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Fifteen species of Pectocera Hope, 1842 are recognised from China, of which two are new, i.e. Pectocera attenuator Liu and Jiang sp. nov. and Pectocera truncata Liu and Jiang sp. nov., and one is newly recorded, i.e. Pectocera hige Kishii, 1993. A key to the known species, a checklist, and a distribution map of Chinese Pectocera species are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A second Baltic amber taxon, Retromalisus damzeni, gen. et sp. nov., is discovered in the previously monotypic extinct family Berendtimiridae. The morphological portrait of Berendtimiridae is complemented with the data on the structure of prosternum and abdomen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Neotropical lycid genus Acroleptus Bourgeois, 1886 is revised and illustrations of diagnostic characters, geographic distribution maps and an identification key to the species are presented. Acroleptus chevrolati Bourgeois, 1886 is redescribed and a lectotype and a paralectotype are designated; two new species are described for the genus: Acroleptus alvarengainew species and Acroleptus limainew species. Two Aporrhipis Pascoe, 1887 species are described: Aporrhipis obrieninew species and Aporrhipis millerinew species and a key and geographic distribution map to the species of the genus are provided. Acroleptus costae Ferreira, 2015 is moved to the genus Paracroleptusnew genus, a new genus erected to accommodate Paracroleptus costae (Ferreira, 2015) new combination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Akamboja was recently described based on five species with relatively small geographic ranges, all of which are within the boundaries of the South-eastern Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil. Recent expeditions in the continental island of Ilha Grande (Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil) resulted in the discovery of a new species of the genus. Akamboja insularis sp. nov. has all diagnostic features of the genus, except for the branches of the antennomere IX, which are separated, unlike any other Akamboja. Here, we describe this new species, provide a new record for Akamboja minimum Roza et al. and propose a new diagnosis for the genus. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DC47825C-B276-49CC-88DC-DFDC5D843356 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]