Insects: Thysanoptera; Coleoptera; Hymenoptera; Hemiptera

Article
Zootaxa 3251: 1–29 (30 Mar. 2012)  8 plates; 70 references                 Accepted: 9 Feb. 2012
Review of Chirothrips and related genera (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of the Americas, with descriptions of one new genus and four new species 
SUEO NAKAHARA (USA) & ROBERT G. FOOTTIT (Canada)
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Article
Zootaxa 3251: 30–46 (30 Mar. 2012) 9 plates; 30 references                 Accepted: 7 Feb. 2012
Notes on the genera and species in the mealybug tribe Serrolecaniini Shinji (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) from China with description of a new species 
SAN-AN WU & YUAN LU (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3251: 47–56 (30 Mar. 2012) 6 plates; 25 references                 Accepted: 10 Feb. 2012
The larval morphology and nest habits of Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) rogenhoferi Kohl 1884 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) 
EDUARDO GONÇALVES PATERSON FOX, DANIEL RUSS SOLIS, MÔNICA LANZONI ROSSI, RODRIGO MACHADO FEITOSA & ANTONIO DOMINGOS BRESCOVIT (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3251: 57–63 (30 Mar. 2012) 5 plates; 2 references                 Accepted: 10 Feb. 2012
Two new species of Rhagovelia from Colombia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) with revised keys to the Colombian species in the torquata and robusta groups 
DORA N. PADILLA-GIL (Colombia)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3251: 64–68 (30 Mar. 2012) 2 plates; 20 references                 Accepted: 13 Feb. 2012
First record of the black twig borer Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) from Europe 
ANTONIO P. GARONNA (Italy), STEPHANIE A. DOLE (USA), ANTONIO SARACINO (Italy), STEFANO MAZZOLENI (Italy) & GENNARO CRISTINZIO (Italy)
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