Using suction light traps biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) were collected between 2004 and 2006 on nine cattle and/or sheep farms distributed throughout the length of the island of Sardinia (Italy). A total of 42,664 adult midges (36,655 females, 6,009 males) were collected during 287 trapping nights; 41 species of Culicoides were identified, of which 16 are new records for Sardinia. Eight of these, i.e., Culicoides derisor Callot and Kremer, Culicoides duddingstoni Kettle and Lawson, Culicoides kingi Austen, Culicoides paradisionensis Boorman, Culicoides santonicus Callot, Kremer, Rault and Bach, Culicoides subfagineus Delécolle and Ortega, Culicoides submaritimus Dzhafarov, and Culicoides truncorum Edwards, are also new to the biting midge fauna of Italy. The six most-abundant species captured were Culicoides newsteadi Austen (21.7%), Culicoides univitattus Vimmer (12.6%), Culicoides circumscriptus Kieffer (12.5%), Culicoides paolae Boorman (12.0%), Culicoides obsoletus (Meigen), Culicoides scoticus Downes and Kettle (10.6%) and Culicoides imicola Kieffer (10.1%); the last-mentioned species is the principal vector for bluetongue virus (BTV) affecting sheep in the Mediterranean basin. Bar charts depicting the seasonality at three collecting sites of six proven or potential vectors for BTV, and belonging mostly to the obsoletus and pulicaris species complexes, are presented and discussed. Finally, an updated checklist is provided for the 45 species of Culicoides now known to occur on Sardinia and includes corrections on misidentifications made in an earlier checklist.

The male Lachesilla sulcata García Aldrete is here described and illustrated; male specimens are known from the states of Nuevo Leon and Hidalgo in Mexico, and from Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi in the U. S. A. Lachesilla patzunensis Garcia Aldrete is removed from the species assemblage formerly known as species group patzunensis; the rest of the species, together with L. sclera New and Thornton, transferred from species group corona, now constitute species group sclera, close to group corona. Diagnoses of species groups sclera and patzunensis are included, as well as a key to the species in group sclera.

The false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick), is one of the most destructive pests of avocado, citrus, and cotton in Africa. On July 24, 2008, a male of this species was identified from a pheromone trap located in Ventura County, California. Although larvae of T. leucotreta are frequently intercepted at U.S. ports-of-entry, primarily on bell peppers (Capsicum sp.), eggplant (Solanum melongena), and clémentines (Citrus sp.), this represents the first North American record outside of a port or international commercial shipment. Additional individuals have not been recorded from California suggesting that this species is not yet established in the state. We provide descriptions, illustrations, and other information to help in the identification of this species.

A new species of Exova Riek, fijiensis, is described from Fiji. The first males are described for the genus. This is the first record of Exova collected outside of Queensland, Australia and the only chrysidid species recorded from Fiji.

Caliroa blanki, n. sp., the first native species of Caliroa from the Afrotropical Region, is described from South Africa. Differences in wing venation from usual Caliroa species and provisional placement in Caliroa are discussed. Discussion and records for the invasive Caliroa cerasi (L.) in South Africa are given. A distribution map is provided for both species.

The results of a survey of Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), excluding species of Heterospilus Haliday, at Konza Prairie near Manhattan, Kansas are reported. Eleven sites representing prairie and woodland/wetland areas, including gallery forest, were sampled in 2001 and 2005 using Malaise and canopy traps. Topographic trap placement included lowland, midslope, and upland areas. Twentyfour species were collected, including 18 in 2001 and 16 in 2005. Twenty-three of the 24 species were collected from the woodland/wetland sites, including 19 from gallery forest sites; five of the 24 species were collected from the prairie sites. Rhaconotus fasciatus (Ashmead) was the most abundant species in 2001 (n = 13); Callihormius bifasciatus (Ashmead) and Coiba jeffersoni Kula were the most abundant species in 2005 (n = 10). The following new species are described: Doryctes xanthogaster Kula and Marsh, Doryctes xanthosoma Kula and Marsh, Doryctinus zolnerowichi Kula and Marsh, and Pambolidea dollari Kula and Marsh. Glyptocolastes caryae (Ashmead), status revised is removed from synonymy with Glyptocolastes rugulosus (Cresson), the type species for Doryctinus Roman. The latter species is transferred to Acrophasmus Enderlein, resulting in Acrophasmus as a new synonym of Doryctinus. Synonymy of the aforementioned genera results in the following nomenclatural changes: Doryctinus amazonicus (Roman), new combination; Doryctinus arizonensis (Marsh), new combination; Doryctinus atriventris (Cresson), new combination; Doryctinus butleri (Marsh), new combination; Doryctinus costaricensis (Marsh), new combination; Doryctinus erugatus (Marsh), new combination; Doryctinus exilis (Enderlein), new combination; Doryctinus ferrugineus (Marsh), new combination; Doryctinus gauldi (Marsh), new combination; Doryctinus immigrans (Beardsley), new combination; Doryctinus maeandrius (Enderlein), new combination; Doryctinus marshi Greenbaum, revised combination; Doryctinus rubronotum (Marsh), new combination; Doryctinus rugulosus (Cresson), revised combination; Doryctinus scobiciae (Marsh), new combination; and Doryctinus secundus (Muesebeck and Walkley), new combination. Doryctes infuscus Marsh is a new synonym of Doryctes rufipes (Provancher), Pioscelus wichitus (Viereck) is a new synonym of Pioscelus borealis (Ashmead), and Rhaconotus graciliformis (Viereck) is a new synonym of R. fasciatus. The following species are first records for Kansas: C. bifasciatus, Dendrosoter sulcatus Muesebeck, D. rufipes, D. ferrugineus, Ecphylus hypothenemi Ashmead, Ecphylus rohweri Muesebeck, Ontsira mellipes (Ashmead), and Rhaconotus canadensis Marsh.

Molynocoelia erwini Norrbom, a new species of fruit fly from Ecuador, is described and illustrated. It differs from its previously known congeners in wing pattern (not banded, distal half brown), scutal and scutellar markings, and male femoral setation.

The species “Leucochlaena” hipparis (Druce) belongs in the genus Spodoptera based on morphological characters of the male and female genitalia, as well as maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analysis of the 658 bp “barcode” region of cytochrome oxidae (COI). Adult and male and female genitalia are illustrated. Cladograms are included to illustrate the placement of “Leucochlaena” hipparis within Spodoptera.

Descriptions are given for the adults of both sexes and immature stages of Arge hasegawae Takeuchi, 1927, based on the holotype and newly acquired material. Rubus crataegifolius Bunge (Rosaceae) is newly recorded as a host plant. The life history is recorded for the first time based on rearing of material collected in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. Arge hasegawae is a multivoltine species with gregarious larval habit at least in early instars. A previous record from Japan is a misidentification.

Five species of Aulacidae are recorded from Korea: Aulacus salicius Sun and Sheng, 2007, Pristaulacus insularis Konishi, 1990, Pristaulacus intermedius Uchida, 1932, Pristaulacus kostylevi Alekseev,1986, and Pristaulacus jirisani Smith and Tripotin, new species. All except P. intermedius represent new country records. A key to species and a diagnosis of each species are provided. Collection notes are given for each species, indicating that Xiphydria palaeanarctica Semenov (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae) is the host for A. salicius, and Cerambycidae and possibly Buprestidae (Coleoptera) are the hosts for the Pristaulacus species.

Brachypogon (Brachypogon) laneae Swanson and Grogan, new species is described from the Mobile—Tensaw Delta of Alabama, and additional collection localities are provided from Florida. A second species of Brachypogon (Brachypogon) Kieffer from Florida is described, but not named, based on a single male and a tentatively associated female. Brachypogon (Brachypogon) woodruffi Spinelli and Grogan is reported for the first time from Florida and the Cayman Islands, and the male terminalia are re-illustrated to depict certain diagnostic features. An identification key is provided for males and females of the subgenus Brachypogon in North America north of Mexico.