A 15-20 million-year-old specimen of Agrilus Curtis, 1825
(Coleoptera, Buprestidae)
in Mexican amber
by
GIANFRANCO CURLETTI & MAURIZIO GIGLI
Abstract - An undescribed species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 found in the Mexican fossiliferous amber deposits of Simojovel in Chiapas, Mexico is described: Agrilus sucinum n. sp. The formation of the deposit is traced back to the early Middle Miocene with an estimated age dated at 15-20 million years.
Three new species of
Orthocladiscus Corporaal & van der Wiel, 1949
from India and Laos
(Coleoptera, Cleridae, Tillinae)
by
IURI ZAPPI
Abstract - Orthocladiscus cocoi n. sp. from India, O. cyanenoctis n. sp. and O. mariae n. sp. from Laos are described. Their habitus, genitalia and other characters of taxonomic value are illustrated. Furthermore, the list of species of the genus Orthocladiscus Corporaal & van der Wiel, 1949 is provided, and new country records are reported for three of them.
New taxa and nomenclatural acts
in the Afrotropical and Palaearctic Acmaeoderini
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae)
by
STANISLAV PREPSL
Abstract - Twelve new species, one new subspecies of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829, and two new species of Xantheremia Volkovitsh, 1979 - Acmaeodera (Acmaeodera) trojani sp. nov. (Republic of South Africa), A. (Acmaeotethya) brechteli sp. nov. (Egypt: Sinai), A. (A.) clanwilliamensis sp. nov. (Republic of South Africa), A. (A.) iringae sp. nov. (Tanzania), A. (A.) nera sp. nov. (Republic of South Africa), A. (A.) oudtshoornensis sp. nov. (Republic of South Africa), A. (A.) puchneri sp. nov. (Republic of South Africa), A. (A.) tanzaniae sp. nov. (Tanzania), A. (Rugacmaeodera) moyalensis sp. nov. (Kenya, Ethiopia), A. (Paracmaeodera) cornuta sp. nov. (Ethiopia, Kenya), A. (P.) posticalis majori ssp. nov. (Namibia), A. (P.) sedlaceki sp. nov. (Central African Republic), A. (Ptychomus) jendeki sp. nov. (Kenya), Xantheremia (Paratethya) kabateki sp. nov. (Ethiopia, Somalia), X. (P.) rejzeki sp. nov. (Jordan) - are described and illustrated. For several taxa of Acmaeodera are made nomenclatural acts and changes: Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) grata Fahråeus, 1851 = A. (A.) apicerubra Marseul, 1867, confirmed synonymy; A. (A.) pastoralis Gestro, 1881, bona species; A. (A.) wahlbergii Fahråeus, 1851, bona species = A. (A.) grata kudrnai Krajčík, 2015, new synonymy = A. (A.) semimarmorata Marseul, 1867, confirmed synonymy = A. (A.) semimarmorea Thomson, 1878, confirmed synonymy; A. (Paracmaeodera) saundersii Waterhouse, 1904, bona species; A. (Ptychomus) descarpentriesi Holm, 1978, bona species; A. (P.) surcoufi Théry, 1931, bona species; A. (P.) surcoufi woodi Obenberger, 1928, status novum. The Xantheremia (Paratethya) convoluta (Klug, 1829) species group is established within the subgenus Paratethya Bílý, 1983; composition and diagnostic characters of all species of Paratethya are discussed.
Four new species of Nothochodaeus Nikolajev, 2005
from mainland China
(Coleoptera, Ochodaeidae)
by
TERUO OCHI, MASAHIRO KON & MING BAI
Abstract - Four new species of Nothochodaeus are described from China: N. yunnanicus sp. nov. from Yingjiang, Yunnan; N. schoolmeestersi sp. nov. from Di Qing, Yunnan; N. guangxiensis sp. nov. from Guangxi; N. yingjiangensis sp. nov. from Yingjiang, Yunnan. N. monglaensis Ochi, Kon & Kakizoe is newly recorded from Jing Hong, Yunnan. A key to the species of Nothochodaeus from mainland China is also provided.
Revisione del genere Paraplatyope
con descrizione di una nuova specie e di un nuovo genere
(Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pimeliini)
di
PIERO LEO
Abstract - Revision of the genus Paraplatyope with description of a new species and a new genus (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Pimeliini) - The systematics, taxonomy and geographical distributions of the species belonging to the genus Paraplatyope Löbl, Bouchard, Merkl & Bousquet, 2020 are discussed: Paraplatyope thesigeri Gridelli, 1953 and P. tihamana Koch, 1965, are not subspecies of P. arabica (Blair, 1931), but valid species. Paraplatyope arabica gridellii Koch, 1965 is a new junior synonym of P. arabica (Blair, 1931), and the latter is considered monotypic. Paraplatyope elamita n. sp. from southwestern Iran (type loc.: 7 km west of Ahvaz) and the new genus Macroplatyope (type species: Paraplatyope popovi Koch, 1965) are described. Bilingual (Italian and English) identification keys are provided for the species of the genus Paraplatyope, and for the separation of its related genera (Leucolaephini sensu PIERRE, 1964).
Discovery of the male of
Thopeutica (Thopeutica) allardiana Cassola, 1991
(Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
by
JÜRGEN WIESNER
Abstract - The male of Thopeutica (Thopeutica) allardiana Cassola, 1991 is described and illustrated for the first time. The female holotype of the same is illustrated and redescribed. The assignment of the species to the genus Thopeutica is confirmed.
Note corologiche ed ecologiche su
Ripiphoridae e Meloidae (Coleoptera) di Sardegna e
prima segnalazione di Stenoria (Stenoria) analis Schaum, 1859
di
ROBERTO RATTU
Abstract - Chorological and ecological notes on Ripiphoridae and Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia and first record of Stenoria (Stenoria) analis Schaum, 1859 - Some chorological and ecological observations on Macrosiagon ferruginea (Fabricius, 1775) and the genus Stenoria Mulsant, 1857 in Sardinia are presented; Stenoria (Stenoria) analis Schaum, 1859 is reported for the first time on the island.
Two new horned species of Enoplotrupes Lucas, 1869
from Yunnan and Xizang, China
(Coleoptera, Geotrupidae)
by
TERUO OCHI, MASAHIRO KON & MING BAI
Abstract - Two new species of Enoplotrupes (Gynoplotrupes) are described from China: E. (G.) schoolmeestersi sp. nov. from Yunnan, and E. (G.) xizangensis sp. nov. from Xizang.
Omostropus lucidipennis new species
from the Republic of South Africa
(Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalinae)
by
SERGIO FACCHINI
Abstract - Omostropus lucidipennis, new species from the Republic of South Africa (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalinae) is here described, habitus and male genitalia are illustrated. The following systematic changes are proposed: Omostropus bulirschi Facchini, 2012 is transferred from the genus Omostropus Péringuey, 1896 to the genus Anisochirus Jeannel, 1946, n. comb.; Omostropus australis Basilewsky, 1946 is a junior (new) synonym of Eucephalus capensis Laporte de Castelnau, 1835.
A new species of Boeomimetes Péringuey, 1896
from continental Africa
(Coleoptera: Carabidae, Harpalinae)
by
S. FACCHINI
Abstract - A new species of the genus Boeomimetes Péringuey, 1896 is described from continental Africa. Boeomimetes similis n. sp. is the sixth species to date described in the genus. Illustrations of the habitus and male genitalia as well as a distribution map of the new and related species are provided.
Notes on the Genus Bradybaenus Dejean, 1829
with description of a new species from Kenya and Somalia
(Coleoptera Carabidae, Harpalinae)
by
S. FACCHINI
Abstract - A new species of Bradybaenus Dejean, 1829 is here described - B. lucidicollis n. sp. - from Kenya and Somalia. The habitus and male genitalia of the new and related species are illustrated, moreover a checklist of the taxa and a key to the known species of the genus Bradybaenus are provided. The following systematic change is proposed: Bradybaenus exiguus Facchini, 2011 is a junior (new) synonym of Bradybaenus neavei Basilewsky, 1946.
A revisional study of the genus Theodosia J. Thomson, 1880
from Southeast Asia
(Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)
by
TERUO OCHI, KAORU SAKAI, KUNIO ARAYA, SHOWTARO KAKIZOE
& MAHADIMENAKBAR BIN MOHAMED DAWOOD
Dung ball splitting during combat:
a rare behaviour in the roller dung beetle
Sisyphus schaefferi Linnaeus
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sisyphini)
by
MAURIZIO RIZZOTTO & ENRICO BARBERO
Abstract - Some field observations regarding the rare dung ball splitting behaviour in Sisyphus schaefferi Linnaeus are reported and briefly discussed.