The name Isophya tatrica Mařan, 1957, was used by DOBŠÍK (1959) in the series ‘Key to the fauna of Czechoslovakia’ but the species has never been properly described and the name must be considered as nomen nudum. Based on the study of material deposited in the National Museum in Praha and designated…

The first species of the genus Systelloderes Blanchard 1852, from New Caledonia, S. loebli sp. nov., is described. The generic classification is tentative, and only the diagnostic autapomorphies are stressed, since the rich Oriental, Papuan, and Australian faunas of Systelloderes have not been…

A list of 204 species of the Miridae from Gilan and the adjacent provinces of Iran is provided. The following 58 species are new for Iran: Adelphocoris vandalicus (Rossi, 1790), Anapus freyi (Fieber, 1864), Atractotomus mali (Meyer-Dür, 1843), Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fallén, 1807), Brachycoleus…

A list of 91 species of Lygaeidae s. lat. (subfamilies Lygaeinae, Orsillinae, Ischnorrhynchinae, Cyminae, Blissinae, Henestarinae, Artheneinae, Heterogastrinae, Oxycareninae, Pachygronthinae, Rhyparochrominae) from Gilan and the adjacent provinces is provided. The following 12 species and one…

A list of Piesmatidae (1 species), Berytidae (5 species), Pyrrhocoridae (2 species), Stenocephalidae (4 species), Coreidae (18 species), Rhopalidae (20 species), Alydidae (3 species), Cydnidae (14 species), and Plataspidae (1 species) from the Iranian province of Gilan and adjacent provinces is…

Myrmoplasta kmenti sp. nov. (brachypterous morph) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaire), and macropterous morph of M. mira Gerstäcker, 1892, from Swaziland are described. New distributional records of M. vittiventris Carlini, 1894, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo,…

A new genus and species Caepovultus deemingi gen. & sp. nov. is described from Oman. Caepovultus gen. nov. is closely related to the genus Quadriva Ghauri, 1965.

Relationships of Emelyanoviana alexandri Logvinenko, 1981, and E. naylae Abdul-Nour, 1986, are discussed. Emelyanoviana naylae is restored as a valid species, endemic of Lebanon.

Emmidolium excavatum Orchymont, 1937 is recorded from the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of the Congo for the first time. The examined specimens are compared with the type, their male genitalia are drawn, and a distribution map and habitus photographs of the species are presented. The…

The following new faunistics records are presented: Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) occultus Háva, 2006, from India: Uttarpradesh; Anthrenus (Anthrenus) flavidulus Reitter, 1889, from Jordan; Anthrenus (Florilinus) hartmanni Háva, 2000, from India: Uttarpradesh; Apsectus centralis Sharp, 1902, from Costa…

Cryptarcha jenisi sp. nov. from Madagascar is described and illustrated, and a key to the Madagascan species of Cryptarcha Shuckard, 1839, is provided.

Type specimens of the species Anobium micans Fabricius, 1792, A. nitidum Fabricius, 1792, and Kateretes castaneus Herbst, 1793, were revised and lectotypes designated. The following new synonymies are established: Cis micans (Fabricius, 1792) = Cis hispidus (Paykull, 1798) syn. nov.; Sulcacis…

The wasp hosts of three species of the genus Macrosiagon Hentz, 1830 (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae: Macrosiagonini) are recorded from Central Sulawesi (Indonesia). Macrosiagon nasuta (Thunberg, 1784) was reared from the nests of Rhynchium haemorrhoidale (Fabricius, 1775) and Epsilon…

Species of the genus Sparedrus Megerle, 1821 in DEJEAN (1821) from eastern and southeastern Asia are revised, illustrated and keyed. Three new species are described and illustrated: Sparedrus karenorum sp. nov. (N Thailand), S. malickyi sp. nov. (N Thailand) and S. chiangmaiensis sp. nov. (N…

Three new species, Endomia graminicola sp. nov., E. litoralis sp. nov. and Stenidius peplifer sp. nov., are described from India. A new synonymy, Endomia ceylonica (Motschulsky, 1863) = E. nana Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928, syn. nov., is proposed. The faunistic records of Endomia and Stenidius species…

Beetles of the tribe Cossyphini (family Tenebrionidae), deposited in the National Museum, Praha (Czech Republic) are identified and listed. The following new records are published: Cossyphus (Cossyphus) dejeani Brême, 1846 (Italy: Sardinia); C. (C.) hoffmannseggi Herbst, 1797 (France: Corsica;…

Examination of the type material of three Haplosomoides species described by JIANG (1988) enables us to propose the following taxonomical changes: Haplosomoides verticalis Jiang, 1988 = H. occipitalis Medvedev, 2000 (syn. nov.); Hoplasoma minor Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963 = Haplosomoides biclavatus…

The genus Rhagiosoma Chapuis, 1878, is removed from the synonymy with Megamerus Mac Leay, 1827. Mecynodera madagascariensis Heyden, 1877, is transferred to Rhagiosoma, its taxonomic status is revised and species rank restored. Rhagiosoma chapuisi nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name for R.…

Precise distributional data of Cassida sanguinosa Suffrian, 1844, and its congener C. leucanthemi Bordy, 1995, are presented. Cassida leucanthemi is reported from Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland and the Ukraine for the first time. Status of C. languida Cornelius, 1851, and…

The Aclista scutellaris (Thomson, 1859) species complex (Diapriidae: Belytinae) is defined. Species of the complex from Central Europe are revised and keyed. The female of Aclista scutellaris, type species of Aclista Förster, 1856, is described. Two new species are described: Aclista pseudosoror sp.…

Records of 15 Palaearctic species of Vespidae are given. The following taxa are newly recorded: Polistes rubellus Gusenleitner, 2006, from Nepal, Dolichovespula adulterina (du Buysson, 1905) and Katamenes tauricus (de Saussure, 1855) from the Tuva Republic (eastern Siberia, Russia), Vespula vulgaris…

Two new species of moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the genera Parajungiella Vaillant, 1972, and Clytocerus Eaton, 1904, Parajungiella bohdanecensis sp. nov. and Clytocerus (Boreoclytocerus) splendidus sp. nov., are described from the Czech Republic and all important male diagnostic characters…

Abstracts of 15 lectures presented during the Immature Beetles Meeting held in Prague (Czech Republic) on October 4-5, 2007, are published herein.