The following new records are given: Hebrus pilipes Kanyukova, 1997, Microvelia reticulata (Burmeister, 1835), Stephanitis oschanini Vasiliev, 1935, Gonocerus imitator Reuter, 1891, Canthophorus wagneri Asanova, 1964, Carenoplistus acutus (Signoret, 1880), and Palomena mursili Linnavuori, 1984 from…

Scotomedes alienus sikkimensis van Doesburg, 2004 was found in the Annapurna Himal region of Nepal. This is the first record of the family Velocipedidae from Nepal, and the westernmost locality of the family so far.

The following new synonymy is established: Phyllomorpha laciniata montandon Zange, 2005 syn. nov. = Phyllomorpha laciniata (Villers, 1789). Moreover, Phyllomorpha laciniata laciniata sensu ZANGE (2005) is a misidentification of Ph. lacerata Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835.

The genus Mahea Distant, 1909 (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Acanthosomatidae: Acanthosomatinae) is revised. Muschalea Cachan, 1952, is corroborated as a junior synonym of Mahea. Five species are recognized: Mahea sexualis Distant, 1909, (Seychelles) and M. andriai (Cachan, 1952) (Madagascar) are…

Laccophilus boukali sp. nov. (L. chinensis-group) from Karnataka, India, and L. uncletan (L. siamensis-group) from Sabah, Malaysia are described, illustrated and compared with related species. New distributional data are published for the following species: L. chinensis Boheman, 1858 from Cambodia…

Pacrillum cycrilloideum sp. nov. from the Nepalese Himalaya is described as an aberrant species superficially resembling the representatives of the Neotropical genus Cycrillum Knisch, 1921 in some external characters. The generic placement within the genus Pacrillum Orchymont, 1941 is discussed in…

Two new species of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 from Yemen are described, illustrated and compared with their relatives: Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) crotonivora sp. nov. from the Island of Soqotra and A. (Haplanthaxia) kabateki sp. nov. from Central Yemen.

The following new taxa are described and illustrated: Rhagonycha bimucronata sp. nov. (China: Sichuan), Micropodabrus semifumatoides sp. nov. (China: Sichuan), M. fissiformis sp. nov. (China: Sichuan), M. kopetzi sp. nov. (Thailand), M. kantnerorum sp. nov. (Laos), M. jendeki sp. nov. (Laos), M.…

The genus Meligethes Stephens, 1830 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Meligethinae) comprises several anthophagous species attacking a wide range of wild and cultivated flowering plants. We describe four new species from China (Meligethes chlorocupreus sp. nov., M. difficiloides sp. nov., and M. abditus sp.…

Palaearctic species belonging to the Coccinella transversoguttata species group are revised and redescribed: C. transverosguttata transversoguttata Faldermann, 1835, C. magnopunctata Rybakow, 1889, and C. marussii Kapur, 1973. Coccinella marussii sensu FÜRSCH (1981) from Turkey is recognized as a…

This study of African Apophylia Thomson, 1858 revises the species related to A. nobilitata Gerstaecker, 1871 and A. vernallis (Allard, 1889). Apophylia cervenkai sp. nov. (from Ethiopia, Oman and Yemen), A. neavei sp. nov. (from Malawi and South Africa), A. oborili sp. nov. (from Malawi), A. snizeki…

The Central European species Aclista insolita Nixon, 1957, Aclista dubia Kieffer, 1909, Aclista marginalis Kieffer, 1909 and Aclista longistilus Kieffer, 1909 are revised and diagnosed and three new species are described: Aclista vernalis sp. nov. (Czech Republic,Slovakia), Aclista elegantula sp.…

An account of the Psychodinae, tribe Psychodini, from Yemen is given, including the description of a new genus, Psychana gen. nov. with the following five species included: Psychana rujumensis sp. nov. (type species), P. absidata (Quate et Quate, 1967) comb. nov. and P. pinguicula (Quate et Quate,…