identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
FF224B45545156CBA9788CC195FFB029.text	FF224B45545156CBA9788CC195FFB029.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ligidium alpinum Li & Jiang 2025	<div><p>Ligidium alpinum Li &amp; Jiang sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 2, 3 A</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. China • male, Jiangxi Province, Pingxiang City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=114.166664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.45" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 114.166664/lat 27.45)">Wugong Mountain</a> (27°27'N, 114°10'E), alt. 1900 m, 16 September 2012; Weichun Li leg., prep. slide nos. L 16002 - L 16009.</p><p>Paratypes. One female, same collection data as holotype, DNA nos. WGS 2008 .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Male pleopod 2 endopod has a dagger-shaped distal part and bears four small spines on inner margin.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Maximum length: males 6.0 mm and females 5.5 mm.</p><p>Body elliptic, light grey, and bears pale muscle spots on dorsal surface; pereonite 1 without setae on posterior margin (Fig. 1).</p><p>Antennula with four aesthetascs at apex of third article (Fig. 2 A).</p><p>Antenna with flagellum composed of thirteen articles (Fig. 2 B).</p><p>Mandible with three-toothed incisor in left mandible, lacinia mobilis three-toothed, three penicils between lacinia mobilis and molar process (Fig. 2 C); right mandible with three-toothed incisor, lacinia mobilis four-toothed, three penicils between lacinia mobilis and molar process (Fig. 2 D).</p><p>Maxillule with three stout penicils and single small seta near distal margin of inner lobe; outer lobe with nine apical teeth of various sizes (Fig. 2 E).</p><p>Maxilla distally divided into two parts with blunted rounded apices, large lappet with two elongated setose penicils at subapical part, small lappet with three elongated setose penicils near distal margin (Fig. 2 F).</p><p>Maxilliped endite rectangular, distal margin with two teeth at inner distal angle; palp with seven setae (Fig. 2 G).</p><p>Pereopod 1 basis with single distal seta on sternal face and four setae on ternal face; ischium with two setae on sternal face and concave on ternal face; merus with twelve setae on sternal face and single seta at distal angle on ternal face; carpus with seven setae on sternal face and three setae at distal angle on ternal face; propodus bears three small setae on sternal face and single small seta at outer distal tip on ternal face (Fig. 2 H). Pereopod 7 basis bears three setae on sternal face; ischium narrow basally, broadened towards subtip, then narrowed towards distal tip, bears five setae on sternal face and four setae near tip on ternal face; merus with six setae on sternal face and two setae at distal angle on ternal face; carpus bears seven setae on sternal face and four setae at distal angle on ternal face; propodus bears three small setae on sternal face (Fig. 2 I).</p><p>Male pleopod 1 exopod with blunted distal apex and bears four long setae; endopod with triangular projection, distal apex with three long setae (Fig. 2 J, K). Male pleopod 2 exopod subrectangular; endopod long and thin, distal part dagger-shaped, inner margin with four small spines (Fig. 2 L).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Latin: alpinus = alpine. The new species name refers to its type locality located near the top of Wugong Mountain, the second-highest mountain in east China.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>This species is only known from Wugong Mountain, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, China.</p><p>Natural history.</p><p>The habitat in which this species has been collected is near a stream. The vegetation of the collection site is composed of alpine meadows (Fig. 3 A).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>This species is similar to L. hypnorum, L. acuminatum, and L. tridentatum by having a straight distal part of the male pleopod 2 endopod. It can be distinguished by the distal apex of the male pleopod 2 endopod with four small spines on inner margin (Fig. 2 L). In L. hypnorum and L. acuminatum, the male pleopod 2 endopod without spines (Jackson 1923: fig. 4; Wang et al. 2022: fig. 10). In L. tridentatum, the inner margin of the male pleopod 2 endopod with three small spines at the subapical apex (Wang et al. 2022: fig. 12). We provided additional molecular evidence to distinguish them. Every species was represented by a well-supported clade (Fig. 1).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FF224B45545156CBA9788CC195FFB029	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zong, Zili;Wang, Jin;Jiang, Chao;Li, Weichun	Zong, Zili, Wang, Jin, Jiang, Chao, Li, Weichun (2025): Integrative taxonomy reveals two new species of Ligidium (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (3): 1187-1195, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.148504
56D70DA8DF0D5326B2A63B075AA6EF4D.text	56D70DA8DF0D5326B2A63B075AA6EF4D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ligidium cuspidatum Li & Jiang 2025	<div><p>Ligidium cuspidatum Li &amp; Jiang sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 3 B, 4</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype. China • male, Sichuan Province, Leshan City, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=103.51667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.85" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 103.51667/lat 28.85)">Mabian Dafengding National Nature Reserve</a> (28°51'N, 103°31'E), alt. 1100 m, 12 August 2012, Weichun Li and Li Huang leg., prep. slide nos. L 15054 - L 15067.</p><p>Paratypes. Two females, same collection data as holotype, DNA nos. DFD 2004, DFD 2005 .</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Male pleopod 2 endopod bears a beak-shaped tooth at approximately distal one-sixth on outer margin and has two small spines near distal apex on inner margin, slender distal part bent outwards and ending with a pointed apex.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Maximum length: males 5.0 mm and females 6.0 mm.</p><p>Body elliptic, ochre mixed with dark grey, and bears pale green muscle spots on dorsal surface; pereonite 1 without setae on posterior margin (Fig. 1).</p><p>Antennula with one aesthetasc at apex of third article (Fig. 4 A).</p><p>Antenna with flagellum composed of eleven articles (Fig. 4 B).</p><p>Mandible with three-toothed incisor in left mandible, lacinia mobilis three-toothed, six penicils between lacinia mobilis and molar process (Fig. 4 C); right mandible with three-toothed incisor, lacinia mobilis four-toothed, three penicils between lacinia mobilis and molar process (Fig. 4 D).</p><p>Maxillule with three stout penicils and one small seta near distal margin of inner lobe; outer lobe with twelve apical teeth of various sizes (Fig. 4 E).</p><p>Maxilla distally divided into two parts with blunted rounded apices, large lappet with six elongated setose penicils at subapical part, small lappet with four elongated setose penicils near distal margin (Fig. 4 F).</p><p>Maxilliped endite rectangular, distal margin with two teeth at inner distal angle; palp with six setae (Fig. 4 G).</p><p>Pereopod 1 basis with two setae on sternal face and single seta at distal angle on ternal face; ischium concave on ternal face; merus with four setae on sternal face and single seta at distal angle on ternal face; carpus with six setae on sternal face and single seta at distal angle on ternal face; propodus bears four small setae on sternal face and single small seta at distal tip on ternal face (Fig. 4 H). Pereopod 7 basis bears single distal seta at distal angle on sternal face; ischium narrow and concave basally, broadened towards subtip, then narrowed towards distal tip, bears two setae on sternal face and ternal face, respectively; merus with three long setae on sternal face and two setae at distal angle on ternal face; carpus bears three long setae on sternal face and two setae at distal angle on ternal face; propodus bears three small setae on sternal face (Fig. 4 I).</p><p>Male pleopod 1 exopod with blunted distal apex, and bears three long setae; endopod with triangular projection, distal apex with three long setae (Fig. 4 J, K). Male pleopod 2 exopod subrectangular; endopod long and thin, second segment with outcurve distal part and pointed apex, bears a beak-shaped tooth at approximately distal one-sixth on outer margin, and has two small spines near distal apex on inner margin (Fig. 4 L, M).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Latin: cuspidatus = pointed. The new species name refers to the male pleopod 2 endopod with a pointed distal apex.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>This species is only known from Mabian Dafengding National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China.</p><p>Natural history.</p><p>The habitat in which this species has been collected is under the fallen leaves near a waterfall. The vegetation of the collection site is composed of shrubs and evergreen broadleaf trees (Fig. 3 B).</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>This species is similar to L. denticulatum, L. deltodontum, L. gracilentum, and L. sichuanense by having a tooth at the distal part of the male pleopod 2 endopod on outer margin. It can be distinguished by the slender and outcurved distal part of the male pleopod 2 endopod with two small spines on the inner margin. In the latter four species, the distal part of the male pleopod 2 endopods without spines on the inner margin (Shen 1949: fig. 26; Li 2017: figs 3, 7; Nunomura 2002: fig. 3). We provided additional molecular evidence to distinguish them. Every species was represented by a well-supported clade (Fig. 1).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/56D70DA8DF0D5326B2A63B075AA6EF4D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zong, Zili;Wang, Jin;Jiang, Chao;Li, Weichun	Zong, Zili, Wang, Jin, Jiang, Chao, Li, Weichun (2025): Integrative taxonomy reveals two new species of Ligidium (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (3): 1187-1195, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.148504
