We list 918 species in 250 genera of Tachinidae from Mexico based on 2,073 specimens studied from entomological collections in Mexico and a literature review on the group. We recorded 159 new state distribution records and 20 new country records, with detailed locality information included in an appendix. Records of all examined specimens have been incorporated into the database TACHIN, which will be published online subsequently.

The collection of Glenanthe salina Mathis in a freshwater restored wetland in Hamilton County, Ohio is a new county record and represents a significant range extension within the state. For the first time, G. salina was collected from an Ohio saline habitat (Wayne County) and is a new county and an eastern North American inland salt habitat record. Glenanthe salina records from freshwater, saline, and alkaline habitats suggest broad osmoregulation capacity. Collection records suggest that G. salina and Psilopa girschneri colonized saline habitats at Rittman, Ohio during 1996 and 1976, respectively. During the early half of the twentieth century, hyper saline habitat at Rittman, Ohio was colonized by Ephydra gracilis Packard, and E. niveiceps Cresson, which have been commonly reported from saline habitats in western North America.

Ivierhipidius Barclay, 2015 is a genus of little modified ripiphorids. Ivierhipidius monneorum Barclay, 2015 was described based on five specimens from the Corcovado, the famous site of the Christ Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, southern Brazil. To this date, the species is published only from the type location and type specimens. This paper provides a new distributional record for the species (in Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro State), along with a map of its distribution.

Morocco has a rich ant fauna with 237 known species, of which 14 (5.9%) are widespread tramp ants considered non-native in Morocco. In the present study, we collected ants in urban areas of 13 Moroccan regions to examine the spread of non-native species. We found that the known distribution of non-native ants is expanding along the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Morocco. We confirmed the presence of the pharaoh ant, Monomorium pharaonis, in Morocco, after many years of omission from the lists of Moroccan ants.

A new grasshopper species, Melanoplus carharti n. sp. (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae), is described and illustrated from Garfield and Eagle counties, Colorado and is included in the M. artemisiae species group. This is the first occurrence of a grasshopper from the M. artemisiae species group in Colorado. With the addition of this species, the M. artemisiae species group now includes seven species, four from Idaho and one each from Montana, Utah, and Colorado.

Ant occupancy in thorns of Vachellia (Acacia) karroo (Hayne) Banfi and Galasso was examined along the banks of the Great Fish River near Grahamstown, South Africa. Half of all thorns with visible openings contained ant nests. Colonies of Tetraponera emeryi (Forel) and a single unidentified Tapinoma species were present in over 40% of thorns with openings. Cataulacus intrudens (Smith, F.) was regularly encountered but at a much lower frequency. A single nest of Tetraponera natalensis (Smith, F.) and two Nesomyrmex stramineus (Arnold) nests were also found. The size of contiguous patches of A. karroo was not related to the percentage of thorns occupied by ants. The A. karroo ant assemblage appears to be mediated by the availability of suitable nesting thorns rather than competitive interactions.

Strumigenys gundlachi and Strumigenys eggersi are tiny predatory ants that feed on minute soil arthropods. Both these closely related New World species were originally described from Caribbean islands (S. gundlachi from Cuba, S. eggersi from St Thomas) and both are known from South and Central America, the West Indies, and peninsular Florida. Recently, exotic Old World populations of S. eggersi were reported from American Samoa and Singapore. I compiled and mapped specimen records for these species to document their known geographic ranges and compare their ecologies. I found S. gundlachi and S. eggersi records from 20 and 41 geographic areas (countries, island groups, major islands, and US states), respectively. These two species have strikingly different habitat preferences. Strumigenys gundlachi is found primarily in intact tropical forest, whereas S. eggersi is found in a wide variety of habitats and is common in highly disturbed environments. The ability to thrive around human disturbance apparently has allowed S. eggersi to spread more widely than S. gundlachi. The original native New World ranges of S. gundlachi and S. eggersi remain uncertain.

Ninty-five species of Elateridae, from 30 genera and five subfamilies are documented from Turkey based on specimens collected throughout the country. Ampedus sanguineus (Linnaeus, 1758), A. sinuatus Germar, 1844; Elater ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758; Agriotes acuminatus (Stephens, 1830); A. brevis Candéze, 1863; A. turcicus Candéze, 1863, Lacon punctatus (Herbst, 1779) and Idotarmonides anatolicus Agajev, 1985 are recorded for the first time in the Eastern Anatolian Region. Those of Cardiophorus cyanipennis Mulsant and Wachanru, 1852 and Mulsanteus guillebeaui (Mulsant and Godart, 1853) are recorded from the southeastern Anatolia region. New distribution records of the most of the species are evaluated. So that, each species show different distribution pattern; most of species are sparsely collected, the rest of examined species have moderate or widespread distributions. Some species were recorded from one or two provinces, even a single sample. They might be classified as endangered species and should be considered for additon to the ICUN red list. Additionally, previously undescribed female of Elathous rufobasalis Wurst, 1994 and bursa copulatrix of Lacon solai Platia and Gudenzi, 2000 are described here.

In this study male and female genital structures belonging to Cerambyx, Certallum, Chlorophorus, Penichroa, Plagionotus and Purpuricenus genera of Cerambycinae (Cerambycidae: Coleoptera) were given for the first time in detail.

Twenty one species of gall forming midges in the genus Celticecis Gagné 1983 have been reported in North America, but there is limited information regarding the northeastern range of these species. To gain a greater understanding of the range of these cecidomyiids, hackberries (Celtis spp.) were surveyed for galls formed by Celticecis spp. at selected sites in south central and eastern Pennsylvania, northwestern New Jersey, southeastern New York state, and at one site in southeastern Connecticut. Galls were identified by morphology, and the species of gall formers were confirmed by considering the morphology of third instar larval sternal spatulas. Hackberry galls formed by ten Celticecis species were found to occur in Pennsylvania, with nine representing new state records. Hackberry galls formed by nine Celticecis species were found in New Jersey, with all nine representing new state records. Hackberry galls formed by five species of Celticecis were identified in southeastern New York, with four representing new state records, and galls of one Celticecis species were found at a site in southeastern Connecticut, representing a new state record for this species. This study expands the northeastern range of a large number of gall forming midges of the genus Celticecis in northeastern North America.

Twelve species of the genus Hybos Meigen are newly reported from Wangdongyang Nature Reserve, Zhejiang. The following 3 species are described as new to science: Hybos jingninganus sp. nov., Hybos wangdongyanganus sp. nov. and Hybos zhouae sp. nov..