On February 9, 2015, the eminent Czech coleopterist and internationally recognized authority in buprestidology, RNDr. Svatopluk Bílý, CSc.,celebrated his seventieth birthday.

Svatactesis gen. nov. is established for Polyctesis johanidesi Bílý, 1997 known from Turkey and Iran, and compared with closely related genera Polyctesis Marseul, 1865, Bellamyina Bílý, 1994, and Schoutedeniastes Burgeon, 1941. Svatactesis johanidesi is re-described and illustrated. Composition,…

Two new species of Sphenoptera Dejean, 1833: S. (Deudora) peninsulae sp. nov. from the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia and Yemen) and Sphenoptera (Deudora) svatopluki sp. nov. from Iraq are described, figured and compared with closely related species.

Melobasis bilyi sp. nov. is described from Queensland, Australia and differentiated from the other known species of the M. pusilla Levey 2012 species-group. The possible close relationship of the M. pusilla and M. obscurella Levey 2012 species-groups is discussed.

Chrysobothris bimaculata sp. nov. from Jamaica is described, illustrated, and compared to related species. A revised key to the species of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829 known to occur in Jamaica is provided.

A new species of Chrysobothris (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico

Redeicephala taylori gen. & sp. nov. (Hemiptera. Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Tribelocephalinae: Opistoplatyini) is described from Torricelli Mountains, New Guinea. The phylogenetic affinities of the new genus are discussed. Morphological characters which could be useful in a systematic analysis of…

Ambunticoris sulawesicus sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae: Eccritotarsini) is described from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Diagnosis, digital habitus images, illustrations of male and female genital structures, and scanning micrographs of diagnostic morphological structures are provided…

Immature stages III–V are described for the first time and additional information on the males and females of Nabis ashworthi Faúndez & Carvajal, 2014 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nabidae: Nabinae) are given, including descriptions of their genitalia, based on specimens from the Argentine Patagonia.…

Winklerites stevanovici sp. nov., of the W. hercegovinensis (Winkler, 1925) species group (sensu Guéorguiev 2007) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae: Anillini: Scotodipnina), is described from eastern Serbia. Male and female genitalia as well as the habitus are illustrated. The new species is…

The Neotropical species of Platynectes Régimbart, 1879 sensu stricto (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae: Platynectini) are arranged into three newly proposed species groups based on the coloration of the venter: the P. submaculatus species group, the P. agallithoplotes species group, and the P.…