First record of the spider family Trechaleidae Simon, 1890 (Araneae) from China [PDF]
The family Trechaleidae Simon, 1890 is reported for the first time from China, including one new species: Shinobius cona sp. nov. (♂♀). Morphological descriptions, photos and illustrations of the new species are provided.
Lu-Yu Wang+4 more
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Chinese species of the genus Centorus Mulsant, 1854 (s. str.) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Belopini) with description of two new species [PDF]
This paper deals with 5 species of the subgenus Centorus Mulsant, 1854 known from Northwest China. Two new species (C. medvedevi sp. n. and C. lineatus sp. n.) are described and illustrated.
Ch.-L. Zhang, G.-D. Ren
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Aspilapteryx magna Triberti, 1985 – a new species of speckled moth (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) for European and Russian faunas from the North Caucasus [PDF]
The speckled moth Aspilapteryx magna Triberti, 1985 is found in Kabardino-Balkaria after the examination of the collection of Slovak entomologist Ľubomír Srnka. This species is recorded for Russia and Europe for the first time.
I. Richter, Yu.I. Budashkin
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A new species of Polyodaspis Duda, 1933 (Diptera: Chloropidae) from Romania with list of Chloropidae, collected in the country [PDF]
Results of identification of Chloropidae (Diptera) from Romania, deposited in the Natural History Museum (London, UK) is presented. Collection contains 24 species from 16 genera. A species Polyodaspis maritima Nartshuk, sp. n.
E.P. Nartshuk
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New and interesting records of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea) in Donbass [PDF]
A short historical review of the study of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea) of Donbass region is given. Ninety five species of Pentatomoidea were registered for this territory (within the Donetsk and Lugansk administrative regions) based on ...
I.S. Levchenko, V.V. Martynov
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The developmental stages of some blue butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) of Russian South. Part II [PDF]
The authors studied the developmental stages of eight species of blue butterflies (Lycaenidae) that inhabit the south of European part of Russia (Rostov and Volgograd Regions and the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range): Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus 1761 ...
B.V. Stradomsky, E.A. Fomina
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A new species of the genus Phytoecia Dejean 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Eastern Turkey [PDF]
Phytoecia (s. str.) shokhini sp. n., a new species is described from Tunceli province (Eastern Turkey)
D.G. Kasatkin
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A new record of the Liomyrmex gestroi Emery, 1887 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Thailand and а new evidence of the relations of this species with termites [PDF]
A rare species of ants with poorly studied biology Liomyrmex gestroi Emery, 1887 is found in Southern Thailand in galleries of termites.
D.A. Dubovikoff
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Three new species of spiders (Aranei) from Iran [PDF]
Three new species of spiders are described from different provinces in Iran: Shaitan angramainyu sp. n. (Gnaphosidae) related to Sh. elchini Kovblyuk, Kastrygina et Marusik, 2013 known from Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan, Piratula raika sp. n.
A. Zamani, Y.M. Marusik
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A new species of spiders of the genus Zelotes Gistel, 1848 (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) from the North-East Pre-Caspian region [PDF]
A new spider species Zelotes abdurakhmanovi sp. n. (Gnaphosidae) is described from the North-East Pre-Caspian region (Tyub Karagan Cape, Kulaly Island, Kazakhstan). This new species belongs to the puritanus species group and close to Mediterranean Z.
A.V. Ponomarev
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