The proteocephalidean cestode Kapsulotaenia chisholmae n. sp. (Proteocephalidae: Acanthotaeniinae) is described from the intestine of the monitor lizard Varanus spenceriLucas & Frost, 1903 (Reptilia: Varanidae) in Australia. Kapsulotaenia chisholmae n. sp. is compared with its five recognized congeners. The new species differs from K. sandgroundi (Carter, 1943), K. varia (Beddard, 1913) and K. tidswelli (Johnston, 1909) by the anterior position of the vagina to the cirrus-sac. It also differs from K. varia, K. frezeiSchmidt & Kuntz, 1974 and K. saccifera (Ratz, 1900) by a different egg number in each clusters (8-13 in K. chisholmae versus 12-20, 90-100 and more than 100, respectively), from K. frezei and K. saccifera by a different cluster shape (spherical to oval versus banana-shaped in the latter two species), from K. sandgroundi and K. tidswelli by a greater diameter of the embryophore (37-45 µm versus 25-30 µm and 19-32 µm, respectively); from K. sandgroundi and K. varia (sensuNybelin, 1917), by the absence of a vaginal sphincter. Finally, K. chisholmae differs from K. varia, K. tidswelli, K. frezei and K. saccifera by a larger size (length of the strobila up to 315 mm versus 30 mm, 27-30 mm, 40 mm, and 10-40 mm, respectively). We consider K. saccifera to be a species inquirenda due to its very poor description (no illustration, nor description of the scolex, number of testes, cirrus-sac ratio, testis field, uterine branches number, etc.). Specimens redescribed by Nybelin (1917) as K. varia (Beddard, 1913) are considered to be another, yet unnamed species of Kapsulotaenia.

Egmundella producta n. comb., commonly used so far in the combination Lovenella producta, is re-described based on the type specimens, as well as new material from the NW Atlantic. The gonothecae are large, fan-shaped structures, and the gonophore could be either a medusoid or a medusa. The re-examination of the type material confirmed that it possesses stolonal nematophores and nematothecae. Applying currently used generic diagnoses, it becomes necessary to transfer the species to the genus Egmundella.

The early centipede collection of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève was largely founded on the specimens collected by Aloïs Humbert and Henri de Saussure on their expeditions to Sri Lanka and Mexico respectively. It was further enriched by material from two expeditions to Madagascar studied by Saussure and Leo Zehntner. The three men described a total of 56 species. The names of these species are listed alphabetically, the location of the type material is discussed and the current nomenclatural combination is given.

The genus EnguterothrixDenis, 1962 contains two very closely related species on different continents: E. crinipesDenis, 1962, known from the mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and E. simpulum (Tanasevitch, 2014) comb. nov. (transferred from ApophygoneTanasevitch, 2014), which is widespread in the mountains of northern Thailand. Enguterothrix fuscipalpisDenis, 1962 is removed from the genus and preliminarily placed in MicrargusDahl, 1886. A new species, Oedothorax paralegrandi sp. nov., is described from the Indian Himalayas; it shows close relations to the Afrotropical O. legrandiJocqué, 1985 from the Comoros. The following new synonyms are proposed: ApophygoneTanasevitch, 2014 syn. nov. of EnguterothrixDenis, 1962; Enguterothrix tenuipalpisHolm, 1968 syn. nov. of Enguterothrix crinipesDenis, 1962; Nasoonaria circinataZhao & Li, 2014 syn. nov. of Nasoonaria magnaTanasevitch, 2014; Theoa bidentataZhao & Li, 2014 syn. nov. of Theoa elegansTanasevitch, 2014.

The crocodile lizard, a globally endangered species with a restricted range in southern China and northern Vietnam, is an increasingly demanded species in the international pet trade. Poaching activities brought the species to the brink of extinction, while ongoing habitat destruction represents an additional peril to the species. Especially the Vietnamese population is extremely small with a preliminary estimation of less than 100 individuals. According to predictions of the species potential distribution, we conducted targeted field surveys to search for further populations in Vietnam in order to update the species' conservation status. We could prove the practical and efficient applicability of this theoretical model by the discovery of a new population from a predicted forest site near the international border between China and Vietnam. Based on monitoring of the Vietnamese population from 2010 to 2015 we further provide an overview about current population trends, which revealed dramatic local declines of more than 50% of effective population sizes and the species' extirpation at a third of all known sites. In addition, we predicted future scenarios of suitable habitats and compared these results with actual forest cover in order to define key habitats for effective conservation measures.

A new species, Araguanema mutabile sp. nov., from the coelomic cavity of a glossoscolecid earthworm Aptodrilus fuhrmanniMichaelsen, 1918 deposited in the collection of Natural History Museum of Geneva, is described and illustrated. The new species is characterised by the presence of two types of somatic sensory organs, i.e. vesicular and fimbriate, four cephalic papillae, a small cuticularised stoma, a muscular, clavate pharynx, a nerve ring encircling isthmus, no distinct spermatheca, and a posterior position of vulva and thick-shelled eggs. From the only known species of the genus, A. venezuelaeIvanova & Hope, 2004, it differs by the differently shaped pharynx, indistinct vs distinct amphids, a stoma with cuticularised vs non-cuticularised walls, the different arrangement of the sensory organs, and more numerous eggs with ornamented vs smooth egg-shells. The significance of the number of somatic organs for the species identification is discussed.

Four new species of the genus Bisetocreagris Ćurčić are described from caves in the provinces of Guizhou (B. chuanensis n. sp.), Sichuan (B. baozinensis n. sp., B. juanxuae n. sp., and Bisetocreagris sp.) and Chongqing (B. cavernarum n. sp.). On the basis of the trichobothrial pattern and the apparent fragility of the galea in this group, the following species are transferred to Bisetocreagris: Parobisium martiiMahnert, 2003, P. titaniumMahnert, 2003, P. scaurumMahnert, 2003, and Stenohya chinacavernicolaSchawaller, 1995.

We present an annotated list of the 63 type specimens of birds held in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland. These specimens originate mainly from the collections of two ornithologists, Henri Jouard who worked on European passerines, and Thomas Horsfield who collected and described birds from Java.

Phintella aequipeiformisZabka, 1985 was described from a male and P. lucaiZabka, 1985 from a female, but the opposite sex of each nominal species remained unknown. Both were collected from the same habitats of the same localities in our field work, and they share some similarities in the body color pattern. Moreover, our results from DNA barcoding show that both are one and the same species. We therefore place P. lucai in the synonymy of P. aequipeiformis, and provide a redescription of the species on the basis of both sexes.

Three new Uropodina mite species are described from Singapore. Hutufeideria singaporensis sp. nov. differs from the other HutufeideriaHirschmann & Hiramatsu, 1977 species by the shape of the pygidial and genital shields and by the shape of sternal and dorsal setae. Phymatodiscus insolitus sp. nov. has a very specific character within the genus PhymatodiscusBerlese, 1917: the dorsal eye-like depressions are very small and hidden. The position and shape of ventral setae in the third species [Rotundabaloghia (Circobaloghia) singaporica sp. nov.] are unique within the subgenus CircobaloghiaKontschán, 2010b. New keys are given to all species of the genera Hutufeideria and Phymatodiscus, and a new key to the South-East Asian members of the subgenus Rotundabaloghia (Circobaloghia).

A new species of the genus Sunius Curtis, 1829 is described and illustrated from Antalya (Korkuteli, Kızılcadağ) province of southwestern Anatolia: Sunius kizilcadagicus sp. n. Additional records of four species of Sunius are reported. A total of 37 species are now known from Turkey, 33 of them endemic to that country.

Yunodorylus comprises four named species and has so far been known exclusively from the Indo-Chinese and Indo-Malayan subregions. Recently, two queen-right colonies of Yunodorylus eguchiiBorowiec, 2009 were found in a lowland evergreen forest in Lo Go Xa Mat National Park, southwestern Vietnam. The present paper is the first description of the queen caste of Yunodorylus. The queens were interestingly subdichthadiiform. This discovery has an important implication in our further understanding of the evolution of the “Army Ant Adaptive Syndrome” in the subfamily Dorylinae.

The largest subfamily of Pyraloidea of the Galápagos fauna is reviewed. Forty-four species are recorded and illustrated, including the male and female genitalia. Eleven species are described as new: Agathodes galapagensis Landry sp. n., Desmia mordor Landry & Solis sp. n., Diaphania galapagensis Landry & Solis sp. n., Lineodes vulcanalis Landry sp. n., L. corinnae Landry sp. n., Neoleucinodes galapagensis Landry sp. n., Samea coffea Landry sp. n., Samea inconspicuella Landry sp. n., Sisyracera jacquelinae Landry sp. n., Udea galapagensis Landry sp. n., Udea sideralis Landry sp. n. Asciodes quietalis (Walker, 1859), stat. n. and Samea castellalisGuenée, 1854, stat. n. are removed from synonymy. Samea contortilinealisHampson, 1895 is synonymized with Sisyracera inabsconsalis (Möschler, 1890). Lectotypes are designated for Botys cambogialisGuenée, 1854, Phlyctaenia capsifera Meyrick, 1933, Phalaena costata Fabricius, 1775, Botys creonalis Walker, 1859, Samea disertalis Walker, 1866, Asciodes gordialisGuenée, 1854, Diasemia inabsconsalisMöschler, 1890, Samea jarbusalis Walker, 1859, Botys philealis Walker, 1859, and Scoparia quietalis Walker, 1859. The known distribution and biology of each species are summarized. Cryptobotys zoilusalis (Walker, 1859) and Salbia haemorrhoidalisGuenée, 1854 are recorded from the Galápagos for the first time. A host plant record is mentioned for Penestola bufalis (Guenée, 1854) for the first time. The binomen Patania silicalis (Guenée, 1854), comb. n., is mentioned for the first time.