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Sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Budzisk and Jesionowe Góry Reserve of the Knyszyńska Forest. The paper presents new data on the occurrence of sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Budzisk and Jesionowe Góry Reserve of the the Knyszyńska Forest (NE Poland). In the present study 19 species sap beetles (Nitidulidae) were reported, among them 7 species are new for the Podlasie., {"references":["Audisio P., Cline A.R., de Biase A., Antonini G., Mancini E., Trizziono M., Constantini L., Strika S., Lamanna F., Cerretti P. 2009. Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49: 341–504.","Greń Cz., Lubecki K., Sućko K. 2022. Chrząszcze wodne (Coleoptera: Hydradephaga, Hydrophiloidea, Hydraenidae, Dryopoidea) Puszczy Knyszyńskiej. Rocznik Muzeum Górnośląskiego w Bytomiu, Przyroda 28(012): 1–35 [online]. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6973357.","Jelínek J., Audisio P. 2007. Nitidulidae, pp. 459–491, In: Löbl I., Smetana A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 4. Stenstrup, Apollo Books.","Lasoń A. 1997. Nowe stanowiska chrząszczy z rodzin Kateretidae i Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) na Podlasiu. Wiadomości entomologiczne 16(1): 7–10.","Marczak D., Lasoń A., Kwiatkowski A., Szawaryn L. 2023a. Contribution to the knowledge of fauna of the Knyszyńska Forest: longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Rocznik Muzeum Górnośląskiego w Bytomiu, Przyroda 29(002): 1–21 [online]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7732067.","Marczak D., Lasoń A., Kwiatkowski A. 2023b. Goleńczykowate (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) Puszczy Knyszyńskiej. Acta entomologica silesiana 31(005): 1–12 [online]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7919109.","Miłkowski M., Tatur-Dytkowski J., Gutowski J.M., Ruta R., Grzywocz J., Konwerski S., Królik R., Kubisz D., Lasoń A., Melke A., Olbrycht T., Szołtys H., Wanat M. 2019. Trogossitidae, Lophocateridae, Peltidae and Thymalidae (Coleoptera:Cleroidea) of Poland: distribution, biology and conservation. Polish Journal of Entomology 88(3): 215–274.","Mokrzycki T., Bohdan A. Kowal B., Lasoń A. Sztabkowska I. 2022. Rzadkie i nowe gatunki chrząszczy (Coleoptera) dla Puszczy Knyszyńskiej. Wiadomości entomologiczne 41(3): 20–25.","Okołów Cz. 1963. Materiały do żerowisk korników – Scolytidae Puszczy Boreckiej. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 29–30: 15–20.","Tatur-Dytkowski J., Borowski J., Gutowski J.M., Hołowiński M., Kruszelnicki L., Miłkowski M., Olbrycht T. 2017. Nowe dane o rozsiedleniu Leioderes kollari Redtenbacher, 1849 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) w Polsce oraz uwagi o biologii gatunku. Wiadomości entomologiczne 36(3): 153–161.","Wanat M., Jałoszyński P., Miłkowski M., Ruta R., Sawoniewicz J. 2011. Nowe dane o występowaniu kobielatkowatych (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) w Polsce. Wiadomości entomologiczne 30(2): 69–83."]}

Two new taxa of Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 from Iran – Anthaxia (Anthaxia) bicolor lugowoji ssp. nov. and Anthaxia (Anthaxia) mareki sp. nov. of the Anthaxia dimidiata species-group are described and illustrated. The new taxa are compared to the species most similar to them, and data about their distributions, bionomy and taxonomic positions are given., {"references":["Baiocchi D. 2008. A new species of Anthaxia from south-western Iran (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 40(2): 323–331.","Baiocchi D. 2011. Three new species of Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 from Iran (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zootaxa 2932: 1–23.","Baiocchi D. 2013. The Anthaxia (Anthaxia) manca (Linnaeus, 1767) species-group in Iran, with description of a new species and a new synonymy (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zootaxa 3613(5): 455–481.","Baiocchi D. 2015. A revision of the Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) schah Abe ille de Perr in, 1904 species-group, with description of two new species from Iran (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini). Zootaxa 3918(1): 057–091.","Baiocchi D., Magnani G. 2006. A new species of Anthaxia from Iran (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 38(2): 219–226.","Baiocchi D., Magnani G. 2010. Description of two new species from the Anthaxia winkleri species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 42(2): 465–492.","Bílý S. 1983. Results of the Czechoslovak-Iranian Entomological Expedition to Iran. Coleoptera, Buprestidae. Acta Entomologica Musaei Nationalis Pragae 41: 29–92.","Bílý S. 1984. Taxonomical and biological notes on Buprestidae from Turkey (Coleoptera). Türkiye Bitki Koruma Dergisi 8: 143–149.","Bílý S. 1991. Taxonomical notes on Anthaxia with descriptions of new taxa (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 88: 121–137.","Bílý S. 1995. Taxonomical and nomenclatorial notes on Anthaxia (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Folia Heyrovskyana 3(4): 40–56.","Bílý S. 2002. New species, subspecies and taxonomical notes on Anthaxia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions. Folia Heyrovskyana 10(4): 195–203.","Bílý S. 2006.Two new species in the Anthaxia (Anthaxia) candens (Panzer , 1793) species-group from Iran and Turkey, with taxonomic notes on the group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zootaxa 1309: 25–35.","Bílý S. 2019. Subgeneric classification of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini). Zootaxa 4568(2): 261–278.","Kubáň V. 2016. Buprestinae, pp. 494–523, In: Löbl I., Löbl D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 3. Scarabaeoidea- Scirtoidea-Dascilloidea-Buprestoidea-Byrrhoidea. Revised and updated edition. Brill, Leiden & Boston.","Niehuis M. 1990. Taxonomisch-zoogeographische Studien zum Anthaxia-dimitiata-Komplex (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins 15(1/2): 41–64.","Niehuis M., Strauss G. 2019. Anthaxia (Anthaxia) togata adlbaueri n. ssp. – eine neue Prachtkäfer-Unterart aus der Südtürkei – Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins 42(1-2): 1–13.","Obenberger J. 1917. Holarktische Anthaxien. Beitrag zu einer Monographie der Gattung. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 82 (A) (1916) 8: 1–187.","Obořil M., Baňař P. 2017. A new species of the genus Anthaxia (Anthaxia) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from The Islamic Republic of Iran. Zootaxa 4273: 423. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.3.6.","Svoboda P. 2003. Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) iveta sp. nov. from Iran and Pakistan (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Folia Heyrovskyana 11: 51–55."]}

The paper presents new faunistic information about 16 species of rare beetles recorded in the Knyszyńska Forest in the years 2008, 2014, 2016, 2019-2020 and 2022. The insects were caught in the “Netocia” windows trap. An entomological umbrella and an insect net were also used. Some species of beetles were identified from photos.

This paper presents data on 23 beetle species recorded for the first time from the Białowieża Forest (Polish part), and among them two species new for the fauna of Poland. All the beetles were collected using multifunnel (Lindgren) traps, placed in the the selected sites of the study area in 2018. Collected species belong to 13 families: Carabidae (1 species), Corylophidae (1), Curculionidae (1), Dermestidae (1), Elateridae (2), Eucnemidae (1), Laemophloeidae (1), Latridiidae (2), Nitidulidae (1), Ptinidae (3), Staphylinidae (7), Throscidae (1) and Trogossitidae (1). Episernus angulicollis C. G. Thomson, 1863 and E. tatarinovae Toskina et Nikitsky, 2003 (Ptinidae) are recorded for the first time from Poland, and Microrhagus pyrenaeus Bonvouloir, 1872 (Elateridae) and Leptusa norvegica Strand, 1941 (Staphylinidae), for the second time. Distribution of all the above species in Poland is briefly discussed and details on the biology of some of them are given. An identification key for the species of the genus Episernus C. G. Thomson, 1863 from Central Europe is presented. Species diversity of beetles in the Polish part of Białowieża Forest is estimated based on published data.

Corrigendum to: New species of Epuraea (Micruria) from Oman (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Epuraeinae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 30(online 009): 1–7. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5801139.

The paper presents new data on the occurrence of 69 beetle species collected in 2017 in the Białowieża Forest, NE Poland. The list contains representatives of 27 families: Anthribidae, Bostrichidae, Ciidae, Cleridae, Coccinellidae, Corylophidae, Cryptophagidae, Curculionidae, Dasytidae, Elateridae, Endomychidae, Eucnemidae, Histeridae, Laemophloeidae, Latridiidae, Leiodidae, Lycidae, Melandryidae, Mycetophagidae, Ptinidae, Ripiphoridae, Salpingidae, Staphylinidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Throscidae, and Zopheridae. The majority of the species represents saproxylic, i.e. dead wood-dependent, beetles. Biology and distribution of some rarely recorded species are briefly discussed. All species are reported for the first time from the Białowieża Forest and, furthermore, Corticaria crenicollis Mannerheim, 1844 (Latridiidae) is new for the fauna of Poland.

Distributional data for 10 species of Peltidae, Lophocateridae, Trogossitidae and Thymalidae recorded from Poland are summarised, and numerous unpublished records are reported. Data on feeding and habitat preferences are analysed. Calitys scabra and Temnoscheila caerulea are probably extinct in Poland. Grynocharis oblonga, Nemozoma elongatum and Tenebroides mauritanicus are relatively common in Poland. Nemozoma caucasicum is currently spreading within Europe and several new records in Poland are reported. Peltis ferruginea, P. grossa, and Thymalus limbatus are restricted to natural forests in Poland, where they are sometimes abundant. We suggest adding Peltis ferruginea and Thymalus limbatus to the Polish Red List of Animals. The opinion that Grynocharis oblonga and Tenebroides mauritanicus are relicts of natural forests does not seem justified.

Pollinator foraging behavior plays a key role in breeding and therefore affects the evolution of the orchid reproductive strategy. Food-deceptive orchids usually implement a generalized plant pollination strategy and a relatively diverse group of pollinators visit them. Dactylorhiza majalis is a food-deceptive, early-flowering orchid that relies on insect-mediated pollination. This study’s objectives were to identify D. majalis’ pollinators and flower visitors and their foraging behaviors on D. majalis inflorescences. We also assessed the bending movement time to determine the relationship between bending time and the duration of pollinators’ visits. To assess pollination efficiency, we measured the spur length of D. majalis flowers, which is expected to affect the mechanical fit to pollinators/“potential” pollinators. The arthropod fauna were investigated to examine the availability of “potential” pollinators in populations. We identified Apis mellifera as this orchid’s main pollinator and confirmed that few of the flower visitors belonged to Diptera (12 individuals, 9 taxa), Hymenoptera (3 individuals, 3 taxa), or Coleoptera (2 individuals, 2 taxa) in our dataset, which was collected over a 2-year period and includes 360 h of video. The arthropods were collected by a sweep net in D. majalis populations and there were fewer Hymenoptera (2.9–23.2%) and Coleoptera (4.4–23.8%) visitors but more Diptera (23.3–58.6%) visitors. We found that A. mellifera foraged in different ways on D. majalis inflorescences, thereby resulting in cross-pollination and/or geitonogamy; however, the bending time data supported the hypothesis about promoting cross-pollination while decreasing self-pollination, but these data do not exclude the possibility of geitonogamy.

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Oedemera viridula Seidlitz, 1899 (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) a new beetle species to the Polish fauna and information about its occurrence in other countries of the Western Palearctic. Oedemera viridula Seidlitz, 1899 (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) is a species of beetle new to the fauna of Poland. New localities in Eastern Beskid Mts., Małopolska Upland, Masovian Lowland, Podlasie Lowland, Wielkopolska-Kujawy Lowland and the Lower and Upper Silesia are reported. The distribution sites of this species in Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey were also given., {"references":["Kubisz D. 1992. Zalęszczycowate – Oedemeridae. Klucze do oznaczania owadów Polski, cz. XIX, zeszyt 85, 145: 1–52.","Kubisz D., Iwan D. 2020. Oedemeridae, In: Iwan D., Löbl I. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5. Revised and updated second edition. Tenebrionoidea. Brill, Leiden, Boston: 476–499.","Kubisz D., Królik R., Dobosz R., Pett ersson R.B. 2007. Oedemeridae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea) in Turkey – preliminary check-list and materials to the distribution. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology 14–15: 111–130.","Lompe A. 2020. Oedemera viridula Seidlitz, 1899 eine valide Art, in Deutschland und Europa verbreitet. (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae). Nachrichtenblatt bayerischer Entomologen 69(3/4): 92–97.","Švihla V. 1999. Revision of the subgenera Stenaxis and Oedemera s.str. of the genus Oedemera (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae). Folia Heyrovskyana, Suppl. 4: 1–117.","Švihla V. 2008. Oedemeridae, In: Löbl I., Smetana A.(Eds.). 2007, Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera 5. Stenstrup, Apollo Books: 640 pp."]}

This paper reviews the lower-ranked taxa within the species Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) and describes a new subspecies P. arcuatus shirazensis based on specimens from Iran. Some comments are made on the morphology of the subspecies, and a key, together with an exhaustive photographic documentation, is provided for their identification. The distribution ranges of these various taxa are discussed and basic biological information on all the subspecies is given. We explain our opposition to the subspecies Plagionotus arcuatus tastani Özdikmen, Atak & Uçkan, 2017, and have accordingly synonymized it with the nominative subspecies.

Xylomedes bidasi Borowski & Lasoń n. sp. (Figs 1–2, 14, 17) Type material. Holotype: Iran occ., VI 2010, Fars prov., Zagros Mts., Malashoreh pass, 1900m, 30km S of Yasui, J. Simandl lgt., female, (DFP). Paratypes: Iran, Fārs, 29°11'N / 53°23'E, 1830m, Kuhhā-ye Zagros, Mïān Jangal, 36km NW of Fasā, 8 V 2017, Acer and Pistacia forest, Pistacia sp., ex. cult. (imago 06 VI 2017), female, (DFB); Iran, Fārs, 29°11'N / 53°23'E, 1830m, Kuhhā-ye Zagros, Mïān Jangal, 36km NW of Fasā, 8 V 2017, Acer and Pistacia forest, Pistacia sp., ex. cult. (imago 06 VI 2017), female, (AL); Iran, Lorestan, 33°28'N / 49°4'E, 1490m, Kuhhā-ye Zagros, 2km SSE of Dorud, 24 IV 2016, leg. Andrzej Lasoń, mountain meadow, Pistacia sp., ex. cult. (imago 19 VI 2016), female, (AL); Iran, Lorestan, 33°28'N / 49°4'E, 1490m, Kuhhā-ye Zagros, 2km SSE of Dorud, 24 IV 2016, leg. Andrzej Lasoń, mountain meadow, Pistacia sp., ex. cult. (imago 06 VIII 2016), female, (AL); Iran occ., VI 2010, Fars prov., Zagros Mts., Malashoreh pass, 1900m, 30km S of Yasui, J. Simandl lgt., male, (DFP); Iran, Fars prov., 80km SE Darab, N 28°25'23", E 55°09'09", 24 V 2014, 1512m, Walter Grosser lgt., female, (DFP). Descriptions. Female. Body cylindrically elongated, 11.5-13.8 mm in length, brownish-red to dark brown (Fig. 1). Labrum with dense brush of golden setae on the sides and anterior margin. Epistome deeply arcuately emarginated, posteriorly covered with short, fine erect setulae, golden setae on lateral parts much longer and denser. Frontoclypeal suture indistinct, in the form of fine striola. Front markedly convex, with two elevated outgrowths near posteromedian margins of eyes. Frontal surface finely transversely wrinkled and indistinctly granulated. Sides with brushes of dense erect golden setae disappearing before the tips of outgrowths; median part with fine, erect, much sparser setulae. Short but conspicuous furrow runs between outgrowths. Occipital part of head indistinctly pubescent, covered with fine lustrous papillae. Eyes large, semiglobular, distinctly protruding from head outline. Antennae 10-jointed, with 3-jointed club whose two basal joints ca 1.5 times wider than long, and elongated terminal joint somewhat shorter than basal two together. Pronotum slightly wider than long, usually darker than elytra. Anterior third of surface finely rugose with some larger denticles localized mainly near anterior angles; median part covered with fine, shining, moderately dense papillae, progressively larger and denser sideward. Pronotal pubescence twofold: long and erect on sides, much shorter, finer, semierect, forward directed at middle. Scutellum distinct, elongated, apically slightly rounded or transversely truncated. Elytra elongated, partly parallelsided, apices sharply angular, somewhat divergent. Ventral side of apical margins without distinct notches or denticles, suture on truncation swollen and slightly elevated. Puncturation dense, irregular, fine, here and there arranged into longitudinal rows. Pubescence conspicuous, consisting of yellowish-brown setae of unequal length: short, erect, backward directed dominate, but between them sparser, long, vertically erect ones also occur; on truncation and sides setae are somewhat denser than on dorsal surface. Legs brownish-red with long (especially on tibiae) erect setae. Outer side of protibiae with fine denticles and one large terminal dent bent outwards at nearly right angle. Inner edges of protibiae denser pubescent with one large hooked terminal dent. Tarsi longer than tibiae, 4-jointed, joints flattened laterally; tarsomere 1 extremely small, barely discernible, closely attached to normally long tarsomere 2; terminal joints of all tarsi with pairs of large claws. Abdomen paler than sternum, hind margins of sternites paler still. Ventral side covered with long, recumbent or semierect setae. Anal sternite with dense brush of golden setulae on apical margin. Male. Length 11 mm. Body cylindrically elongated, blackish-brown (Fig. 2). Labrum brownish-red; anterior margin with dense brush of golden setae.Anterior margin of epistome deeply triangularly emarginated in the middle, emargination almost reaching the hind margin (Fig. 17); frontoclypeal suture in the form of furrow, deepest and most conspicuous at middle. Sides of epistome with golden erect setae. Front finely sparsely granulated with, also fine and sparse, erect setae. Occipital part of head with denser, more lustrous and distinctly larger granules. Eyes not large, moderately convex. Antennae 10-jointed with 3-jointed club, whose basal two joints somewhat wider than long and terminal joint elongated, equal in length to sum of basal two. Antennal pubescence very short, setulae sparsely distributed. Pronotum square in dorsal aspect, anterior margin slightly arcuately emarginated, anterior angles prolonged into downward directed process adorned with two large denticles, the second of them forming a hooked apex of process. Anteriorly pronotum covered with tubercles and denticles of various size, largest near apical angles and smallest medially; at middle of basal part granulae are sparse and fine. Pronotal pubescence sparse, more conspicuous on sides and apical part; the anterior half—especially on the sides—covered with fine, sparse, erect setulae; those on middle and basal parts are almost exclusively fine and recumbent. Scutellum clearly visible, elongated, apex broadly rounded. Elytra partly parallelsided, humeri prominent, truncation gently sloping. Surface densely covered with deep, irregularly spaced punctures (only on the sides partly arranged into longitudinal rows). Suture on truncation swollen and elevated. Elytral apices jointly rounded, not spiniform. Ventral side of apical margins finely denticulate. Elytral pubescence yellowish-brown, short, recumbent or semierect, on the sides and truncation somewhat longer (on truncation exclusively erect and slightly thicker). Ventral side blackishbrown, barely pubescent (only on the sides of prothorax and—especially—metaventrite longer setulae are more conspicuous). Hind margins of sternites paler. Legs brownish-red. Outer edge of protibiae finely denticulate, with single large terminal dent bent at almost right angle outwards; inner edge more densely pubescent and ending with very large hooked dent. Tarsi longer than tibiae, laterally flattened, seemingly 4-jointed: basal joint extremely small, barely discernible, closely attached to normally sized second; distal joints with pairs of large claws. Diagnosis. Females of X. bidasi n. sp. are smaller than X. cornifrons (Baudi) (min. 14.5 mm) but larger than X. laticornis (Lesne) (max. 9 mm), easily distinguishable from other species by a conspicuous furrow between elevated outgrowths at the hind margins of the eyes: no such furrow occurs in any other representative of the genus. In shape of these outgrowths the new species resembles rather X. cornifrons than X. laticornis, in which they form transverse, narrowly separated carinulae. A significant characteristic distinguishing X. bidasi n. sp. from X. cornifrons is a finely transversely rugose frontal surface with fine separate setulae in the former as compared to a coarsely punctured surface with tufts of golden setae in the latter. Additionally in the new species elytral apices are not spiniformly prolonged (Fig. 14) like in X. cornifrons, resembling rather X. laticornis, whose females, however, have all tarsomeres covered with very long erect setae, whereas in X. bidasi n. sp. long semierect setae occur only on basal joints. Male X. bidasi n. sp. are smaller than X. cornifrons (Baudi) (min. 13 mm), but larger than X. laticornis (Lesne) (max. 9 mm). In colouration it resembles X. cornifrons, being totally different from the yellowish-brown to pale brown males of X. laticornis. The best diagnostic character of X. bidasi n. sp. is emargination of the anterior margin of epistome: very deep triangular in the new species (Fig. 17), shallow and arcuate in other representatives of the genus (Figs 18–19). Elytral apices, jointly rounded in contrast to spiniform in X. cornifrons, are somewhat similar to those in X. laticornis, the males of which, however, differ in having the entire body (including the tarsi) covered with very long erect setae. Etymology. The name is proposed to honour our colleague, the excellent beetle-collector, Marek Bidas (Kielce, Poland) on the occasion of his retirement. Bionomy. The species has been collected mainly in dry forest steppe and semidesertic areas of the Zagros Mts. (Figs 20–21). Imagines have been reared in June and July from Pistacia sp. branches, 1–1.5 cm. in diameter, collected in April and May—considering these specimens as well as those collected in the field, it can be supposed that the maximum swarming occurs in June., Published as part of Jerzy, Borowski, Andrzej, Lasoń & Marek, Sławski, 2021, Remarks on Xylomedes Lesne, 1902 with description of a new species from Iran (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae, Apatinae), pp. 291-300 in Zootaxa 4941 (2) on pages 292-298, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4941.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4595109

Ca. 400 new records of Cerylonidae in Poland is reported. The only record of Cerylon bescidicum in Poland was based on misidentification and the species should not be included on lists of beetles of Poland. Cerylon fagi, C. ferrugineum, and C. histeroides are common in Poland, C. deplanatum and C. impressum are rare but known from localities in various regions of Poland, and Philothermus evanescens is rare, and seems to be restricted to well preserved forests.

Agrilus pseudocyaneus, Buprestidae, new records, Podlasie, Knyszyńska Forest

The genus Meligethinus Grouvelle, 1906 represents a small group of pollen beetles, including some twenty species distributed from southern Palaearctic areas to northern Oriental and Afrotropical regions. All constituent species appear to be strictly associated as larvae and adults to male inflorescences of palms (Monocots: Arecaceae). Two new species of this genus (Meligethinus mondlanei sp. nov. and M. hamerlae sp. nov.) were recently discovered in southern Mozambique, and are described herein. Both are associated as larvae with male inflorescences of the widespread eastern African palm Phoenix reclinata Jacq. The two new species are compared with related taxa from central Africa. Additionally, the presence of additional species of the same genus in southern Mozambique is reported, and the local associations of several Meligethinus species are discussed.

Agriotes proximus Schwarz, 1891 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Elaterinae) – a new species of beetle for the Polish fauna. Agriotes proximus Schwarz, 1891 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Elaterinae) is reported as new to the Polish fauna. The data of locality are given., {"references":["Burakowski B., Mroczkowski M., Stefańska J. 1985. Chrząszcze Coleoptera – Buprestoidea, Elateroidea i Cantharoidea. Katalog fauny Polski 23(10): 1–401.","Cate P. C. 2007. Elateridae Leach, 1815 (Cebrioninae, Lissominae, Subprotelaterinae), pp. 94–207, In: Löbl I., Smetana A. (Eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 4. Apollo Books, Stenstrup.","Kabalak M., Sert O. 2011. Systematic Studies on the male genital organs of Central Anatolian Elateridae (Coleoptera) species Part I: The Subfamilies Elaterinae and Melanotinae. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry 39(1): 71–82.","Laibner S. 2000. Elateridae of the Czech and Slovak Republic. Kabourek, Zlín: 292 pp.","Tarnawski D., Platia G., Mertlik J. 2018. Catalogue of the family Elateridae (Coleoptera) from Turkey. Polish Entomological Monographs 17: 1–287."]}

New species Epuraea (Haptoncus) oedipoda sp. nov. from New Caledonia is decribed and its relationship to closely related invasive cosmopolitan species E. (H.) ocularis Fairmaire, 1849 is discussed.

During recent expeditions in North and Southwest Iran, 10 species of Kateretidae and Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) were found. One species of Kateretidae, Brachyleptus bicoloratus Reitter, 1896, and three nitidulid species, Afrogethes schilskyi (Reitter, 1897), Stachygethes khnzoriani (Kirejtshuk, 1979), and S. nigerrimus (Rosenhauer, 1856) are recorded for the first time for the Iranian fauna (the latter is also a new record for Asia). Thymogethes ahriman (Jelínek, 1981) is herein resurrected to species rank, and two species, Thymogethes kassites sp. nov. and T. khorasanicus sp. nov., are described as new. An updated key to the known Near East and Afghan species of the genus Thymogethes Audisio & Cline, 2009 is also provided. Available and recently collected biological and distributional data, as well as short taxonomic comments, are given for the discussed species.

Kateretidae and Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) of the Mazovian Lowland The state of knowledge of the Kateretidae and Nitidulidae in the Mazovian Lowland is summarized, including new records and a complete set of original literature data. In total, 9 species of Kateretidae and 79 species of Nitidulidae are listed, of which 1 species of the Kateretidae and 13 of the Nitidulidae were not previously reported.

research, This paper updates our present knowledge on the geographical distribution and host plant relationships of Turkish species of the sap- and pollen-beetle family Nitidulidae. Priazenobia Jelínek, 1997 from eastern Mediterranean areas is synonymized with Pria angustula Cooper, 1982, from South Africa (syn. nov.). The unknown ovipositor of Xerogethes osellai Audisio Jelínek, 2000, a species endemic to central Turkey, is described, and the first information on its biology is reported. Glischrochilus quadripunctatus(Linnaeus, 1758)(Tunceli Province) and Pityophagus quercus Reitter, 1877 (Balikesir Province) are first recorded for the Turkish fauna.The distributions of Glischrochilus hortensis (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785), Soronia grisea (Linnaeus, 1758),Brassicogethes cristofaroi(Audisio De Biase, 2005), Stachygethes zarudnyi (Kirejtshuk, 1984), S. assimilis (Sturm, 1845), Sagittogethes biondii (Audisio, 1988), and S. hoffmanni (Reitter, 1871) are updated. The previously unknown larval host plants of other Turkish and Balkan Meligethinae are identified, and Clypeogethes chlorocyaneus (Jelínek Audisio, 1977) is first reported from Greece. Finally, a new updated checklist of the Turkish Nitidulidae is presented.

The current knowledge of the geographic distribution of short-winged flower beetles and sap beetles (Kateretidae and Nitidulidae, respectively) from Iran is summarized. In total, 84 species of Nitidulidae (in 22 genera and 5 subfamilies: Epuraeinae, Carpophilinae, Cryptarchinae, Nitidulinae, Meligethinae) and 6 species of Kateretidae (in 4 genera: Brachyleptus Motschulsky, Brachypterolus Grouvelle, Brachypterus Kugelann, Kateretes Herbst) are listed. Brachyleptus discolor Reitter, Brachypterus glaber (Newman) (both Kateretidae), Epuraea distincta (Grimmer), Soronia oblonga (Brisout), Lamiogethes bidens (Brisout), Lamiogethes medvedevi (Kirejtshuk), Sagittogethes devillei (Grouvelle) and Xerogethes rotundicollis (Brisout) (Nitidulidae) are new records for Iran.

The cosmopolitan genus Glischrochilus Reitter, 1873 (Nitidulidae: Cryptarchinae) is distributed in Holarctic and Oriental regions. According to the most recent catalogue (Jelinek & Audisio 2007), 32 species are known from the Palaearctic region. In China the genus is represented by 13 species, most of which were described by Jelinek (1975, 1982, 1999) and Lason (2009).

Glischrochilus (Librodor) forcipatus (Fairmaire, 1889) has been known from the single holotype which could not be dissected, so that the status of the species remained doubtful. New specimens of G. forcipatus, recently collected after ca. 120 years, are redescribed and compared with related species G. (L.) japonius (Motschulsky, 1857), G. (L.) jelineki Lasoń, 2009 and G. (L.) parvipustulatus (Kolbe, 1886). Validity of G. forcipatus is confirmed and key for identification of the similar species is given.

A new species of Epuraea, Epuraea sutcuimamun Avgm, Lasoń & Audisio sp. n., from southern Turkey (Taurus Chain) was identified using morphological analyses. This species is a member ofa circum—Mediterranean endemic group of sap beetles, the Epuraea latipes species group of the Dadopora lineage, which are mostly associated with cedar (Cedrus spp.) forests. Herein, the new species is described, the previously unknown association of the little-known Epuraea subparallela Grouvelle 1896 with meso-xerophilous oaks is reported, and some new records from southern Turkey (Taurus Chain) are listed for the latter species (previously only known from the Nur Mts. in SE Turkey, Osmaniye and Iskenderun provinces). An identification key to species of Dadopora lineage is also provided. Finally, the main palaeogeographic events affecting the Miocene to Holocene dispersal and evolution of species/populations of the Dadopora lineage on cedars and oaks, and the coincident distributional dynamics of Western Palaearctic Cedrus populations throughout the Mediterranean Basin, are discussed.