(Bilingual)广州城央，发现全球新物种！

第一次在中国发现此科及物种

据悉，此次新物种是2022年度

海珠湿地昆虫调查监测过程中所发现

并以海珠命名，即“海珠微瓢虫”

该成果已在国际期刊《Zootaxa》上发表

新物种发现地点海珠湿地二期，图/谢惠强

According to Yu Yali, an associate researcher at the Guangdong Academy of Sciences' Institute of Zoology, the new species was found during specimen classification and identification work being carried out as part of a research team's comprehensive and systematic insect monitoring and investigation project in the Haizhu Wetland, which began in 2020.

The team's findings have been published in the international academic journal Zootaxa, revealing that the species, belonging to the order Coleoptera, measures 1.2 to 1.3 millimeters in length. Its reddish-brown body is oval and convex both dorsally and ventrally, and its legs and antennae are lighter in color.

"Usually, larger insect groups attract more attention and smaller ones are easily overlooked," Yu said, noting that the discovery enriches species diversity and is of great significance to ecological protection and biological evolution research.

Notably, though most new species are typically found in natural rural habitats, this discovery was made in the Haizhu Wetland, which spans an area of 1,100 hectares and is located in the heart of the megacity of Guangzhou.

微瓢虫科是一个小众类群

过去它被认为是伪瓢虫科的一个亚科

现基于分子数据已被提升为独立的科

目前仅有7属19种

大多数属种仅分布于中美洲、南美洲

和南非某些特定的岛屿

此次也是中国第一次发现此科及物种

海珠湿地并非第一次发现新种

2020年起，海珠湿地携手

广东省科学院动物研究所持续开展

本底昆虫资源全面调查

2021年和2022年

海珠湿地相继发布了

“海珠斯萤叶甲”、“海珠珐轴甲”

两个新物种

🐞

昆虫记录903种

鸟类201种

其中包括多种珍稀濒危物种

According to the Haizhu Wetland's Lin Zhibin, biodiversity research and monitoring work have been ongoing since 2012, alongside efforts to create a habitat that supports the survival of various species. To date, 903 insect species have been documented in the wetland.

从昔日的万亩果园到

如今的国际重要湿地

海珠湿地不仅见证了

广州这座城市的绿色变迁

更在全球大都市湿地保育

与发展中树立了“中国范本”

此次“海珠微瓢虫”的发现

再次证明了海珠湿地

在生态修复和科研监测方面的卓越成效

不仅丰富了中国昆虫区系的数据

弥补了部分类群分类研究的空白

还为全球昆虫多样性研究

提供了新的素材