Vol 95

A new species of the Bembidion subgenus Peryphus DEJEAN, 1821 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is described from southern Ethiopia. Bembidion (Peryphus) fridae sp.n. was found in the Afromontane Harenna Forest on the southern slope of the Bale Mountains. It differs from all other Ethiopian species of that subgenus, first of all, in the larger body size, the markedly elongate elytra and the rounded humeri. So far, only two female specimens are available. A key to the species of the subgenus Peryphus known to occur in Ethiopia is provided. New faunistic data on several additional Bembidion species occurring in the Ethiopian Highlands are also presented. Bembidion (Notaphocampa) foveolatum DEJEAN, 1831 is recorded from Ethiopia for the first time.

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Seven new species of the genera Allopachria ZIMMERMANN, 1924 and Microdytes BALFOUR- BROWNE, 1946 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) are described: Allopachria brancuccii sp.n. (Laos), A. laotica sp.n. (Laos), A. stefaniae sp.n. (Laos), Microdytes cattienensis sp.n. (Vietnam), M. danxiashanensis sp.n. (China: Guangdong), M. dinghuensis sp.n. (China: Guangdong), and M. jinggangensis sp.n. (China: Jiangxi). Habitus and male genitalia of the new species are illustrated. Allopachria wangi WEWALKA & NILSSON, 1994 is recorded for the first time from Continental China (Guangdong). First records for four provinces and one autonomous region of China are provided for four species of Allopachria and three species of Microdytes. In addition, three species of Microdytes are newly recorded from two Indian states and one province of Laos.

Hydrovatus keralensis sp.n. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydrovatinae) is described from India (Kerala State). Habitus and male genitalia of the new species are illustrated as well as the median lobes of two similar species, H. maai BISTRÖM, 1997 and H. similis BISTRÖM, 1997. Hydrovatus maai is recorded for the first time from three countries: China (Guangdong, Hainan), Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as from two provinces of Indonesia (East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan), and from one state in Malaysia (Pahang). A distribution map for all three species treated herein is provided.

Guyancourt: Opie, 229 pp. Weiche Buchbindung.

Faunistic data on 32 species of Dytiscidae collected at 26 sampling sites in the north-western and central-southern parts of Mongolia are reported. Agabus conspersus (MARSHAM, 1802) is recorded for the first time from this country. The occurrence of Oreodytes alpinus (PAYKULL, 1798) in Mongolia is here confirmed. First province records of 13 species are presented. Finally, the occurrence of Hygrotus chinensis (SHARP, 1882) in Mongolia is discussed, and the species is excluded from the Mongolian fauna.

Hydraena (s.str.) lombardica sp.n. (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), a member of the H. (s.str.) rufipes group, is described from central-northern Italy (Lombardia and Piemonte). It is most closely related to H. (s.str.) andreinii ORCHYMONT, 1934, replacing the latter geographically north of the River Po. Although the new species is found also in a small area of NW Piemonte, it can be regarded as subendemic to the Lombardia Region. The type locality of H. (s.str.) andreinii has been attributed to Arezzo Province (Toscana Region) in the original description (ORCHYMONT 1934) and by some subsequent authors, but actually it lies in Perugia Province (Umbria Region). Hydraena (s.str.) andreinii is recorded from the provinces of Piacenza and Rimini for the first time. A complete list of references for H. andreinii (including those actually referring to the new species) is presented. Photographs of the habitus, male genitalia and male metatibiae, as well as a distribution map showing all known localities of H. andreinii and H. lombardica are provided. The aedeagi and the male metatibiae of H. alia ORCHYMONT, 1934 and H. intermedia ROSENHAUER, 1847 are also depicted.

A new species of Rhynchocheilus SHARP, 1889 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) is described from Yunnan Province, China: R. popeye. The species is compared to its closest relative R. monstrosipes (SCHILLHAMMER, 2001). Habitus images of both species are provided, and morpho- logical and genital details of both species are illustrated.

Fuzhou: The Straights Publishing House, 28 + 316 pp. Hardcover.

A new species of Turgiditarsus SCHILLHAMMER, 1997 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini, Acylophorina) is described from Thailand: T. siamensis. Morphological details are illust- rated and an updated key to species is presented.

The Oriental rove beetle genus Paratolmerus CAMERON, 1932 (Coleoptera: Staphylininae: Acylopho- rina) is comprehensively reviewed for the first time, resulting in Paratolmerus assingi BRUNKE & SCHILLHAMMER, sp.n. (Thailand), P. vietnamensis BRUNKE & SCHILLHAMMER sp.n. (Vietnam), and a new country record for P. siamensis ROUGEMONT, 1991 (Malaysia). A key to the six known species is provided. With the exception of the type species, which appears to be montane, all other known taxa are found along lowland streams, habitats that have been heavily degraded by human activity.

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Taxonomic and faunistic data for eleven species of the genus of Amphichroum KRAATZ, 1857 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) of China and the Himalayan Region are pre- sented. Two new species are described and illustrated: A. bellum sp.n. (Nepal: Gandaki) and A. schillhammeri sp.n. (China: Shaanxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan). A distribution map for A. schillhammeri is given. First records are provided for the following six species: A. angustilobatum SHAVRIN & SMETANA, 2018 from Hubei (China), A. anthobioides CHAMPION, 1925 from Gandaki (Nepal), A. nepalicum (COIFFAIT, 1982) from Bagmati (Nepal), A. squamosum SHAVRIN & SMETANA, 2018 and A. subaequale SHAVRIN & SMETANA, 2018 from Yunnan (China), and A. telnovi SHAVRIN, 2021 from Karnali and Bagmati (Nepal).

Two new species of Helophorus FABRICIUS, 1775 (Coleoptera: Helophoridae) are described from the East Palearctic Region: H. orientalitibeticus sp.n. (China, Tibet), and H. kasparyani sp.n. (Russia, East Siberia).

Information on the new depository of a large and important part of the collection of Petr Pacholátko (1958–2025; Brno, Czechia) is provided. His collection of Sericinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is now housed in the Museum Koenig Bonn (Germany). A complete checklist of the holotypes trans- ferred to the Museum Koenig Bonn is presented. Petr Pacholátko’s collecting activities are summarized. Photographs of some of his specimens and his field trips are provided.

A new species of Heteroceridae, Heterocerus haladai sp.n. (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae), is described from Tanzania. Nine species, Augyles pallens (CHARPENTIER, 1965), A. parvus (GROUVELLE, 1909), Heterocerus atroincertus CHARPENTIER, 1965, H. elongatus GROUVELLE, 1896, H. incertus GROUVELLE, 1896, H. nodieri GROUVELLE, 1919, H. ornatus GROUVELLE, 1906, H. planoincertus CHARPENTIER, 1979, and H. vulpes GROUVELLE, 1906, are reported from various Afrotropical countries for the first time.

A new species of the genus Polyzonus DEJEAN, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Callichromatini) is described from Vietnam: Polyzonus danangensis.

Five new species of Conoderinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae) are described from French Guiana: Eulechriops albobasalis sp.n., E. albostriatus sp.n., E. quadrimaculosus sp.n., Macrocopturus x-littera sp.n., and Microzurus albosutura sp.n. Due to a junior homonymy of Eulechriops nanus HUSTACHE 1939, this name is replaced by E. hustachei nom.n. Habitus photographs of the new species are provided.

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Two new species of Sharpia TOURNIER, 1873 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Smicronychini) are described: Sharpia persica from Iran (Fars and Yazd provinces), very closely related to S. stanovskyi KOŠŤÁL, 2023, and S. pelikani from Oman (Al-Batína and Dhofar governorates), closely related to S. soluta FAUST, 1885.

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