A new species of the genus Gerenia Stål, 1878, Gerenia mizoramia Kumar & Chandra sp. nov., from Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India is described here. The new species is similar to the Indian species, G. bengalensis Bhowmik & Halder, 1983, but differs from it in the presence of a dark black oval spot in the middle of tegmen, apex of tegmen comparatively broad and hind wing slightly shorter than tegmen.

The aim of this study is to reveal the fine structure and morphology of the eggs of Bradyporus (Callimenus) dilatatus (Stål, 1875) (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) by using stereomicroscopy, light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). B. dilatatus females produce generally bilateral symmetrical, elongated ovoid eggs. The chorion is composed of three layers named as endochorion, exochorion and extrachorion. Cross sections of all three layers show the chorion has air chambers that connected to each other with canals. The extrachorion layer forms hexagonal or pentagonal surface patterns which is typical to B. dilatatus. The lengths of the boundaries of polygonal patterns become longer with aging.

This study is based on the material of the family Ichneumonidae collected from different localities of Bingol and Diyarbakır provinces from Turkey between 2016-2020. In the current publication, 52 species and subspecies in 37 genera belonging to nine subfamilies of Ichneumonidae are listed. Among them six species, namely Aptesis flagitator (Rossi, 1794), Idiolispa obfuscator (Villers, 1789), Barichneumon vicarius (Wesmael, 1845), Ctenichneumon tauricus (Kriechbaumer, 1888), Heterischnus filiformis (Gravenhorst, 1829) and Hoplismenus albifrons Gravenhorst, 1829 species are new records for the Turkish fauna. New locations from Turkey, and general distribution, with photographs are given for all species.

Pseudomyrmex gracilis is an arboreal ant with an enormous native range stretching from Uruguay and Argentina in the south to southeastern Texas in the north. Non-native P. gracilis populations were first found in south Florida in 1960, and soon spread to other parts of the state. Subsequently, P. gracilis populations were found in Louisiana (starting in 1995), South Carolina (starting in 2008), Mississippi (starting in 2009), Georgia (starting in 2010), and Alabama (starting in 2011). Here, we document in more detail this expansion of P. gracilis populations in the southeastern US. Populations of P. gracilis now extend along the entire Gulf coast from Texas to Florida and to the Atlantic coast of South Carolina. Recent changes in habitat and/or climate appear to have allowed the expansion of both native populations north and east out of Texas and non-native populations north and west out of peninsular Florida. Peninsular Florida has long been viewed as a tropical “habitat island,” isolated from other tropical continental areas by freezing winter temperatures in north Florida. Now, many tropical species in south Texas appear to have a newly opened habitat corridor along the Gulf coast that could allow them to spread overland to peninsular Florida.

Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. is reported as host plant for various arthropods, including various Lepidoptera species. In this present paper, Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. is presented as a new host plant for Oleander Hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758) for the first time from India. In addition, a list of other host plants associated with this moth species from India are also enlisted in this paper.

Aedeagus of the type species of seven subgenera in the genus Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 have been studied and figured. Twenty aedeagal structures of these species of were evaluated in detail under both stereo microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).Contrary of popular acceptance, it is demonstrated that the characteristics of the aedeagal structure, which can be obtained with SEM studies especially, can be diagnostic at almost all taxonomic levels The characters; however, will have different values for different taxonomic categories. As a result of this study, seven diverse aedeagal characters are found generally constant within species, but distinct and useful in comparison with other species [as 1. characteristics of apex in dorsal view (D2), 2. general shape in lateral view (L7), 3. the ratio of the distance between posterior margin of the dorsal plate and the apex to the entire length of the median tube in dorsal view (D11), 4. the ratio of the width of apical part to the width of basal part of median lobe in lateral view (L4), 5. the ratio of the width of apex to the width of apical part in dorsal view (D3), 6. surface structure of the apical part in front of orifice including apex in dorsal view (D5), 7. surface structure behind orifice in dorsal view (D6)]. Also, as an important output of the study, it is observed that the type species and therefore the subgenera can be divided chiefly into 3 diverse group based on aedeagal structures: C. seraphina in C.(Alledoya), C. nebusa in C. (s. str.) and C. hemisphaerica in C.(Mionychella) as Group I; C. nobilis in C.(Cassidulella) as Group II; C. viridis in C .(Odontionycha), C. brevisin C.(Onychocassis)and C. murrea in C. (Pseudocassida) as Group III. The new grouping is discussed with the grouping according to host plants and with the grouping in previous stereo microscopic works due to there is no available SEM studies. These previous groupings do not seem to be compatible with the results obtained with this study. Based on the ultrastructure of aedeagus, the genus Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 is a polyphyletic group, not monophyletic.In addition, as a side outcome of the work, Cassida hemispherica Herbst, 1799 is reported for the first time with a verified locality record from Turkey. Moreover, the habitus of adults of the species examined and a diagnostic key to species examined based on the external and aedeagal morphological characters of adults is also provided.

The present paper deals with the description of three new species of crickets from the state of Rajasthan, India; one each from the three genera of the subfamily Gryllinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae): Loxoblemmus (L.) turritus sp. nov., Teleogryllus (T.) rajasthanicus sp. nov. and Turanogryllus serrato-spinatus sp. nov. Their morphological characterization is supported with suitable plates highlighting the key taxonomic characters.

The Aedeagus and spermatheca structures of Chrysomela collaris Linnaeus, 1758, Chrysomela populi Linnaeus, 1758, Chrysomela saliceti (Weise, 1884), Chrysomela tremula Fabricius, 1787 and Chrysomela vigintipunctata (Scopoli, 1763) species, widespread in Turkey, have been studied. Relationships between species by observing the structure of aedeagus and spermatheca which allow their accuracy species-level identification are detaily included in the study. A dichotomous key for the species of the genus Chrysomela Linnaeus,1758 present in Turkey, the first one for the country, is also provided (including genitals photos). Accordingly to what was observed in this study, aedeagus and spermatheca related characters can be used to easily distinglush the species of the genus Chrysomela present in Turkey.

A new genus, Zanelopona, is described that is closely related to Hecalapona DeLong and Freytag. Included in the genus are four species previously described in either Hecalapona or Gypona. They are Zanelopona summita (DeLong and Kolbe).new combination, Z. supina (DeLong and Freytag) new combination, Z. antlerita (DeLong and Kolbe) new combination, and Z. huella (DeLong and Freytag) new combination; and twenty new species as follows; Z. calcara, Z. campana, Z. labella, Z. liberata, Z. limba, Z. marea, Z. proceta, and Z. prodigiosa from Colombia; Z. quadrata from Colombia and Ecuador; Z. dilata, and Z. lacerta from Ecuador; Z. doleta, Z. incisa, Z. megalota, and Z. torula from Brazil; Z. anomala, Z. dasida, and Z. juba from Peru; Z. incita from French Guiana; and Z. intensa from Venezula . All species of this new genus are from the northern part of South America down to Peru.

A new species, Yalvaciana taylaniensis Shah & Usmani is described from Kashmir, India. This is the third species in the genus Yalvaciana. The new species is differentiated from other two species in the absence of spine on the apex of male cerci and 10^th abdominal tergite; the shape of female subgenital plate and last abdominal tergite is different from other two species. Brief discussion about morphology and distribution is given. We include a key to species in the genus Yalvaciana. The holotype has been deposited in the Museum of Zoology Department, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Uttar Pradesh, India.

The present paper includes a new record of the genus Sathrophyllia Stal, 1874 from Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir India, Sathrophyllia rugosa Linnaeus, 1758, the first record of genus Sathrophyllia from Western Himalaya and belonges to the tribe Cymatomerini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 which are commonly called dark katydids. The tribe is composed of eleven cryptic genera with all species mimicking lichen, moss, wood or a leaf, and is known to feed on leaves. The species is reported from various states of India, including Maharashtra, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Brief discussion about morphology and distribution of the species is given.