Monographis queenslandicus n. sp. is described from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The genus Monographis may be divided into two groups based on the arrangement of sensilla on the 6th antennal article. Species with a crescent-shape arrangement are M. kraepelini, M. annandalei, M. baihualingensis, M. demangei and M. mirus; species with a triangular arrangement are M. tamoyensis, M. yunnanensis...

Taxonomic studies were carried out on the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 in India, with description of four new species, L. binghami sp. nov., pusaensis satpuraensis and wilsoni based worker caste. Redescription distribution records five known annandalei (Mukerjee, 1930), bipartita (Smith, 1861), integra (Forel, 1894), layla Wachkoo, Bharti & Akbar, 2021, pulchella 1892), are provided. An i...

The ixodid tick Ixodes granulosus Supino 1897 was found infesting Rattus rattus in Semakau island, one of the small offshore islands fringing Singapore to the south. None of the examined R. rattus from the other islands fringing Singapore, or from Singapore island were found infested. Ixodes granulatus occurs, however, on Singapore island on Rattus annandalei, resident of undisturbed forested h...

Three new species of Patrus Aubé, 1838 are described from China: hainanensis sp. nov. Hainan; jiangxiensis Jiangxi; shangchuanensis Guangdong. Eight / subspecies Gyrinidae recorded China for the first time: Metagyrinus vitalisi (Peschet, 1923), Orectochilus argenteolimbatus Peschet, 1923, murinus Régimbart, 1892, haemorrhous (Régimbart, 1892), marginepennis angustilimbus (Ochs, 1925) Yunnan; co...

A total of 719 wild rats were captured from four localities representing the west (Kuala Lumpur), east (Kuantan), north (Georgetown) and south (Malacca) to determine the diversity of blood protozoan from the urban wild rat population in peninsular Malaysia. Five rat species were recovered with Rattus rattus diardii being the most dominant species, followed by Rattus norvegicus, Rattus exulans, ...