Chironomid pupal exuviae were collected from coastal rock pools at Isle Royale National Park, Michigan, from April to October in 2009 and 2010. Pools in bedrock depressions were separated into those higher on the shore, where desiccation is likely an important disturbance, and lower on the shore, where wave-wash from Lake Superior is likely a fundamental influence. The 102 species collected represent 42 genera in six subfamilies. The distribution and ecology of each species is summarized. Also included are remarks on species with significant range expansions, either with Palearctic or Nearctic disjunct ranges, or novel habitat use among species that are typically considered lotic but occur in splash zone pools at Isle Royale.

A new name, Melanoplus billyharrisi, is suggested as a replacement name for Melanoplus harrisi Hill 2014.

Here eight species of the subgenus Neohomoneura Malloch are added to the fauna of Yunnan. The following 6 species are described as new to science: Homoneura (Neohomoneura) baoshanensis sp. nov., H. (N.) dischida sp. nov., H. (N.) dongae sp. nov., H. (N.) latisurstyla sp. nov., H. (N.) menglunensis sp. nov., and H. (N.) nigribasis sp. nov. Furthermore, H. (N.) indica Malloch is newly recorded from China, and H. (N.) incompleta Malloch is redescribed. A key to the species of the subgenus from Yunnan is presented.

The following five species of the genus Phyllomyza Fallén from China are described as new to science: Phyllomyza emeishanensis sp. nov., Phyllomyza latustigenis sp. nov., Phyllomyza planipalpis sp. nov., Phyllomyza tibetensis sp. nov. and Phyllomyza dicrana sp. nov. A key to the known species of Phyllomyza from China is presented.

Previously only three species of Elaphropeza Macquart were known to occur in Veitnam. Here the following seven species of are described as new to science: Elaphropeza biseta sp. nov., E. lamdongensis sp. nov., E. melinhana sp. nov., E. parva sp. nov., E. postica sp. nov., E. singularis sp. nov., and E. xingyuei sp. nov. A key to the species of the genus from Vietnam is provided.

The following two species are described as new to science: Dubius flavipedus sp. nov. and Dubius yunnanensis sp. nov. A key to the world species of Dubius is presented.

The following three species of the genus Cryptochetum Rondani from China are described as new to science: Cryptochetum shaanxiense sp. nov., Cryptochetum yunnanum sp. nov., and Cryptochetum zalatilabium sp. nov. A key to the known species of Cryptochetum from China is presented.

The following 8 species of the genus Chlorops Meigen from Oriental China are described as new to science: Chlorops bisetulifer sp. nov., C. brevis sp. nov., C. flavicorneus sp. nov., C. flavimaculatus sp. nov., C. internus sp. nov., C. medialis sp. nov., C. meihuashanensis sp. nov., C. wuyishanus sp. nov. A key to the species of the genus Chlorops from China is presented.

Several reviews of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) behavior and ecology, as well as numerous research reports, have either implicitely or explicitely indicated that predation on dung scarabs is rare or absent and thus of minimal or no importance to the biology of the group. This review presents 610 records of predation on dung beetles by 409 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians from around the world. The involvement of invertebrates as predators on dung scarabs is also documented. It is concluded that this data establishes predation as a potentially major factor in the evolution and current behavior and ecology of dung beetles. The data presented also represents a considerable underestimation of predation on the group.

Keys, descriptions and figures are provided for the identification of 30 species assignable to the nominate subgenus of the tenebrionid genus Eleodes. Three species groups can be recognized: the grandicollis group, containing only E. grandicollis Mannerheim; the obscurus group, containing E. obscurus (Say), E. acutus (Say) and E. suturalis (Say); and the dentipes group, containing E. dentipes Eschscholtz, E. acuticaudus LeConte, E. adumbratus Blaisdell, E. armatus (LeConte), E. curvidens Triplehorn & Cifuentes, E. discinctus Blaisdell, E. eschscholtzi Solier, E. femoratus LeConte, E. gracilis LeConte, E. hispilabris (Say), E. loretensis Blaisdell, E. mexicanus Blaisdell, E. mirabilis Triplehorn, E. moestus Blaisdell, E. muricatulus Triplehorn, E. rossi Blaisdell, E. rugosus Perbosc, E. samalayucae Triplehorn, E. sanmartinensus Blaisdell, E. scyropterus Triplehorn, E. spinipes Champion, E. sponsus LeConte, E. subcylindricus Casey, E. tenuipes Casey, E. vanduzeei Blaisdell, and a new species described herein, Eleodes fiski Triplehorn.

Eleodes amadeensis Blaisdell and Eleodes striatipennis Blaisdell are synonymized under Eleodes armatus (LeConte). Eleodes subpinguis Blaisdell is synonymized under Eleodes hispilabris (Say). Eleodes wickhami Horn is synonymized under E. eschscholtzi Solier. The status of Eleodes femoratus LeConte 1851 under E. militaris Horn 1870, is reversed based on priority.

The scope of this study is to make evaluations on faunistic, ecological and zoogeographical composition of the subfamily Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey. Ninety-three species, belonging to 26 genera and 11 tribes, were detected by field studies between years 2009–2011 in the Central Anatolian Region. It is concluded that among these, one species from Atheta (Atheta camardiensis, Sert et al., 2013) and Gyrophaena (Gyrophaena cagatay, Sert et al., 2013) respectively are new to science and seven species from Atheta, Brachyusa, Ischnopoda and Liogluta are new genera records for Turkey (Sert et al., 2013a). Eight species are endemic for Turkey and 69 species are new records for Central Anatolian Region.

The South American big-headed ant Pheidole obscurithorax was first found in North America in Mobile, Alabama in 1949. Since then, this species has also been recorded in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas. We compiled and mapped published and unpublished specimen records of P. obscurithorax from >170 sites in South America and the US to evaluate the current geographic range of this species and its possible future spread. We documented the earliest known records for nine geographic areas (South American countries and US states). Site records of P. obscurithorax ranged 27.5 degrees of latitude (from 6.7°S to 34.2°S) in South America, and 3.5 degrees of latitude (from 28.0°N to 31.5°N) in North America. It may be that the North American populations of P. obscurithorax have a fairly narrow range of climatic tolerances. Earlier genetic analyses of native and exotic populations of P. obscurithorax found that the North America populations appear to originate from a single introduction from a population most closely related to native study populations from a stretch along the Paraná River in Argentina from Resistencia (27.5°S) to Santa Fe (31.6°S). This latitudinal range matches the current latitudinal range of P. obscurithorax in North America. Alternatively, the much greater latitudinal range of P. obscurithorax in South America suggests that exotic populations of P. obscurithorax may have potential for much additional expansion in North America and beyond. In South America, P. obscurithorax has a similar native range as the invasive fire ant Solenopsis invicta. In the North America, exotic populations of P. obscurithorax may spread like S. invicta has, across the southeast of the US and into the West Indies.

The number of species of Indiopsocus known (i.e. published in print) from Texas is raised from three to seven. Three of the newly recorded species are new and are here named and described. Distribution records are given for them within and outside of Texas. Texas distribution records are given for the previously known species. The series of syntypes of Indiopsocus texanus (Aaron) in the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences and in the Cornell University Insect Collection was examined, and the single male in the series (Cornell Collection) was selected as lectotype for this species, the generotype of Indiopsocus. A brief phenetic classification of Indiopsocus is included with the known species listed in each category. A key to the species of Indiopsocus recorded from Texas and eastward to the Atlantic coast is included.