A new species of land snail was recently found in the municipalities of Carinhanha, Serra do Ramalho and Coribe, western Bahia state, Brazil. It is described herein as Kora rupestris n. sp. and can be easily recognized from its congeners by its usually narrower shell and aperture, and especially by its protoconch sculpture pattern. In light of this new discovery, new emended diagnosis and description are provided for the genus Kora, and two taxa previously described under this genus are excluded, being transferred to the genus Drymaeus [D. iracema (Simone, 2015) n. comb. and D. terreus (Simone, 2015) n. comb.]. The region where the new species was found consists of a contact zone of the Caatinga and Cerrado biomes. Such regions are proving to be quite diverse and a more thorough knowledge of their fauna is of utmost importance for future conservation efforts.

A sample of land snails was recently collected in a fragment of Atlantic rainforest, in the vicinities of the city of Nanuque (north of Minas Gerais state, Brazil), totaling 15 species. The following new species are herein described: Leiostracus carnavalescus n. sp. and Rhinus botocudus n. sp. (Bulimulidae), and Obeliscus boitata n. sp. (Subulinidae), the first two accompanied by anatomical descriptions. Moreover, the geographical ranges of some species are extended to Minas Gerais: Auris bilabiata, Bahiensis cf. bahiensis, Cyclopomops moricandi, Dysopeas muibum, Helicina boettgeri, Helicina variabilis, Prohappia besckei, and Rectartemon piquetensis. The discovery of new species in such a small forest fragment is a clear reminder of how little the Brazilian terrestrial snail fauna is known. It also points to the fact that these few remaining forest fragments may house many new and possibly endemic species and should, therefore, be properly preserved.

A small but highly interesting collection of terrestrial isopods from Oman is reported. The new species Xeroniscus siegfriedhuberi n. sp. and Somalodilloides pseudopilosus n. sp. are described and illustrated, and new records are given for the species Chaetophiloscia sp., Periscyphis omanensis, Xeroniscus erythraeus and X. troglophilus.

The new genera Mandelara n. gen. (type species M. immutata n. sp.) from South Africa and Papuaenis n. gen. (type species P. balkei n. sp.) from Papua New Guinea are described. Both genera are included in the tribe Clypeocaenini that is defined by a bulged frons and more or less protruding clypeus. A cladistic analysis recovers the Clypeocaeninae as monophyletic. Caenini Tasmanocoenini are revealed as sister group to Clypeocanini, together constituting the subfamily Caeninae. A larval key in provided to the genera of Clypeocaenini.

The new mayflies Caenis wui n. sp. and C. pekinensis n. sp. from China (Beijing) are described and compared with West and Central Palaearctic species (C. robusta and species of the C. beskidensis group).

Eight new species of the bembidiine subtribe Tachyina are described from various countries in the Oriental Region: genus Elaphropus Motschulsky, 1839, subgenus Tachyura Motschulsky, 1862: E. serrulipennis n. sp. and E. schawalleri n. sp. from the island of Leyte/Philippines, E. rufinus n. sp. from Brunei/Borneo, E. grimmi n. sp. from Sabah/Borneo, and E. martensi n. sp. from Nepal; genus Tachyta Kirby, 1837: T. quadrinotata n. sp. from Nepal and T. laticollis n. sp. from Sabah/Borneo; genus Paratachys Casey, 1918: P. leytensis n. sp. from the island of Leyte/Philippines. For T. laticollis n. sp. a new subgenus Eurytachyta within the genus Tachyta is described. Male and female genitalia are figured if available. The new species are compared with their most similar relatives.

The species of the nominal subgenus of the lomechusine genus Zyras Stephens, 1835 of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong are revised. In all, 50 named species, two of them of doubtful identity, are recognized, (re-)described, and illustrated, among them 33 new taxa: Zyras (Zyras) athetoides n. sp. (Sichuan), Z. (Z.) atrapicalis n. sp. ( Yunnan), Z. (Z.) atronitens n. sp. (Tibet), Z. (Z.) bangmaicus n. sp. (Yunnan), Z. (Z.) bicoloricollis n. sp. (Yunnan), Z. (Z.) bisinuatus n. sp. (Yunnan), Z. (Z.) caloderoides n. sp. (Yunnan), Z. (Z.) dabanicus n. sp. (Qinghai), Z. (Z.) discolor n. sp. (Fujian), Z. (Z.) exspoliatus n. sp. (Guangxi), Z. (Z.) extensus n. sp. (Yunnan), Z. (Z.) firmicornis n. sp. (Fujian), Z. (Z.) flexus n. sp. (Fujian), Z. (Z.) formosanus n. sp. (Taiwan), Z. (Z.) gilvipalpis n. sp. (Yunnan), Z. (Z.) granapicalis n. sp. (Sichuan), Z. (Z.) hebes n. sp. (Taiwan), Z. (Z.) inexcisus n. sp. (China: Gansu, Qinghai; Russia: Far East, East Siberia), Z. (Z.) lativentris n. sp. (Yunnan), Z. (Z.) maculicollis n. sp. (Yunnan), Z. (Z.) nigrapicalis n. sp. (Yunnan, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Taiwan), Z. (Z.) nigricornis n. sp. (Hubei, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Qinghai), Z. (Z.) nigronitens n. sp. (Yunnan), Z. (Z.) pulcher n. sp. (Gansu, Sichuan), Z. (Z.) rectus n. sp. (Yunnan), Z. (Z.) rufapicalis n. sp. (Taiwan), Z. (Z.) rufoterminalis n. sp. (Hubei, Sichuan), Z. (Z.) schuelkei n. sp. (Fujian, Sichuan), Z. (Z.) subobsoletus n. sp. (Sichuan), Z. (Z.) tenebricosus n. sp. (Sichuan, Tibet), Z. (Z.) tenuicornis n. sp. (Taiwan), Z. (Z.) tumidicornis n. sp. (Taiwan), Z. (Z.) volans n. sp. (Taiwan). Previous records of five species from China are considered doubtful. As many as 19 species remain unnamed for want of mature males. A catalogue and a key to species are provided. The distributions of 46 species are mapped. Additional records and (re-)descriptions of 15 species from other — Palaearctic and Oriental — regions are provided. Two species are described for the first time: Z. (Z.) iniquus n. sp. (Pakistan) and Z. (Z.) articollis n. sp. (Laos). Seven synonymies and a new combination are proposed: Zyras beijingensis Pace, 1993 = Z. restitutus Pace, 1993, n. syn.; Zyras alboantennatus Pace, 1986 = Z. sichuanorum Pace, 2012, n. syn.; Z. birmanus Scheerpeltz, 1965 = Z. pseudobirmanus Scheerpeltz, 1965, n. syn.; Z. hongkongensis Pace, 1999 = Z. benenensis Pace, 2001, n. syn.; Z. kambaitiensis Scheerpeltz, 1965 = Z. ferrugineiventris Scheerpeltz, 1965, n. syn., = semiasperatus Scheerpeltz, 1965, n. syn.; Z. wei Pace, 1993 = Z. qingchengensis Pace, 2012, n. syn.; Zyras brignolii (Pace, 1986), n. comb. (ex Drusilla). Lectotypes are designated for Zyras chinkiangensis Bernhauer, 1939 and Z. seminigerrimus Bernhauer, 1933.

Attagenus pseudorobustior n. sp. from Namibia is described, illustrated and compared with the similar species Attagenus robustior (Pic, 1951). A list of all Attagenus species so far recorded from Namibia is given.

Promethis skalei n. sp. from West Papua is described, illustrated and differentiated from its congeners by unusual head armature and last abdominal ventrite morphology.

The following new species from Malaysia/Borneo are described: Palorus borneensis n. sp., Platydema orientaloides n. sp., and Promethis bosuangi n. sp. Palorus cerylonoides (Pascoe, 1836) and Platydema saundersi Schawaller, 2012 are recorded for the first time from Borneo. New faunistic data of eight further species are added.

The species of the tenebrionid genus Menimus Sharp, 1876 (Gnathidiini Gebien, 1921, Diaperinae) from India are revised, and an identification key for the species is compiled. New species: M. gairibansicus n. sp. (Darjeeling), M. hunlicus n. sp. (Arunachal Pradesh). New synonym: M. indicus Gebien, 1925 n. syn. of M. ovalis (Allard, 1894). Lectotypes are designated for M. caraboides (Allard, 1894) and M. ovalis (Allard, 1894).

Newly collected specimens of the tenebrionid tribe Leiochrinini Lewis, 1894 (Diaperinae Latreille, 1802) from continental China and north-eastern India are treated in the present paper, including several new geographical records and six new species: Derispia arunachala n. sp. and Derispia bomdila n. sp. from Arunachal Pradesh, Derispia hajeki n. sp. and Derispia heishidinga n. sp. from Guangdong and Guangxi, as well as Derispia shillonga n. sp. and Leiochrinus metallicus n. sp. from Meghalaya.

Nine new species of the tenebrionid genus Menimus Sharp, 1876 (Diaperinae Latreille, 1802, Gnathidiini Gebien, 1921) from the Peninsular Malaysia and adjacent southern Thailand are described: M. cameronicus n. sp., M. gentingicus n. sp., M. hauseri n. sp., M. malayicus n. sp., M. pahangicus n. sp., M. perakicus n. sp., M. riedeli n. sp., and M. tiomanicus n. sp., all from Peninsular Malaysia, and M. khaolakicus n. sp. from southern Thailand. An identification key is compiled for these species. Although certain zoogeographical relations exist between the Malay Peninsula and the Sunda Islands Borneo and Sumatra, only a single species was found at present in both of these areas: Menimus lineatopunctatus (Pic, 1930) n. comb., transferred from Pentaphyllus (= Menimus klappe richi Bremer, 1997 n. syn.).

Only one species of the Hymenoptera Apoidea Anthophila is native to Iceland: Bombus jonellus (Kirby, 1802). A second species, Andrena tarsata Nylander, 1848, is mentioned by Schmiedeknecht (1882–1884), but there is reasonable doubt of an existence in Iceland. Four bumblebee species were introduced: B. hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761), first detection in 1959; B. lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761), first detection in 1979; B. hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758) and B. pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763), first detections in 2010. Furthermore B. terrestris (Linnaeus, 1761) was introduced for tomato pollination in greenhouses (after 2002). Personal observations in 2014 yielded the result of large extensions of B. lucorum primarily in the north-east region of Iceland. The distribution of all bumblebee species in Iceland is summarised, their taxonomical status, habitat preferences, special adaptations and colonisation history are discussed. Based on a differential evaluation, probable trends of their future development are examined. Global warming effects may reduce B. jonellus populations and promote those of introduced Bombus species. B. lucorum may expand in many regions of Iceland far from settlements, but also into cultivated and settlement areas. B. hortorum is restricted to settlement areas with gardens (preferring long-tubed flowers), but B. lucorum will compete strongly with B. hortorum. B. hypnorum is also restricted to settlement areas, due to special nesting behaviour. The further development of B. pascuorum is likely to be positively supported by global warming effects and competitive effects. B. terrestris seems to be not adapted to live outside greenhouses in Iceland.

A revisionary checklist of the southern African clearwing moths of the tribe Osminiini is presented. Redescriptions of the genera and species from the region are given wherever necessary. The two genera, Erismatica Meyrick, 1933 and Pseudomelittia Le Cerf, 1917, are placed in Osminiini for the first time. One new genus, Halictina n. gen., as well as eight new species, Cabomina ruthmuellerae n. sp., C. flavivertex n. sp., Aenigmina albiapex n. sp., Noctusphecia kgalagadia n. sp., N. rubra n. sp., Homogyna nama n. sp., H. dukei n. sp., and H. xant homelaena n. sp. are described. The following new combinations are introduced: Cabomina chalypsa (Hampson, 1919) n. comb.; C. hilariformis (Walker, 1856) n. comb.; C. leucopleura (Hampson, 1919) n. comb.; C. tiresa (Druce, 1899) n. comb.; Erismatica endopyra (Hampson, 1910) n. comb.; Halictina andraenipennis (Walker, 1856) n. comb.; Synanthedon elymais (Druce, 1899) n. comb.; S. xanthopasta (Hampson, 1919) n. comb.; S. tapeina Hampson, 1919 n. comb.; S. ochracea (Walker, 1864) n. comb. and S. cingulata (Gaede, 1929) n. comb. Lectotypes of Chamanthedon heliostoma Meyrick, 1926 and Paranthrene sanguipennis Meyrick, 1926 are designated. Erismatica erythropis Meyrick, 1933 n. syn. is considered a new subjective junior synonym of Erismatica endopyra (Hampson, 1910). Bionomical data for some Afrotropical Osminiini species are given, which are the first observations on the life history of a member of the tribe.

Although the shorebirds (Charadriiformes: Scolopaci and Charadrii) are among the most thoroughly studied bird orders in Central Europe, no precise key for the identification of their skulls was available. This paper seeks to remedy this lack by presenting a dichotomous identification key for 38 species of shorebirds from Germany. Photographs and biometric measurements of the skulls are included to support the identification process.