Australian beach sand is a productive habitat for lower brachyceran fly larvae but often overlooked by collectors. We collected two species of tabanid larvae from coastal beach sand in southern New South Wales in August 2013. Both species belong to the Dasybasis macrophthalma species-group of Mackerras (1959), one a new species, and the other D. exulans (Erichson, 1842). We describe both new im...

The genus Susuacanga Martins, 1997 is redescribed. A new combination, S. blancaneaui (Bates, 1880) comb. nov. and a new synonymy, Eburia unicolor Bates, 1870 = S. octoguttata (Germar, 1821) are proposed. The genus is now composed of 12 species. The geographical distribution of S. opaca is expanded to include Belize. Photographs of Susuacanga species are included and a key to differentiate them ...

Xylota danieli Mutin & Ichige spec. nov. is proposed as the new name for Xylota amamiensis Shiraki sensu Mutin & Gilbert (1999), from the Russian Far East and Japan, which is described and figured. New synonymy is proposed for Xylota coquilletti Hervé-Bazin, 1914 (= X. coquilletti amamiensis Shiraki, 1968 syn. nov.; = X. vulgaris Yang & Cheng in Cheng & Yang, 1993 syn. nov.). 

Anthaxia (Anthaxia) kamieserrima sp. nov., a new endemic species from Republic of South Africa is described. New synonymy of Anthaxia (Anthaxia) aterrima Kerremams, 1903 (= Anthaxia (Anthaxia) braunsi Obenberger, 1922 syn. nov.) is proposed. Lectotypes and paralectotypes of A. aterrima and A. braunsi are designated.

This report presents the Prometheus database model. The model is designed to satisfy the requirements expressed in a previous document [RKB99]. The new model is based on a graph model and is extended with some mechanisms existing in other models (e.g. the differentiation between association and aggregation) and some new mechanisms not found anywhere (e.g. synonymy at all levels).

The Taiwanese species of the genus Allochotes are reviewed with descriptions of two new species, A. forniculatus sp. n. and A. piceus sp. n. A new synonymy is proposed: A. violaceipennis Schenkling syn. n. (= A. sauteri Schenkling). The Taiwanese Allochotes species are divided into three species groups based on the male genital structures.

Dieneremia rueckeri gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Upper Eocene Baltic amber (Yantarny village, the Kaliningrad Region, Russia). A new synonymy is established: Latridiusjacquelinae Hawkeswood, Makhan and Turner, 2009 = Latridius jantaricus Borowiec, 1985. New fossil records on Latridiusjantaricus Borowiec, 1985 are presented.