A colony of Dolichovespula media (Reitz) is reported for the first time in Turkey. Morphological variation within the colony is reported. There were two and three distinctively different forms among females and males, respectively. A description of the nest is reported.

The checklist of Harpalini inhabiting Turkey includes 202 species. This paper provides a comprehensive list of recent papers (since the 1960s) dealing with this fauna, together with a review of Turkish Odotoncarus. A second species of this genus is recorded for the Turkish fauna.

We present a comparison at the generic level of the cave Collembola fauna recorded around the world. Using the biogeographical provinces proposed by Christiansen and Bellinger (1995), we analyzed the similarity among regions according to the Collembola genera inhabiting caves. The European region is separated from the remaining biogeographical regions and one of the main groups includes the Asia Pacific region, North America, and the Arctic and Subarctic regions. This can be related to the differences in the distribution of the genera, and the wide distribution of some of them in the world. Some provinces share the same Collembola in spite of their great geographic distances, perhaps resulting from their geological origin or from the different collecting efforts in each region.

The first description of the larva of Apsectus hystrix Sharp, 1902 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) found in Mexico is presented. A short description of the pupa with illustrations is also given. A diagnosis to the three genera assigned to the Trinodini Casey, 1900 (Apsectus Sharp, 1902, Trinodes Dejean, 1821 and Evorinea Beal, 1961) is provided, including characteristics which distinguish the genera.

In this study, 473 adults from the family Coreidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) were collected from 48 different localities in Turkey. Additional material collected by Seidenstücker, Well schmied, Pfeiffer, Kulzer, Demelt and Schacht preserved in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München was examined. Thirty-one species in 17 genera were recorded. Of those, 30 are new records for specific areas of Turkey: Ceraleptus obtusus (Brullé, 1839) and Coriomeris hirticornis (Fabricius, 1794) are new records for the fauna of Turkish Thrace. Centrocoris degener (Puton, 1874), Ceraleptus sartus Kiritshenko, 1912, Coriomeris alpinus (Horváth, 1895), Coriomeris armeniacus Tshernova, 1978, Coriomeris validicornis Jakovlev, 1904, Gonocerus insidiator (Fabricius, 1787), Plinachtus imitator (Reuter, 1891), Prionotylus brevicornis (Mulsant & Rey, 1852), Spathocera dalmanii (Schilling, 1829), Spathocera laticornis (Schilling, 1829) and Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 are rare species in Turkey. A checklist of Coreidae from Turkey is given to summarize the present state of knowledge.

A new ichneumonid species, Phytodietus (Weisia) sarae sp. nov. from Algeria and Tunisia is described and compared with congeneric Palaearctic species. The serious pest Lymantria dispar L. is recorded as a host of Phytodietus species for the first time.

Four new records of noctuoid moths are reported for Easter Island: Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850), Megalographa biloba (Stephens, 1830), Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775), and Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775). Data on hosts and flight seasons are reported.

Some species of mirids are major pests of cashew damaging tender shoots, inflorescence, immature nuts, and apples at various stages of development. In India, crop loss is often more than 40% in cashew alone, and the genus Helopeltis closely resembles the genus Pachypeltis. Using molecular biology tools, morphological identification is further strengthened by DNA barcoding (using COX-1) and development of species-specific markers, which helps a non-specialist to identify a species. The molecular identification of Helopeltis and Pachypeltis spp. has been corroborated with morphological identification. The investigation results help in quick, accurate, and timely identification of Helopeltis antonii and Pachypeltis maesarum, a critical factor in understanding the epidemiology of the crop losses in cashew, their management and also in quarantine.

A new species, Asprothrips navsariensis is described from Gujarat state of India, collected from inflorescence of banana. A key is presented to distinguish species of Asprothrips.

A simple light trap for collecting small insects, especially Diptera, is described. Some extraordinary specimens collected by this type of trap are noted.