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The taxonomy of the myrmecomorphic spider genus Grismadox Pett, Rubio & Perger, 2022 is reviewed. The identity of Apochinomma armatum Mello-Leito, 1922 is re-evaluated and the species is hereby transferred to Grismadox. Castianeira monai Pett, 2023 is also transferred to Grismadox. Two new species from Brazil are described and illustrated: Grismadox nazgul sp. nov. [] and G. annatar sp. nov. [ only]. The known distribution of the genus is expanded and ranges from northeastern Brazil to the far south of the country, as well as Bolivia and Paraguay. New diagnoses are provided for G. karugua Pett, Rubio & Perger, 2022, G. mazaxoides (Perger & Duprr, 2021), G. mboitui (Pett, 2021) and G. elsneri Pett, Rubio & Perger, 2022 and scanning electron microscopy images of the genus are provided for the first time. Additionally, a key to all the known species of the genus is presented.

Two new species of the genus Agoo Bahder & Bartlett, A. kizini Pinedo-Escatel & Blanco-Rodrguez sp. nov. from the Yucatn Peninsula and A. palmalopezi Pinedo-Escatel & Blanco-Rodrguez sp. nov. from the state of Tabasco, Mexico are described and illustrated. Sequence data for the 18S rRNA and COX1 genes of A. kizini are provided and a distributional map of both species is also given. Specimens were found in association with palms, representing the first record of Agoo in Mexico.

The extinct genus Aetheapnomyia Harbach & Greenwalt, 2012 (Diptera: Culicidae) and its type species, At. hoffeinsorum (Szadziewski, 1998), originally described from Baltic amber, are more fully described based on a specimen of the type species recently found in Rovno amber. Dipteran inclusions in Baltic and Rovno ambers are reviewed and the possible affinities of Aetheapnomyia with extant aedine mosquitoes are explored.

Hypanthracos Grazia & Campos (Pentatomidae: Carpocorini) is a Neotropical genus with two known species, H. meridionalis Grazia & Campos and H. ditarsus Grazia & Campos. The genus has recently been placed in the Mecocephala group, which includes several species that feed on grasses. Many of these species are important pests of rice in South America. In this study we describe a new species of Hypanthracos associated with rice fields and natural wetlands from Argentina, representing the first record of the genus in the country. A key to Hypanthracos species is also provided.

This study examined pachylaelapid mites collected between 2023 and 2024 from the Karasu Valley, Erzincan (Trkiye). Eleven species were identified in the study area. Among them, Onchodellus anatolicus sp. nov. and Pachyseius biscleritus sp. nov. are described as new species. Additionally, the male of Pachylaelaps (Pachylaelaps) armiger is identified for the first time, and a supplementary description of Pachylaelaps (Pachylaelaps) evansi is provided.

We describe a new species of rose gall wasp from Sichuan, China, Diplolepis nezha Hu, Zhang, McCormack & Fang, sp. nov. (Diplolepididae: Diplolepidinae), which induces galls on the rare, endemic rose Rosa chinensis var. spontanea (Rehder & E.H. Wilson) T.T. Yu & T.C. Ku. In association with these galls, we also describe a new parasitoid species, Orthopelma aobing Hu, Zhang, Dal Pos, McCormack & Fang, sp. nov. (Ichneumonidae: Orthopelmatinae). DNA barcodes were used to confirm the identities of both new species. We provide updated dichotomous keys incorporating these taxa and briefly discuss their biology in the context of other East Asian species, informed by phylogenetic analyses.

The genus Nitela Latreille from India is studied and three new species are described, namely, N. pseudocollaris Mawadda & Girish Kumar, N. neoapoensis Mawadda & Girish Kumar, and N. nasseri Mawadda & Girish Kumar, whereas N. domestica Williams, 1928, is a new record for India. An updated key of Oriental Nitela is provided.

This study aims to describe a new species of Dishkeya Stonis, D. tarapotica Dikus & Stonis, sp. nov., and to assess how its characteristics contribute to the morphological, biological, and molecular understanding of this small, enigmatic, and understudied genus. Despite the similarity of leaf mines between D. tarapotica sp. nov. and D. gouaniae (Stonis & Dikus), the new species is a distinct taxon that differs clearly from all other Dishkeya speciesincluding those feeding on the same host-plant genus, Gouania Jacq. (Rhamnaceae)due to notable differences in genital morphology. Key diagnostic characters include the small female corpus bursae, a wide male phallus with strongly developed lateral processes and exceptionally long carinae, an elaborately shaped valva, and most notably, the sclerotized socii (pseudognathos). These characters support the current concept of the genus Dishkeya. In contrast, the presence of long antennal sensilla trichodea in females of D. tarapotica sp. nov. and the related D. gouaniae represents a unique and striking traitan atypical character within the family Tischeriidae, but one that contributes to the diagnostic characteristics of the genus Dishkeya. Molecular analysis incorporating newly generated sequences of D. tarapotica sp. nov. further confirmed its distinctiveness and once again raised the possibility that Dishkeya is more closely related to the genera Coptotrichoides Dikus & Stonis and Coptotriche Walsingham, rather than to Tischeria Zeller.

Two new species of Endopodoseius (Mesostigmata: Ameroseiidae), Endopodoseius xerophilus Barros & Castilho sp. nov. and Endopodoseius hydrophilus Gonzlez-Cano & Castilho sp. nov., are described based on the morphology of adult females collected from soil/litter in two Brazilian ecosystems (respectively the Caatinga and the Amazon Forest ecosystems). This work results from an effort to understand the diversity of soil mites in Brazil. With this publication, the total number of Endopodoseius species reported worldwide increases to five, of which four from Brazil and one from Egypt. A dichotomous key for separating of the species of the genus is provided.