New and little-known species of the genus Dicerapanorpa from northwestern Yunnan, China (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) Ji-Shen Wang The genus Dicerapanorpa Zhong & Hua, 2013 previously comprised 20 known species that are endemic to central and southwestern China. Herein, I present new knowledge of this genus from northwestern Yunnan, including descriptions of four new species, Dicerapanorpa harmonia sp. nov.,…
A new Copelatus with small eyes from the Eastern Cape Wild Coast, South Africa (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) David T. Bilton, Musa C. Mlambo A new diving beetle, Copelatus mkambati sp. nov., is described from the Mkambati Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The new species is compared with other Afrotropical taxa with two elytral striae and no submarginal stria (the macellus species group of Copelatus…
Morphology of the larvae and biology of the adults of Psilorrhynchus bifasciatus do not confirm previous hypotheses about systematics and feeding habits (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) Garbriel Biffi, Letizia J. Migliore, Sônia A. Casari Psilorrhynchus bifasciatus (Blanchard, 1844) is broadly distributed through South America, but its biology, behaviour and life cycle are unknown. The most characteristic feature of the adults is slender rostrum, presumably associated to a specialised feeding habit. However, new observations of P.…
Review of the genera Elaphinis and Parelaphinis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) with description of three new species from South Africa Renzo Perissinotto The cetoniine genera Elaphinis Burmeister, 1842 and Parelaphinis Marais & Holm, 1989 are reviewed in the light of substantial new material that has become available recently. A new species, E. matatiele sp. nov., in the previously monotypic subgenus Elaphinis s. str. and closely…
The ̒first fossil tumbling flower beetle’ larva is a symphytan (Hymenoptera) Jan Batelka, Michael S. Engel A correction is provided regarding the identity of a fossil larva recently reported to represent the first Cretaceous record of its kind for the tenebrionoid family Mordellidae (Coleoptera, tumbling flower beetles). A review of the description of the specimen, however, reveals it to be a…
Revision of the genera of Picrotini (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae: Cryptophaginae) Matthew L. Gimmel, Richard A. B. Leschen The genera of the Gondwanan tribe Picrotini are redefined, resulting in the recognition of 22 genera. Thirteen new genera and 10 new species are described: Austroscelis gen. nov. (type species: Cryptophagus gibbipennis Blackburn, 1892), Bellascelis gen. nov. (type species: Bellascelis…
First record of the genera Bulborhodopis and Mimapatelarthron from China, with description of one new species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Wen-Xuan Bi, Chang-Chin Chen Two allied and little-known genera, Bulborhodopis Breuning, 1948 and Mimapatelarthron Breuning, 1940 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Desmiphorini), are newly recorded from China upon the discoveries of Bulborhodopis barbicornis Breuning, 1948 and B. humeralis sp. nov. from Yunnan, and…
Two new species of the genus Omoplax (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Mukojima Island, with new records of lace bugs endemic to the Ogasawara Islands, Japan Jun Souma This study describes two new species of the lace bug genus Omoplax Horváth, 1912 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Mukojima Island, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, under the names O. karubei sp. nov. and O. mukojimensis sp. nov. These new species differ from the other species of Omoplax mainly…
Discovery of mysterious Pakistatyrus in Tibet (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) Zi-Wei Yin The monotypic genus Pakistatyrus Hlaváč, 2006 of the tribe Tyrini (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) previously contained a single species described based on two museum specimens found in northern Pakistan. Here I describe P. inconspicuus sp. nov. from a high-altitude area of Tibet. This species…
Taxonomy of the intertidal athetine genus Eubadura stat. nov. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Japan, with descriptions of two new species Yuto Tasaku, Munetoshi Maruyama The genus Eubadura Sawada, 1990 stat. nov. (Athetini: Athetina) which has formerly been regarded as a subgenus of the genus Atheta Thomson, 1858, from Japan is revised. The genus Osakatheta Maruyama, Klimaszewski & Gusarov, 2008 is synonymized with Eubadura. Four species are recognized…
Taxonomic notes on the Indian assassin bug Ectomocoris simulans (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) with two new synonyms Yingqi Liu, Wanzhi Cai The Indian assassin bug, Ectomocoris simulans Distant, 1919 (Hemiptera: Hetero- The Indian assassin bug, Ectomocoris simulans Distant, 1919 (Hemiptera: Hetero- ptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae) is redescribed, with habitus images and figures of male genitalia provided. Ectomocoris melanopterus Distant,…
Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Hainan Island with new faunistic records from China and with notes on the unique body modifications in the genus Agathidium Zdeněk Švec Agathidium (Agathidium) pilulum sp. nov., Agathidium (Macroceble) cornigerum sp. nov., Agathidium (Macroceble) apiforme sp. nov., and Dermatohomoeus pennatus sp. nov. from Hainan Island (China) are described and distinguished from other similar species. A key for identification of the Leiodidae…
A review of the genus Psammocrуptus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tentyriini) Maxim V. Nabozhenko, Ivan A. Chigray, Norbek Kh. Bekchanov A taxonomic review of the tenebrionid genus Psammocryptus Kraatz, 1865 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Tentyriini) is given. Species of this genus are distributed in the south of Russia (Caspian depression), Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan and Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, occurring…
Two new species of Xenos (Strepsiptera: Xenidae), parasites of social wasps of the genus Mischocyttarus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in the New World Daniel Benda, Hans Pohl, Rolf G. Beutel, Jakub Straka Two new species of Strepsiptera of the genus Xenos Rossi, 1793 (Xenidae) from the New World are described. Both are endoparasites of social wasps of the genus Mischocyttarus Saussure, 1853 (Vespidae: Mischocyttarini). Xenos bicolor Benda & Straka, sp. nov., parasitizes Mischocyttarus navajo…
Morphology of larvae and pupae of the genus Autocrates (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae) and its phylogenetic implications Hee-Wook Cho, Min Chul Kwon, Sang Ki Kim, Rolf G. Beutel The trictenotomid genus Autocrates Thomson, 1860 is remarkable for its large and robust adults, but its larval morphology and bionomics have been unknown over the last 160 years. Here, we describe and illustrate in detail the eggs, and also the first and last instar larva and the pupa of…
Drymini of Madagascar, with description of a new genus and three new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae) András Zámbó, Petr Baňař, Szilvia Kovács, Előd Kondorosy Malgadrymus Zámbó & Kondorosy, gen. nov., the first endemic genus of Drymini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae), with two new species is described from Madagascar. A key to the species is provided and relationships to other drymine…
Revision of Quedius sensu stricto (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Aslak K. Hansen, Adam Brunke, Thomas Simonsen, Alexey Solodovnikov We here present the first integrative revision of the subgenus Quedius Stephens, 1829 sensu stricto where taxonomic decisions are based on morphology, genomic phylogeny (published elsewhere) and single locus DNA evidence. The subgenus is restricted to the Holarctic region and includes some of…
