Based on recent collecting efforts, examination of numerous collections, and inclusion of credible published records, the checklist of the stoneflies of Kentucky is updated to include 110 species in 34 genera. Fifteen new state records and 654 county records are presented and important range extensions are noted for Amphinemura alabama Baumann, Diploperla kanawholensis Kirchner and Kondratieff, Perlesta napacola DeWalt, P. teaysia Kondratieff and Kirchner, and P. shubuta Stark.

A new species Bryodema nigrofascia of the genus Bryodema Fieber, 1853 (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Acrididae Oedipodinae) from China is described. A key to known species of the genus is given. The type specimens are deposited in the Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in southern Mexico and is caused by the parasite Leishmania mexicana. Transmission of parasite is by the bite of phlebotomid sand fly vectors. We report the finding of sand fly species at several locations in the state of Yucatán from November 2001 to March 2003. Six species are reported for the first time, Brumptomyia galindoi, B. hamata, L. carpenteri, L. deleoni, L. shannoni and L. olmeca olmeca. Other species previously reported from the Yucatán –L. cayennensis, L. longipalpis, and L. trinidadensis – also were collected.

A new species of Anagrus Haliday is described and illustrated from Missouri, U.S.A. The type specimens of A. virginiae S. Triapitsyn and Puttler sp. n. were reared from eggs of the Chrysanthemum lace bug, Corythucha marmorata (Uhler), on Aster novae-angliae, Ratibida pinnata, Solidago altissima, and Vernonia baldwinii.

Chinese Akkaia Takahashi is reviewed in this paper. Akkaia pseudopolygoni Qiao, Jiang and Ren is here described as new to science. Based on checking the holotype, Akkaia ouraplax Zhang, Chen, Zhong and Li, 1999 should be replaced in the genus Trichosiphonaphis Takahashi. Akkaia is represented by four species in China, A. odaiensis Takahashi, 1961, A. polygoni Takahashi, 1919, A. taiwana Takahashi, 1933 and A. pseudopolygoni Qiao, Jiang and Ren, NEW SPECIES. Key to species, distribution, host plants and examined material are provided. Morphological description and figures of new species are provided, too. All specimens studied, including types are deposited in Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Department of Entomology, British Natural History Museum.

New distributional records (74) of larval fishflies are reported for Kentucky. Twenty-five new county records were added for Nigronia serricornis (Say), and forty-two new county records were added for N. fasciatus (Walker), the most widely distributed fishfly in Kentucky (54 counties). These two species were sympatric in 14 streams in eastern Kentucky. One new county record was added for Neohermes concolor (Davis). Four new county records were noted for Chauliodes pectinicornis (Linnaeus), while two new county records were added for C. rastricornis Rambur. Following this investigation, the statewide distribution of fishfly species is as follows: N. serricornis (51 counties), N. fasciatus (54 counties), N. concolor (11 counties), C. pectinicornis (9 counties), and C. rastricornis (9 counties). Emergence patterns are mentioned for the five species of fish-flies in Kentucky.

Odontepyris rufipedis sp. nov., Odontepyris ovatus sp. nov. and Odontepyris obtusus sp. nov. from China are described and illustrated. A key to Chinese species is provided.

Lasconotus fitzgibbonae, a new species in the Colydiidae, is described. It is compared with Lasconotus coronatus (Hinton) from Mexico, originally described in the genus Chrysopogonius Hinton, now a synonym of Lasconotus Erichson. The South Dakota specimens were found under the root bark of Pinus edulis Engelm.

The genus Pseudopsyra Hebard is reviewed and illustrated. Two new species Pseudopsyra yunnani and P. hannani, both from southern China are described. A key to the species is given. Two known species Pseudopsyra bilobata Karny 1926 and P. digitata Karny 1926 are transferred into the genus Holochlora Stål on the basis of examination on tegminal venation, male stridu-latory file, and male abdominal apex. The taxonomic position of Pseudopsyra among related genera, such as Psyrana Uvarov, Holochlora Stål, Tapiena Bolívar and Isopsera Brunner von Wattenwyl is discussed. We suggest that Pseudopsyra is more closely related to Psyrana.

Eight species of fleas were collected from several mammal species in northern and central Mexico. Four species extend the distribution and three present new state records. Mammal hosts species comprise rodents in most cases and one mustelid, from the states of Durango and Queretaro.

Three new species of Eurydiopsis Frey, E. pseudohelsdingeni sp. n., E. pachya sp. n. and E. porphyria sp. n., are described from China and their affinities noted. Wing photographs, illustrations of adult head, abdomen and genitalia are provided. The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing.

A new species of Orchesellides is described from material collected in the Valsaín forest (Segovia, Spain), and conserved in the collection of the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN), CSIC, Madrid. The genus was known only from the eastern Palaearctic, Oriental, and Indo-Pacific (Hawaii) regions. This is the first reference for the genus from the western Palaearctic region, creating an interesting disjunct distribution. The value of the morphological characteristics for the identification of the species is discussed.

An abnormal male adult of an ambush bug species, Amblythyreus potaninae (Bianchi, 1899), from Yunnan Province of China is described. Antennae are asymmetrical with right antenna 2-segmented and left antenna 3-segmented (4-segmented in normal). Rostrum one-segmented (3-segmented in normal). Pronotum is slightly asymmetrical with left anterior angle rounded and right anterior acutely pointed. Right protibia is about 4/5 of normal in length. Right meso- and metatibiae curved and about 1/3 length of normal, with tarsi and pretarsi absent. All deformed parts of A. potaninae are illustrated and the scanning electron microscopic photos of the abnormal and normal left antennae are provided.

The region of the Sierra San Antonio Peña Nevada is considered a priority terrestrial area for conservation. Studies of its flora and fauna are scarce, especially with regard to host-parasite relationships. The aim of this study was to determine the host-parasite relationship between small mammals and fleas and ticks, because of the lack of taxonomic studies of this relationship. Small mammals were collected with Sherman type traps during a period since February 2000 to December 2002. These animals were anesthetized with chloroform and then ectoparasites were separated. A total of nine species of small mammals were collected Liomys irroratus, Neotoma goldmani, Neotoma mexicana, Peromyscus boylii, Peromyscus maniculatus, Microtus mexicanus; Mustela frenata; Cratogeomys castanops, and Thomomys umbrinus; on which six species of ectoparasites were found, corresponding Dermacentor albipictus, Ixodes sp., Argas sp., Hoplopsyllus affinis, Stenoponia americana and Nosopsyllus fasciatus. The present is the first study in SSAPN about the host-parasite relationship.

The eastern woodeating cockroach, Cryptocercus punctulatus Scudder, has a geographic range more extensive than reported in the literature. The species occurs in the eastern portion of its range from eastern Maryland southwestward to central Georgia, the Fall Line generally defining the edge of the range in the southeastern portion. The southernmost extent of the range in Georgia and Alabama also coincides with the Fall Line. The westward limits in Kentucky and Tennessee correspond to the western edge of the Interior Low Plateau. In the northern portion of the range it occurs from southeastern Indiana northeast through southern Ohio, the western panhandle of West Virginia, western Pennsylvania and probably southwestern New York. In areas where Pinus species occur, Cryptocercus most often occurs in pine logs, although during this study it was found in logs of 31 tree species. At sites where it is not abundant, intensive efforts, including the examination of hundreds of logs may be necessary to document its presence.

This study is based on material collected from different localities in southern Turkey between 2003–2005. Twenty species and subspecies belonging to two genera in the tribe Bembidiini (Carabidae) are recorded. Among them, Bembidion (Metallina) properans (Stephens, 1828) and B. (Peryphanes) castaneipennis (Jacquelin Du Val, 1852) are the most abundant and widespread species. Bembidion (Neja) sporadicum rugicolle Reiche and Saulcy, 1855 is a new record for the Turkish fauna. For each species, their geographic distribution and their chorotypes are included.