We evaluated sexual dimorphism in puparia of four whiteflies, viz., Aleyrodes sp. on Oxalis corniculata (Oxalidaceae), Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889) on Solanum melongena (Solanaceae), Dialeurodes delhiensis David & Sundararaj, 1992 on Ficus virens (Moraceae), and Trialeurodes…

Two new monotypic genera of flatid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae) are described from Socotra island (Yemen): Dixamflata gen. nov. for D. petri sp. nov. and Kesaflata gen. nov. for K. lubosi sp. nov. Habitus, male and female external and internal genital structures of the new…

Pratigi aristeui gen. & sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) is described based on a male from the state of Bahia, Brazil. Pratigi gen. nov. differs from all other New World genera by the conspicuously elongated clypeus and the subpentagonal shape of the head. Other…

Nabidomiris Poppius, 1914 is an African plant bug genus with three described species. Here we describe as new a fourth, Nabidomiris natalensis sp. nov. from KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), and compare it to the other known species. Because male genitalia are important for species delimitation,…

A new genus and species, Rhyparoclava pyrrhocoroides gen. & sp. nov. from the Montagne de Français in northern Madagascar is described and illustrated, including structures of the external scent efferent system of the metathoracic scent glands, pregenital abdomen and its trichobothrial…

Guilbertocoris guianensis gen. & sp. nov from French Guyana, Moronopelios flavoantennatus sp. nov. from Ecuador, and Moronopelios nigritus sp. nov. from Brazil (Amazonas) and Peru are described and included in the tribe Acanthocerini (Coreidae: Coreinae). The relationships of these two genera…

The genus Anhanga Distant, 1887 is a monotypical taxon erected for A. modesta Distant, 1887. Access to the photographs of the type specimen allowed us to identify three females and one male belonging to this genus. Here we redescribe the genus and the species and provide a detailed…

A revision of the endemic New Caledonian tiger beetle genus Caledonica Chaudoir, 1860 is presented based on the examination of more than 600 specimens including the relevant type material. Neotype is designated for Distipsidera mediolineata Lucas, 1862 and Distipsidera Mniszechii…

Two new species of Dineutus Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) are described and illustrated: Dineutus barong sp. nov. from Bali, Indonesia and Dineutus sitesi sp. nov. from Thailand. A checklist to the species of the Dineutus s. str. is provided, as is a key to the species currently…

Several names of Gyrinidae taxa have been found in the literature which are given with incorrect publishing dates. The correct data could be assigned to these taxa by specifying the true publishing dates mainly of five important works: Aubé’s ‘Species général’ is dated September 29, 1838, and the…

Acrolocha zhongdianensis sp. nov. is described from China, Yunnan and illustrated. The key to Acrolocha Thomson, 1858 species of the eastern Palaearctic Region is presented.

The subgenus Gelaeus Waterhouse, 1905 of Chrysodema Laporte & Gory, 1835 is revised based on comparative study of extensive material including types of all described taxa. The subgenus is restricted to the Lesser Sunda Islands and Selayar Islands, Indonesia. Three new species and six…

Neolyrium iquitosense sp. nov., a new species of Lycidae, is described and illustrated. This second species of the genus represents the first record of Neolyrium from Peru, keeping its distribution restricted to tropical areas of South America.

The genera Diplopherusa Heller, 1922 and Paracladiscus Miyatake, 1965 from Japan and Taiwan are reviewed. Two species, Diplopherusa yonaguniensis sp. nov. from Japan and Paracladiscus choui sp. nov. from Taiwan, are described as new, and in total six species of both genera occur in the…

Plagiometriona sahlbergi (Boheman, 1855), P. multisignata (Boheman, 1855) and P. scenica (Boheman, 1855) were described over a century and half ago as separate species based on dry museum specimens. The latter two were later synonymized with P. sahlbergi. While observations in nature find both…

The Gonioctena flavoplagiata species-group of the subgenus Asiphytodecta Chen, 1935 is defined and reviewed. Two new species are described and illustrated: G. (A.) jindrai sp. nov. (southwestern China) and G. (A.) truncaticornis sp. nov. (northeastern Laos). Gonioctena (A.) eburoides (Achard,…

The taxa of Clythra Fabricius, 1798 (nowadays Clytra Laicharting, 1781) introduced by Carl Peter Forsberg (1821a) are reviewed. The primary type specimens of all species were examined. Mastostethus ruficauda (Forsberg, 1821), comb. nov. is transferred as a valid species to Megalopodidae. The…

The larva of Pristiphora sareptana Kuznetzov-Ugamskij, 1924 is described and illustrated for the first time, and the larvae of P. rufipes Serville, 1823 and P. thalictri (Kriechbaumer, 1884) are redescribed. Thalictrum foetidum and T. minus (Ranunculaceae: Thalictroideae) are the first…

We report the rediscovery of the holotype of Pristocera masii Soika, 1933 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae: Pristocerinae), originally described from a single male from Venice, Italy. The holotype was considered lost but during a scientific visit at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria” in…

Species of Tipula (Sivatipula) similis Men, sp. nov. from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and T. (S.) tongbiguanensis Men, sp. nov. from Yunnan Province are described and illustrated and placed in the subgenus Sivatipula Alexander, 1964. Tipula (S.) tongbiguanensis Men, sp. nov. represents the…

An account of the Psychodidae from New Caledonia is given, including the description of Cookiellocapsa caledoniensis gen. & sp. nov. based on male specimens. This new genus of uncertain tribal placement is compared with the genera Feuerborniella Vaillant, 1974 (type species Psychoda obscura…

The subgenus Jozifekia Ježek, 2010 of Nototelmatoscopus Satchell, 1953 was erected on the basis of a single species, Nototelmatoscopus (Jozifekia) sasakawai Ježek, 2010 from Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). In the present work, we describe two new species of this subgenus from the Chiang Mai…

A new species of the genus Potamophylax Wallengren 1891, P. asturicus sp. nov., from Spain is described and figured. This new species is a microendemic of the Spanish Cantabrian Mountains and is closely related to P. albergaria Malicky, 1976, from which it differs in a combination of genitalic…

Chrysoclista germanica sp. nov. is described from Germany (Thuringia, Bad Blankenburg). Chrysoclista gabretica Šumpich, 2012 stat. nov., originally described as subspecies of C. abchasica Sinev, 1986, is elevated to species level. Both taxonomic acts are based on the study of morphological…