10 articles in this issue
Auke J. Hielkema
The priority of the name Macraspis concoloripes (Blanchard, 1851) over the name Macraspis ratcliffi Soula, 2005 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini: Rutelina) is restored.
Sergio Devesa, Alejandro Barro
Trypanidius nocturnus Fisher, 1942 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Acanthocinini) is synonymized with Trypanidius insularis Fisher, 1925. Dorsal habitus photographs of the holotypes and paratypes, as well as male and females of specimens collected in... see more
Deborah L. Matthews, Jacqueline Y. Miller, Andrew D. Warren, James K. Toomey, Roger W. Portell, Terry A. Lott, Nick V. Grishin
We review the genus Cyclargus Nabokov (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) based on detailed comparative analyses of wing patterns, genitalia, and mitochondrial COI DNA barcode sequences, and suggest that Cyclargus is composed of four species: C. thomasi (Clench), C... see more
Royce T. Cumming, Pablo Valero Riquelme, Sierra N. Teemsma
The Phylliidae (Phasmatodea) diversity of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia is preliminarily examined, and revealed to be notably lacking in completeness with only two species currently recorded. Of the nine islands/ island groups within the Lesser Sund... see more
Paul J. Johnson, David C. Lightfoot
Eleven species of Elateridae (Coleoptera) were collected during a two-year arthropod inventory survey at the Cuatrociénegas Natural Protected Area, Coahuila, Mexico. Aeolus cuatro new species, Horistonotus coahuila new species, and Megapenthes cienegas ne... see more
Jiri Zidek
Philacelota jakli sp. n. (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini) is described, illustrated and compared with the other two known congeners, P. submaculata Heller and P. sulana Heller. Philacelota sub maculata is here designated the type species for th... see more
Héctor Jaime Gasca-Álvarez, Paul Skelley, Cuauhtémoc Deloya
An unusual eye malformation observed in Trichiotinus rufobrunneus (Casey) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini), is described and illustrated. The functionality of the ectopic compound eye is discussed. According to label data, larval associat... see more
Paul E. Skelley, Ron H. McPeak
New insights into the genus Stenotothorax Schmidt (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Aphodiini) allowed for an influx of new materials from many new localities, and the realization that the genus needs revision. In this work, newly discovered characte... see more
Oliver Keller, Marc A. Branham
The following nomenclatural changes for several firefly taxa (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) are proposed and herein implemented. Correction of authorship is proposed for Lampyroidea lucifer (Reiche and de Saulcy, 1857). Spelling corrections are proposed for Pho... see more
James E. Wappes, Antonio Santos-Silva
The males of Caraphia squamosa (Chemsak and Linsley, 1984) and C. seriata (Chemsak and Linsley, 1984), and the female of C. lingafelteri Ohbayashi and Yamasako, 2016 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lepturinae) are described for the first time. Two new Caraphia... see more