A new species from India, Conocephalus (Aniosptera) himalayicus Chandra, Kumar & Chand sp. nov.is described and illustrated. The new species is the fifth brachypterous species of subgenus Aniosptera Latreille, 1829 from India. A checklist of Indian species of Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 is also provided.

Bees are indispensable living components of ecosystems because of the pollination services they offer. In this respect, it is important to determine the extent of host plant specialization by evaluating their pollen diet, information that can easily be gathered by analyzing the pollen content of their nests. Here we examined two Xylocopa (Copoxyla) iris (Christ, 1791) nests from different provinces in Turkey to identify the relationship between the surrounding vegetation and the possible pollinator or forager X. iris, a species for which there is limited available pollen preference data. We investigated the larval provisions and pollen content of these nests and compared pollen content with the pollen of the surrounding vegetation. In addition, we inspected the nest architecture and nesting biology and reviewed extant information about the distribution of this species in Turkey.

Our investigation found that both nests were unbranched with 7-8 cells, each containing seven individuals at different stages of development. Pollen analysis revealed that plants of the families Fabaceae and Lamiaceae were most preferred by X. iris. These findings suggest that even though the nectar and pollen foraging behavior of this species is known to be polylectic, their larval diet choices might be much more specialized.

Carpocoris mediterraneus is a polyphagous vegetarian. Adult females of C. mediterraneus were collected in Aksu, Antalya, in June 2018. In this study, the morphological structures of female reproductive system of C. mediterraneus, which has not been studied before, was investigated under light and electron microscopies. The female reproductive system of C. mediterraneus was composed of a pair of ovaries, lateral oviducts, a common oviduct, accessory gland and spermatheca. Each ovary consisted of six telotrophic meroistic type ovarioles. Each ovariole consisted a terminal filament, germarium, vitellarium, and pedicel. In the germarium region, there was a trophic core, trophocytes, young oocytes and prefollicular cells. Vitellarium contained three oocytes at various stages of maturity (previtelogenesis, vitellogenesis, choriogenesis). The ovarioles were connected via pedicels to a pair of short lateral oviducts and subsequently to a common oviduct. The spermatheca of C. mediterraneus consisted a spermathecal bulb, a pumping region, the distal duct, dilation region, proximal duct and genital chamber. The spermathecal bulb was oval in shape and strongly chitinized. Its lumen typically contains a large number of spermatozoa.

Here we review changes to the planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) fauna north of Mexico since the publication of “A review of the planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) of the United States” (Bartlett et al. 2014). There are 12 species in 4 families added to the fauna and 50 changes in the generic assignment in 4 families. The most significant faunal addition is the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula (White)), with populations reported in 14 states and vagrants in 3 more. We review some nomenclatural and taxonomic issues and provide a list of anomalous records that may represent unreported or undescribed species that require further investigation. All told, these additions and changes (excluding anomalous records) give totals of 175 genera and 924 species in 13 families of planthoppers, a net addition of 1 family, 8 genera, and 10 species to the tally provided in 2014.

Two species of fire ants, Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius) and Solenopsis invicta (Buren), pose important threats to sea turtles, attacking hatchlings both within the nest and as they emerge and head towards the ocean. We surveyed ants at permanent markers along a major sea turtle nesting beach at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands, where both S. geminata and S. invicta occur. Over the course of five surveys in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022, the percent of tuna baits with S. geminata or S. invicta present declined from 48% in 2006, to 30%, 16%, 2%, and 4% in the four subsequent surveys. The reasons for the decline in fire ants on this beach are uncertain, but it is likely a positive development for nesting sea turtles.

Myrmecina davisoni sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) is described from Alabama, USA based on specimens from a mixed colony that included one M. davisoni queen with workers and several Myrmecina americana Emery workers without a queen, suggesting that M. davisoni may be parasitic. Photographs of the worker and queen are provided and an identification key separating this species from the two other described North American species, M. americana and Myrmecina cooperi Deyrup, is given.

In this study, specimens belonging to the family Nabidae A. Costa, 1853 which were collected between 1961-2019 and preserved in the Nazife Tuatay Plant Protection Museum at the Directorate of Plant Protection Central Research Institute in the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, are examined. A total of twelve species are recorded. Among them Nabis (Nabis) ericetorum Scholtz, 1847 is a new record for the fauna of Türkiye. In addition, the known data on the distribution of all species in Turkey has been improved with new provincial and regional records. On the other side, while Nabis (Nabis) pseudoferus orientarius Remane, 1963 only distributes only Eastern and Southeastern Anatolian regions, Nabis (Nabis) pseudoferus pseudoferus Remane, 1949 is distributed in all regions of Türkiye (Fig. 46). Therefore, detailed studies are required at the meeting points of Nabis (Nabis) pseudoferus pseudoferus and N. (N.) pseudoferus orientarius. As a result of the study, a checklist and identification key all species of Nabidae in Turkey are given.