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**Morphometric and molecular analyses support the species status of Amegilla teneriffensis (Cockerell, 1930) and A. maderae (Sichel, 1868) (Anthophila: Apidae: Anthophorinae)**

ANSELM KRATOCHWIL, ROBERT J. PAXTON, ANTONIO F. AGUIAR, MARTIN HUSEMANN — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

Amegilla quadrifasciata (Villers, l789) has been recorded as a widespread bee species across the Mediterranean basin, including the Madeira Archipelago and the Canary Islands. Until now, these island populations have been differentiated from mainland populations as two subspecies: Amegilla quadrifasciata maderae (Sichel, 1868) and A. quadrifasciata teneriffensis (Cockerell, 1930), respectively. We now show, using DNA sequences and multivariate morphometric and morphological analyses, that these former subspecies most likely represent two distinct species: A. maderae (Sichel, 1868) status resurrected and Amegilla teneriffensis (Cockerell, 1930) stat. nov., upgraded to species rank and sister species to A. quadrifasciata. Mainland populations of A. quadrifasciata across its range are genetically and morphometrically largely homogeneous and differentiated from A. maderae and A. teneriffensis. In comparison to A. quadrifasciata, A. maderae and A. teneriffensis have larger body size in females, but not in males, whilst A. maderae females exhibit dark polymorphic hair colour forms.

**Notes of the leafhopper genus Mitjaevia Dworakowska from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with descriptions of eight new species**

MEIXIA YANG, YANGHUI CAO, YALIN ZHANG — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

The microleafhopper genus Mitjaevia Dworakowska was studied based on 15 species from China. Eight new species were described, including Mitjaevia asymmetrica, M. circularis, M. gracilis, M. lamelliformis, M. mianningensis, M. subtilis, M. turgida and M. xinjiangensis spp. nov.. A key to the species of Mitjaevia from China is provided.

**Description of Protosticta sooryaprakashi sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats, India**

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

We erect a new species of damselfly, Protosticta sooryaprakashi sp. nov. from Sampaje, Kodagu District, Karnataka, India (type specimens are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections, currently held at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru). Morphologically, this species shows close affinity with the members of the P. sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922 group; however, it is distinguished by unique features in its prothorax, caudal appendages, and accessory genitalia. Additionally, the analyses also revealed a significant genetic distance between the new species and other species of this group. We present an updated identification key to the males of Protosticta Selys, 1885 species in the Western Ghats, incorporating newly available diagnostic information.

The Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from the James Cope collection: New species, synonymy, and taxonomical and geographical notes

ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA, LARRY G. BEZARK, JUAN PABLO BOTERO — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

The examination of material from the James Cope collection provided the basis for taxonomical, nomenclatural, and geographical notes on Cerambycidae. Taxonomical notes on Proxatrypanius Gilmour, 1959 are provided, with the transfer of Leptostylus incertus (Bates, 1881) to this genus, synonymization of Proxatrypanius rockefelleri Gilmour, 1959 with this species, and a new Mexican state record. Notes on Spalacopsis Newman, 1842 are provided, including the revalidation of Spalacopsis macilenta Lacordaire, 1876, the synonymization of Spalacopsis phantasma Bates, 1885 with that species, and the description of a new species from Mexico: S. copei sp. nov. New geographical records are provided for: Diphyrama singularis Bates, 1872; Niophis aper (Germar, 1823); Ecliptoides vandenberghei Wappes & Santos-Silva, 2017; Euderces boucardi (Chevrolat, 1862); Neocompsa agnosta Martins, 1970; Anisopodus hiekei Martins, 1974; Granastyochus nigropunctatus (Bates, 1881); Lepturges (Lepturges) fischeri Melzer, 1928; Lepturges (Lepturges) vigneaulti Audureau, 2018; Polymitoleiopus ozophagus (Chemsak & Feller, 1988); Zikanita monnei Noguera & Gutiérrez, 2019; and Irundiaba waorani Martins & Galileo, 2008.

Rhacocleis parnassica sp.nov. a new cryptic bush-cricket (katydid) species from Greece (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae)

LUC WILLEMSE, BAUDEWIJN ODÉ, APOSTOLIS STEFANIDIS — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

A new species of Rhacocleis, R. parnassica sp.nov. is described. We discovered the species on scree slopes at 1450 m on Mt. Parnassos, central Greece. This bush-cricket is morphologically distinct from all congeners, particularly in male cercal and titillator structures, and differs bioacoustically from closely related taxa. Although superficially resembling the scree-dwelling R. crypta and R. lithoscirtetes, it shows greater morphological affinity with R. distinguenda and R. werneri, and acoustic similarity with R. germanica and R. annulata. The species is currently known only from its type locality within the Natura 2000 site GR2450005. Its restricted range and potential exposure to wildfire and human disturbance highlight the need for further ecological research and conservation assessments. This discovery increases the number of Rhacocleis species in Greece to 17, underscoring the country’s exceptional Orthoptera diversity and the potential for additional undescribed taxa in poorly explored environments.

Two new species of Elcanidae (Orthoptera: Elcanoidea) from northern Myanmar amber during the late Mesozoic

HUAN YU, YU-WEI LIU, HAO-YU LIU — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

A new genus and two species have been discovered in the middle Cretaceous Burmese amber. Longipectus gen. nov. (represented by L. circulus sp. nov.) could be distinguished from all other elcanid genera by the smallest body size (2.95 mm in length), a protracted pronotum more than half the length of the body, metatarsomere II present with a small apical lobule, CuA+CuPaα only fused with CuPaβ+CuPb, 1A reduced as a short vein near the wing posterior margin. The other one, Panorpidium stenos sp. nov. is the third Burmese amber species in Panorpidium, which is similar to P. maculosum but can be distinguished by the following characters: Head with special convex and small, regular concave; CuPb base of tegmina has four branches, 1A near distal with two short branches; base of protibiae with a pair of small denticles. In addition, a key to all genera of Elcanidae from the Burmese amber is provided.

**A new species of the genus Mysidetes Holt & Tattersall, 1906 (Peracarida, Mysida, Mysidae) from western Mexico**

JOSÉ CARLOS HERNÁNDEZ PAYÁN, MICHEL E. HENDRICKX — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

A new species of Mysida, belonging to the genus Mysidetes Holt & W.M. Tattersall, 1906, is described from the southeastern Gulf of California in western Mexico. Mysidetes sp. nov., the 18th species of the genus, is described from a single mature female. It is close to the Atlantic, large form of Mysidetes farrani (Holt & W.M. Tattersall, 1905) from which it differs by several morphological characteristics, particularly the shape and armature of the telson, the number and arrangement of internal setae within the telson cleft, the relative proportions of the antennal peduncle segments, and the number and distribution of spines on the uropods. The telson in the new species has a shallower cleft, approximately 1/12 of the telson length, compared to a deeper cleft, 1/5 to 1/10 of telson length, in the large form of M. farrani. In Mysidetes sp. nov. the lateral telson margins bear fewer but more robust setae that extend less than half its length vs. more slender setae in 3/5 of telson length in the large form of M. farrani. Additionally, in M. farrani the combined length of the second and third antennal peduncle articles is about 3.5 times as long as their width vs. almost 5 times as long in M. sp. nov. In M. farrani the uropodal endopod and exopod are approximately 1.5 times and twice as long as telson, respectively, vs. twice and 2.5 times as long as telson, respectively, in M. sp. nov. These morphological characteristic differences support the recognition of a new species of the genus Mysidetes.

On six poorly known species of Thomisidae (Arachnida: Araneae) described by Ludovico di Caporiacco

YURI M. MARUSIK — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

Illustrations are provided for the type material of six species described by Caporiacco: Heriaesynaema flavipes Caporiacco, 1939; Oxytate jannonei (Caporiacco, 1940); and Synema variabile Caporiacco, 1939 from Ethiopia; Misumenoides rubrithorax Caporiacco, 1947; and Misumenops candidoi (Caporiacco, 1948) from Guyana; and Synema bishopi Caporiacco, 1955 from Venezuela. Synema bishopi is misplaced in this genus, but its correct placement is left for a future revision.

Additional type material of nematode species described by the Swedish marine nematologist Carl Allgén from 1925 to 1935

SVEN BOSTRÖM, OLEKSANDR HOLOVACHOV — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300

**Lectotype designation for Fowlea yunnanensis (Anderson, 1879) (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) and the first report of the species from India**

SUMIDH RAY, ANIRBAN DAS, PRATYUSH P. MOHAPATRA — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1300