A new checklist of Plecoptera of the Czech Republic was prepared based on the compilation of published faunistic data from 1420 sites (143 references) and unpublished data from 775 sites collected during the past 20 years. The history of Plecoptera research in the Czech Republic is briefly…

Six species originally described in the genus Sarima Melichar, 1903 are transferred to the genus Eusarima Yang, 1994 as follows: Sarima formosana Schumacher, 1915, S. koshunensis Matsumura, 1916, S. kuyaniana Matsumura, 1916, S. rinkihonis Matsumura, 1916, S. satsumana Matsumura, 1916, and S.…

Two species of the minute pirate bug genus Xylocoris Dufour, 1931 were found from plant debris on the ground in central Thailand: Xylocoris (Arrostelus) ampoli Yamada & Yasunaga sp. nov., showing wing dimorphism, and X. (Proxylocoris) cerealis Yamada & Yasunaga, 2006, previously known only from the…

The genus Physopelta Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Largidae: Physopeltinae: Physopeltini) is revised and reclassified. Four subgenera are recognized: Physopelta s. str. (3 species, Oriental Region), Neophysopelta Ahmad & Abbas, 1987, stat. nov. (19 species and 2 subspecies, Oriental and Australian…

Two species of Odontocheila Laporte de Castelnau, 1834, both from Panama, are reviewed. Odontocheila fraternum sp. nov. is described as a new species from three disjunct localities, and a detailed redescription of the related species O. gilli Johnson, 2000 is given. Illustrations of the habitus,…

Hydroporus toubkal sp. nov. of the H. longulus species group is described from the High Atlas, Morocco. The new species is similar to H. longulus Mulsant & Rey, 1861, H. nevadensis Sharp, 1882 and H. jacobsoni Zaitzev, 1927. From these three species, H. toubkal sp. nov. can be distinguished with…

Enochrus algarum sp. nov. is described from Fujian Province in southern China. Its unusual combination of weakly impressed elytral striae, an entire fifth abdominal ventrite, and short maxillary palps make subgeneric placement difficult, and thus we do not assign it to any subgenus and place it as…

A new species of the genus Phaenonotum Sharp, 1882, P. delgadoi sp. nov., is described from the Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa mountain range in eastern Cuba. The new species is diagnosed from other species of the genus, and compared in detail with P. exstriatum (Say, 1835) and P. minor Smetana, 1978. All…

Pilisaprinus Kanaar, 1996, a monospecific Afrotropical termitoxenous subgenus of the genus Saprinus Erichson, 1834 is recognized as a valid genus based on the results of recent phylogenetic analysis. Pilisaprinus is redefined using a combination of plesiomorphic and apomorphic morphological…

Altogether 29 species of aphodiine tribes Aphodiini (24 species) and Psammodiini (5 species) were recorded in the states of Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan (India) during a faunistic research in 2002–2005. Findings of Aphodius (Pharaphodius) calo Balthasar, 1971 and A. (P.) redargutus Balthasar, 1971…

Bunbunius quadrihamis sp. nov. from Sichuan province in China is described, figured, and an updated key to species of Bunbunius Nomura, 1970 is presented. Bunbunius quadrihamis sp. nov. is closely related to B. pseudoopacipennis Keith, 2008 and B. prunellus (Arrow, 1946), from which it differs…

The genus Agrilaxia Kerremans, 1903 of French Guiana is revised and 16 species are recorded. Except for two species formerly described from this territory, two Brasilian species and 12 undescribed species are recorded. Ten of them are described, illustrated and compared with the most similar…

Two new species of the genus Coraebus Gory & Laporte de Castelnau, 1839 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae: Coraebini: Coraebina) are described from China: Coraebus businskyorum Xu & Kubáň, sp. nov. from Hubei, Chong­qing and Sichuan, and C. volkovitshi Xu & Kubáň, sp. nov. from Guangxi and Yunnan.…

Two new species of the tribe Stenosini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Tetranillus nyingchiensis sp. nov. and Pseudethas (Stenillus) cordiformis sp. nov., are described. One species, Indochillus convexigena Ren & Shi, 2006, is transferred to the genus Pseudethas Fairmaire, 1896 as Pseudethas…

Paraselinus iwani, a new genus and species of the subtribe Platynotina (Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninae: Pedinini) is described from the East African mangroves of Tanzania. The prothoracic skeletal structure of this new taxon is illustrated using X-ray microtomography (microCT). Due to the total wing…

The genus Hesperopenna Medvedev & Dang, 1981 is redefined. The following new synonyms are proposed: Hesperopenna = Liroetiella Kimoto, 1989 syn. nov. = Martinella Medvedev, 2000 syn. nov. = Levnma Özdikmen, 2008 syn. nov.; Hesperopenna flava (Jacoby, 1892) comb. nov. = Calomicrus kimotoi…

New Guinean Zeugophorinae are reviewed, figured and keyed. Genera and subgenera proposed for Zeugophorinae are revised and the following new synonymy is proposed: Zeugophora Kunze, 1818 = Pedrillia Westwood, 1864 syn. nov. = Pedrilliomorpha Pic, 1917 syn. nov. = Papuleptura Gressitt, 1959 syn. nov.…

The following new species of Manota Williston, 1896 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) are described from South Sulawesi (Indonesia): Manota abscissa sp. nov., M. aciculata sp. nov., M. licina sp. nov., M. loricata sp. nov., and M. paulula sp. nov. A new record of M. pectinata Hippa, 2006 from Sulawesi is…

Pupa of Culicoides insignis Lutz, 1913, and larva and pupa of Culicoides bambusicola Lutz, 1913 are fully described. They are illustrated and photographed using binocular microscope, phase-contrast stereoscope at oil immersion and scanning electronic microscopy, from material collected in Corrientes…

A new genus Reliquantha is established for R. variipes sp. nov., an enigmatic species of Anthomyzidae discovered in Great Britain (Wales, England). The new genus and species is distinguished by a very peculiar combination of plesiomorphic and apomorphic characters including several unique structures…

The larva of Birka annulitarsis (Thomson, 1870) is described and illustrated for the first time, and the larva of Birka cinereipes (Klug, 1816) is redescribed. Data on the larval biology are summarized and evaluated. Pulmonaria angustifolia (Boraginaceae) is the first specified larval host plant of…

Type specimens from the collection of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) deposited in the Department of Entomology, National Museum, Prague, are currently being catalogued. In this part of the catalogue dealing with the five basal infraorders, Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha,…