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Caray onovus n. gen. from Reunion Island – aberrant new genus of Anthocoridae or representative of a new family (Heteroptera: Cimicoidea)? Ant hony C. Po stle* Cairns, Queensland, Australia Summary. Carayonovus insignis n. gen., n. sp., a remarkable new genus and species of Heteroptera, is described from Reunion Island. It is tentatively placed in the family Anthocoridae (Cimicoidea), but because of its remarkable sexual dimorphism and possession of characters not normally associated with this family or even with Cimicoidea, the genus is discussed in terms of the validity or otherwise of including it in these taxa. Its habitat preference is also examined. Keywords: Jacques Carayon; taxonomy; morphology; sexual dimorphism; metapleural evaporative area; tibial pads Descri ptions, transferences and synonymies in American Monochamini (Coleopter a, Ceramby cidae, Lamiinae), with revised keys to species of Hammatoderus and Taeniotes Ant onio Santos-Sil va & Juan Pablo Botero* Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Summary. Hammatoderus wappesi n. sp. and H. garciaorum n. sp. are described from Mexico, Veracruz and Oaxaca and Veracruz, respectively. Hammoderus brasiliensis Breuning, 1943 and Plagiohammus camillus Dillon & Dillon, 1949 are proposed as synonyms of Hammatoderus confusor (Dillon & Dillon, 1941); Plagiohammus rotundipennis Breuning, 1950 is proposed as a synonym of Hammatoderus pollinosus (Bates, 1880). A replacement name, Deliathis neonivea nom. nov., for Deliathis nivea (Breuning, 1943) n. comb., a secondary homonym of D. nivea Bates, 1869, is proposed. Three other new combinations are proposed: Deliathis imperatrix (Thomson, 1868) n. comb.; Monochamus sargi (Bates, 1885) n. comb.; and Monochamus blairi (Breuning, 1936) n. comb. Monochamus sargi and Hammatoderus pollinosus are redescribed. Hammatoderus sticticus (Bates, 1874) is newly recorded from Bolivia, with H. confusor newly recorded from Argentina and Colombia and its known distribution in Brazil expanded to include the state of Sao Paulo. Distribution of Deliathis imperatrix in Mexico is expanded to include the state of Morelos. A key to species of Hammatoderus and a key to species of Taeniotes “amazonum” group are also provided. Keywords: Neotropical region; new species; taxonomy; morphology Furthe r study on the phylogen y, tax onomy and distribution of the genus Veturius Kaup in Central and South America (Coleoptera: Passalidae) Stéphan e Boucher*a & Karen Salazarb aDépartement Origines & Évolution, MECADEV UMR 7179 MNHN/CNRS, CP 50 Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle,45 rue Buffon, Paris cedex 05 75231; bDepartamento Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570–900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais,Brazil Summary. This study provides data on the phylogeny, taxonomy and distribution of 14 known and five new species of the Neotropical genus Veturius Kaup (Proculini), belonging to various subgenera and species groups: V. (Veturius) latissimus n. sp. (Colombia, Central Andes) and V. (V.) calimanus n. sp. (Pacific slope of the Occidental Cordillera) are separated from V. (V.) caquetaensis Boucher, 1988, which seems restricted to the Amazonian slope of the Oriental Cordillera (Caquetá, Putumayo); V. (V.) sinuatomarginatus Luederwaldt, 1941 (Costa Rica), n. syn. of V. sinuatocollis Kuwert, 1890; V. sinuatocollis aculeatus Luederwaldt, 1941 (syntype from Costa Rica); V. (V.) aspina Kuwert, 1898 (located in Occidente of Ecuador, Guayaquil); V. (V.) yahua Boucher, 2006 (located in Occidente of Ecuador, Pichincha and SW Colombia, Nariño); V. (V.) guntheri Kuwert, 1898 (located in Peru, SE Puno and Colombia, W Putumayo); V. (V.) cephalotes (Le Peletier & Serville, 1825) (citation from Guyana); V. (V.) sinuatus (Eschscholtz, 1829) (previous synonymy); V. (V.) libericornis Kuwert, 1891 (located in Peru, Cuzco); V. (V.) lepidus Fonseca,1999(revision;located inColombia,Amazonas,Putumayo andPeru,Loreto); V.(V.)transversus (Dalman,1817) [syntype; previous synonymy ofV.trituberculatus (Eschscholtz, 1829) withV.assimilis (Weber, 1801) and located in Brazil, Mato Grosso]; V. (V.) sinuosus (Drapiez, 1820) (corrected reference for Colombia); V. (Publius) crassus (Smith, 1852) (new syntype); V. (P.) danieli Boucher, 2006 (holotype deposit); V. (P.) vazdemelloi Boucher, n. sp. (Andes of Ecuador, Azuay); V. (Ouayana) unicornis Gravely, 1918 (located in Colombia, E Vaupés); V. (O.) costaianus Boucher, n. sp. (Venezuela, Amazonas, NW Pacaraima Massif); Ticoisthmus Boucher, n. subg., for the species group of V. (O.) laevior (Kaup, 1868), of southern Central America; and V. (T.) brachypterus Boucher, n. sp. (Costa Rica, Sierra Talamanca). Ticoisthmus is considered the sister group ofOuayana. It belongs to the Meso-American low mountain dispersion pattern and demonstrates, especially in the genus Veturius, but also more generally in the Neotropical passalids, the hot-spot characteristics, with diversity and endemism, of the narrow land between the Depression of Nicaragua and the Isthmus of Panama. Keywords: Proculini; Neotropics; morphology; systematics; distribution; new taxa Morp hology of male and female terminalia and taxonomi c revision of the burrower bugs genus Canth ophorus (Heteroptera: Cydnidae) Dm itry A. Gapon* Laboratory of Insect Systematics, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Universitetskaya Emb, St Petersburg 199034, Russia Summary. The Palaearctic burrower bug genus Canthophorus Mulsant & Rey, 1866 (Heteroptera: Cydnidae) is revised. New data on the morphology and distribution are given. Structures of the female internal ectodermal terminalia and the completely inflated aedeagi in all species of the genus are described and illustrated for the first time. An extended differential diagnosis as a comparison with representatives of all Palearctic genera of the tribe Sehirini is given for the genus. Based on characters of the external morphology and terminalia of both sexes, new taxa are described: C. dubius sanigarum n. ssp., C. melanopterus mariae n. ssp., C. impressus hajastanicus n. ssp., and C. wagneri hyrcanicus n. ssp.; C. hissaricus Asanova, 1964 is downgraded to a subspecies level and included in C. mixtus Asanova, 1964. C. melanopterus niger (Vidal, 1950) is placed in synonymy with C. Melanopterus melanopterus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835). A wide variability of the terminalia, especially in females, was found in C. melanopterus melanopterus; in the latter, six forms are described differing in the shape and size of sclerites in posterior pouches of the gynatrial sac and distributed mainly in the Mediterranean region. A key allowing identification of the species not only by males, but also by females, was compiled for the first time. It is shown that C. aeneus (Walker, 1867) [= Sehirus fuscipennis Horváth, 1899] and C. maculipes (Mulsant & Rey, 1852) have very significant differences from other species of Canthophorus in the male and female terminalia, and at the same time share some characters with the genus Adomerus Mulsant & Rey, 1866, including unique characters shared with several species of this group; therefore, the mentioned two species are transferred to the genus Adomerus. Keywords: taxomomy; variability; male and female terminalia; Sehirini; new taxa; new combinations; new records Ov č ar–Kablar Gorge (SW Serbia) – a new hotspot of Orthoptera diversity Slobodan Ivkovi ć *a, Uro š Pantovi ćb & Josip Skejoc aLova čka 14, RS-21410 Futog, Serbia; bTuristi čka organizacija Čačka, Gradsko šetali šte 66, RS-32000 Čačak, Serbia; cFaculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, University of Zagreb, Evolution Lab, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia Summary. We present a list of Orthoptera from the Ov čar–Kablar Gorge, situated in western Serbia. During 2015 and 2016 we collected 86 Orthoptera species (50 Ensifera, 36 Caelifera). The majority of the species were registered for the first time for the locality and the presence of Pachytrachis frater (Tettigoniidae) in Serbia is confirmed. This study is intended to provide data for future conservation planning, to expand knowledge about rare species and to point to the high natural value of the Gorge. Keywords: Balkan Peninsula; endemism; Pachytrachis frater; Poecilimon fussii; Tetrigidae