2023/63/1
ISSN : 0374-1036 (print), 1804-6487 (online)
Vedoucí redaktor : Kment Petr
Vedoucí redaktor : Kment Petr
Revision of the plant bug genus Diognetus, with descriptions of thirteen new species from the Oriental and Eastern Palearctic Regions (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae)
Tomohide Yasunaga, Michael D. Schwartz, Frédéric Chérot
The mirine plant bug genus Diognetus Distant, 1904 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae: Mirini) is revised. Eighteen Oriental and Eastern Palearctic species are properly assigned to the genus. Diplotrichiella Poppius, 1915, syn. nov. and Yamatolygus Yasunaga, 1994, syn. nov. are synonymized…
A review of the genus Platynectes from the Solomon Islands (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae)
Jiří Hájek, Jaroslav Šťastný, Lars Hendrich, Michael Balke
Seven new species of the genus Platynectes Régimbart, 1879 from the Solomon Islands are described: Platynectes barana sp. nov., P. mbaole sp. nov., P. popomanaseu sp. nov. (all from Guadalcanal), P. lunga sp. nov. (Guadalcanal and Savo), P. malaita sp. nov. (Malaita), P. makira sp. nov.…
Review of the genus Cybister in China, with description of a new species from Guangdong (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Zhuo-Yin Jiang, Shuang Zhao, Zu-Qi Mai, Feng-Long Jia, Lars Hendrich
The genus Cybister Curtis, 1827 is reviewed with respect to the fauna of China. A new species, Cybister (Melanectes) danxiaensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Altogether, 16 Cybister species are recorded from China, although the status of two of them remains in question. All…
New species and new records of minute moss beetles from East Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
David T. Bilton
Despite much recent progress, knowledge of Afrotropical Hydraenidae remains limited, particularly in areas experiencing tropical climates, where large numbers of species likely remain undetected. Here, three new species are described from material recently collected from two Malawian mountains:…
Taxonomy of the Lathrobium nomurai group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Northern Kyushu, Japan, with descriptions of two new species
Yuya Sato, Munetoshi Maruyama
Five species of the Lathrobium nomurai group are (re)described: Lathrobium nomurai Nakane, 1955, L. fujimotoi Y. Watanabe, 2001, L. hikosanense Y. Watanabe, 1998, L. yufuense sp. nov., and L. denchu sp. nov. All species inhabit the upper hypogean zone or are found under stones in the northern…
A new, putatively semisubterranean, Rhithrodytes diving beetle from southwestern Sardinia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Mario Toledo, David T. Bilton, Michael Balke, Antonio Schizzerotto, Adrián Villastrigo
The diving beetle genus Rhithrodytes Bameul, 1989 is endemic to areas surrounding the Western Mediterranean Basin, and currently includes six lotic species; three each in Europe and North Africa. Here we describe a striking new species, Rhithrodytes pantaleonii sp. nov., discovered during…
A revision of the genus Ivanauskiella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Oleksiy Bidzilya, Ole Karsholt, Jan Šumpich
We revise the genus Ivanauskiella Ivinskis & Piskunov, 1980. Six new species are described: I. sutteri sp. nov. (Greece: Crete), I. bovis sp. nov. (Morocco), I. nigripunctata sp. nov. (Spain), I. annekristinae sp. nov. (France: Corsica), I. limoniella sp. nov. (Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey,…
Feabatrus gen. nov., a conspicuous new genus of Batrisitae from Myanmar and China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
Wen-Xuan Zhang, Zi-Wei Yin
A highly distinctive genus of pselaphine tribe Batrisini, Feabatrus gen. nov., is described based on Leonardo Fea’s historical collection housed in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “G. Doria” di Genova, Italy. The genus includes two new species from Myanmar, F. myanmarensis sp. nov. and…
New and little-known species of the genus Cyclotoma from China (Coleoptera: Endomychidae)
Ling-Xiao Chang, Guo-Dong Ren
Three new species of Cyclotoma Mulsant, 1851 from China, C. nigrithorax sp. nov., C. simianshanensis sp. nov. and C. yingjiangensis sp. nov., are described. These new species are compared with and separated from similar congeners and supported by illustrations of diagnostic characters. An…
Definition of the tribe Metrodorini (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with notes on biogeography and evolution of Metrodorinae and Cladonotinae
Niko Kasalo, Sheyla Yong, Fran Rebrina, Josip Skejo
Both Metrodorinae and Cladonotinae are polyphyletic subfamilies of Tetrigidae and are thus in need of revision. This paper offers a key step toward this by defining the nominotypical tribe of Metrodorinae, Metrodorini Bolívar, 1887 that encompasses mostly apterous species with arcuate median…
Revision of the genus Allorhynchium in the Philippine Islands (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)
Marco Selis
The Philippine species of the genus Allorhynchium van der Vecht, 1963 are revised, with three species recognized: A. angulatum sp. nov., A. cariniventre Giordani Soika, 1986, and A. quadrituberculatum (von Schulthess, 1913) (= A. violaceipenne Gusenleitner, 2003, syn. nov.). Three additional…
Two new micropterous species of the genus Sunius from Andalusia (Spain) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
Carles Hernando
Two new species of the genus Sunius Stephens, 1829 are described from southern Spain: Sunius tricoliensis sp. nov. and Sunius lauxaensis sp. nov., both found in the same mountain massif, Sierra Gorda de Loja, Granada, Andalusia, but at different altitudes. Colour images of the adult habitus,…
Systematic study of the subgenus Aphantorhaphopsis of the genus Siphona in East Asia and the Oriental Region (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Takuji Tachi, Hiroshi Shima
Nineteen species of the subgenus Aphantorhaphopsis Townsend, 1926 of the genus Siphona Meigen, 1803 from East Asia and the Oriental Region are revised. Of these, 14 species are classifi ed into three species groups based mainly on the male postabdomen: the S. perispoliata group, the…