The reporter learned from the Guangdong Academy of Sciences that the team of researchers from the Yang Xing family of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy recently found a new rare insect species in the Haizhu National Wetland Park in Guangzhou, which belongs to the genus of insect coleoptera leaf beetle family fluorinaceae. The scientific research team named it "Haizhus fluorescent leaf beetle". The results have been published in the academic journal Journal of Insect Taxonomy.
According to Yang Xingke, academic director of the Institute of Zoology of the Guangdong Academy of Sciences, new species have generally been discovered in the wild in the natural environment. The discovery of new species in the urban wetland environment is relatively rare, and it is also an important indicator of guangzhou's urban ecological environment restoration.
The new species discovery site, Guangzhou Haizhu National Wetland Park, is located in the center of the city, with a total area of 1,100 hectares.
This is a specimen of the Hyders firefly (taken on October 25). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei
Researchers examine insect samples collected from Martens's net in haizhu wetlands on October 26. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei
Yu Yali, an assistant researcher at the Institute of Zoology of the Guangdong Academy of Sciences, observes a specimen of Haizhusi's fluorescent leaf beetle through a microscope in the laboratory (photo taken on October 25). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei
Members of Yang Xingke's research group and Haizhu Wetland researchers entered Haizhu Lake Huxin Island to collect insect samples (taken on October 26, drone photo). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei
Yang Xingke ( center ) , director of the Institute of Zoology , Guangdong Academy of Sciences , and Yu Yali ( left ) , a member of the research group , analyze a specimen of Haizhusi leaf beetle collected on October 25. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei
Li Lanfeng, a member of Yang Xingke's research group, collects insect samples collected by flight blockers in Haizhu Wetland (taken on October 26). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei
The results have been published in the international academic journal Journal of Insect Taxonomy (screenshot of the online version). Xinhua News Agency
The discovery of the new species is in Guangzhou Haizhu National Wetland Park (taken on October 26, a panoramic photo of the drone). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei
Members of Yang Xingke's research group and Haizhu wetland researchers prepare to collect insect samples in the wetland (photo taken on October 26). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Dawei