Species first discovered in Hong Kong

This list contains species first discovered in Hong Kong, with the endemic species asterisked.

Plants

  • 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

Amphibians

Reptile

  • Hongkong blind skink (Dibamus bogadeki)*
  • Lazell's Blind Snake (Typhlops lazelli)*
  • Anderson's Stream Snake (Ophisthotropis andersonii)
  • Eumeces quadrilineatus (Blyth),1853
  • Achalinus rufescens Boulenger, 1888
  • Calamaria septentrionalis Boulenger, 1890
  • Dendrelaphis hollonrakei Lazell, 2002
  • Ahaetulla prasina medioxima (Lazzell, 2002)

Fish

  • Aphyocpris lini
  • Hong Kong Paradisefish (Macropodus hongkongensis)
  • Pseudogastromyzon myersi
  • Parazacco spilurus (Gunther), 1868
  • Pseudohemiculter dispar (Peters),1880
  • Oreonectes platycephalus Gunther, 1868
  • Rhinogobius duospilus(Herre, 1935)
  • Bathyphylax bombifrons Myers,1934
  • Figaro melanobranchus (Chan), 1965
  • Sphyraena putnamiae Jordan et Schlegel, 1905
  • Osteomugil strongylocephalus (Richardson), 1846
  • Argyrosomus pawak Lin, 1940
  • Nibea chui Trewavas, 1971
  • Callionymus altipinnis Fricke, 1981
  • Arnoglossus tenuis Gunther, 1880
  • Plagiopsetta fasciatus (Fowler),1933
  • Brachirus swinhonis (Steindachner), 1867
  • Cynoglossus lineolatus Steindachner, 1867
  • Opistognathus hongkongiensis Chan, 1968
  • Bathygobius hongkongensis Lam, 1986
  • Paraploactis hongkongiensis (Chan, 1966) *
  • Xyrichtys trivittatus Randall & Cornish, 2000
  • Neopomacentrus bankieri (Richardson, 1846)

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

Annelida

  • Aglaophamus toloensis Ohwada, 1992

Malacostraca

Decapoda

    • Perisesarma maipoensis(Soh,1978) *
    • Parasesarma maipoensis
    • Nanhaipotamon hongkongense (Shen,1940) *
    • Chiromanthes sereni(Soh,1978) *
    • Pseudopythina patshuni(Soh,1978) *
    • Charybdis hongkongensis Shen, 1934
    • Crypotopotamon anacoluthon (Kemp, 1918) *
    • Somanniathelphusa zanklon Ng & Dudgeon, 1992 *
    • Caridina trifasciata (Yam & Cai, 2003)*
    • Caridina serrata (Stimpson,1860)
    • Caridina apodosis Cai et Ng,1999 *
    • Neocaridina serrata*
    • Metapenaeopsis toloensis Hall,1962
    • Periclimenes toloensis Bruce, 1969
    • Panulirus stimpsoni Holthuis, 1963
    • Periclimenes hongkongensis Bruce, 1969

Tanaids

    • Pakistanapseudes toloensis (Bamber, 1997)

Isopoda

    • Allokepon sinensis (Danforth, 1972)
    • Anchiarthrus derelictus Markham, 1992
    • Apophrixus constrictus Markham, 1980B
    • Aporobopyrus enosteoidis (Markham, 1982)
    • Bopyrione longicapitata Markham, 1980
    • Bopyrione toloensis Markham, 1980
    • Dicropleon morator Markham, 1980
    • Hypocepon globosus Markham, 1992
    • Litobopyrus longicaudatus Markham, 1980B
    • Orbione penei Bonnier, 1900
    • Parabopyrella perplexa Markham, 1990B
    • Probopyria elliptica Markham, 1992
    • Probopyrus novempalensis Markham, 1980B
    • Progebiophilus sinicus Markham, 1980B
    • Pseudostegias dulcilacuum Markham, 1980B
    • Rhopalione sinensis Markham, 1990B
    • Stegophryxus minutus Markham, 1992
    • Tylokepon naxiae (Bonnier, 1900)
    • Colanthura daguilarensis Bamber, 2000
    • Dryadillo maculatus (Arcangeli, 1952B)
    • Exalloniscus rotundatus Taiti & Ferrara, 1986A
    • Burmoniscus ocellatus (Verhoeff, 1928D)
    • Dynoides daguilarensis Li 2000

Arachnida

Araneae

  • Gnaphosidae
    • Hongkongia wuae
  • Philodromidae
    • Thanatus hongkong Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997
  • Lycosidae
    • Pardosa pacata Fox, 1937
  • Hahniidae
    • Hahnia thortoni Brignoli, 1982 *
  • Amaurobiidae
    • Bifidocoelotes primus (Fox, 1937)*
  • Oxyopidae
    • Oxyopes daksina Sherriffs, 1955
  • Salticidae
    • Pseudamycus bicoronatus Simon, 1901 *
    • Pseudamycus relucens Simon, 1901 *
    • Pancorius hongkong Song et al., 1997 *
    • Bianor hongkong Song, Xie, Zhu, Wu, 1997 *
    • Langona hongkong Song, Xie, Zhu, Wu,1997 *
    • Habrocestum hongkongiensis Proszynski, 1992 *
    • Icius hongkong Song, Xie, Zhu, Wu, 1997 *
    • Nanthela hongkong (Song & Wu, 1997)
    • Portia orientalis Murphy & Murphy, 1983
    • Thiania inermis (Karsch, 1897)
  • Corinnidae
    • Castianeira hongkong Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997
  • Liphistiidae
    • Nanthela hongkong (Song and Wu, 1997)
  • Thomisidae
    • Mastira tegularis Xu, Han & Li, 2008 *
    • Massuria bellula Xu, Han & Li, 2008 *
    • Diaea simplex Xu, Han & Li, 2008 *
    • Lysiteles hongkong Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997
    • Ebrechtella hongkong (Song, Zhu & Wu, 1997)
Acari

Insects

Lepidoptera

Odonata

Ephemeroptera

Phasmatodea

  • Phasmatidae
    • Ramulus caii (Brock & Seow-Choen 2000)
    • Entoria victoria Brock & Seow-Choen, 2000*
  • Heteronemiidae
    • Phraortes stomphax (Westwood 1859)*
    • Sipyloidea shukayi Bi, Zhang & Lau, 2001*
    • Neohirasea hongkongensis Brock & Seow-Choen, 2000*
    • Macellina souchongia (Westwood, 1859)

Megaloptera

Coleoptera

Hymenoptera

Isoptera

  • Rhinotermitidae
    • Coptotermes hongkongensis Oshima, 1914
    • Coptotermes melanoistriatus Lau & He, 1995
  • Termitidae
    • Ahmaditermes choui Ping & Tong, 1989
    • Macrotermes planicapitatus Gao & Lau, 1996
    • Nasutitermes choui Ping & Xu, 1989
    • Nasutitermes dudgeoni Gao & Lam, 1986

Psocoptera

Diptera

  • Ceratopogonidae
    • Forcipomyia nanshengwei
    • Forcipomyia yuani
    • Forcipomyia fengjiensis
    • Forcipomyiia claris
    • Bezzia datana
    • Bezzia lujingi
    • Leptoconops hongkongensis
    • Dasyhelea abronica
  • Culicidae
    • Uranotaenia jacksoni Edwards, 1935
    • Uranotaenia macfarlanei Edwards,1914
    • Culex annulus Theobald, 1901
    • Culex infantulus Edwards,1922
    • Culex jacksoni Edwards,1934
    • Aedes macfarianei(Edwards),1914
    • Ficalbia jacksoni Mattingly, 1949
    • Anopheles minimus Theobald,1901
    • Anopheles maculatus Theobald,1901
  • Tachinidae
    • Peribaea hongkongensis Tachi & Shima, 2002

Hemiptera

  • Aleyrodidae
    • Paraleyrodes pseudonaranjae Martin, 2001
  • Aphididae
    • Aulacophoroides millettiae Qiao, Jiang & Martin, 2006
    • Toxoptera victroiae Martin, 1991
  • Coccidae
    • Cribropulvinaria tailungensis Hodgson & Martin, 2001
    • Fistulococcus pokfulamensis Hodgson & Martin, 2005
  • Miridae
    • Orientomiris sinicus (Walker),1873

Trichoptera

See also

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 988-201-616-2.

For the animals:

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