Ovine psoroptic mange or sheep scab (also known by the descriptive names of belt, shab, tag or rubbers) is said to be one of the earliest known ectoparasitic infections. Sheep scab has been known since ancient times. It was known to Moses and has been documented by Cato, Virgil, Pleno and Columnella and (apparently) is referred to in the Bible (Leveticus XXII, 22). Although the Arabs were aware...

The second species of the Neotropical genus Cerozodus Bigot, 1857, Cerozodus brachylobus sp. nov. is described from Mirador, Maranhao state, Brazil and Cerozodus nodicornis (Wiedemann, 1828) is redescribed. The habitus, wing and male terminalia structures are described and illustrated.

A taxonomic study on the solitary wasps in the vespid genus Anterhynchium de Saussure, 1863, from Vietnam is presented. One species previously identified as A. (Anterhynchium) abdominale abdominale (Illiger, 1802) is described as new, namely A. punctatum Nguyen, sp. nov. Antechynchium (Dirhynchium) flavolineatum flavolineatum (Smith, 1857) and A. (Dirhynchium) flavomarginatum flavomarginatum (S...