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Lectotypes tend to be designated for Tectocoris nepalensis Westwood, 1837, Calliphara amethystina Germar, 1839, S. lanius Stl, 1854, and Callidea spilogastra Walker, 1867. Scutellera perplexa is taped for the first time from Nepal, Vietnam and Laos. Scutellera holosericea Dohrn, 1863, is removed from Scutellera and transferred to Procilia Stl, [1865], causing a formal combo Procilia holosericea (Dohrn, 1863), brush. nov.; the species is possibly a junior subjective synonym of this Afrotropical P. morgani (White, 1839); its type locality, Java, is recognized as erroneous.Previously viewed as a subgenus of Pseudanthias Bleeker, Mirolabrichthys is rediagnosed and restricted to 3 species, the type species, M. tuka Herre Montalban, along side M. pascalus (Jordan Tanaka) and M. evansi (Smith). Five other species previously classified in Mirolabrichthys tend to be reallocated to Nemanthias Smith, which ahead of time had included just the kind species, N. carberryi Smith N. bartlettorum (Randall Lubbock), N. bicolor (Randall), N. dispar (Herre), N. ignitus (Randall Lubbock), and N. regalis (Randall Lubbock). The remaining nine types previously put into Mirolabrichthys tend to be classified in a new genus, Pyronotanthias P. lori (Lubbock Randall), P. aurulentus (Randall McCosker), P. bimarginatus (Randall), P. flavoguttatus (Katayama Masuda), P. parvirostris (Randall Lubbock), P. privitera (Randall Pyle), P. smithvanizi (Randall Lubbock), P. timanoa (Victor, Teitelbaum Randall) and P. unimarginatus (Randall). Synapomorphies encouraging monophyly of each genus are offered, along side general descriptions and personality summaries for included species. Characters supporting connections atm signaling for the three genera to each other and to various other anthiadines are discussed.The Terrarana frogs associated with the genus Pristimantis are recognized with their direct development into froglets as well as for their particular astonishing types richness, which renders it the anuran genus because of the greatest range species. We explain an innovative new types of Pristimantis from the northwestern Andes of Colombia. The species is distributed from an area between 2750-2900 m.a.s.l. in the Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve. Pristimantis postducheminorum sp. nov. varies off their, phylogenetically associated, or similar resembling Pristimantis taxa by a striking yellowish coloration in the ventral area, dark grey coloration when you look at the hidden surfaces of this upper thighs and crotch, lack of nuptial pads, existence of horizontal fringes on hands, existence of vomerine odontophores triangular in shape through the ventral view, and lack of dorsolateral folds. Molecular phylogenetics location this new species close to P. satagius and as a consequence within the P. ridens types team. The new species is also phylogenetically close and sympatric with all the recently described P. ferwerdai, which more shows that the Pristimantis fauna happens to be notoriously underestimated into the Colombian western cloud forests, a fact that should be considered in tests of environmental impact.The coreid genus Turrana Distant 1911 is redescribed, and an innovative new species Turrana ejuncida sp. nov. is explained from specimens collected from Cape number nationwide Park, Western Australia in 2019 and 2021. Habitus photographs and scanning electron microscopy images tend to be presented of crucial characters, with X-Ray microtomography deployed to document a man and feminine genitalia. In inclusion, DNA barcodes for mitochondrial gene regions COI and 16S were obtained as they are offered on Genbank. Eventually, the data provided in this tasks are discussed in terms of the organized position of Turrana.Hemigyrus was founded by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1893. In this study, we built-up examples from Chongqing, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan of China, and reconstructed phylogenetic tree based on COI gene. The results supported the classification of dividing this genus into two subgenera Tomomima and Hemigyrus. With bigger dimensions and evidently branched phylogenetic place, a fresh subspecies H. (T.) spinosus robustus subsp. nov. Xie, Wang He is explained here. H. (H.) acutifolius is firstly reported from Asia. Men of H. (H.) amplus and H. (H.) acutifolius, females of H. (H.) small tend to be described the very first time. All materials had been deposited in Biological background Museum of East Asia Normal University (ECNU) in addition to Shanghai Entomological Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SEM).Limnonectes liui (Yang, 1983) is a poorly understood frog from Yunnan Province, Asia, with a confusing taxonomic record. We make use of mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequence data from recently collected specimens to reconstruct the phylogenetic place associated with the species. Limnonectes liui was discovered become deeply nested inside the geographically widespread dicroglossid frog L. limborgi (Sclater, 1892), confirming its placement in the genus Limnonectes but casting question on its difference as a species. Morphological reviews of the holotype and newly gathered specimens of L. liui to specimens of L. limborgi from across its range additionally corroborated the hypothesis why these two species tend to be conspecific, so we suggest treating L. liui as a junior synonym of L. limborgi. Our research underscores the importance of making reviews with species discovered beyond a countrys border when explaining brand-new species.Two specimens of Parapercis moki Ho Johnson were gathered recently and detailed descriptions of these morphology and fresh color are provided. Its diagnosis is currently revised as band across mind, six transverse rings on human anatomy and blade-like club below eye; many small skin pores connected by canals developing about 910 vertical rows on cheek, opercle, and subopercle; scales on nape expanding anteriorly to amount of posterior margin of eyes; huge spine on posteroventral part of subopercle; extremely narrow interorbital area (1.72.0% SL); 4 dorsal-fin spines, each back progressively much longer, last back entirely connected by membrane layer to very first dorsal-fin ray; four pairs of canine teeth anteriorly in reduced jaw; and palatine teeth current, in two rows, and vomerine teeth stout, in two rows.Mecophilus carioca n. sp. is described considering males and females recently sampled when you look at the Parque Nacional de Itatiaia, and it is the first record of this genus from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The specimens had been reviewed in both light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, and pictures and schematic pictures are given. The known distribution of this three species of Mecophilus tend to be provided in a map.Goeldichironomus pampeanus n. sp. is described and figured as male, pupa and larva based on reared specimens from Buenos Aires province in Argentina. The types are separated from the congeners regarding the mix of the after figures male without dark markings on thorax and an evenly curved exceptional volsella projecting mesad; pupa with extensive shagreen on tergites IIVI, sternites with fine shagreen only without transverse bands of things, dorsal setae on tergite IX extending beyond rectal lobe and basal ring of thoracic horn kidney-shaped; larva with bifid premandible, mentum with 6 sets of lateral teeth, anterior pair of ventral tubules easy, labral sclerite 1 intact and labral sclerite 2 consolidated on the inner side.New taxonomic considerations within the spitting spider family members Scytodidae Blackwall, 1864 tend to be suggested.