A taxonomic revision of the genus Hyoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) Alexander Knyshov, Fedor V. Konstantinov The Palaearctic orthotyline genus Hyoidea Reuter, 1876 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Orthotylini), comprising nine species, is revised. Diagnoses and detailed redescriptions, data on distribution and hosts are provided for the genus and all species and a key is presented to facilitate…
Tiomanaptera schwendingeri, a new apterous carventine flat bug from Malaysia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) Ernst Heiss, Petr Baňař New species of apterous Carventinae, Tiomanaptera schwendingeri sp. nov., belonging to the so far monotypic genus Tiomanaptera Heiss, 2010, is described from Malaysia (Terengganu State). The new species is illustrated and compared with the previously described T. malickyi Heiss, 2010.
A new species of the genus Cicadatra from Iran (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae) Fariba Mozaffarian, Allen F. Sanborn
A new species of the genus Pentacomia from Panama (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) Daniel P. Duran, Jiří Moravec Pentacomia (Mesochila) skrabali sp. nov. is described as a new species in the genus Pentacomia Bates, 1872, and it represents the fourth species of the genus to be recorded from Panama. Examination of type specimens of relevant species of Pentacomia has confirmed that P. (M.) skrabali sp. nov.…
Validation of Macrosaldula indica Vinokurov (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Saldidae) Nikolay N. Vinokurov An abbreviated description of Macrosaldula indica sp. nov. is provided to make the name available under the conditions required by the ICZN (1999).
Antireicheia chinensis sp. nov. of the subtribe Reicheiina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae) from the south-eastern China Petr Bulirsch, Paolo Magrini, Fenglong Jia Antireicheia chinensis sp. nov., an anophthalmic species of the subtribe Reicheiina, is described from south-eastern China. The new species is illustrated, including its aedeagus and female styli, and compared with A. margolata Balkenohl, 2005, preliminarily included in the genus Antireicheia…
A new species of the Australian genus Necterosoma from Timor (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporini) Michael Balke, Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint, Lars Hendrich, Jiří Hájek Necterosoma timorense sp. nov. is described from a forest reserve at Mt. Mutis, West Timor. It is the third species of Necterosoma W. J. Macleay, 1871 found outside of Australia. Necterosoma timorense sp. nov. can be distinguished from all hitherto known species by the more robust and broader body,…
Morphology of adults and larvae and integrative taxonomy of southern hemisphere genera Tormus and Afrotormus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) Martin Fikáček, Yusuke Minoshima, Dominik Vondráček, Nicole Gunter, Richard A. B. Leschen Adult morphology of the genera Tormus Sharp, 1884 and Afrotormus Hansen, 1999, endemics of New Zealand and South Africa respectively, is examined and illustrated. The larval morphology of Tormus is also reviewed. Both adult and larval morphology supports the hypothesis of close relationship between…
Taxonomic notes on Chinese Ametor and Hydrocassis (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sperchopsini) Fenglong Jia, Shuang Zhao Two new species, Hydrocassis gansu sp. nov. and Ametor xizangensis sp. nov., are described from Gansu Province and Xizang Autonomous Region, China, respectively. Hydrocassis hebaueri Schödl, 2000, is reported firstly from China. Additional faunistic data of Hydrocassis metasternalis Ji & Schödl,…
Five new species of the genera Labomimus and Linan from Guangxi, South China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) Zi-Wei Yin, Li-Zhen Li Five new tyrine species belonging to two genera from Guangxi, South China are described, illustrated and compared with allied species: Labomimus maoershanus Yin & Li, sp. nov., Labomimus quadratithorax Yin & Li, sp. nov., Linan fortunatus Yin & Li, sp. nov., Linan huapingensis Yin & Li, sp. nov.,…
New species of the genus Mimogonia and Holotrochus from South America (Coleoptera: Staphylindae: Osoriinae) Ulrich Irmler Twelve new species of the genera Mimogonia Coiffait, 1978 and Holotrochus Erichson, 1839 are described from the Neotropical Region: Mimogonia baloghi sp. nov. (Paraguay), M. duckei sp. nov. (Brazil: Amazonas), M. marquesi sp. nov. (Brazil: Mato Grosso), Holotrochus adisi sp. nov. (Brazil: Amazonas),…
Review of the southern African species of Thinodromus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) György Makranczy Previously unrevised types of several species of the genus Thinodromus Kraatz, 1857, Trogophloeus montiumdraconis Scheerpeltz, 1974, Trogophloeus rhodesianus Scheerpeltz, 1974 and Trogophloeus sudanensis Scheerpeltz, 1974, are examined, redescribed and illustrated, all primarily from the southern…
Erichsonius (Sectophilonthus) dorsumsuis sp. nov. from Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces, South Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) Manfred Uhlig, Jiří JANÁK Erichsonius (Sectophilonthus) dorsumsuis sp. nov. from South Africa (type locality: Eastern Cape Province: Hogsback) is described, illustrated, and distinguished from similar species.
Three new Lethrus species close to L. raymondi (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from the Balkan Peninsula David Král, Oliver Hillert Three new species of Lethrus (Lethrus) Scopoli, 1777 from the Balkan Peninsula are described: L. (L.) halkidikiensis sp. nov. (Greece: Halkidiki Peninsula), L. (L.) perun sp. nov. (SW Bulgaria) and L. (L.) strymonensis sp. nov. (N Greece: region Séres). They are closely related to L. (L.) raymondi…
Two new species of the genus Scapanoclypeus from Northern Cape, Republic of South Africa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Richard Sehnal Two new species of the genus Scapanoclypeus Evans, 1987, S. triapicalis sp. nov. and S. sinepunctatus sp. nov., from Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa, are described and an updated key to species of Scapanoclypeus is presented.
Review of the genus Dermestocyphon (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae) Rafal Ruta, Hiroyuki Yoshitomi, Bernhard Klausnitzer Dermestocyphon Pic, 1918 is elevated to generic rank on the basis of adult morphological characters. Oreocyphon Klausnitzer, 2009 is regarded as a subgenus of Dermestocyphon. A new subgenus, Himacyphon subgen. nov., is described to include Dermestocyphon optatus (Klausnitzer, 1980). The following…
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) krali sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from China Svatopluk Bílý, Vítězslav Kubáň Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) krali sp. nov., belonging to the A. (H.) proteus Saunders, 1873 species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Anthaxiini), is described from China (Sichuan). The new species is fully described, illustrated and compared with the most similar species of the group.
Review of the West Palaearctic Pseudocistela with description of P. hajeki sp. nov. from Iran (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) Vladimír Novák Pseudocistela hajeki sp. nov. from Iran is described and illustrated, and a key to the West Palaearctic species of the genus Pseudocistela Crotch, 1873 is provided. Pseudocistela ceramboides serrata (Chevrolat, 1844), syn. nov., is a new synonym of P. ceramboides (Linnaeus, 1758).
A new species of Cephaloleia from Panama with description of larva and first record of orchid-feeding in Cephaloleiini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Lukáš Sekerka, Donald Windsor, Charles L. Staines Cephaloleia orchideivora sp. nov. is described and figured from Panama including larva, host plants and biology. This is the first Cephaloleia species known to be associated with Orchideaceae.
Nasiternella regia, a redescription of the adult and neotype designation (Diptera: Pediciidae) Jaroslav STARÝ, Jozef Oboňa Nasiternella regia Riedel, 1914 (Diptera: Pediciidae) is redescribed from new material collected in Slovakia, and the first illustrations of the male and female terminalia are provided. A neotype of the species is designated.
A new species of Stilobezzia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from northern Argentina Carla G. Cazorla A new Neotropical species, Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) biscutata sp. nov. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), is described and illustrated based on adult specimens collected in the Argentinian provinces of Chaco, Formosa and Corrientes. The species is compared with Stilobezzia transversa Lane & Forattini,…
Trichomyia (Brachiotrichomyia subgen. nov.) plumata sp. nov. from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Psychodidae: Trichomyiinae) Freddy Bravo, Maira X. Araújo A new subgenus of Trichomyia Haliday, 1839 is proposed based on the following characters: palpus four-segmented; the first two segments partially fused and with long posterior gonocoxal arms that each has bristles on the inner margin. Brachiotrichomyia subgen. nov. includes seven Neotropical…
Two new species of Lophoteles including the first record of this genus in the Oriental Region (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Rudolf Rozkošný Two new species of the pachygastrine genus Lophoteles Loew, 1858 are described: L. brevispinus sp. nov. from the Philippines (Luzon) and L. longispinus sp. nov. from Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago). The first of them represents the first record of this genus in the Oriental Region whereas…
Revision of Alloxysta from the north-western Balkan Peninsula with description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae) Mar Ferrer-Suay, Jesús Selfa, Željko Tomanović, Marina Janković, Katarina Kos, Ehsan Rakhshani, Juli Pujade-Villar The aphid-associated Charipinae of Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia have been studied. Nine species are recorded for the first time from these regions: Alloxysta arcuata (Kieffer, 1902), A. brevis (Thomson, 1862), A. castanea (Hartig, 1841), A. fracticornis (Thomson, 1862), A. fuscicornis (Hartig,…
The first case of gynandromorphism in Enolmis (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Scythrididae) Pietro Passerin d’Entreves, Angela Roggero Gynandromorphism (i.e., organisms with both male and female characteristics) is a rare and interesting phenomenon that has been recorded for several taxa within Insecta, Crustacea, and Aves since the early 20th century. Recently, interest in this phenomenon has been revived, due to its potential…
A new species and new combinations of Danielithosia from eastern China and Indochina, with check-list of the genus (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae) Vladimir V. Dubatolov A new species of lichen-moth, Danielithosia hoenei sp. nov., is described from eastern China (Fujian and Hunan), Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. An apical bifurcation of sacculus and a short and stout apical process of juxta characterize the new species. Two additional species are transferred into…
Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic. Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onitini, Onthophagini, Phanaeini, Scarabaeini and Sisyphini Aleš Bezděk, Jiří Hájek Type specimens from the collection of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the Department of Entomology, National Museum, Prague, are currently being catalogued. In this part of the catalogue dealing with the Scarabaeoidea, we present precise information about the types of 12 taxa of the tribe…
