Review of the genera Stethorus and Parastethorus from Japan (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Ryota Seki, Munetoshi Maruyama Japanese species of the genera Stethorus Weise, 1885 and Parastethorus Pang & Mao, 1975 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae) were reviewed, recognizing seven species of the former and one species of the latter genus. Two new species are described: Stethorus (Allostethorus) takakoae…
A new species of the genus Ferrisia (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) from southern Vietnam Hirotaka Tanaka, Hoang Khac Le In this paper, a new species, Ferrisia san Tanaka, sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae), is described and illustrated based on the morphology of adult female specimens collected on cassava, Manihot esculenta (Euphorbiaceae), from Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai province in…
First African and Malagasy records of Miropotes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with three new species and a revised key to all known species Tomáš Hovorka, Caroline Boudreault, Jose Fernandez-Triana Three new species of the rarely collected genus Miropotes Nixon, 1965 (Hymeno- ptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) are described: Miropotes klaseriensis sp. nov. from South Africa, and Miropotes perditohabitatus sp. nov. and Miropotes malagasifragilis sp. nov. from Madagascar. These are the first…
Immature stages of the tiger beetle Cylindera (Plectographa) apiata apiata (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) and analysis of primary chaetotaxy Juan Ignacio Urcola, Matias Ricardo Urcola, Sergio Roig-Juñent, Mariano Cruz Michat The larval instars and pupa of Cylindera (Plectographa) apiata apiata (Dejean, 1825) are redescribed and illustrated, including morphometric and chaetotaxic characters. The larval ground pattern for the chaetotaxic characters is presented, based on instar I larva of C. apiata apiata. For…
A new species of Dasypogon (Diptera: Asilidae) from Azerbaijan with notes on its biology Wojciech T. Szczepański, Roland Dobosz, Ilhama G. Kerimova Dasypogon kerimovae Szczepański & Dobosz sp. nov. (Diptera: Asilidae) is diagnosed and described from Azerbaijan. The species is readily distinguished by the male terminalia and unique combination of characters of females, which exhibit dark coloration resembling that of males, including smoky…
Description of the mature larva and pupa of Menephilus medius (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Ri-Xin Jiang , Jian-Kun Long, Zhi-Min Chang, Xiang-Sheng Chen, Lin Yang The larva and pupa of Menephilus medius Marseul, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenochiinae: Cnodalonini) from southern China are associated with the adults by rearing in lab. The morphological characteristics of the mature larva and pupa of this species are described and illustrated in detail…
Deconstructing the Australian Tetrix (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae): three new genera and a new species, Cyphotettix ellurae Maja Kovacevic, Niko Kasalo Until now, the Australian fauna of Tetriginae has been represented predominantly by the genera Paratettix Bolívar, 1887 and Tetrix Latreille, 1802, with the latter mostly consisting of apterous species. The Australian members of these genera show remarkable morphological diversity, which…
A new species of Strepsiptera, Brasixenos mikati sp. nov. (Xenidae), a parasite of the highly advanced eusocial wasp Agelaia myrmecophila (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini) Daniel Benda, Hans Pohl, Rolf Beutel, Natalia Escobedo-Kenefic, Edson Cardonas, Jakub Straka Brasixenos mikati Benda & Straka sp. nov., a new species of Strepsiptera of the genus Brasixenos Kogan & Oliveira, 1966 (Xenidae) from southern Guatemala, is described based on the female cephalothorax, male cephalotheca and the first instar larvae. It represents the first species described…
Two new genera of scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) from the Oriental Region, with descriptions of fourteen new species Jiao Xie, Ji-Shen Wang Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758 is the largest genus in the scorpionfly family Panorpidae and is considered paraphyletic. According to recent phylogenetic studies, some closely related species are grouped into evolutionarily cohesive clusters, warranting recognition as separate genera. In order to take…
A new species of the genus Sphedanolestes (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Xizang Autonomous Region, China, with an updated key to Chinese species Yingqi Liu, Huaiyu Liu, Ping Zhao, Xiangnan Han, Tao Wang, Zhonglin Li, Weihua Qin, Wanzhi Cai Sphedanolestes jilongensis Y. Liu, P. Zhao & W. Cai sp. nov. is described based on macropterous male and female specimens collected from Jilong County, Rikaze City, Xizang Autonomous Region, China, and compared with related species within the genus. Habitus images and figures of the male…
Species of the genera Acompomintho and Tricogena (Diptera: Calliphoridae: Rhinophorinae), and their phylogenetic position based on molecular and morphological data Joachim Ziegler, Andrea Špalek Tóthová Acompomintho carmanica Ziegler sp. nov. from Iran and Acompomintho gavryushini Ziegler sp. nov. from Kazakhstan are described, illustrated and compared with the other known species of the genus. The male of Acompomintho sinensis (Villeneuve, 1936) is described and illustrated for the first time, and…
Three new genera and nine new species – just a fragment of the Afrotropical fauna of Anthomyzidae (Diptera) Jindřich Roháček The fauna of Afrotropical Anthomyzidae (Diptera) is enriched by three new genera and nine new species, viz., Durantha gen. nov., D. dura sp. nov. (type species; Tanzania, Kenya), D. freidbergi sp. nov. (Ethiopia); Pectarista gen. nov., P. grandiloba sp. nov. (type species; Cameroon), P. curta sp.…
Cornutidrymus, an interesting new genus of Papuan Drymini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae) Előd Kondorosy, Péter Schmidt Cornutidrymus gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae: Drymini) is described from New Guinea with four new species (C. elongatus sp. nov. [type species], C. acutus sp. nov., C. gibbosus sp. nov. and C. latus sp. nov.). The systematic placement and the…
Catalogue of type specimens of the families Ceraphronidae, Platygastridae, Proctotrupidae and Scelionidae (Hymenoptera) deposited in the National Museum of the Czech Republic Tomáš Hovorka, Jan Macek, Elijah Talamas Type specimens from the Hymenoptera collection deposited in the Department of Entomology, National Museum of the Czech Republic are currently being catalogued. In this part of the catalogue, we deal with the families Ceraphronidae, Platygastridae, Proctotrupi- dae and Scelionidae. We present precise…
Abstracts of the Immature Beetles Meeting 2025, October 2–3, Prague, Czech Republic Jiří Skuhrovec, Dominik Vondráček, Petr Šípek
