Petr Banar

• PhD
• curator of collections at Moravské zemské muzeum

Anhelita aphanes Wolfrum, 1959 and Anhelita brevipes Wolfrum, 1961 are here placed in the genus Sintor Schoenherr, 1839. Anhelita distans Wolfrum, 1959 is considered a senior subjective synonym of Lemurisintor longiclava Frieser, 1981, but Lemurisintor Frieser, 1981 is retained as a valid genus. New generic combinations and a new synonymy are propo...

The actual knowledge on the staphylinid endogean subfamily Leptotyphlinae Fauvel, 1874 of the Balkan Peninsula is summarized. The subgenus Epirotyphlus Pace, 1995 is upgraded to the genus level resulting in two new combinations, Epirotyphlus leucadiensis (Pace, 1995) and E. zecevici (Pace, 1984). Three new species, Allotyphlus (Moreotyphlus) stolen...

Two new species of the genus Bryaxis Kugelann, 1794, Bryaxis duboki sp. nov. and Bryaxis biogradensis sp. nov. from Montenegro are described and illustrated.

Corynotopsis omanicussp. nov. of the myrmecophilous supertribe Clavigeritae is described from Oman. The type series was collected at night and the ant host species remains unknown. Corynotopsis scotti Jeannel, 1951 is newly recorded for Yemen, and Commatocerus concinnus Besuchet & Cuccodoro, 2011 for Oman. Lasius Fabricius, 1804 and Lepisiota Sants...

Four new species of the genus Paulianidia Jarrige, 1978, P. densepunctata Janák & Baňař, sp. nov., P. tanala Janák & Baňař, sp. nov., P. valohoaka Janák & Baňař, sp. nov., and P. vohimana Janák & Baňař, sp. nov. of Madagascar are described and illustrated. New records of seven additional species are added. A key to all Paulianidia species with illu...

Enicocephalomorpha, also known as unique-headed bugs, are a seldom-collected infraorder of hetero-pteran insects whose evolutionary relationships have puzzled entomologists for more than a century. Unique-headed bugs are exceptionally rare in the fossil record, which hinders our understanding of the morphological transformations of the lineage acro...

The Lomechusoides strumosus species group is revised and fifteen new species are described: Lomechusoides chekanovskiyi Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. dlabolai Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. drobovi Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. dudkorum Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. fallax Jászay, Hlaváč & Baňař sp. nov.; L. folgaricus Jászay...

A new species of Fulvius Stål—F. attenboroughi sp. nov.—is diagnosed and described. Schmitzofulvius bigibber Gorczyca, 1998 is redescribed. Photographic images of habitus and genital structures, as well as scanning electron micrographs of selected structures of both species, are provided. Fulvius kerzhneri Gorczyca, 2000 is diagnosed. New records o...

The new genus and species, Ewoma longiscapa gen. et sp. nov. of the pselaphine tribe Goniacerini based on specimens collected on Mount Cameroon are described and illustrated. The taxonomic position of the new genus within the tribe Goniacerini is discussed. The list of all genera of Goniacerini of sub-Saharan continental Africa with the number of s...

Three new species of the genus Afropselaphus Jeannel, 1950, Afropselaphus taygetensis sp. n., Afropselaphus tymficus sp. n. and Afropselaphus euboicus sp. n. are described and illustrated. Pselaphogenius treskanus (Karaman, 1940) is redescribed and new data of its distribution are provided.

A new genus of Pselaphinae, Reichentomica gen. nov., and three new species, Reichentomica tasani sp. nov., Afroplectus turneri sp. nov., and Parasimus saotomicus sp. nov., are described for the first time from the island São Tomé. All three species were collected at the same locality close to Jardim Botânico do Bom Successo (00°16′31′′N, 06°36′14′′...

In the present study, Collartida eowilsoni sp. nov. is described from Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), which extends the distribution of the genus and the tribe Collartidini as a whole to the Oceanian biogeographic realm. The highly aberrant morphology of the new species required a reassessment of the diagnostic characters and generic limits of Colla...

Anthaxia (Anthaxia) rejzeki sp. nov. belonging to the Anthaxia (Anthaxia) glabrifrons species-group from Morocco is described, illustrated and compared to other species of the group.

Malgadrymus Zámbó & Kondorosy, gen. nov., the first endemic genus of Drymini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae), with two new species is described from Madagascar. A key to the species is provided and relationships to other drymine genera are discussed. Appolonius madagascariensis Zámbó & Kondo...

Diastatotropis arofaniana Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. (Anthribidae: Anthribinae: incertae sedis) is described as new from eastern Madagascar. Male and female genitalia are studied and illustrated, and colour photographs are provided. The new species is morphologically similar to D. rubra Frieser, 1992. A redescription of the female holotype of D. rubra...

The Canary Archipelago is home to two species of obligately cavernicolous assassin bugs of the genus Collartida Villiers, 1949 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae: Collartidini). These species are highly adapted for cave life, being blind and wingless. In the present study, we describe a new species of the genus, C. phantasma sp. nov. fro...

The status of Amauropus lobipes Reitter, 1918 and Protamaurops bicarinata (Reitter, 1918) is confirmed based on the holotypes housed at the Moravian Museum in Brno, Czech Republic. Both species are redescribed, photographed, and the aedeagus of Amauropus lobipes is illustrated. A checklist of Amauropini species in the Moravian Museum is given.

The genus Merarius (Anthribidae: Anthribinae: Tropiderini) from the Oriental and Palaearctic regions is reviewed. Two new species, M. alexandrae Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. and M. korinae Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov., from China are described. Male and female genitalia of M. korinae are studied and illustrated. A key to the now five known species of the gen...

Two new species of the genus Astenus Dejean, 1833, A. ambohitantelyensis Janák & Baňař, sp. nov. and A. grebennikovi Janák & Baňař, sp. nov. from Madagascar are described and illustrated. New records of eleven additional species are presented.

We describe and illustrate a new species of pselaphine beetles, Paramaurops zagoricus sp. n., from the Zagori region of Epirus, Greece. A list summarising the distribution of Amauropini known from Greece is also provided. Περίληψη: Στην παρούσα έρευνα, περιγράφουμε και φωτογραφίζουμε ένα νέο είδος σκαθαριού της υπο-οικογένειας Pselaphinae, το Par...

Anthaxia (Cratomerus) tankenethi sp. nov. from East Africa is described. New synonymy of A. (C.) gebhardti Obenberger, 1924 (= A. (C.) cytharaea Obenberger, 1931 syn. nov.) is proposed. Redescription of A. (C.) gebhardti is provided. Lectotypes for A. (C.) gebhardti Obenberger, 1924 and A. (C.) cytharaea Obenberger, 1931 are designated.

Three new species of Clavigeritae from subsaharan Africa, Zuluclavodes mulanjensis sp. nov., Zuluclavodes minor sp. nov. from southern Malawi and Articerodes jaloszynskii sp. nov. from South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal are described. Diagnosis is provided for both genera, and a key to species is given for the genus Zuluclavodes Hlaváč, 2007. Ischyroceros...

Allocephalocorinae subfam. nov., a new subfamily of Enicocephalidae based on a new genus and species of Allocephalocoris zhengi Luo, Baňař & Xie, gen. et sp. nov., is described based on two specimens from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of northern Myanmar. The new taxon shares some plesiomorphies with other Mesozoic enicocephalids, but also has a ser...

The genus Systelloderes Blanchard, 1852 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalomorpha: Enicocephalidae), has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution, with the greatest species richness being found in humid tropical and subtropical forests, but species are also present in humid microhabitats of temperate and arid zones (Wygodzinsky & Schmidt 1991). In the...

A new genus of Rhyparochromidae, Scobinigaster gen. nov., with two new species, Scobinigaster henryi Kondorosy & Baňař, sp. nov. and Scobinigaster paveli Kondorosy & Baňař, sp. nov. is described from south-west Madagascar. The new genus is placed within the tribe Lethaeini of the subfamily Rhyparochrominae, and justification for this action is brie...

A new species, Holophloeus loebli Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. (Anthribidae: Anthribinae: Discotenini), from east Madagascar is described. Male genitalia are studied and illustrated, and color photographs are provided. A comparison is provided with the other known Madagascan species of the genus, H. tuberosus (Fairmaire, 1897). Ecological notes, includi...

Professor Pavel Štys (1933–2018) was an eminent specialist in morphology, taxonomy, systematics, biology and behaviour of Heteroptera, and the Commissioner of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. All his career was connected with the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, where h...

A new species Anthaxia (Anthaxia) tichyi sp. nov. from Yunnan, Southern China, is described, illustrated, including male genitalia and compared with the most similar species Anthaxia (A.) cupressi Bílý, 2005. The new species belongs to newly defined Anthaxia (Anthaxia) hackeri J. Frivaldszky, 1884 species-group.

1. Terrestrial snail shells can be considered partial resources for insects, and as such, the expansion of numerous snail species to anthropogenic habitats makes them increasingly available. 2. Here, we address for the first time a complete profile of insects that use empty terrestrial snail shells during the winter period in Central Europe. 3. T...

A new species, Cervinotapteratomhenryi , sp. n. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae: Mezirinae), from Montagne d’Ambre National Park in northern Madagascar is described and illustrated. The newly described species is compared with the only other known species, Cervinotapteraguilberti Heiss & Marchal, 2012.

Xenicocephalustomhenryisp. n. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalomorpha: Enicocephalidae) is established for a single macropterous female from Ecuador. The enigmatic genus now includes three species known from only two Neotropical adults and an incomplete female specimen. The new species is described and illustrated, extensive comparativ...

Mangabea troglodytes sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) is described based on four specimens collected in a cave of the Namoroka Karstic System, Madagascar, and deposited in the Collection of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. The dorsal habitus as well as diagnostic characters of male and female genitalia are ext...

Mangabea troglodytes sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) is described based on four specimens collected in a cave of the Namoroka Karstic System, Madagascar, and deposited in the Collection of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. The dorsal habitus as well as diagnostic characters of male and female genitalia are ext...

A new species Comorocoris estherineae sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae: Carventinae) from Montagne d’Ambre National Park in Northern Madagascar is described and illustrated. The newly described species is compared and keyed with all three species of Comorocoris Heiss, 1985 known so far.

Sustainable management of European forests aims to ensure economic targets (timber production) as well as ecological aims of the forest (maintenance of biodiversity). Smaller-sized clear-cutting followed by artificial planting creates a mosaic of small forest patches suitable for many small mammals including three possible pest species-the bank vol...

The internal and external anatomy of the posterior metathoracic region, pregenital abdomen, and associated nervous system of the heteropteran infraorder Enicocephalomorpha are thoroughly described, using an array of state-of-the art techniques. Based on morphology, it is hypothesised which modes of communication these insects use. This study is bas...

Madastiger robustus, gen. and sp. nov., is described based on a single male collected by sifting of leaf-litter in Ambohitantely Special Reserve, Central Madagascar. The aedeagus has apical accessory lobes, a unique feature within the tribe Clavigerini, which are here described and illustrated. The genus is tentatively assigned to the subtribe Mast...

A new species, Trogoderma sahondrae sp. nov., from Central Madagascar is described and illustrated and a key to all known Madagascan species is provided. The new species differs from other related species by the combination of colour of the elytral fasciae, structure of antennae, and male genitalia.

Anthaxia (Anthaxia) skorpiki sp. nov., a new species from The Islamic Republic Iran is described and illustrated. The newly described species is compared to the three most similar West Palaearctic members of Anthaxia nitidula species–group, including male genitalia.

Two new species, Adapterops mamyi Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. and A. dimbyi Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. (Anthribidae: Choraginae: Araecerini), from northern Madagascar are described and illustrated. A key to the species of the genus Adapterops Frieser, 2010 is given. New and interesting faunistic records of the genus are provided. Male terminalia are descr...

A new species, Diastatotropis perrinae Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. (Anthribidae: Anthribinae: Cappadocini), from north Madagascar is described. Male genitalia are studied and illustrated and colour photographs are added. A comparison with the most similar known species, D. tigrinus Lacordaire, 1866, is provided.

The Eastern Arc Mountains (EAM) have long been recognized as an area of extraordinary endemic biodiversity but have remained understudied compared to other biodiversity hotspots. The tribelocephaline assassin bug genus Xenocaucus China & Usinger, 1949, currently comprises two species known from the Uluguru Mountains of the EAM and Bioko Island in t...

A new genus and species, Rhyparoclava pyrrhocoroides from the Montagne de Français in northern Madagascar is described and illustrated, including structures of the external scent efferent system of the metathoracic scent glands, pregenital abdomen and its trichobothrial pattern, and the genitalia of both sexes. This autapomorphic taxon is brachypte...

Two new species, Diastatotropis lepidus Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. and Diastatotropis humeralis Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. (Anthribidae: Anthribinae: Cappadocini), from Madagascar are described. Colour habitus photographs are provided. A key to the known species of the genus Diastatotropis is provided.

Squamiger elegans, gen. and sp. nov., is described based on a series of specimens collected by sifting of leaf-litter in Ambohitantely Special Reserve, Central Madagascar. The genus is a member of the tribe Clavigerini (Pselaphinae: Clavigeritae) and it is placed into the subtribe Clavigerodina.

Gravel-sand river terraces were nearly eliminated from central European landscape by river channelization. Monotypic stands of common reed (Phragmites australis) growing on such terraces are often stressed by drought, which makes them vulnerable to Lipara spp. (Diptera: Chloropidae) gallmakers. Although Lipara are considered ecosystem engineers, on...

A new genus, Neoplokioides Štys & Baňař gen. nov. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plokiophilidae: Plokiophilinae), is established for those species of Plokiophiloides Carayon, 1974 possessing copulatory tubes in females ( = Plokiophiloides tubifer-group sensu Štys, 1991). Neoplokioides includes the Afrotropical species N. tubifer (Carayon, 1974)...

Henicocephaloides raunoi sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Physoderinae) is described based on a single male specimen from Eastern Madagascar, which is deposited in the collection of the Moravian Museum, Brno. The newly described species is illustrated and compared to Henicocephaloides fulvescens Villiers, 1962. A revised generic diagno...

Physoderoides linnavuorii sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Physoderinae) is described based on one male specimen from Madagascar deposited in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. The dorsal habitus, morphological characters of legs as well as the male genitalia are illustrated. In addition, a key for the identification of s...

The flat bug fauna of Kenya is poorly known and only five taxa have been recorded so far. In the present paper, two new genera and two new species of the subfamily Mezirinae, Embuana mahnerti gen. and sp. nov., and Linnavuoriessa microptera gen. and sp. nov., are described and figured.

The rich flat bug fauna of Madagascar comprises eleven apterous genera of Mezirinae with 21 species (Heiss 2012, Heiss & Marchal 2012) to date, and all of them are endemic: Ambohitantelya Heiss & Baňař 2013 (1 sp.); Antsirabenus Heiss 2008 (2 spp.); Cervinotaptera Heiss & Marchal 2012 (1 sp.); Chlonocoris Usinger & Matsuda 1959 (3 spp.); Cimicomane...

A new apterous species of Carventinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae), Vietnamaptera schaeferi sp. nov. from Guangdong province in China, is described and figured. A key to all five species of the genus is presented.

A new species, Adapterops cedrici Trýzna & Banar sp. Nov. (Anthribidae: Choraginae: Araecerini), from northern Madagascar is described and illustrated. A key and catalogue of the genus Adapterops Frieser, 2010 is given.

Anthaxia (Anthaxia) kamieserrima sp. nov., a new endemic species from Republic of South Africa is described. New syn-onymy 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.

New species Alienates thomasi sp. nov. Baňař & Štys is described from Venezuela based on a single female. It is the first species recorded from South America, and is illustrated and compared with other Caribbean and Central American Alienates species.

Heteroptera are among the most diverse hemimetabolous insects. Seven infraorders have been recognized within this suborder of Hemiptera. Apart from the well-established sister-group relationship between Cimicomorpha and Pentatomomorpha (= Terheteroptera), the two terminal lineages, the relationships among the other five infraorders are still contro...

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...

A new species, Tophoderes lidmilae Tryzna & Banar sp. nov., from north Madagascar is described. Male genitalia are studied and illustrated and colour photographs of both sexes are added. A comparison with the most similar known species T. frenatus (Klug, 1833) is provided. A checklist of species of the Madagascan genus Tophoderes (Anthribidae: Anth...

A new species, Mygdonia milivoji sp. nov. (Coreidae: Coreinae: Mictini) from south-west Madagascar is described, illustrated and compared with widely distributed M. elongata Distant, 1879. A key to Mygdonia species based on females is given and distribution of both Madagascan species is briefly discussed.

A new genus and species, Pseudobasidissus barclayi Trýzna & Baňař gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Anthribidae: Anthribinae: Platyrhinini), from Madagascar is described. Male and female genitalia are studied and illustrated. Colour photographs of the holotype and genitalia of both sexes are provided. Comparison is made with the similar genus Basidissus Fairm...

An additional description of Andasibe sahondrae Hlaváč & Baňař, 2012 is given due to the discovery of male, male terminalia and sexual dimorphism are described. Distribution of the species is illustrated.

A new species, Blaberops korinae Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. (Anthribidae: Anthribinae: Zygaenodini), from east Madagascar is described. Colour photographs and a key to Madagascan species of the genus Blaberops are provided. Male and female genitalia of the genus are studied and illustrated for the first time.

First records of the Pselaphinae (Staphylinidae) from Socotra Island, Yemen, are given. Three new species: Epicaris bezdeki sp. nov., Trissemus socotranus sp. nov. and Centrophthalmus scanticola sp. nov. are described. A new diagnosis of the genus Epicaris Reitter, 1882 is provided and a redescription is also given. The list of the Pselaphinae of S...

A new genus and species of Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalomorpha: Aenictopecheidae: Aenictopecheinae, Ulugurocoris grebennikovi gen. et sp. n., based on micropterous females from Tanzania, Uluguru Mts, Budunki, is described and differentiated. The males are probably macropterous. Some general aspects of morphology of U. grebennikovi are discus...

The enigmatic Madagascan genus Semiclaviger Wasmann is among the most morphologically distinct members of the obligately myrmecophilous pselaphine supertribe Clavigeritae. Here, the genus is redescribed, and the lectotype of the type species S. sikorae Wasmann is designated. We present a detailed study of the morphology of Semiclaviger, which suppo...

New species of apterous Carventinae, Tiomanaptera schwendingeri sp. nov., belonging to the so far monotypic genus Tiomanaptera Heiss, 2010, is described from Malaysia (Terengganu State). The new species is illustrated and compared with the previously described T. malickyi Heiss, 2010.

Myrmicella verticospinosa gen. et sp. nov., is described, based on four specimens (two males and two females) collected in south-west Madagascar (Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park and Isalo National Park). Three specimens have been col-lected by sifting the leaf litter, one female was collected using yellow pan traps. Genitalia of both sexes are des...

Two new species of apterous Carventinae are described in this paper. One belongs to the endemic monotypic genus Singhalaptera Heiss 2001 from Sri Lanka (Singhalaptera secunda n.sp.), and the other to the monotypic genus Signocoris Hoberlandt 1958 from Madras (Signocoris nilgiricus n.sp.). All four known species of both genera are illustrated and co...

In addition to the ten genera of apterous Mezirinae recorded to date from Madagascar, a new genus Ambohitanlelya gen. nov. with uniquely formed metathoracic evaporatoria is erected for the A. yuripopovi sp. nov., which is described and illustrated.

A new species, Apatenia stysi Trýzna & Baňař sp. nov. (Anthribidae: Anthribinae: Corrhecerini), from north-west Mad-agascar is described and the female allotype of Apatenia quadristigma Frieser, 1981 is redescribed. Female genitalia of A. stysi sp. nov. are studied and illustrated.

The monobasic genus Comorocoris Heiss, 1985 was erected for the peculiar apterous species C. testudiformis from Moheli Island [= Mwali] of the Comoro Archipelago. Recent forest litter sifting in Madagascar unexpectedly brought to light two new species belonging to this genus which are described and illustrated. A key to the three species is given.

Andasibe sahondrae, gen. nov. and sp. nov. is described based on one female collected by sifting in central Madagascar. The genus is a member of the supertribe Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). It is placed into the subtribe Mastigerina, and this is a first record of the subtribe for Africa.

Despite the increasing evidence that post-mining sites often provide biodiversity refuges in anthropogenically impacted landscapes, thus offering valuable analogues of natural habitats, technocratic methods still prevail over natural processes in restoration practice. Selection of the restoration approach, however, crucially affects the future cons...

The status and location of the type series of Enicocephalus flavicollis Westwood, 1837 (type species of EnicocephalusWestwood, 1837, the type genus of Enicocephalidae) from St. Vincent Island (Lesser Antilles) is discussed, and insteadof two formerly assumed different ‘holotypes’ the lectotype and paralectotype are designated. Males of E. flavicoll...

A new species, Adapterops hankae Trýzna sp. nov. (Anthribidae: Choraginae: Araecerini), from east Madagascar is described and illustrated. Key to the genus Adapterops Frieser, 2010 is given including notes on sexual dimorphism of A. nasalis Frieser, 2010 and A. festivus Frieser, 2010. The microhabitat of Adapterops hankae Trýzna sp. nov. is describ...

Notopygus bicarinatus teunissen, 1953 is parasitoid of web-spinning sawflies of the genus Cephalcia. this species was found near větrný Jeníkov. the first record from Bohemia including Cephalcia lariciphila as a new additional host. N. bicarinatus oviposit into the larvae of C. lariciphila when borrowing in soil in the late May. the infestation of...

We provide the results of faunistic surveys of Hemiptera, namely leafhoppers (Cicadomorpha), planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha), true bugs (Heteroptera) and jumping plant-lice (Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea), in 15 relatively well-preserved dry grassland sites situated mainly in the Pannonian part of southern Moravia (Czech Republic) and designated as Sites...

A new species of Enicocephalidae: Enicocephalinae, Phaenicocleus granulosus sp. n. (based on a female), is described from Sabah and compared with the other three species of the genus (based on males). Autapomorphies of the genus (particularly reduced armature of fore tibia and tarsus, interrupted posterior claval vein AA3+4, striking occurrence of...

Conversion of coniferous monocultures to more stable mixed stands is one of the crucial tasks of present forestry in the Czech Republic. One of the factors hampering this process is the activity of small rodents that can cause severe damage to young plantations in winter. Little knowledge is still available of the ecology of small mammals in the fo...

The hitherto unknown worker caste of Anomalomyrma Taylor, 1990 is described for the first time. Two new species, Anomalomyrma boltoni n. sp. from Cameron Highlands, Peninsular Malaysia and Anomalomyrma helenae n. sp. from El Nido region of Palawan, Philippines, are described. In workers of both new species abdominal segments II and III (petiole and...

We describe Oncylocotis (Oncylocotis) inexpectatus n. sp. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalomorpha: Enicocephalidae) from Malaysia (Sabah). It is the first species of this widely distributed Old World genus from Borneo. Some plesiomorphic anatomical features of the species are discussed and illustrated; e.g., the clypeus subdivided into well del...

1. The view of post-mining sites is rapidly changing among ecologists and conservationists, as sensitive restoration using spontaneous succession may turn such sites into biodiversity refuges in human-exploited regions. However, technical reclamation, consisting of covering the sites by topsoil, sowing fast-growing herb mixtures and planting trees,...

A new genus and three new species of Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalomorpha: Enicocephalidae: Enicocephalinae are described from Malaysia: Sabah, viz. Phaenicocleus n. gen. sabahensis n. sp. (type species), P. schwendingeri n. sp. and P. minor n. sp. (all species male-based). The new genus is macropterous and belongs to that group of Enicocepha...

A new genus and three new species of Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalomorpha: Enicocephalidae: Enicocephalinae are described from Malaysia: Sabah, viz. Phaenicocleus n. gen. sabahensis n. sp. (type species), P. schwendingeri n. sp. and P. minor n. sp. (all species male-based). The new genus is macropterous and belongs to that group of Enicocepha...

Systelloderes stysi sp. nov. from South Africa is described, and the apicitibial and tarsal armature of the fore leg is illustrated and described in detail.

Tornocrusus lattini Stys and Banar n. sp. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalomorpha: Aenictopecheidae: Aenictopecheinae) is described from Ecuador (male, female) and differentiated from other species of the genus. The species is characterized by several autapomorphies; the most important being the asymmetry of female first valvulae-the first soma...

Additional records of the invasive Nearctic true bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) from Croatia are given from the islands of Rab, Brač, and Hvar. A new host plant, Pinus halepensis, is reported.

The first species of the genus Systelloderes Blanchard 1852, from New Caledonia, S. loebli sp. nov., is described. The generic classifi cation is tentative, and only the diagnostic autapomorphies are stressed, since the rich Oriental, Papuan, and Australian faunas of Systelloderes have not been studied and most species remain undescribed. The fore...

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