Two Thysanoptera taxa are reported for the first time from India, Astrothrips aureolus Stannard & Mitri (Panchaetothripinae) and Chaetanaphothrips leucaenae Nonaka & Okajima (Thripinae). The male of Astrothrips aureolus is described based on four males collected with 12 females. Species diagnoses, illustrations and distribution details are provided.

A catalog of the 44 primary types and 340 secondary types specimens of Fulgoroidea housed in the collection of the Entomology Division of the Museo de La Plata is presented. This collection represents 43 nominal species currently classified in 8 families and 26 genera. According to our survey, the types of Euides fucata Berg, 1883, Delphacodes collaris Remes Lenicov & Tesón, 1987 and Delphacodes variablis Remes Lenicov & Tesón, 1987 are missing in the collection. Label data, descriptions of the state of preservation of specimens, and taxonomic remarks are given. Photographs of most of the type specimens are also included.

The wild bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) of the Canary Islands has received considerable attention from researchers and naturalists over the years. However, since the last comprehensive report published in the 1990´s, critical knowledge gaps regarding taxonomy, distribution and origins remain. Here, we present an updated checklist of the bee species of the Canary Islands, incorporating recent taxonomic revisions, newly described species, and relevant distribution data by combining information from both literature and citizen science contributions. More than 8000 records from citizen science platforms, along with additional collections records, have been examined to update the spatial distribution coverage and address several biological knowledge gaps. Our results suggest a composition ruled by a high proportion of endemic and threatened species compared to adjacent continent areas. The present checklist encompasses 146 species and 46 subspecies for the archipelago, 60 of which are endemic species and 42 endemic subspecies. In total 63 new local records are provided and three species Lasioglossum medinai (Vachal, 1895), Seladonia gemmea (Dours, 1872) and Sphecodes rubripes Spinola, 1838 are reported for the first time. Our biogeographical approach reveals differences in faunistic composition among islands, identifying three clusters corresponding to species predominantly associated with eastern, central, and western islands. Overall, Canarian endemic and Palaearctic elements are consistently represented across the archipelago, with endemics notably dominant in the western islands and introduced global species more frequent in the central islands. In contrast, Saharo-Arabian and Mediterranean elements are more prominent in the eastern islands, likely reflecting their geographical proximity to North Africa.

A new species of the genus Protacallodes Morimoto, 2011 (Molytinae), Protacallodes gracilirostris Tsuji & Yoshitake sp. nov., is described from Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, and the Nansei Islands), based on morphological characteristics including male and female terminalia. Renewed diagnoses for two Japanese species (Protacallodes masumotoi Morimoto, 2011 and Protacallodes ryukyuensis Morimoto, 2011) and a key to all species of the genus are also provided. Additionally, Protacallodes ryukyuensis is newly recorded from Kyushu (Fukuoka, Oita, and Kagoshima prefectures) and the Nansei Islands (Tokunoshima Island and Okinawajima Island), Japan.

A new species of the water scavenger beetle genus Helochares Mulsant, 1844, Helochares baopingi sp. nov. is described from Yunnan Province of China. Three new synonyms are proposed: Helochares tengchongensis Dong & Bian, 2021 and H. guoi Yang & Jia, 2021 are synonymized with H. densus Sharp, 1890. H. wuzhifengensis Dong & Bian, 2021 is synonymized with H. sauteri d’Orchymont, 1943.

Four genera and nine species of Leptopodidae Brullé, 1836 are recorded from China, including one genus Erianotus Fieber, 1861 and four species Erianotus lanosus (Dufour, 1834), Leptopus travancorensis Distant, 1910, Patapius spinosus (Rossi, 1790), and Valleriola bui Li, Jin & Ye, 2023 now recorded from China for the first time. Photographs of the habitus and male genital capsules are provided. Additionally, a checklist of the family in China as well as an identification key to the species are presented. With the addition of the four newly recorded species, the distribution range of Leptopodidae in China has expanded from the Oriental Region to encompass both the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions.

The genus Turnicola Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1938a is redescribed and illustrated in detail for the first time, together with specimens here regarded as the type species of this genus, Lipeurus angustissimus Giebel, 1866. As the type series of this species has been lost, we here designate a neotype for L. angustissimus from specimens collected from the type host in Guangdong, China. Specimens from two different host species have the same COI genotype, indicating that Turnicola angustissimus is more widely distributed than previously thought. Differences in the louse prevalences between the two host species suggest that some, yet unknown, ecological factors may impact their louse communities.

Cariocamyia Snyder, 1951 is a Neotropical genus of Cyrtoneurininae (Diptera: Muscidae) with two known species from Brazil and Colombia. Here, we redescribe both Cariocamyia species, including the first male description of Cariocamyia vibrissata (Stein, 1918), as well as images of the male and female habitus, images of the holotype habitus, and drawings of the male and female terminalia. Additionally, we present an updated distributional map and an identification key, and provide a brief discussion of the morphology of both species.

Recent advances in molecular phylogenies have revolutionised our understanding of brittle star systematics and evolutionary history. Although genetic data have provided new grounds for age estimates of phylogenetic divergences, direct fossil evidence is currently the only robust means to determine the minimum age of clades. The present study discusses an exceptional opportunity to robustly pinpoint the minimum age of an extant genus of brittle star. The presumed ophiolepidid brittle star species Ophiolepis? falsa Jagt & Kutscher, in Jagt, 2000, from lower upper Campanian (Upper Cretaceous, c. 79 Ma) deposits in north-east Belgium, is here recorded from coeval strata in the Münsterland Basin (northern Germany) and transferred to the previously monospecific extant hemieuryalid genus Actinozonella Stöhr, 2011. An unusually well-preserved specimen, completely free from mineralised matrix, allows both dorsal and ventral sides of the disc and short arm stumps to be examined. In this way, characters not visible in the holotype of Ophiolepis? falsa could be analysed; these revealed its taxonomic affinity with Actinozonella, dating that genus to at least 79 Ma. The close morphological similarity between Actinozonella and Ophiomisidium Koehler, 1914, and to some species currently assigned to Ophiomastus Lyman, 1878, is discussed.

We erect three new species of Sarasaeschna Karube & Yeh, 2001 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae): Sarasaeschna dosdewaensis sp. nov., S. nuboides sp. nov. and S. sigotaayo sp. nov., and provide a new record of S. khasiana (Lieftinck, 1968) based on specimens collected from northeastern India. We illustrate male caudal appendages of all Sarasaeschna and provide taxonomic keys to males (n=20) of all Sarasaeschna spp.