Messor hodnii n. sp. est une nouvelle espèce de Formicidae Myrmicinae du Chott El Hodna en Algérie. La description et l'illustration sont basées sur la caste d'ouvrière. Cette espèce fait partie des fourmis pourvues d'un psammophore et ressemble fortement à l'espèce M. caviceps. Nous proposons ici une clé du genre Messor au Maghreb (Afrique du Nord), intégrant la nouvelle espèce. Trente-six taxons de ce genre sont reconnus. De nouveaux statuts sont signalés à l'égard de M. postquadratus, M. postpetiolatus, M. punctaticeps, M. sordidus et M. santschii qui sont érigés en bonnes espèces. Messor hesperius est rétrogradé en sous-espèce comme M. minor hesperius. Nous recommandons d'attribuer un statut de protection pour M. hodnii n. sp. par l'Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature (UICN) en la classant dans la catégorie d'espèces extrêmement en danger (CR).

The previously unknown female of the jumping spider Heliophanus xerxesiLogunov, 2009 from Iran is described, diagnosed and illustrated. A map showing all the collecting localities of this species is provided.

Specimens attributed to the type species of the genus AnchonidiumBedel, 1884, A. unguiculare (Aubé, 1850) were re-examined. As a result Anchonidium braunerti sp. nov. from the southern Serra de Monchique, and A. spathiferum sp. nov. from mountain chains in northern Portugal (Serra da Estrela, Serra do Marão) are described. The revised distribution of A. unguiculare is mapped.

A commented checklist of the nematodes parasites of Argentinean wild birds is presented. This is the first compilation of parasitological papers about nematodes of Argentinean birds published between 1873 and November 2019. This review includes information about 64 nematode nominal species and 13 taxa identified at generic level, belonging to five orders, 16 superfamilies, 20 families, and 44 genera. Five species were considered incertae sedis, because they were described based only on larval stages, and one species was maintained as species inquirenda. The highest number of taxa of nematodes was recorded in the family Acuariidae with 20 nominal species and two taxa identified at generic level, followed by Anisakidae with eight nominal species and one taxon identified at generic level, and Tetrameridae with eight nominal species and two taxa identified at generic level. Of the 1042 species of birds reported in Argentina, only 65 (6.24%) were reported as hosts of adult nematodes. The families of birds with the highest number of reported taxa were Tinamidae (12 nematode taxa), Laridae (11), Anatidae (8) and Phalacrocoracidae (7). The present review provides data on hosts, geographical distribution, sites of infection, location of material deposited in Helminthological Collections, references, and taxonomic comments. A host/parasite list is also provided.

Three new genera and four new species are described from Java, Indonesia: Javagone gen. nov., with Javagone maribaya sp. nov. as the type species; Javanaria gen. nov., with Javanaria gracilipes sp. nov. as the type species; Javanyphia gen. nov., with Javanyphia gede sp. nov. as the type species, and Parameioneta javaensis sp. nov. A new synonym and a new combination are proposed: Walckenaeria caobangensisTu & Li, 2004 syn. nov. is a junior synonym of Nasoona asocialis (Wunderlich, 1974), Parameioneta sulawesi (Tanasevitch, in Tanasevitch & Stenchly, 2012) comb. nov. is transferred from MaorinetaMillidge, 1988. The linyphiid fauna of Java (including the new species described here) contains 20 species, is characterized as Oriental, demonstrates weak relations to the East Asian Palaearctic fauna and does not show any relations to the rich linyphiid fauna of the neighboring Australian Region. An annotated list of the Javanese linyphiids is given and the zoogeographical composition of the fauna is briefly discussed.

The second African species of the family Eutrachytidae is discovered and described as Mahnertellina paradoxa gen. nov., sp. nov. on the basis of two females from the Ivory Coast. The new genus is similar to DicornutophorusHirschmann, 1979, but the marginal shield of the new genus is reduced and the pygidial shield is absent, whereas in Dicornutophorus the marginal shield is complete and the pygidial shield is present.

Syrioiulus lohmanderi sp. nov. is described from material collected in Gilan Province, northwestern Iran. The new species is morphologically most similar to S. astrabadensis (Lohmander, 1932a) and S. persicus (Golovatch, 1983), also known only from the northern parts of Iran. A key to the species of SyrioiulusVerhoeff, 1914 recorded from this country is compiled, and a checklist of all species presently assigned to the genus is given. Syrioiulus adsharicus (Lohmander, 1936) and S. cappadocius (Lohmander, 1939) are transferred from AmblyiulusSilvestri, 1896. The taxonomic problems within Syrioiulus and related genera are briefly discussed.

Phintelloides manipur Caleb sp. nov. is diagnosed and described from north-eastern India. Phintelloides versicolor (C.L. Koch, 1846) is recorded for the first time from India and Myanmar. Two new combinations are proposed: Phintelloides singhi (Monga, Singh & Sadana, 1989) comb. nov. transferred from Marpissa C.L. Koch, 1846 and Phintelloides undulata (Caleb & Karthikeyani, 2015) comb. nov. transferred from Cosmophasis Simon, 1901. The distribution of the genus in India and Myanmar is mapped.

The common genet (Genetta genetta) is the only Viverridae in Europe. For centuries, this secretive carnivore was largely confined to the Iberian Peninsula and to areas south of the Loire and west of the Rhône rivers in France. During the last decades, however, the common genet expanded its area of permanent presence beyond these historical geographic barriers. It has settled in new territories much further to the north and to the east, notably in Provence, and in the departments of Rhône and Ain. Genets have started to be sighted in north-western Italy as well. We report here two observations of this species recorded in June 2019 by a camera trap set along the Rhône River in a small forest of the municipality of Bernex, near Geneva. This is the first evidence of a presumed wild common genet living in Switzerland, suggesting an ongoing geographical expansion of the species already documented in the adjacent French departments of Haute-Savoie and Ain.

A new species of cockroach, Placoblatta semialata sp. nov., is described from Sulawesi. The names of the tribes Notolamprini Roth, 1971 syn. nov. and Colapteroblattini Roth & Gutiérrez, 1998 syn. nov. are synonymized with Poroblattini Roth, 1971. Molytria inquinata (Stål, 1860), M. vegrandaRoth, 1999, and Notolampra gibba (Thunberg, 1826) are redescribed, and structures of the ovipositor of M. inquinata and N. gibba are described for the first time.

We describe for the first time the male of Lepidotrigona nitidiventris (Smith, 1857), emphasizing the structure of the male genital capsule and metasomal sterna four through seven. Our identification of the male as L. nitidiventris is based on our examination of the worker holotype (type locality Mt. Ophir, Peninsular Malaysia) which we found to match workers from the same nest as males found in western Thailand. The species belongs to the L. nitidiventris species group, comprising L. latipes (Friese), L. palavanica (Cockerell), L. trochanterica (Cockerell), with L. nitidiventris as the type species of the genus. No males of these species were previously known. We examined the holotype workers of the three other species and confirm all four as clearly different species. We propose, however, that the obviously smaller L. palavanica should not be included in the large-sized group of Lepidotrigona.

The Achilia grandiceps, A. valdiviensis, and A. bicornis species groups sensu Jeannel (1962) of the species-rich genus AchiliaReitter, 1890 are revised. Of the eigth taxa placed in these three groups of species, two subspecies, i.e. A. grandiceps grandicepsJeannel, 1962 and A. grandiceps delamareiJeannel, 1962 are raised to species level – A. grandicepsJeannel, 1962stat. nov. and A. delamareiJeannel, 1962stat. nov. – while three names are placed in synonymy – A. alticolaJeannel, 1962 = A. grandicepsJeannel, 1962syn. nov., A. kuscheliJeannel, 1962 = A. valdiviensis (Blanchard, 1851) syn. nov., and A. chilotidesNewton, 2017 = A. excisa (Schaufuss, 1880) syn. nov. – The remaining five species are redescribed, and the new species A. franzin. sp., A. jeannelin. sp., and A. elguetain. sp., attributed to the A. grandiceps group, are described. A new synonymy A. simpsoniFranz, 1996 = A. bicornisJeannel, 1962syn. nov. is also established, and the lectotypes of A. delamareiJeannel, 1962 and A. valdiviensis (Blanchard, 1851) are designated. For all these species their distribution is detailed and mapped, and habitat/collecting data are summarized.

This work presents a revision of Cyphochilus species characterized by smooth elytra and mesocoxae separated by armed mesosternum. The type material was examined and compared to more than 500 specimens from historical collections as well as recently collected ones. Lectotypes are designated for Melolontha candidaOlivier, 1789, Cyphochilus cylindricus Brenske, 1903, C. flavomarginatusFrey, 1971, C. peninsularisArrow, 1938, C. pygidialisNonfried, 1893, C. pygidialis v. angeriNonfried, 1893, C. septentrionalisWaterhouse, 1867, C. testaceipesFairmaire, 1902, C. tricolorWaterhouse, 1867, and C. vestitusSharp, 1876. Cyphochilus septentrionalis is resurrected from synonymy (name rest.) and the following synonymies are established: C. pygidialisNonfried, 1893 = C. septentrionalissyn. nov., C. cylindricus = C. proximusSharp, 1876syn. nov., C. vestitus = C. tricolorsyn. nov.Cyphochilus testaceipes is transferred to DasylepidaMoser, 1913 as Dasylepida testaceipes (Fairmaire, 1902) comb. nov.Cyphochilus candidus, C. carinchebanusBrenske, 1903, C. feaeBrenske, 1903, C. flavomarginatus, C. obscurusSharp, 1876, and C. peninsularis are confirmed valid species, redescribed, and their distribution updated. Ten new species are described: Cyphochilus gandhiin. sp., from NE India, C. hmongn. sp., from Laos, C. leducthoin. sp., from Vietnam, C. orbachin. sp., from Vietnam, C. reichenbachin. sp., from Vietnam, C. rohingyaen. sp., from West Malaysia, C. sansuukyiin. sp., from Myanmar, C. satyarthiin. sp., from Sikkim and West Bengal, C. tenzingyatsoin. sp., from Tibet, and C. zuercherin. sp., from Thailand and Myanmar. The parameres of the 19 species treated are illustrated in three projections. A checklist of the resulting 38 valid species of Cyphochilus is provided with their distribution.

Johann Carl described 390 species or subspecies of millipedes during his long career at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, studying specimens collected on his own expeditions and on those of other, mainly Swiss, naturalists. The type specimens deposited in Geneva are enumerated, and the type specimens that could be located in other collections in other museums are reported. Lectotypes are designated for 17 species: Brachyspirobolus aequatorialis (Carl, 1909), Carlopeltis alatus (Carl, 1914), Mastigorhacus alatus (Carl, 1912), Salpidobolus annulipes (Carl, 1912), Erythrhacus arietis (Carl, 1912), Argentocricus bernardinensis (Carl, 1918), Trigoniulus bitaeniatus Carl, 1912, Desmocricus conjunctusCarl, 1918, Polylepis elberti Carl, 1912, Trigoniulus incommodus Carl, 1912, Stenobolus insularisCarl, 1918, Salpidobolus lateralis (Carl, 1912), Dinematocricus lombokensis (Carl, 1912), Prepodesmus longipes (Carl, 1913), Arostrophus mertoni (Carl, 1912), Salpidobolus moenensis (Carl, 1912) and Eucarlia velox (Carl, 1912). Polydesmus carli nom. nov. is introduced as a replacement name for Polydesmus japonicusCarl, 1902, a junior homonym of Polydesmus japonicusPeters, 1864. Odontopyge johanncarli nom. nov. is introduced as a replacement name for Odontopyge fasciataCarl, 1905, a junior homonym of Odontopyge fasciataAttems, 1896.

The missing type depository information, along with a diagnosis of Pselaphodes ampliatus sp. nov., P. bagmatius sp. nov., P. loebli sp. nov., P. rotundatus sp. nov., and P. symmetricus sp. nov. are provided to validate the names under the conditions required by the ICZN (1999).