Paravelia fanera sp. n. and Paravelia acantha sp. n. are described from the Andean region of Colombia. An identification key and distributional data for Colombian species are given.

The Neotropical fauna of saucer bugs (Naucoridae) currently includes four monotypic genera. Recent extensive collecting in Venezuela has produced three new species in two of these genera. In addition, undetermined Guyanan specimens of one of the new species were found in the United States National Museum of Natural History. Thus, described here are Placomerus obscuratus n. sp. from Guyana and V...

Macrotrachelianigronitens (Stål, 1860) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) is permanently present in the wild in Auckland (AK), New Zealand. It should therefore be added to the New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR). It is a specialised predator of thrips inside leaf-roll galls. It has been present in New Zealand since at least the 1980s. Aspects of its biology, distribution, biosecurity status and hist...

A new micropterous flat bug genus, Longitergus n.gen. with the species productus n.sp. and similis n.sp. from Vietnam, is described. A key to related Oriental genera is given and the diagnostic morphological characters of the new genus and species are illustrated.

Two new species Proboscidopirates ericguilberti sp. nov. Baňař & Štys and Proboscidopirates rugulosus sp. nov. Baňař & Štys are described from central-east Madagascar. A list of Proboscidopirates species is given. Potential thelytoky of this endemic Madagascan genus, some of its generic and species-specific dignostic characters and its distribution relative to that of Oncylocotis Stål species a...

Predicting recruitment fluctuations of fish populations remains the Holy Grail of fisheries science. While previous work has linked recruitment of reef fish to environmental variables including temperature, the demonstration of a robust relationship with productivity remains elusive. Despite decades of research, empirical evidence to support this critical link remains limited. Here we identify ...

Two new micropterous genera and three species of micropterous Mezirinae are described and illustrated. Although of similar habitual appearance as the Oriental genus Hutanicoris Heiss 1993, the two new genera are distinguished at once by the unique structures of their metathoracic evaporatoria.

BACKGROUND While surveying bugs and spiders in the caves of Satara District, Maharashtra, one of us (SK) collected a thread-legged bug associated with a spider web. NEW INFORMATION A Sri Lankan Emesinae bug, Myiophanes greeni Distant (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) is reported for the first time from India. The species is redescribed with several illustrations including male genitalia.

The genus Pinthaeus Stål, 1868 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae) is revised, a single species is recog nized, redescribed, and illustrated. The following new synonymy is proposed: Pinthaeus sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1781): P. hunieralis Horváth, 1911, syn. nov. A lectotype is designated for P. sanguinipes. The geographic distribution and un usual intraspecific variability of P. san...