A new species of Anasa from Jamaica (West Indies) is described and illustrated. Anasa bellator (Fabricius) is recorded for the first time from Jamaica. A revised key to known species of Anasa from Jamaica is presented.

Following the discovery of the introduced mosquito, Ochlerotatus japonicus in western New Hampshire in 2000, a series of twelve used tire casings in southeastern New Hampshire was sampled, beginning in 2001, to study the occurrence of O. japonicus and its abundance over a five year period. Prior to 2003, Ochlerotatus triseriatus, a native species, was the numerically dominant mosquito species found in older water-filled tire casings. By 2004, O. japonicus had replaced O. triseriatus as the dominant mosquito species in this habitat, and by 2006 comprised 83% of the 2 species collected from the tires. Ochlerotatus japonicus has two larval population peaks annually in southeastern New Hampshire during the breeding season: mid-April to mid-May in spring, and early August to mid-September in mid-to late summer. Eggs continue to hatch and some larvae are present until freezing (ice over) occurs, usually in late October to early November. Ochlerotatus triseriatus has a single larval population peak from early May to mid-June. Eggs cease to hatch by late July to mid-August.

Aleiodes reisi, a new species of parasitoid wasp with an enlarged, heavily sculptured, carapace-like metasomal tergite IV was reared from the geometrid Macaraia multilineata Packard collected from Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana L) in Missouri. It is described from both female and male specimens. Illustrations are provided of the mummy, the wasp habitus, and a color pattern sexual dimorphism on the first metasomal tergite.

Cryptocephalus (Asionus) pseudoreitteri Tomov, 1976 is a poorly known species. Recently, seven additional specimens of this rare species were collected out of the type locality. The little known female of this species is redescribed in detail and also males are redescribed on the basis of 7 specimens (4 males and 3 females) collected from Kayseri and Aksaray provinces of Central Anatolia. The male and female genital structures, abdomen, variations of the pronotal and elytral patterns are illustrated.

A new species, Tmarus songi spec. nov. is described with both sexes from Guangxi Province, China. The condition of genital organ of the new species indicates its close relationship with T. digitiformis Yang, Zhu and Song, 2005. The male Tmarus taiwanus is described and illustrated for the first time.

Nine new species are added to the genus Coronigoniella Young. They include C. bartletti from Peru, C. cornuta, C. circula, C. elongata, C. ancora, C. bella, C. cerulata, C. extenda and C. undulata from Colombia. The female seventh sternum of C. caquetana Young is also illustrated for the first time.

Two new species of the genus Roxita Bleszynski are described from China: R. acutispinata sp. nov. and R. capacunca sp. nov. Images of the adults and the genitalia are provided, along with a key of the known world species.

Canada thistle [Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.] growing in eastern Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska were surveyed for the presence and distribution of Aceria anthocoptes (Nal.). Of the 34 sites surveyed in 2004, mites were abundant at 42%, present in lesser numbers at 52%, and not present at 6% of the sites. In 2005, two new sites were added and ten sites sampled in 2004 were revisited. Of these 12 sites, mites were abundant at 17%, present to a lesser extent at 58%, and not present at 25% of the sites. The results demonstrate that Canada thistle growing in this region commonly harbor A. anthocoptes. How long A. anthocoptes has been present in this region is unknown, however, anecdotal evidence demonstrating a dramatic decline in the population of Canada thistle at one Colorado site from 2000 to 2007 suggests that the mite may have been present since 2002.

The new genus and species, Nanophemera myanmarensis McCafferty and Santiago-Blay, is described from an adult mayfly of the extinct family Australiphemeridae imbedded in Burmese amber, probably of Upper Cretaceous age. Nanophemera is the fifth genus known in the Australiphemeridae (a Pangaean, Cretaceous family), which is hypothesized to represent a primitive group of small-sized, tusked, burrowing mayflies (Scapphodonta), possibly closely related to the extant family Potamanthidae. Nanophemera is among the smallest known burrowing mayflies at slightly over four millimeters in length, and it differs from related genera by details of its cubital and anal venation systems in the forewings. The newly described fossil is the second mayfly discovered from Burmese amber.

Bittacus hainanicus, sp. nov., the first hangingfly species discovered from Hainan Island, south China, is described as new to science. Its wing venations and genitaliae are also illustrated.

Preferred habitats and plants visited are noted for 37 species of Turkish syrphid flies of which six, Eristalis alpina (Panzer), 1798, Pipiza noctiluca (L.), 1758, Platycheirus aurolateralis Stubbs, 2002, Platycheirus nielseni Vockeroth, 1990, Platycheirus occultus Goeldlin, Maibach and Speight, 1990 and Platycheirus tarsalis (Schummel), 1836 are new records.

This faunistic list of ground spider fauna from Turkey includes published records and original data. Eleven species are new to Turkish araneofauna. With this study, a total of 107 species belonging to 26 genera of Gnaphosidae have been recorded from Turkey until the present time. For each species zoogeographical distribution is given. A zoogeographical classification is constructed according to the current distribution of species. The largest groups are those of the widely distributed Palearctic and Europian-Asian.

The types of Aphis mali var. fulviventris, var. nigricollis, var. nigriventris, var. obsoleta, var. pallidicornis, var. tergata, var. thoracica, and var. triseriata (all Fitch 1855) were rediscovered in the aphid collection of the United States of America National Museum of Natural History. Previously considered nomina dubia, we here establish them, along with Fitch's other two A. mali varieties, var. bivincta and var. immaculata, as junior synonyms of Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae (Schrank) [=R. insertum (Walker)].

The morphology of the spermatheca Enoplops disciger (Kolenati, 1845) (Heteroptera: Coreidae) was examined by optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The spermatheca of E. disciger is characterized by the presence of a T-shaped or reniform, sclerotized spermathecal bulb, whose surface is covered by many pores, a fairly short, spirally twisted spermathecal duct; a single flanged spermathecal pump; and two lateral sclerotized rings.

The Olive-shaded bird-dropping moth (Tarachidia candefacta, Noctuidae) was introduced from Canada and the U.S.A. into southern Russia in 1966 to control an invasive North American weed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Asteraceae). Tarachidia candefacta has become an invasive species in this region.