Anelpistina nandalumii, new species, a nicoletiid insect, is described from Chiapas, Southeastern Mexico. Molecular and morphological data appears to indicate that the new species has close affinities with species of the Grenadine islands and Aruba, in the Caribbean.

The following new species from the Neotropical Region are described: Ilatha buffingtoni Kula, Dix-Luna, and Shaw; Ilatha cloptoni Kula, Dix-Luna, and Shaw; Ilatha dasygaster Kula, Dix-Luna, and Shaw; Ilatha henospilota Kula, Dix-Luna, and Shaw; Ilatha plaumanni Kula, Dix-Luna, and Shaw; and Ilatha stiremani Kula, Dix-Luna, and Shaw. Diagnoses are provided for differentiating all species of Ilatha Fischer, as is a key. Ilatha dasygaster is reported as a parasitoid of a species near Calolydella geminata Townsend (Tachinidae: Exoristinae) parasitizing Actinote stratonice Latreille (Nymphalidae: Acraeinae) on Munnozia pinnatipartita (Hieron.) H. Rob. & Brettell (Asterales: Asteraceae). Ilatha stiremani is reported as a parasitoid of an undetermined species of Tachinidae parasitizing Psaliodes strigosa Warren (Geometridae: Larentiinae) on Diplazium costale var. robustum. (Sodiro) Stolze (Polypodiales: Dryopteridaceae). The aforementioned new host records are the first for any species of Ilatha. The following new distribution records at the country level are reported: Ilatha erythrogaster (Cameron) from Argentina and Colombia; Ilatha longicornis (Cameron) from Mexico; Ilatha pulchripennis (Cameron) from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; and Ilatha xanthoptera (Cameron) from Costa Rica. New distribution records for Ilatha are reported from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Venezuela based on new and previously described species treated in this research.

The non-native spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), was first detected in Connecticut in August 2011. In a subsequent survey, conducted between September and December 2011, the eastern Asian D. suzukii was found in 86 (50.9%) of 169 municipalities distributed in the eight counties of Connecticut. New distributional records were based primarily on capturing adults in vinegar-baited traps and on rearing them from infested fruit. During the survey, adults were reared from fruit on wild plants of Elaeagnus umbellata Thunberg, Phytolacca americana L., and Vitis labrusca L. and on cultivated plants of Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Maximowicz) Trautvetter, Cornus kousa Hance, Diospyros virginiana L., Rubus idaeus L., and Vaccinium corymbosum L. Wild hosts of D. suzukii should be considered when management programs are designed and when population growth is modeled.

Descriptions and illustrations of a new coleopteroid genus of Lethaeini are presented. The new genusTuitocoris with one species, Tuitocoris brzoskai new species, is similar to the American genus Xestocoris and to the Australian Austroxestus. Like some other coleopteroid Lethaeini, it has several modifications in the hemelytra and hind wings. Dorsal views of male, head, foreleg, mesothoracic scent gland, paramere, pygophore, spermatheca, and fifth instar nymph are illustrated. This species was found in an area of pine forest on the coast of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, which is known for the great number of endemic species of Heteroptera and some other groups of insects and plants, so it should be considered for conservation purposes.

Eight new species of short-palped crane flies (Diptera, Limoniidae) are described from Mexican amber: Dicranomyia (Caenolimonia) alexbrowniPodenas and Poinar,Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) chiapaPodenas and Poinar, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) mexaPodenas and Poinar, Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) vella Podenas and Poinar, Erioptera (?Mesocyphona) beataPodenas and Poinar, Erioptera (Mesocyphona) diverPodenas and Poinar, Erioptera (?Mesocyphona) sherryPodenas and Poinar and Helius (Helius) collemusPodenas and Poinar. Additionally, two Limoniidae species belonging to undescribed species of the genus Dicranomyia Stephens, 1829 from Mexican amber are characterized. The key for Dicranomyia from Dominican and Mexican amber is added.

The gross morphology of the male internal genitalia of 16 scelionid genera and Malpighian tubules of 17 scelionid genera were studied for the first time. The number of Malpighian tubules is likely to he correlated to the body size, therefore is not informative for further phylogenetic analyses. Analysis of internal male genitalia in scelionids reveals that they are relatively uniform in both Teleasinae (only type IV (Trimorus-type)) and Telenominae (only type V (Trissolcus-type)), but are more diverse in Scelioninae with type I (Sparasion-type), type II (Scelio-type), type III (Apegus-type), and type IV (Trimorus-type) observed.

Ten taxa of small carpenter bees belonging to subgenus Ceratinidia Cockerell and Porter, 1899, of the genus Ceratina Latreille, 1802, are recorded from Thailand. One new species, C. chiangmaiensis, is described. Ceratina lepida var. sutepensis Cockerell is elevated to full species status as C. sutepensis Cockerell. Ceratina lepida var. sublepida is synonymized under C. sutepensis. Lectotypes are designated for Ceratina cognata Smith, C. compacta Smith, and C. sutepensis Cockerell. Collecting records and brief taxonomic comments on Ceratinidia species in Thailand are presented, together with keys to the species.