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The odonates community from Cuetzalan and surroundings was studied through direct collections of adults in the years 2007 and 2009. Seventy-two species included in 37 genera and 11 families of the suborders Zygoptera and Anisoptera, were found, of which 19 species are new records for Puebla State. The collections efficiency was evaluated with three non-parametric estimators, reaching percentages of 82-98%. Phylogenetic diversity was calculated and compared to other two areas with cloud forest cover in the Northern Mountain Range in Puebla state and Hidalgo state, resulting more diverse that of Cuetzalan. An illustrated key to adult odonate species is provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The damsel bug subfamily Prostemmatinae is reco rded for the first time from Chile, with the species Pagasa (Lampropagasa) fuscipennis Reuter, 1909. Specimens were obtained from Ñuble and Araucanía Regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present knowledge of Heteroptera in northern Patagonia and central region of Argentina is widely scattered and admittedly very incomplete. In the present work we provide a checklist of 17 species from northern Patagonia and the central region of Argentina, including 16 new records for provinces and one new record for the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mediterranean temporary rivers maintain a high biodiversity, although they support a significant anthropic influence. The community of aquatic Coleoptera and Hemiptera of the Arevalillo River (N Ávila province), a temporary river in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, with a section previously restored. This restauration consisted in the reforestation of the riverside and the recovery of pools in the riverbed to ensure the maintenance of the water. The aim is to determine the composition of the aquatic Coleoptera and Hemiptera community, its seasonal variation and the differences between two sections with similar characteristics, restored and non-restored, on these groups of aquatic insects. 53 species of Coleoptera and 17 of Hemiptera were identified, most of them with a wide geographical distribution, although 21 new records were made for the province of Ávila. The richness of Coleoptera and Hemiptera doesn't show significant differences between the two studied stations, but they are indeed observed for the benthic macroinvertebrate community as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The distribution of Zelus renardii (Kolenati) in Chile is updated. The new records extend their distribution to both north and south extremes, from Arica y Parinacota to Magallanes regions. Additionally, first records are provided for the Oceanic Easter Island. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A list of 49 species of caddisflies collected between 1985 and 2010 in the provinces of Cuenca, Guadalajara and Ciudad Real is presented. 13 species are new records for Castilla-La Mancha and 24 are new provincial records. Likewise, the first Catalog of Caddisflies of Castilla-La Mancha is presented, based on our data and a critical and detailed bibliographic review. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we present records of 19 species of caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) collected in Valencian Region (Southeastern Spain), of which seven are recorded for the first time in the region. Additionally, some of them are a new record for the provinces of Valencia, Alicante and Castellón. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper we present the results of the study of various samples of Limoniidae and Pediciidae (Insecta: Diptera) captured during the years 1993 and 2009 in some locations in the Principality of Asturias (Spain). Of all the species that occurs, Molophilus (Molophilus) undulatus Tonnoir, 1920, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) lutea (Meigen, 1804) and Pedicia (Crunobia) zernyi (Lackschewitz, 1940) are cited for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula and Gonomyia (Gonomyia) dentata de Meijere, 1920 for the first time in Spain. In addition, 33 new records for Asturias are included along with observations and comments on some of the species presented here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Ons-O Grove Complex is classified as a ZEC zone, it is located in the extreme northwest of the province of Pontevedra (Galicia). It is a coastal wetland of great biological interest formed by a great variety of aquatic environments. A provisional catalog of aquatic beetles is proposed for this wetland consisting of 76 taxa from 11 different families. The data presented have been obtained from different sources, 19 species based on bibliographic citations already published and 57 species (22 Adephaga / 35 Polyphaga) collected within the ZEC Ons-O Grove. The knowledge of the aquatic beetles of the autonomous community of Galicia is expanded with the contribution of 5 new species for this community Dryops gracilis (Karsch, 1881), Helophorus (Rhopalhelophorus) obscurus Mulsant, 1844, Helophorus (Rhopalhelophorus) asturiensis Kuwert, 1885, Helophorus (Helophorus) grandis Illiguer, 1798 and Cercyon (Cercyon) sternalis (Sharp, 1918). This last species is listed for the first time for the iberian peninsula. For the province of Pontevedra there are 11 new species and for the study area 36. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The beetle families Carabidae and Cicindelidae, with about 40 000 species worldwide, play an increasing role in biodiversity conservation and ecological studies in Colombia, which makes a faunistic update all the more necessary. We present and analyze a checklist of the species so far described or registered from Colombia until 2020, based on published studies, and their distribution data at the department level. Carabidae are represented by 625 species and Cicindelidae by 100. Magdalena, Cundinamarca and Valle del Cauca are the departments with the highest record numbers of Carabidae, while Cicindelidae are most frequently cited from Valle del Cauca, Antioquia and Meta. The greater sampling effort in these regions is likely due to the accessibility of their natural areas from the main towns. The geographical distribution of Cicindelidae is better documented, with only 17 % of the species without mention of specific localities within the country, against 40 % in Carabidae. Hyper-diverse regions, such as the Chocó and the Amazon, are underrepresented. The number of species currently recorded is therefore estimated to be much lower than true diversity for both families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The spider fauna of the Everglades National Park in southern Florida was surveyed over 2 widely separated time periods: 1966 to 1967 and 2008 to 2009. Samples were made in 4 of the typical Everglades habitats: sawgrass prairie, willowhead marsh, pineland, and tropical hardwood hammock, as well as several "disturbed" areas. A total of 201 spider species was identified. Twenty-three additional taxa were identified only to genus and included for general Everglades information. One species was documented as new and undescribed, and several others possibly may be new. The Everglades National Park is located at the northern border of the Neotropical ecozone and the southern border of the Nearctic ecozone. Forty-seven percent of the species were Nearctic, 37% Nearctic/Neotropical, 12% Cosmopolitan, and 3% Neotropical. The greatest number of species was collected in the hardwood hammock habitat. Life cycles of 10 common species are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Loxicha region in the south of Oaxaca, Mexico has great species richness and endemism of butterflies. We made a systematic faunistic study including sampling in seven years from 2005 to 2014. We describe the diversity of four families of Papilionoidea in the Loxicha Region, with respect to the species richness and endemism of the state and the south of México. We also present a list of species. We recorded 310 taxa from which 28% is endemic to some degree (region, state, country). We compare the diversity of the Loxicha Region to that in Sierra de Atoyac, both regions within the Sierra Madre del Sur in the Pacific slope, both regions combined contain 335 species from which 99 are endemic. The endemism ratio of butterflies in these two localities in the Pacific Slope is higher compared to Sierra de Juarez in the Gulf Slope, which has higher species richness, showing the differences between richness and endemism spatial patterns of these insects. We discuss the importance of faunistic analyses with sufficient sampling effort on the understanding and monitoring of biodiversity. The strategy applied for the Papilionoidea in the Loxicha region can be replicated in other regions with other megadiverse groups to obtain the complete lists of species. This research is part of a wider project focused on the study of the diversity and biogeographical patterns of butterflies in Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The distribution of Arioge germainii and Encedonia mutica is reviewed and discussed. Some corrections are made on previous known localities for A. germainii and a new record from Maule Region in Chile is provided. The first specific locality data for E. mutica is provided, with records from Araucanía region in Chile and Neuquén Province in Argentina. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The distribution of the species of Xenogenus Berg in Chile is addressed. The known distribution of Xenogenus gracilis (Reed), previously restricted to the O'Higgins region (besides Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Peru), is expanded up to Tarapacá and Los Ríos regions. Xenogenus picturatum Berg (previously known from Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay and USA including Puerto Rico) is recorded for the first time in Chile, in the Metropolitan and Maule regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New records from Andalusia of 28 species of Dermestidae belonging to 10 genera are given. Anthrenus (Anthrenus) goliath Saulcy in Mulsant & Rey, 1868, Anthrenus (Helocerus) fuscus Olivier, 1789, Anthrenus (Helocerus) minutus Erichson, 1846 and Megatoma (Megatoma) undata (Linnaeus, 1758) are reported for the first time for this autonomous community. First records at provincial level for other species are also given. Information is provided about the worldwide and Iberian distribution of the studied species, and the previous published records from Andalusia are compiled. The taxonomic and chorological composition, as well as the current state of knowledge on the Andalusian Dermestidae diversity, are discussed on the basis of a preliminary checklist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article we present the results of the study of a collection of 28 species of caddisflies collected in several locations dispersed by the Asturian southwest area, all of them placed in the Narcea River basin. One of them, Hydroptila vectis Curtis, 1834, is recorded for the first time in this region. Despite be a Holoeuropean, this species had never been collected in the Asturian Rivers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the available bibliographic data, as well as the inventories of species of various collections, all of them collected in the database of BRUCOL, of the Postgraduate College, México, an annotated checklist of species of seed beetles (Coleoptera, Bruchidae) from Bolivia has been prepared. As a result, a list of 95 species of seed beetles is showed, of which 21 species are new records to the currently known Bolivian fauna. Collaterally, this study also detected 23 new records for various countries in America. Moreover, distribution data is offered, which shows the existence of five potentially endemic species of Bolivia and a fauna close to the Brazilian. Finally, a list of host plants of each species is offered, obtaining 11 new host records for some species; in general, the bruchid species presented a predominantly monophago-oligophage trophic regimen in its different grades. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the results of the samples carried out mainly during the spring and the summer of 2015 and 2017 in two localities, providing a total of 33 species. 31 are cited for the first time for this Natural Park, since two was previously known. Six are new records for Andalusia, 10 for Malaga and 13 for Granada. There are 38 species studied in the Natural Park, an analysis is made of their ecological, chorological and the characteristics, and peculiarities of these species are analysed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The recent expansion of the Chilean recluse Loxosceles laeta (Nicolet, 1849) in southern Patagonia is commented and discussed in the light of current global change. New records are provided from both Región de Aysén and Región de Magallanes. In addition, Isla Dawson in Magallanes is the southernmost record for a sicariid spider in South America. Identification tips for health providers are included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two new species belonging to the genus Dissochaetus Reitter, 1884 are described: D. ater n. sp. and D. bispinosus n. sp. «Dissochaetus ater» gr. n. is established and a key for the species of the group "Dissochaetus brunneicollis", sensu Salgado, 2010 is given. Four species from Peru, Dissochaetus hetschkoi Reitter, 1885, D. parallelus Portevin, 1921, D. grossus Salgado, 2014, D. bifidus Salgado, 2018 and one from Ecuador, D. curtoides Szymczakowski, 1961, are reported for the first time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As a contribution to the knowledge of de entomological fauna of Grecia, a catalog of seed beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) collected in the years 2005 and 2007 in Greece by Fernando Angelini, is presented. It compiled a total of 1.704 specimens corresponding to 63 species of Bruchidae, of which have been 4 species of the genus Spermophagus, 38 species of Bruchidius, 2 species of Serratobruchidius, and 19 species of Bruchus. This catalog confirms the records in Greece of previous authors, considerably increasing the number of localities, and adding, as new records for this country the following 4 species: Bruchidius corsicus (Baudi, 1890); Bruchus brisouti Kraatz, 1868; B. griseomaculatus Gyllenhal, 1833, y B. sibiricus Germar, 1824. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The first record of Globicornis (Elania) depressa (Mulsant & Rey, 1868) (Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Megatominae) is given for the Iberian Peninsula. The studied specimen (a female) was found in a wooded area of Collserola mountain-chain (province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain). This dermestid beetle was known until now from a few localities of France, and from the Majorca Island. The species is briefly described, and the features that separate it from other Iberian representatives of the genus Globicornis Latreille in Cuvier, 1829 are highlighted. The scarce data on its biology and ecology are compiled, being considered as a saproxylic insect. The list of species of Globicornis occurring in the Iberian Peninsula is updated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A faunistic study of the beetles (Order Coleoptera) from As Lagoas-Marcosende (Pontevedra NO España), a place characterized by its habitat richness, is presented. 85 species were described so far in the studied place, 3 of which represent new records to the province of Pontevedra's fauna, and other 4 to the Galician one, Helophorus (Empleurus) schmidti Villa & Villa, 1838, Hister thoracicus Paykull, 1811, Onthophagus (Paleonthophagus) joannae Goljan, 1953 and Pimelia integra Rosenhauer, 1856, whose distribution was believed to be restricted to the Center and South of the Iberian Peninsula. Data concerning the geographic distribution of the different species are also included in this work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sigara ( Tropocorixa) rubyi (Hungerford, 1928), previously known from Argentina and Uruguay, is recorded for the first time in Chile, in Valparaíso Region. The correct spelling of this species and Sigara ( Tropocorixa) hosfordi (Hungerford, 1928) is commented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New records of the invasive Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis from Chile are given from Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos Regions. The new records extend the distribution of the species nearly 650 km southwards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the present, 86 species of arachnids are known from Canarreos archipelago and neighboring keys (Los Guzmanes, Los Indios, and San Felipe). They belong to nine orders (only Ricinulei has not been recorded). Araneae (30 families, 70 species), Amblypygi (2 families, 4 species) and Scorpiones (2 families, 4 species) are the most diverse. Araneidae (11 species) and Theridiidae (eight species), both of them belonging to the order Araneae, are the families best represented in this area. Thaumasia senilis Perty, 1833 (Pisauridae) is recorded for the first time from Cuba. Of the total of species, 23 are endemic (7 local, 2 provincial, 14 national), most of them from Isle of Young. Some of those endemic species may be considered with any threat, because their small geographical distribution and severe anthropic affectations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In temperate studies on carrion flies assemblages is widely accepted that Calliphoridae followed by Sarcophagidae, Muscidae and Fanniidae are the most abundant families in terms of abundance. In the Neotropical region, consideration on this matter had been little studied. During a one-year survey, the abundance variation of these families assemblage of carrion flies in an anthropized Andean valley located in the province of Antioquia, was studied. From February 2010 to February 2011 two monthly sampling per site were performed, Van Someren Rydon traps baited with fish and chicken were settled in four localities, one per cardinal point with different landscape use. A total number of 33838 flies were collected distributed as follow: Calliphoridae (39%), Sarcophagidae (23%), Fanniidae (18%), Muscidae (16%), and small fraction of other dipteran families (4%). This trend in the families abundance was observed during the complete year except in May, March and August when sarcophagids were the most abundant. It is remarkable the alternate half-year abundance of Muscidae and Fannidae. No significance differences in flies' abundance were observed according the climatic season, and sampling locality. Differences in flies abundance were found by month sampled where an increase pattern in the last months were evident. Differences also were found in family rank assessed, being Calliphoridae the most frequent. Accumulate number of Sarcophagidae contrast with others studies in tropical ecosystem where the second more frequent family is Muscidae probably due to the type and decomposition stage of the bait. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]