First Record ofAnthonomus eugenii(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Italy

First record of acerola weevil, Anthonomus tomentosus (Faust, 1894) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Brazil.

The weevil of acerola fruits, Anthonomus tomentosus (Faust, 1894) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is recorded for the first time in Brazil. Samples of this insect were collected in fruits of acerola, Malpighia emarginata D.C. (Malpighiaceae), in four municipalities in the north-central region of Roraima State, in the Brazilian Amazon. Information about injuries observed in fruits infested with A. ...

First Nebraska State Collection Record of the Mountian Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus Ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

First Record of HAdV-D20 Among Keratoconjunctivitis Patients in Iraq

Background: Human Adenovirus species D (HAdV-D) was common human viral pathogen especially in eye infection, consists of several types of which HAdV-D8, -D19 and –D37 were common in eye infection. This study includes detection of HAdV-D types implicated in conjunctivitis based on L2 (Penton protein) gene similarity. Methods: Conjunctival swabs were collected from Keratoconjunctivitis patient...

First record of the genus Bordoniola Osella, 1987 in Ecuador with description of five new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Raymondionyminae)

Five new species of the small blind weevil genus Bordoniola Osella, 1987 from Ecuador are described and illustrated: B. ecuadorialis sp. n., B. minima sp. n., B. otongana sp. n., B. relicta sp. n., B. simillima sp. n. Distributional and ecological data are provided for each of the new species. This is the first record of the genus outside Venezuela, from where only two species were known. A key...

First record of Otibazo (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) outside of Japan, with description of a new species from Vietnam.

A new species of wingless leaf litter weevil, Otibazo polyphemus sp. n., is described from Tam Dao, northern Vietnam. This is the fourth named species in the genus, with its three other species known only from Japan. Habitus and genitalia of the male holotype are illustrated and DNA barcoding data are provided.