Catalogue and identification key of the bee genus Epeolus Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Palaearctic region.

Available information about bees of the genus Epeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Palaearctic region is summarized. Forty-eight species are currently known from this area. A new synonymy is proposed for Epeolus tsushimensis Cockerell, 1926=E.

The type specimens of bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. Contribution VII. Family Andrenidae, genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775, taxa described by A. Osytshnjuk and A. Lebedev.

The type specimens for names of bee taxa in the genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775, described by Anna Z. Osytshnjuk and Alexander G. Lebedev which are deposited in the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (St.

Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Polysphincta genus-group.

Mexican species of nine genera of the Polysphincta genus-group (Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) are reviewed: Acrotaphus Townes (four species), Dreisbachia Townes (one species), Eruga Townes (four species), Flacopimpla Gauld (three species), Hymenoepimecis Viereck (two species), Oxyrrhexis Förster (one species), Polysphincta Grav. (seven species), Schizopyga Grav. (one species) and Zatypota Förster (four species).

Lethrus (Heteroplistodus) kucerai (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Lethrinae), a new species from China.

Lethrus (Heteroplistodus) kucerai Hillert, Král & Bagaturov, new species, from Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi provinces of China is described. Relevant diagnostic characters (e.g.

Taxonomic status of Xyrosaris melanopsamma Meyrick, 1931 (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) with notes on congeneric species in East Asia.

The species Xyrosaris melanopsamma Meyrick, 1931, stat. rev. is reinstated from synonymy with X.

Chitons of the genus Cryptoplax (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Spratly Islands, South China Sea.

Four species of the polyplacophoran genus Cryptoplax were identified among chiton samples collected from the Spratly Islands (Truong Sa), South China Sea. Among them, one is described as new species C. acerocostata n.

Two new species of Glodianus Cameron and Hylophasma Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) from Mexico.

Three Mexican species of the genus Glodianus Cameron and five Mexican species of Hylophasma Townes are briefly reviewed. Two species, Glodianus rufithorax sp. nov.

New species of little-known crickets from the subfamily Pteroplistinae (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) from Sabah and contribution to their bioacoustics.

Recent fieldwork in eastern Sabah led to the discovery of new little-known crickets from the subfamily Pteroplistinae (Orthoptera, Grylloidea). Three new species are described: Tembelingiola biaculeata sp. nov.

Parasitoid complex of doryctine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from Pongamia pinnata (L.) (Fabaciae) coleopteran complex (Coleoptera) with description of two new species from India.

Two doryctine species, viz., Leluthia pongamiacola Gupta & Belokobylskij, sp. nov.

To the knowledge of the aphidiine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from China.

A new species of the aphidiine parasitoid Binodoxys yunnanicus Davidian, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, China.

A new genus and two new species of brooding chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the North-Western Pacific.

Kaasichiton n. gen. from the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean is described here.

Revision of South African chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) originated from the collection of R.F. Lawrence, with redescriptions of nine species.

A revision of the chigger mite collection in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum (NM, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) resulted in finding holotypes or paratypes for 15 of the 51 species described by R.F. Lawrence in 1948-1951 and originally deposited in this museum.

New genus and new species of the tribe Elicini Melichar (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea, Tropiduchidae) with sternal sensory pits in imago from Western Australia.

A new genus, Petocica gen. n., with a type species, Petocica perforata sp.

Review of Cordylocras Kozlov (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae): with a new species and redescription of C. mirabilis Kozlov.

The female of Cordylocras abscondita de Paz & Popovici sp. nov., is described and illustrated from the province of Salamanca (Western Spain).

Johann Gottlieb Georgi or Peter Simon Pallas: review regarding the authorship and description of Lacerta taurica (Squamata, Lacertidae).

From the beginning of the 19th century to the present, the authorship of the description of the Balkan wall lizard, Podarcis tauricus (Pallas, 1814) was considered undoubted. Recently, Schmidtler (2022) has been concluded that the description of this species should be attributed to J.G.

Description of a new species and two new records of the family Cosmopterigidae (Lepidoptera) from Korea.

Three species belonging to the family Cosmopterigidae are treated: Anatrachyntis koreana sp. nov. is described as new to science, Anatrachyntis ptilodelta (Meyrick, 1922) and Macrobathra nomaea Meyrick, 1914 are reported for the first time in Korea.

The chitons of the family Leptochitonidae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Emperor Seamounts, Pacific Ocean.

A small number of chitons collected from three Emperor Seamounts was studied. Three species were identified. Of these, one species, Leptochiton milwaukensis n.

On some Calcaronea (Porifera: Calcarea) from the Barents Sea and adjacent Polar Basin.

Four common calcareous sponge species from the Arctic are described. One species, Sycandra rappi Morozov sp. nov.

Description of a new species of the genus Polycaena Staudinger, 1886 (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae) from China with designation of lectotype of Polycaena lua Grum-Grshimailo, 1891.

A new species, Polycaena eckweileri sp. n., is described from Gansu Province, China.

Lythria (Microlythria subgen. nov.) venustata Staudinger, 1882 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): distribution and description of the female, with a brief review of the genus.

The article provides new localities for the little-known species Lythria venustata Staudinger, 1882; a map with all currently known locations is presented. A new subgenus, Microlythria subgen. nov.

New data on the genus Supella Shelford, 1911 (Dictyoptera: Pseudophyllodromiidae) with description of female of S. eocenica Anisyutkin et Perkovsky, 2023 from Rovno amber.

The paper provides a detailed morphological description of a previously unknown female of Supella eocenica Anisyutkin et Perkovsky, 2023. The structure of the tegmina and wings of the type species of the genus Supella, S. longipalpa (Fabricius, 1798), is also redescribed.

First reliable fossil record of the subfamily Rhysipolinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): a new subgenus and species of the genus Rhysipolis Foerster, 1863 from Baltic amber.

A new fossil subgenus and species of the genus Rhysipolis Foerster, 1863 from the subfamily Rhysipolinae, Rhysipolis (Granulopolis) simutniki Belokobylskij, subgen. et sp. nov.

A new species and new records of the leafhopper genera Dryadomorpha Kirkaldy, 1906 and Stenogiffardia Evans, 1977 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Equatorial Africa.

A new species of the leafhopper genus Dryadomorpha Kirkaldy, 1906 (tribe Drabescini), D. tricornis sp. n.