The first detailed specimen records are presented for the Australian beetle Homotrysismacleayi (Borchmann, 1909) in New Zealand. Evaluation of this evidence clearly indicates that the species is fully established in the wild in New Zealand. It is therefore recommended that the species be added to the New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR), as exotic and present in the wild. Some general comments...

Onymacris brainei Penrith, 1984 - the most recent species of Onymacris to be described - is known only from its type locality in the Namib Desert, adjacent to the Cunene River in northern Namibia. No additional specimens are known to have been collected beyond the type series. Herein, we report on eight specimens discovered at a second site near the original locality. DNA from four beetles was ...

Three new species of Gnaptorina Reitter, 1887, G (Hesperoptorina) medvedevi, sp. nov., G (H.) dongdashanensis, sp nov. and G (H.) cuonaensis, sp. nov. are described from Tibet, China. A key to the known species of the subgenus Hesperoptorina is given.

Tenebrionidae is a diverse insect family of Coleoptera that shows high levels of endemicity in epigean species. For the Andean region, which is divided into three subregions: Central Chilean, Subantarctic and Patagonian, it has been hypothesized that epigean tenebrionids have diversified in the Patagonian subregion and subsequently, they dispersed to Subantarctic and Central Chilean subregions....