Bagauda aelleni Villiers, 1970 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae: Leistarchini), described from Sri Lanka, is reported from India for the first time. Based on specimens collected at Sirumalai, Tamil Nadu, the species is redescribed and various aspects of its morphology and life history are highlighted and illustrated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe species of the hoverfly genus Brunetti, 1923 from the Oriental Region are revised. The resulting number of valid species is 15, of which the following four are described as new: Reemer, , Reemer, , Sankararaman & Reemer, , and Reemer, Three new synonymies are established: de Meijere, 1917, is a junior synonym of de Meijere, 1908; Keiser, 1964, is a junior synonym of Doleschall, 1857; Thompson, 2020, is a junior synonym of Brunetti, 1923. Reemer, is introduced as a replacement name for Huo & Zhao, 2022, which is a primary homonym of Ssymank & Reemer, 2016.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new pygmy unicorn genus, Dravidacris Bhaskar et Kasalo, gen. nov., and its single species D.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of carpenter moth Xyleutes ramamurthyi Yakovlev Sankararaman, sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Zeuzerinae) is described as new to science from the Western Ghats of south India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of Hemilea Loew, H. totu David, Hancock Sachin, sp. n.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF