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

*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

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.

ee 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]