RNDr. Jan Ježek, CSc., celebrates seventy years of age in 2015. His whole professional career was tied to the Department of Entomology at the National Museum in Prague, where he worked as a researcher and curator of the Diptera collection during 1967–2011. He is known specialist on the Diptera…

The collection of psychodids of the Brazilian semiarid region, deposited at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (MZFS), was revisited, and four new species of Psychodinae are herein described: Feuerborniella jezeki Cordeiro & Bravo sp. nov., Feuerborniella concava…

Three new species of Psychodidae from the Western Ghats of India are described and illustrated. Specimens are from a single Malaise trap sample taken in 2007. Horaiella pectinata sp. nov. represents the fi rst record of Horaiellinae from southern India; Gondwanoscurus jezeki sp. nov. and Saximormia…

A new species of the Neotropical genus Balbagathis Quate, 1996 is described and illustrated. Balbagathis janjezeki Ibáñez-Bernal sp. nov. is the 12th species described in this genus, and the second recorded in Mexico. Some new faunistic records of Balbagathis sylvatica Quate, 1996 in the state of…

The genus Psychomasina Ježek, 2004 is redefi ned and two new species are described: Psychomasina paedagogica sp. nov. based on a male from Kenya and Psychomasina violina sp. nov. based on a male from Madagascar. The chief character uniting the three included species is the basiphallus narrow, the…

Jezekiella patera, gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on a single male from Italy. Based on some character states found in this new genus (e.g. spiniform sensilla on basal fl agellomeres) it is most similar morphologically to Paramormiini, a tribe that is likely paraphyletic. Other…

Two new species of the large pantropical jumping plant-louse genus Pseudophacopteron Enderlein, 1921 (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Phacopteronidae) are described from dry woodland habitats in the Midwest, Southeast and South of Brazil. Pseudophacopteron aspidospermi sp. nov. is associated with…

Here we review the endemic flatid genus Perinetella Synave, 1956 from central Madagascar, comprising three species, two of which are described as new: Perinetella nigrofl ava Synave, 1956 (type species), P. fiedleri sp. nov., and P. fl avomarginata sp. nov. We provide an identifi cation key and…

A new species of the genus Tshurtshurnella Kusnezov, 1927, T. decempunctata sp. nov., is described from Bulgaria. This is the fi rst record of the genus from this country. According to the coloration of the head and the structure of the male genitalia the new species is closely related to T. lodosi…

Rupisalda austrosinica sp. nov. is described from Guangdong and Yunnan provinces of China. The new species is closely related to Rupisalda thailandana (Cobben, 1985). The remaining Oriental species previously included in the ‘Saldula fl etcheri’ group sensu COBBEN (1986) are transferred here to…

A new apterous species of Carventinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae), Vietnamaptera schaeferi sp. nov. from Guangdong province in China, is described and fi gured. A key to all fi ve species of the genus is presented.

Two new genera and species, Jitka elegans gen. & sp. nov. (Myrocheini) and Nene undulatum gen. & sp. nov. (Triplatygini) (both Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae), are described and illustrated, including structures of the male and female genitalia of both taxa and the 4th instar…

Species of the genus Acanthosoma Curtis, 1824 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) occurring in Taiwan are reviewed. Twelve species are recognized, treated, and keyed. Four species (A. atayal sp. nov., A. axicia sp. nov., A. fallax sp. nov. and A. pugnax sp. nov.) and one subspecies (A.…

A remarkable new species of giant water scavenger beetle, Hydrophilus (Dibolocelus) harpe sp. nov., is described from Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil. Measuring nearly 5 cm in length, it is one of the largest species of Hydrophilidae in the world. It is superficially similar to Hydrophilus…

A new Oriental species of the genus Sphaeridium Fabricius, 1775, S. daemonicum sp. nov., is described based on specimens recently collected in the Brahmaputra valley (lowland part of Arunachal Pradesh, India) and historical specimens from southern Myanmar. The new species differs from all other…

A primary type of Bolboceras excavatum R. A. Philippi, 1859 in F. PHILIPPI (1859) (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae) was rediscovered and is designated as a lectotype. The previous neotype designation is set aside. Bolboceras excavatum is confi rmed as junior synonym of Bolborhinum laesicolle…

Schinostethus (Sundodrupeus) sipekorum sp. nov. is described and illustrated from seepage habitat in Meghalaya, India. The new species can be recognised predominantly based on the characteristic shape of male aedeagus: narrowly lanceolate median lobe; broad, apically rounded latero-apical process of…

Ivierhipidius, gen. nov., with four new species, Ivierhipidius paradoxus sp. nov. (Belize, Honduras), Ivierhipidius monneorum sp. nov. (Brazil), Ivierhipidius youngi sp. nov. (Ecuador) and Ivierhipidius cechorum sp. nov. (Argentina), are described and figured. The new Neotropical genus shares strong…

Metallactus sekerkai sp. nov. and M. quadriophthalmus sp. nov. from Bolivia and Brazil, are described and fi gured. Both species belong to the fi rst group of SUFFRIANʼs (1866) classifi cation. The alleged systematic signifi cance of the prosternal process morphology is briefly discussed.

Wallacea Baly, 1859, Pistosia Weise, 1905 and Neodownesia Gressitt, 1953 are transferred from Gonophorini to Bothryonopini based on absence of setigerous pores on the pronotum, mouthparts situated close to antennal insertions, scutellum on the same plane as the elytra, and morphology of the larva.…

The subgenus Neosciaphobus Apfelbeck, 1922 of the genus Sciaphobus K. Daniel, 1904 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Sciaphilini) is discussed, revised, redefined, redescribed and keyed. All included species are redescribed and illustrated. A review of the species of the subgenus Sciaphobus s.…

The larvae of three Central European species of Dineura Dahlbom, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinidae: Nematinae) are described, figured and keyed: Dineura stilata (Klug, 1816), D. testaceipes (Klug, 1816) and D. virididorsata (Retzius, 1783). The larval biology and host plants of those…

One new species of the subgenus Tipula (Emodotipula Alexander, 1966), Tipula (Emodotipula) yaoluopingensis sp. nov. (Anhui, Southern China), is described and illustrated. A key for identification of known species in this genus is provided. This is the second species of the subgenus Emodotipula from…

Four new species of biting midges, Culicoides (Culicoides) fortinensis sp. nov. from Mexico (Veracruz), Culicoides (Culicoides) rulfoi sp. nov. from Mexico (Michoacan), Costa Rica and Panama, Culicoides (Anilomyia) pseudodecor sp. nov. from Mexico (Morelos and Veracruz) and Culicoides woodruffi sp.…

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 catalogue dealing with Meloidae and Ripiphoridae, we present information about types of 57 taxa of Meloinae (type status of…