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**Endemic Animals** // // // Species listed as endemic below are species of the animalia taxonomic kingdom that are endemic to Hong Kong. Endemic is defined as: growing or existing in a certain place or region/common in a particular area or field //[([[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endemic|endemic]], Merriam-Webster)] **Amphibians:** * [[wiki:Romer's_Tree_Frog|Romer's Tree Frog]] (Philautus romeri) * [[wiki:short_legged_horned_toad|Short-legged Horned Toad]] (Xenophrys brachykolos) **Reptiles:** * [[wiki:Bogadek's_Burrowing_Lizard|Bogadek's Burrowing Lizard]] (Dibamus bogadeki) * [[wiki:Lazell's_Blind_Snake|Lazell's Blind Snake]] (Typhlops lazelli) **Fish:** * [[wiki:Paraploactis_hongkongiensis|Paraploactis hongkongiensis]] * [[wiki:Macropodus_hongkongensis|Macropodus hongkongensis]] **Decapoda:** * Perisesarma maipoensis (Soh,1978) * Nanhaipotamon hongkongense (Shen,1940) * Chiromanthes sereni(Soh,1978) * Pseudopythina patshuni(Soh,1978) * Crypotopotamon anacoluthon (Kemp, 1918) * Somanniathelphusa zanklon (Ng & Dudgeon, 1992) * Caridina trifasciata (Yam & Cai, 2003) * Caridina apodosis (Cai et Ng,1999) **Arachnids:** __Araneae__ * Neocaridina serrata * 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) * Mastira tegularis (Xu, Han & Li, 2008) * Massuria bellula (Xu, Han & Li, 2008) * Diaea simplex (Xu, Han & Li, 2008) **Insects** __Lepidoptera__ * Promalactis quinilineata (Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009) * Promalactis similinfulata (Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009) * Promalactis noviloba (Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009) * Promalactis longiuncata (Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009) * Promalactis biovata (Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009) * Promalactis lobatifera (Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009) * Promalactis apicispinifera (Wang, Kendrick & Sterling, 2009) * Stereodytis acutidens (Wang & Kendrick, 2009) * Stereodytis brevignatha (Wang & Kendrick, 2009) * Neospastis sinensis (Bradley, 1967) * Scaeosopha hongkongensis (Li & Zhang, 2012) * Dichomeris hamulifera (Li, Zhen & Kendrick, 2010) * Dichomeris parvisexafurca (Li, Zhen & Kendrick, 2010) * Toleria sinensis (Walker, 1854) * Gaea variegata (Walker, 1854) * Gynnidomorpha pista (Diakonoff, 1984) * Palpita minuscula (Inoue, 1996) * Palpita parvifraterna (Inoue, 1999) * Psilalcis galsworthyi (Sato, 1996) * Sauris purpurotincta (Galsworthy, 1999) * Sauris victoriae (Galsworthy, 1999) * Sigilliclystis kendricki (Galsworthy, 1999) * Spiralisigna gloriae (Galsworthy, 1999) * Pingasa chloroides (Galsworthy, 1997) * Maxates brevicaudata (Galsworthy, 1997) * Thalassodes maipoensis (Galsworthy, 1997) * Halpe paupera walthewi (Devyatkin, 2002) * Bellulia galsworthyi (Fibiger, 2008) * Fustis sterlingi (Fibiger, 2010) * Luceria striata (Galsworthy, 1997) * Schrankia bilineata (Galsworthy, 1997) * Lysimelia lucida (Galsworthy, 1997) * Pangrapta bicornuta (Galsworthy, 1997) * Pangrapta roseinotata (Galsworthy, 1997) * Cerynea discontenta (Galsworthy, 1998) * Hyposada kadooriensis (Galsworthy, 1998) * Belciana scorpio (Galsworthy, 1997) * Oglasa stygiana (Galsworthy, 1997) * Ugia purpurea (Galsworthy, 1997) * Chasmina sinuata (Galsworthy, 1997) * Athetis hongkongensis (Galsworthy, 1997) * Athetis bispurca (Galsworthy, 1997) * Egira ambigua (Galsworthy, 1997) __Odonata__ * Macromidia ellanae (Wilson, 1996) * Leptogomphus elegans hongkongensis (Asahina, 1988) * Fukienogomphus choifongae (Wilson & Tam, 2006) * Rhipidolestes janetae (Wilson, 1977) __Phasmatodea__ * Entoria victoria (Brock & Seow-Choen, 2000) * Phraortes stomphax (Westwood, 1859) * Sipyloidea shukayi (Bi, Zhang & Lau, 2001) * Neohirasea hongkongensis (Brock & Seow-Choen, 2000) __Coleoptera__ * Horniolus hisamatsui *Miyatake, 1976) * Diomus lantauensis (Yu & Lau, 2001) * Nephus eurypodus (Yu & Lau, 2001) * Scymnus alocasia (Yu & Lau, 2001) * Zyras falsus (Hlaváč, 2005) * Zyras lacunarumbeneolentium (Pace, 1993) * Agathidium xianggangense (Angelini & Cooter, 1999) * Agathidium bowringi (Angelini & Cooter, 1999) __Hymenoptera__ * Neodryinus dolosus (Olmi, 1984)