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A catalogue of Limacodidae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea) from India

JALIL AHMAD — 2025-07-29

A total of 195 species belonging to 80 genera of Limacodidae are catalogued from India, including 3 newly recorded species: Altha (Belgoraea) rufescens Swinhoe, 1893, Belippa ochreata Yoshimoto, 1994, and Prapata bisinuosa Holloway, 1990. The genus Miresa Walker, 1855 is the most diverse genus in India, representing 10 species, followed by Parasa Moore, in Horsfield & Moore (1858–59) with 9 species, and Scopelodes Westwood, 1841 with 8 species. Of the 80 genera documented, 39 are monotypic. A comprehensive series of data on the diversity of Indian Limacodidae, with information on type species, type localities, synonyms, and distribution in different parts of India as well as global records, are provided.

**A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from southeast Yunnan, China**

HONGXIN ZHOU — 2025-07-29

Hemiphyllodactylus species in clade 6 of Agung et al. (2022) have distributions spanning Vietnam, Thailand, and China. Numerous new species have been described in the recent past. An integrated taxonomic analysis was conducted on populations in Guangnan County, southeastern Yunnan Province. A phylogenetic reconstruction based on mitochondrial ND2 sequences indicated that this population belongs to clade 6 and is most closely related to the recently described Hemiphyllodactylus yanshanensis, from which it is separated by a geographical distance of only 80 kilometers. Furthermore, evidence from morphological characteristics, color pattern and haplotypes of ND2 and C-mos suggest that it represents a new species. Here, we describe it as a new species and discuss the potential existence of numerous cryptic species among populations of Hemiphyllodactylus in Vietnam, Thailand, and China, noting that medicinal use is one of the potential threats to members of this genus.

Description of a new forest-dwelling bent-toed gecko of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand

NATEE AMPAI — 2025-07-29

A new forest-dwelling bent-toed gecko of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius group is described from a dry evergreen forest habitat in the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Wang Nam Khiao District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand. Based on an integrative taxonomic approach using molecular analyses of the mitochondrial ND2 gene and statistical analyses of morphological characteristics it was revealed that the Sakaerat population is the sister species of C. kulenensis from Banteay Srei District, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia and differs morphologically from all other species in the C. intermedius group. Cyrtodactylus sakaeratensis sp. nov. is differentiated from its congeners by having the combination of a SVL 64.6–80.0 mm in adult males (n = 14) and 65.0–83.1 mm in adult female (n = 8); 9–11 supralabial and nine or 10 infralabial scales; 27 or 28 paravertebral tubercles; 17–19 longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles; 46–48 ventral scales; seven or eight expanded subdigital lamellae on the 4^th toe; 12 or 13 unmodified subdigital lamellae on 4^th toe; 20 total subdigital lamellae on the 4^th toe; 22–28 total number of enlarged femoral scales; enlarged femoral and precloacal scales continuous; seven or eight pore-bearing precloacal scales in males; three rows of enlarged post-precloacal scales; two or three postcloacal tubercles; proximal femoral scales greater than 1/2 the size of distal femoral scales; absence of interdigital pocketing between the digits; and posterior border of the nuchal loop pointed. Uncorrected pairwise genetic divergences (p-distances) between the new species and other species of the C. intermedius group ranged from 6.02–29.10%. The presence of this new species, currently known only from Sakaerat’s dry evergreen forest, implies that additional undescribed Cyrtodactylus species may exist in other unexplored habitats of northeastern Thailand.

Laogarra heokheei, a new genus and species of 'garra' from north-eastern Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

MAURICE KOTTELAT — 2025-07-29

Laogarra heokheei, gen. nov. et sp. nov., is described from the Nam Mo watershed in Laos (a tributary of Song Lam, which flows eastwards to Vinh and the Gulf of Tonkin). It is distinguished from most other genera of garras in having the pulvinus margined posteriorly by an almost complete postpulvinal groove, with only a narrow interruption. Other diagnostic characters (none of them unique to Laogarra) include: pulvinus entire (not fragmented into several parts), roughly triangular, entirely devoid of papillae, with two oblique wrinkles orientated more or less parallel to lateral margins of pulvinus; posterior edge of labrum without posterior median notch; torus strongly curved, covered by papillae, at extremities rounded backwards around sides of pulvinus; toral groove curved at extremities around sides of pulvinus; labella continuous with labrum; three enlarged scales at caudal-fin base. Valid family-group names are finally established for Semilabeoina and Osteochilina.

**Two new species of New Zealand Anderus Trewick et al. 2024 ground wētā (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)**

STEVEN A. TREWICK — 2025-07-29

Two new species of ground wētā endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand are described. Anderus rakiura sp. nov. is known only from Rakiura Stewart Island and is phylogenetically sister to A. subantarcticus, which is endemic to Tini Heke—The Snares, a smaller and more southern group of islands. Anderus pipiwai sp. nov. is found in wet forest of southwest South Island where it is sympatric with at least two other congeneric species. These additions bring the total number of Anderus species to eight.

**Two new species of Stenoloba Staudinger, 1892 from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Bryophilinae)**

JIAN LI — 2025-07-29

Two new species of the noctuids genus Stenoloba Staudinger, 1892, S. chuxionga Li & Han, sp. nov. of the S. oculata species-group and S. jiulianshana Li, Hu & Han sp. nov. of the S. lichenosa species-group, are described from China. Images of the male and female genitalia are provided to support the species descriptions.

**A new species of Chlorita (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from southern Italy, with redescription of C. antoniana Dlabola, 1959**

FRANCESCO POGGI — 2025-07-29

The leafhopper species Chlorita antoniana Dlabola, 1959, endemic to Basilicata and Calabria regions (southern Italy), is redescribed based on new findings and the study of typical and topotypical material; new diagnostic characters, not reported in the original description, are illustrated. Chlorita elvirae sp.nov. is described from Calabria region. Both taxa are monophagous on Artemisia campestris subsp. variabilis. Distribution, biology and habitat data are provided for both species.

Description of Aleochara (Xenochara) ichikawai sp. nov., the first confirmed myrmecophilous species of Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802 from the East Palearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA — 2025-07-29

A new species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802, Aleochara (Xenochara) ichikawai Maruyama, Nozaki & Kamezawa, sp. nov., is described based on specimens collected from nests of the Lasius fuliginosus species group in Japan and the Russian Far East. This species represents the first confirmed case of a myrmecophilous Aleochara in the East Palearctic Region. Although initially misidentified as the European species A. fumata Gravenhorst, 1802, morphological comparison revealed consistent differences that justify its recognition as a distinct, undescribed species. The new species exhibits a close ecological association with ants but lacks distinct morphological adaptations to myrmecophily. Its discovery contributes to our understanding of the multiple independent origins of ant-association within Aleocharinae. It highlights the Lasius fuliginosus species group as a potential driver of such evolutionary transitions.

Taxonomic summary of Artematopodidae (Coleoptera) from Asia, with distributional update of Eurypogon jaechi

CHENG-BIN WANG — 2025-07-29