Two new species of the genus Stenothemus Bourgeois are described from Taiwan, under the names of S. seediq sp. nov. and S. cou sp. nov. Both species are provided with photos of habitus and illustrations of aedeagi, the seventh abdominal ventrites of females, and a distribution map for both the new species is presented. A key for the identification of Stenothemus species from Taiwan is given.

JOSÉ MANUEL GROSSO-SILVA , MIGUEL A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA & RUBIM M. ALMEIDA DA SILVA 1 Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Portugal & CIBIO-INBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de C...

Podosilis geukdongensis n. sp. from South Korea is described, illustrated and compared with the closely related species P. omissa (Wittmer, 1954). The P. omissa group is established and defined.

Four new species related to Fissocantharis novemexcavatus (Wittmer, 1951) are described, F. safranekimima sp. nov. (CHINA: Shaanxi), F. septangula sp. nov. (CHINA: Shaanxi), F. guizhouensis sp. nov. (CHINA: Guizhou) and F. novemoblonga sp. nov. (CHINA: Zhejiang, Anhui), which are illustrated with habitus and antennae of males, abdominal sternites VIII of females and genitalia of both sexes. A k...

The genus Trypheridium Brancucci, 1985 is endemic to the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, and currently known from a single species, T. nuristanicum (Wittmer, 1956). Here, reviewed, nom. emend. re-described kashmiricum sp. nov. described Kashmir Region of India. Descriptions, diagnoses, high quality images, distribution maps identification keys are presented. morphology discussed compared with thos...