Species first discovered in Hong Kong 1558335 206866998 2008-04-20T11:34:53Z Lokionly 5942445 This list contains species '''first discovered''' in [[Hong Kong]], with the '''endemic''' species [[asterisk|asterisked]]. ==Plants== *[[Bauhinia blakeana|Bauhinia]] (''Bauhinia blakeana'') *[[Crapnell's Camellia]](''Camellia crapnelliana'') *[[Grantham's Camellia]](''Camellia granthamiana'') *[[Hong Kong Camellia]](''Camellia hongkongensis'') *[[Hong Kong Dogwood]] (''Dendrobenthamia hongkongensis'') *[[Hong Kong Iris]] (''Iris speculatrix'') *[[Hong Kong Balsam]] (''Impatiens hongkongensis'') *[[Pavetta]] (''Pavetta hongkongensis'') *[[Hong Kong Croton]] (''Croton hancei'')* *Hong Kong Wild Kumquat (''Fortunella hindsii''), see [[Kumquat]] *[[Hong Kong Bamboo]] (''Arundinaria shiuyingiana'')* *[[Lantau Star-anise]] (''Illicium angustisepalum'')* *[[Hong Kong Asarum]] (''Asarum hongkongense'')* *[[Shiuying Bamboo]] (''Arundinaria shiuyingiana'')* *[[Subglabrous Cane]] (''Sasa subglabra'')* *[[Two-coloured Bulbophyllum]] (''Bulbophyllum bicolor'')* *[[Monteiro's Caterpillar Orchid]] (''Cheirostylis monteiroi'')* *[[Entire Lip Ginger]] (''Zingiber integrilabrum'')* (probably extinct) ==Animals== ===[[Mammals]]=== *[[Chinese White Dolphin]] (''Sousa chinensis chinensis'') ===[[Amphibians]]=== *[[Romer's Tree Frog]] (''Philautus romeri'')* *[[Hong Kong Newt]] (''Paramesotriton hongkongensis'') *[[Hong Kong Cascade Frog]] (''Amolops hongkongensis'') *[[Short-legged Horned Toad]] (''Xenophrys brachykolos '')* ===[[Reptile]]=== *[[Hongkong blind skink]] (''Dibamus bogadeki'') *[[Lazell's Blind Snake]] (''Typhlops lazelli'') *[[Anderson's Stream Snake]] (''Ophisthotropis andersonii'') ===[[Fish]]=== *''Aphyocpris lini'' *[[Hong Kong Paradisefish]] (''Macropodus hongkongensis'') ===[[Crustacea]]=== *''Chiromanthes maipoensis'' *''Nanhaipotamon hongkongense'' *A wide [[Atyidae]] (''Caridina trifasciata'') *''Macrobrachium hongkongense'' ===[[Mollusca]]=== *''Phyllodesmium opalescene'' *''Chloritis hungerfordiana rufopila'' *''Cryptosoma imperator'' *''Kaliella hongkongensis'' *''Macrochlamys discus'' *''Macrochlamys nitidissma'' *''Marcrocycloides crenulate'' *''Microcystina schmackerina'' *''Microcystina stenomphala'' *''Sinoenna splendens hongkongensis'' *''Tornatellira boeningi'' ===Insects=== ====Lepidoptera==== <table><tr><td valign="top"> {| class="wikitable" |- *[[Sesiidae]] **Sesiinae ***''Gaea variegata'' (Walker, 1864)* ***''Toleria sinensis'' (Walker, 1854)* |- *[[Epipyropidae]] ***''Fulgoraecia bowringii'' Newman, 1851 |- *[[Tortricidae]] **Tortricinae, Cochylini ***''Phalonidia pista'' Diakonoff, 1984* |- *[[Crambidae]] **[[Spilomelinae]] ***''Palpita minuscula'' Inoue, 1996* ***''Palpita parvifraterna'' Inoue, 1999* |- *[[Geometridae]] **[[Ennominae]] ***''Microcalicha reelsi'' Sato & Galsworthy, 1998 ***''Pseudothalera carolinae'' Galsworthy, 1997 ***''Psilalcis galsworthyi'' Sato, 1996* **Geometrinae ***''Pingasa chloroides'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***''Maxates brevicaudata'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***''Thalassodes maipoensis'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***''Berta rugosivalva'' Galsworthy, 1997 **Larentiinae ***''Sauris purpurotincta'' Galsworthy, 1999 ***''Sauris victoriae'' Galsworthy, 1999* ***''Axinoptera anticostalis'' Galsworthy, 1999 ***''Eupithecia sekkongensis'' Galsworthy, 1999* ***''Sigilliclystis kendricki'' Galsworthy, 1999* ***''Spiralisigna gloriae'' Galsworthy, 1999* |} </td><td valign="top"> {| class="wikitable" |- *[[Notodontidae]] **Notodontinae ***''Neodrymonia taipoensis'' Galsworthy, 1997 |- *Erebidae (= [[Noctuidae]] s.l.) **[[Catocalinae]] ***''Belciana scorpio'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***''Oglasa stygiana'' Galsworthy, 1997 ***''Pangrapta bicornuta'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***''Pangrapta roseinotata'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***''Ugia purpurea'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***''Ugia insuspecta'' Galsworthy, 1997 **Strepsimaninae ***''Luceria striata'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***''Schrankia bilineata'' Galsworthy, 1997* **[[Hypeninae]] ***''Lysimelia lucida'' Galsworthy, 1997* |- *Noctuidae **Hadeninae ***''Athetis hongkongensis'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***''Athetis bispurca'' Galsworthy, 1997* ***''Egira ambigua'' Galsworthy, 1997* **Acontiinae ***''Cerynea discontenta'' Galsworthy, 1998* ***''Hyposada kadooriensis'' Galsworthy, 1998* **Bagisarinae ***''Chasmina sinuata'' Galsworthy, 1997* |} </td></tr></table> ==References== For the plants: *Hu Qi-ming ed., 2003. ''Rare and Precious Plants of Hong Kong''. Hong Kong: Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department; Friends of the Country Parks; Cosmos Books. October 2003 revised edition. ISBN 9882016162. For the animals: *Diakonoff, A., 1984. Synopsis and descriptions of new species of the South Asiatic Cochylinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with an appendix. ''Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden'' '''58''': 261-293. *Galsworthy, A.C., 1997. New and revised species of macrolepidoptera from Hong Kong. ''Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society''. '''21''': 127-150, 25 figures, 1 plate. *_____, 1998a. Two new species of acontiines from Hong Kong (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acontiinae). ''Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan'' '''49''': 30-32. *_____, 1998b. A new species of ''Pingasa'' (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae) from Hong Kong. ''Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan'' '''49''': 104-106. *_____, 1999a. Two new species of ''Sauris'' (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong. ''Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan'' '''50''': 35-37. *_____, 1999b. New and revised eupitheciine species (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong and South East Asia. ''Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan'' '''50''': 223-234 *Inoue, H., 1996. Revision of the genus ''Palpita'' Hübner (Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Regions. Part 1: Group A (''annulifer'' Group). ''Tinea'' '''15''': 12-46. *_____, 1999. Revision of the genus ''Palpita'' Hübner (Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Regions. Part 3: Additions and Corrections. ''Tinea'' '''16''': 52-60. *Sato, R., 1996. Six new species of the genus ''Psilalcis'' Warren (Geometridae, Ennominae) from Indo-Malayan region, with some taxonomic notes on the allied species. ''Tinea'' '''15''': 55-68. *Sato, R. & Galsworthy, A.C., 1998. Description of a new species of the genus ''Microcalicha'' Sato (Geometridae) from Hong Kong. ''Tinea'' '''15''': 240-242. ==See also== *[[Ecology of Hong Kong]] ==External links== *[http://www.hkherbarium.net/herbarium/search_intro.html Hong Kong Plant Database] *[http://hkls.org/butterflies.html Hong Kong Butterflies listing] *[http://hkls.org/moths.html Hong Kong Moths listing] *[http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/ The Global Lepidoptera Names Index] [[Category:Geography of Hong Kong]] [[Category:Environment of Hong Kong]] [[Category:Biota of Hong Kong| ]] [[Category:Hong Kong-related lists|Species]] [[fr:Liste des espèces natives de Hong Kong]] [[zh:香港首先發現物種列表]]