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**Six new species of Nesocordulia McLachlan, 1882 reveal an insular evolutionary radiation of dragonflies on Madagascar (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libelluloidea)**

RAFAŁ BERNARD — 2025-07-09

Nesocordulia McLachlan, 1882 is a poorly known dragonfly genus endemic to Madagascar and the Comoros. The genus is revised, and all twelve species are described, including six new ones: N. coloratissima sp. nov., N. evanida sp. nov., N. fossa sp. nov., N. ipsio sp. nov., N. lyricauda sp. nov., and N. odonator sp. nov. All are well-defined, with notably distinct male cerci, hamules, and colouration. While an identification key for males of all species is provided, this is based on single specimens for six of them. Females are known for only six species. While several radiations of damselfly genera had been recognised in the Malagasy Region already, Nesocordulia is the first to be uncovered in the suborder Anisoptera. Due to the scarcity of data, the exact drivers of their diversification remain unclear, however. While seven species are known from the humid and subhumid forest zone of eastern and north-western Madagascar, and only N. coloratissima and N. villiersi Legrand, 1984 appear confined to the drier west and to the Comoros respectively, the exact collection localities of three species remain unknown. Although the limited data suggest that most species are localised, the few species with more records appear to be fairly widespread. The species’ ecology is almost unknown, with more details provided on the habitat and behaviour of N. evanida only, and their conservation status is also largely unknown. Four species have not been recorded for over a century, however, while only N. coloratissima and N. evanida were confirmed to inhabit anthropogenically influenced landscapes.

Nesiophasma davisdamaledoi sp. nov.—a new stick insect from the island of Sumba, Indonesia (Insecta: Phasmatodea)

FRANK H. HENNEMANN — 2025-07-09

The new stick insect Nesiophasma davisdamaledoi sp. nov. from the island of Sumba is described and illustrated from both sexes and eggs. It is the first species of the genus Nesiophasma Günther, 1934 and first stick insect to be recorded from Sumba and the third species of Nesiophasma to become known from the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Information on its habitat, host plants, biology and captive breeding are provided. Updated keys to the species of Nesiophasma are presented. The holotype of the new species as well as that of the Timorese Nesiophasma sobesonbaii Hennemann et al., 2023 are deposited in the collection of Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB).

**The genus Zelodia van Achterberg & Long (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Agathidinae) from China with description of two new species**

QIONG WU — 2025-07-09

The species of Zelodia van Achterberg & Long, 2010 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from China are revised and ten species are recognized. Two new species, Z. henanensis Wu & Tang, sp. nov. and Z. liui Wu & Tang, sp. nov., are described and illustrated. Zelodia anginota van Achterberg & Long, 2010, is recorded from China for the first time. A key to the Chinese species of the genus Zelodia is provided.

**A small giant in the darkness: A new cave-dwelling Charinus (Amblypygi: Charontidae) from northeast Brazil**

PRISCILA EMANUELA DE SOUZA — 2025-07-09

This study presents the description of a new species of the genus Charinus Simon, 1892, the 103rd recorded for the genus and the largest known to date. Discovered in Brejões I Cave, a significant speleological site in northern Brazil, the species is characterized by a well-developed eyes, and a specific pattern of spination on the pedipalps and cheliceral claws. In addition to the species description, we provide an updated dichotomous key for Brazilian species of the genus and a distribution map. The formal naming and description of cave-dwelling species are crucial for assessing biodiversity and guiding conservation strategies. The new species was found exclusively within the cave, and no surveys have been conducted in surrounding areas to evaluate its broader distribution. This highlights the urgent need for expanded sampling efforts and reinforces the importance of protecting Brazil’s speleological heritage, which is under increasing threat and directly affects the preservation of subterranean biodiversity.

**New species of Jambu Miglio, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2024 and Guyruita Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, with notes on Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875**

NAILA AMANDA S. SANTOS — 2025-07-09

Two new species of Brazilian Amazon theraphosids are described. A new species of Guyruita Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007, Guyruita tepequem sp. nov. is described based on a male from the State of Roraima. It differs from all other Guyruita species by the male palp having the bulb embolus with a distal torsion and the color pattern with an ovoid large clear spot on the center of the abdomen dorsum. A new species of Jambu Miglio, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2024, Jambu yanomami sp. nov., is herein described based on male and female from the State of Amazonas, Brazil. Jambu yanomami sp. nov. differs from those of all other congeners by the male palp lacking a paraembolic apophysis on the ring-shaped keel and a short embolus, whereas the female is unique in the spermathecae having two separate receptacles. After examining the female holotype of Proshapalopus variegatus Caporiacco, 1955, presently included in Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875, we transfer the species to Chromatopelma Schmidt, 1995 and consider it a junior synonym of Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens Strand, 1907.

**A new species of the genus Dzhugesia Wehrli (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae) from Iran**

FARIBA KAMYAB — 2025-07-09

A series of geometrid moths belonging to the little-known genus Dzhugesia Wehrli, 1936, were collected in southern Iran (Kerman Province). Both morphological characters and DNA barcoding confirm that the specimens represent a new species, herein described as D. alierfani Makhov & Kamyab sp. nov. Additional remarks on the diagnostic characters of the genus Dzhugesia are provided. The relationships between Dzhugesia and the closely related genera Crocallis and Scodiomima are also discussed. Furthermore, the misidentification of a specimen previously submitted to the BOLD database is corrected. This study constitutes the first record of the genus Dzhugesia from Iran. D. miatleuskii is recorded as new species for the fauna of Iran.

**First report of the genus Opostega Zeller, 1839 (Lepidoptera, Opostegidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species**

HAO SUN — 2025-07-09

The genus Opostega Zeller, 1839 is newly recorded from China. Opostega apicidissecta sp. nov. from Xinjiang and O. magnirotunda sp. nov. from Hainan are described as new. Images of adults and male genitalia are provided, along with a key to species of Opostega in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. Additionally, the distribution of Opostegidae across China and neighboring countries is assessed.

**A new species and new record of Cryptoperla Needham, 1980 (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae) from China**

HANYU LI — 2025-07-09

A new species of the genus Cryptoperla Needham, 1909, C. bisaccata sp. nov., is described from Shaanxi Province, China. Cryptoperla pentagonalis Zwick & Sivec, 1980, previously was known only from India and Nepal, is reported from the Xizang Autonomous Region for the first time. This represents a new country record for China and new Peltoperlidae record for Xizang Autonomous Region. Illustrations and color images are provided for each species together with a morphology-based comparison with related congeners.

**Description of two new cryptic species related to Halpe gamma Evans, 1937 from China (Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae)**

GUO-XI XUE — 2025-07-09

Two new species, namely Halpe inayoshii sp. nov. from Hainan and H. hsuyufengi sp. nov. from Guangdong and Guangxi of China, are described based on diagnostic differences in the 658 bp COI gene sequence and adult morphology, as compared to H. gamma Evans, 1937. Differences in the wing patterns and genitalia of the three species are explained and illustrated.

**Validation of two species of Caridina (Decapoda: Atyidae) from New Guinea**

YIXIONG CAI — 2025-07-09

Cotesia ginginensis sp. nov., a new species of parasitoid wasp (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Queensland, Australia

ERINN P. FAGAN-JEFFRIES — 2025-07-09

**Call characters of Zhangixalus spp. frogs from Southeast Asia, with a new call profile for Zhangixalus faristsalhadii from Central Java, Indonesia (Anuran: Rhacophoridae)**

ROULAND IBNUDARDA — 2025-07-09