In this paper we provide a list of new species records of Trichoptera collected during the 2009–2010 period in the Republic of Kosovo. We report six first records for the Kosovo caddisfly fauna: Tinodes braueri McLachlan, 1978, Hydropsyche modesta Navas, 1925, Plectrocnemia mojkovacensis Malicky, 1982, Annitella triloba Marinković-Gospodnetić, 1955, Synagapetus moselyi (Ulmer, 1938) and Stenophylax meridiorientalis Malicky, 1982. We also provide new distribution records for several other species belonging to: Rhyacophilidae, Glossosomatidae, Philopotamidae, Hydropsychidae, Polycentropodidae, Psychomyiidae, Limnephilidae, Goeridae, Lepidostomatdiae, Leptoceridae, Odontoceridae, Sericostomatidae and Beraeidae. For the first time in more than 40 years, a rare Balkan endemic species Limnephilus petri Marinković-Gospodnetić, 1966 is recorded again from Kosovo. The present record of Odontocerum albicorne reconfirms its presence in southeastern Europe; it was previously considered absent.

Larval and winged stages of Paraleptophlebia werneri Ulmer, 1919 were found in Andreevskaya Cave and Verkhnyaya Shakuranskaya Cave (W Caucasus, Abkhazia). No considerable differences in chaetotaxy, coloration and body size of larval and winged stages from these caves and epigean water bodies were noted. Mayfly potential for cave colonization is discussed.

The genus Gymnopternus Loew has only one species recorded in Tibet which belongs to the group Gymnopternus grandis. Here the following two species of this group are described as new to science: Gymnopternus bariensis sp. nov. and G. longipennis sp. nov. A key to the species of Gymnopternus grandis group in the Himalayas is provided.

The Braconid parasite Chelonus muarakatae is one of the dominant natural enemies of Chilo suppressalis. Morphology and development of this parasitoid developing in host larvae are rarely mentioned. In the current study, morphological characters and developmental duration of each immature stage of C. murakatae were recorded after dissecting parasitized hosts. The egg of C. murakatae is oval and hymenopteriform. Based on changes in number of body segments, visibility of the anal vesicle and measurement of the head capsule width, it was determined that there are three larval instars. The third instar mature larvae drilled the host body and pupated in a cocoon. Development time from egg to adult emergence was about 34 days at 27.5°C and a photoperiod of 15:9 (L:D) h with a relative humidity of 70–85%. All stages are shown with photomicrographs. This study will be helpful for better understanding of the physiological interactions between C. murakatae and its host.

The type locality of Rhagodes caucasicus Birula, 1905 is corrected and identified as Tuzluca (Kul'p), Iğdir Province, eastern Turkey instead of Armenia. A new record for the Iranian solpugid fauna is also reported: Rhagodes caucasicus Birula, 1905 from Zanjan Province, northwestern Iran. The redescription of new material of Rhagodes caucasicus from Turkey is included.

Two new species of the genus Idona are described from Mexico. Both species were collected from avocado trees. A list of all the other 14 known species in the genus Idona is given along with the present distribution of each species.

Here we report on the first record of Vidalia accola (Hardy, 1973) (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Kashmir in northwestern India. The presence of adults was documented in a cherry (Prunus avium L.) (Rosales: Rosaceae) orchard of the experimental farm of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar campus, but the host plant is unknown. An updated key to species of Vidalia Robineau-Desvoidy is included.

Two new species of the genus Dysdera, D. turcica sp. n. and D. akpinarae sp. n. (male) from Turkey were discovered in the Aegean region and are described and illustrated. Detailed morphological descriptions and diagnoses are presented together with figures of the copulatory organs and an accompanying distribution map. The two new species are compared with similar species in the genus.