four new species are not ordinary ones!
Nipponobuprestis, which used to contain only two species: four-spotted gidding N. amabilis and fragmented lisa gedin N.querceti, both native to Japan, were described in 1864 and 1873 respectively, with a delicate and colorful body, which has always been one of the favorite categories of Japanese collectors. First appreciate the true appearance of the four-spotted Licai Jiding that was later collected in Hengshan, Hunan:
Four-spotted Lisa Gideon front
Four-spotted Lisa Jiding on the reverse
No third species has been found in the genus Lisagidin for more than 120 years. In the mid-1990s, the sudden appearance of as many as four new species in Japan's neighboring countries surprised the Japanese. It is said that later, some Japanese collectors and insect merchants spent a lot of money to search for the origin of the model and found nothing. In the past three decades, I have never seen them again, whether I have collected them in the field or examined the collections of a large number of universities and scientific research institutions. Last year, Dr. Hatori, a Japanese gidding insect expert, and two others published the seventh species of this genus: Datun Licai Jiding H. datunensis, taken from Taiwan, of course, it is also a beautiful species, but Dr. Hattori told me that it is not rare, and he later collected 5-6 specimens in Datun Mountain in Taiwan. Enjoy the real look:
Datun Li Cai Jiding front
The opposite of Datun Li Cai Jiding
Peng Zhongliang's four new species in the 1990s were:
Oriental Licai Gidin N. orientalis
Guangxi Licai Jiding N. Guangxiensis
Billy Lee Cai Gidin N. bilyi
Purple Lisa Gideon N. rubrocinctus
The types of pictures can be viewed in the book "Chinese Gidding Worm Atlas". Based on the assessment of various factors, these four rarity should be positioned as the top five stars! In the absence of effective improvement or even deterioration of the environment, a large number of rare insect extinctions actually occur every year around the world, and there is no in-depth investigation of the disappearance and extinction of vertebrate species on the mainland. Four five-star rare lily colored gildings that have not been collected in decades other than the type specimens may be extinct or endangered, but it cannot be finalized! If scholars and collectors find it, they should report it in time. Secondly, there are many more other species in the genus Lisagidin, and we look forward to new discoveries!
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