57-2

2017/57/2

ISSN : 0374-1036 (print), 1804-6487 (online)
Vedoucí redaktor : Kment Petr
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Renefouqueosis peruviensis, a new genus and species of Stenosini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Peru with a key to the Stenosini of the World and notes on the genera Anchomma and Fitzsimonsium

Renefouqueosis peruviensis gen. et sp. nov., a new tenebrionid genus and species of the tribe Stenosini (subtribe Stenosina) is described from the arid mountains of Northern Peru. Including the new genus Renefouqueosis gen. nov., the tribe Stenosini now includes 40 valid genera of which nine…

A new species of Anthocoris from Iran (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae)

Anthocoris kmenti sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) is described from Mazandaran province (northern Iran). The species was collected on Rubus idaeus (Linnaeus) (Rosaceae), and confirmed as the predator of Pealius setosus Danzig, 1964 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae).

Review of the whirligig beetle genus Gyrinus of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae)

The Venezuelan species of the genus Gyrinus Geoffroy, 1762 are reviewed (Gyrinidae: Gyrininae: Gyrinini). The Venezuelan Gyrinus fauna is found to be comprised of nine species distributed among the subgenera Neogyrinus Hatch, 1926 and Oreogyrinus Ochs, 1935, although Gyrinus (Oreogyrinus)…

Four new species and new records of Canthysellus from Brazil (Coleoptera: Noteridae)

Four new species of Canthysellus Baca & Toledo, 2015, C. kukrutkato sp. nov., C. putkarot sp. nov., C. omawe sp. nov. and C. yawari sp. nov., from the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará are described and illustrated. The new species can be recognized from all other members of the genus by…

A review of the genus Cryptopleurum from China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

Species of the genus Cryptopleurum Mulsant, 1844 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Megasternini) occurring in China are revised. Five species are reported, three of which are reported from China for the first time: C. coomani d’Orchymont, 1926 from Guangdong, C. sulcatum Motschulsky,…

Revision of Epuraea of New Zealand (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

Species of the genus Epuraea Erichson, 1845 from New Zealand are revised and redescribed. The New Zealand fauna comprises six species. One new species, Epuraea glabrata sp. nov. is described. Epuraea mayendorfi i (Reitter, 1873) is provided as a valid replacement name for Nitidula lateralis…

Revision of type and non-type material assigned to the genus Orthocladius by Goetghebuer (1940–1950), deposited in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Selected type and non-type material belonging to the genus Orthocladius van der Wulp, 1874 (Diptera: Chironomidae) sensu GOETGHEBUER (1940–1950), deposited in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), originally comprising specimens dry pinned or stored in isinglass, were mounted on…

Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Oxyporinae and Steninae

Type specimens from the collection of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the Department of Entomology, National Museum, Prague, are currently being catalogued. In this part of catalogue dealing with staphylinine subfamilies Euaesthetinae, Leptotyphlinae, Megalopsidiinae, Oxyporinae, and Steninae we…