Anthelephila maindroni(Pic, 1903) is redescribed and A. maindroni strigosa (Heberdey, 1934) is elevated to the species level. Four species are newly described from India: Anthelephila feminea sp. nov. (Maharashtra, Karnataka), A. nandi sp. nov. (Karnataka), A. sahyadrica sp. nov. (Tamil Nadu), and…

A second Chinese species of the beetle family Jacobsoniidae, Sarothrias songi sp. nov., is described from Hainan Island. The new species is compared with and separated from similar congeners, supported by illustrations of diagnostic characters. A new collection record for S. sinicus Bi…

We describe a new species of Limnichidae (Coleoptera) from Eocene Baltic amber, Platypelochares electricus sp. nov. The species belongs to the extant genus Platypelochares Champion, 1923, with six species distributed in the Oriental Region, characterised by an almost hemispherical shape, lateral…

Deleaster wilhelmensis sp. nov (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae: Deleastrini) is described and illustrated from Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. It is the first species of Deleaster Erichson, 1839 recorded from Oceania and represents a significant expansion of the known range of the genus.

A new genus, Lyalinus gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Cneorhinini) with one new species, Lyalinus bimaculatus sp. nov. from Burkina Faso, is described, illustrated and compared with other related genera.

A new species of mealybug (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae), Trionymus okiensis sp. nov., is described based on adult females collected in Dougo Island, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, on Japanese silver grass, Miscanthus sinensis (Poaceae). The new species resembles Trionymus…

The family Anthomyzidae (Diptera: Acalyptrata) is recorded from China for the first time based on 11 species, 6 of them new to science. A distinctive new genus Marshallya gen. nov. is described, based on single peculiar species, M. platythorax sp. nov. (both sexes) from Sichuan. Other…

The Neotropical genus Pygodiscodon Wittmer, 1966 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae: Silinae: Silini) is revised. Six species are recognized as valid, three of which are herein proposed as new: Pygodiscodon apicicornis (Pic, 1910), P. gurupi sp. nov., P. monoceros sp. nov., P. obscurus Wittmer,…

The assassin bug tribe Metapterini belongs to the subfamily Emesinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Morphologically, it is characterized by the conspicuous basal process of the posteroventral series in the foreleg and the presence of wing polymorphism, with a high proportion of the genera…

Three new species of cuckoo bees of the genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 are described: E. turcicus sp. nov., E. warnckei sp. nov., and E. productuloides sp. nov., all from the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Descriptions of E. turcicus and E. warnckei are based on both sexes whereas the…

Synopeas pauropsyllae Veenakumari & Buhl, sp. nov., a new species of Synopeas Förster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae: Platygastrinae), is recorded from galls induced by Pauropsylla cf. depressa Crawford, 1912 (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Triozidae) on Ficus benghalensis L.…

The genus Stenometapodus Breddin, 1903 (Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini) is redescribed and one new species, Stenometapodus aurantiacus sp. nov., is described from Brazil. The new species is distinguished by a combination of color patterns and morphological characters, such as the shape of…

The species of the scaphidiine tribe Scaphisomatini from Sulawesi are reviewed. The following new species are described and illustrated: Baeocera inoptata sp. nov., Scaphisoma ancora sp. nov., S. caricatum sp. nov., S. flavolineatum sp. nov., S. hulai sp. nov., S. ogawai sp. nov., S. pellax sp.…

A new species of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Japan, Dolichogenidea maetoi Fernandez-Triana & Shimizu sp. nov., is described, representing the first record of a braconid wasp parasitizing the lepidopteran family Hyblaeidae in the Palaearctic Region (from Hyblaea fortissima…

Two new species of Neotropical Elaphidiini (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) are described and illustrated: Anelaphus flavofasciatus sp. nov. from Colombia and Stizocera wappesi sp. nov. from Bolivia. Additionally, an updated key to South American species of Anelaphus Linsley, 1936 is provided.…

Uradenia, often referred to as paragenital glands, are usually voluminous paired exocrine glands located ventrally in the abdomen mostly on the intersegmental membrane between abdominal segments (= urites) VII–VIII or VIII–IX, depending on sex or the taxon. They have been previously recorded from…

The morphology and head chaetotaxy of the second and third instar larvae of Laccobius (Yateberosus) sp. are described based on specimens collected in New Caledonia. The larvae agree with those of other subgenera of Laccobius Erichson, 1837 in most morphological characters including the…

The present paper provides a checklist of the flower bug families Anthocoridae and Lasiochilidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of India based on literature and newly collected specimens including eleven new records. The Indian fauna of flower bugs is represented by 73 species belonging to…

Lady beetle fauna of the New Guinea has been studied by several entomologists but there are still many coccinellid groups that have not been recorded from the island yet. Newly collected materials from “Our Planet Reviewed – Papua New Guinea” expedition revealed three new species belonging to…

Dianous lilizheni sp. nov., a new species of the Dianous luteoguttatus complex from China, is described. Males of D. vorticipennis Puthz, 2005 and D. depressifrons Puthz, 2016 and the female of D. rimosipennis Puthz, 2005 are discovered for the first time. New distributional records…

Helotrephes nainamalaii sp. nov. from Meghalaya, India is described. Representatives of Helotrephes are so far known from southern China, Southeast Asia and Sundaland. The unexpected first record of Helotrephes from India expands their distribution more than 1,000 kilometres westward. The new…

Four new Manota species are described from the northern part of Sulawesi: M. ashleyi sp. nov., M. axillata sp. nov., M. loriculata sp. nov. and M. spathigera sp. nov. New records are given for the following species: M. dolichothrix Hippa & Ševčík, 2010 (South Sulawesi), M. horrida Hippa,…

The redescriptions of two genera of Opsiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), Concavifer Dlabola, 1960 and Phlepsopsius Dlabola, 1979, are given based on specimens collected recently in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Concavifer nativus Zhuravlev, 1991 syn. nov., and C. sagittatus Emeljanov,…

Two new species of Heleomyzidae are described. Heleomyza kovali sp. nov. is described based on material from the Czech Republic and Crimea and differs from other European Heleomyza species by the structure of male genitalia. Eccoptomera nevrlyi sp. nov. is described based on two males from Jeseníky…

A recent cataloguing of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) types held in the collection of National Museum, Prague (NMPC), revealed several specimens originating from the collection of Czech collectors Emil Holub and Ladislav Duda, being part of the same series as types described by Géza Horváth in…