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Koch, 1872 is considered a senior synonym of Dictis lugubris Thorell, 1887 syn. n., Scytodes bilqis Rheims, Brescovit van Harten syn. n., Dictis denticulata Dankittipakul Singtripop, 2010 syn. n., Dictis ganeshi Keswani, 2015 syn. n. and D. mumbaiensis Ahmed, Satan, Khalap Mohan, 2015 syn. n., and the species is newly reported from several countries. Scyloxes magna (Bristowe, 1952) comb. n. and Scyloxes zhaoi (Wu Li, 2017) comb. n. are transferred to Scyloxes from Scytodes and Stedocys, respectively.The Indian jellynose fish Ateleopus indicus Alcock 1891 is redescribed as a member of the genus Parateleopus based on examination of the holotype and 11 other specimens. The character states of small mouth, no sharp spine on sphenotic, and relatively short pelvic fin suggest that it belongs in the genus Parateleopus Smith Radcliffe 1912. Comments on its generic status and comparisons with all genera of the family Ateleopodidae are provided. The species is distinguished from Parateleopus microstomus, the sole congener, by 810 dorsal-fin rays as compared with three rays in P. microstomus.The present study discusses the systematic accounts of ten species of the family Notodontidae recorded here for the first time from India. The species were collected from different parts of Indian Himalaya, the majority being reported from the Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh. Among these ten species, we present two new combinations under subfamily Spataliinae, viz. Odnarda leechi comb. nov. and Torona lucida comb. nov. based on the affinities in male genitalia structure with these recently upgraded genera compared to the previously considered expanded concept of Biula and Bireta, respectively. Moreover, three genera under subfamily Notodontinae viz. Himalodontosia, Periphalera and Pseudosomera are newly added to the existing Indian Notodontidae fauna with respective species H. mahendra, P. albicauda and P. noctuiformis yunwu. Another five new records include one species of the subfamily Dudusinae - Tarsolepis taiwana, one species of the subfamily Spataliinae - Ogulina ochrocinerea, and three species of the subfamily Notodontinae - Syntypistis synechochlora, S. witoldi and Ptilodon amplius. Thus, the present study updates the Indian Notodontidae richness to a total of 257 species and 15 subspecies (272 species/subspecies including nominotypical subspecies) under 119 genera. Here, we provide species diagnoses with similar congeners along with habitus, genitalia images, information on the bionomy and distribution map for each of these newly recorded species.A new whitefly genus and species, Acanthonavis deflexa gen. et sp. nov. are diagnosed and discussed with description of dimorphic puparia, third and second instars collected on the Nicobar Island, India. Puparia of the new genus differ from all other genera in demarcated subventral area and deflexed submargin, and from an allied genus Editaaleyrodes David in lacking polygonal markings in the thoracic tracheal furrows, and geminate pores, and in having subventral area demarcated from the submargin. The whitefly genus Editaaleyrodes is re-defined and diagnosed for puparial characters through examination of its type species, Editaaleyrodes indicus David. Several previously undescribed morphological characters of E. indicus are discussed and figured. Line drawings and microphotographs of habitus on leaf surface of the new species, are provided.Two new spionid polychaetes of the genus Scolelepis from the intertidal habitats of the Yellow Sea in Korea are described and illustrated. Scolelepis (Parascolelepis) anterobranchiata sp. nov. is characterized by a combination of the following characteristic palps with smooth globular expansions at the basal part, branchiae appearing in the anterior part of the body, absence of notochaetae in chaetiger 1, notopodial postchaetal lamellae partially fused with branchiae in anterior chaetigers, and neuropodial hooded hooks appearing from chaetigers 1819 with two pairs of teeth surmounting a well-developed main fang. Scolelepis (Scolelepis) rubra sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners by the following characteristics reddish-pink body, presence of notochaetae in chaetiger 1, branchiae approximately twice as long as notopodial postchaetal lamellae, neuropodial bidentate hooded hooks usually appearing from chaetigers 2631, and presence of notopodial hooded hooks in posterior chaetigers. Based on molecular data, the sequences of the two new species showed relatively large genetic distances from other Scolelepis species in COI (15.819.5%) and 16S rDNA (4.915.8%). Morphological variability of prostomial shape in the genus Scolelepis is discussed for the first time.The spider family Pholcidae C.L. Koch, 1850 exhibits high diversity at generic level and currently contains 95 genera while the subfamily Arteminae Simon, 1893 contains only eight genera. In this study, a new genus, Changminia Yao Li gen. nov. from karst caves in Southeast Asia, is described and assigned to Arteminae, with the type species Changminia huangdi (Tong Li, 2009) comb. nov. (Hainan Island, South China) and one additional new species Changminia dao Yao Li sp. nov. (male, female; Prachuap Kiri Khan, Central Thailand).The new Neotropical genera Amapeza and Nigripeza are described for seven new species and three named species previously treated as part of the genus Grallipeza Rondani. Amapeza includes A. amazonica (Enderlein) new combination, A. affinis (Hennig) new combination, A. hyaloptera (Hendel) new combination and the new species A. camelina A. plicata, and A. tricincta. Nigripeza includes N. obscura (Hennig) new combination and the new species N. cali, N. octa and N. spangleri.Two new snapping shrimps associated with gobies are described from the tropical waters of the western Pacific. Alpheus thompsoni sp. nov. is described based on a single adult female from Madang, Papua New Guinea. Alpheus sciolii sp. nov. is described based on several specimens of both sexes from the Solomon Islands, Australia and Vietnam. Both species are part of a larger species complex, which also includes A. djeddensis Coutire, 1897, A. djiboutensis De Man, 1909, A. bellulus Miya Miyake, 1969, A. macellarius Chace, 1988, A. fenneri Bruce, 1994 and A. mannarensis Purushothaman, Abhilash, Kumar Lal, 2021, but can be distinguished from each of them by a combination of morphological characters, and from the latter four species also by the very different colour patterns.An updated checklist of fireflies (Coleoptera Lampyridae) from Mexico is presented. The checklist includes the following valid taxa the subfamilies Amydetinae Olivier in Wytsman, 1907, Chespiritoinae Ferreira, Keller and Branham, 2020, Photurinae Lacordaire, 1857, Pterotinae LeConte, 1861, and Lampyrinae Rafinesque, 1815, in addition to 8 tribes (including incertae sedis), 2 subtribes, 25 genera, and 232 species. We also propose Photinus cubilguitzi Prez-Hernndez Zaragoza-Caballero nom. nov. as a replacement name for Photinus moestus (Gorham, 1884) nec Photinus moestus (Perty, 1830). At least 152 documented species (65.6% of the total) are restricted to Mexico, another 21 have also been recorded in Canada and the United States of America, and 59 in different Latin American countries. Remarkably, Photinini contains 64.6% (150 species) of the Mexican lampyrid fauna, and at least 54.7% (127 species) belong to the Photinus genus. The Mexican Transition Zone had higher Lampyridae species richness and endemism than the Nearctic and Neotropical biogeographic regions in the country, while the Transmexican Volcanic Belt, Veracruzan and Balsas Basin biogeographic provinces harbor the highest overall species richness and endemism. Veracruz and Oaxaca are the richest states in terms of lampyrid genera and species, while Aguascalientes, Quertaro and Zacatecas have only one or no species recorded each. To date, 10% of the global firefly fauna has been recorded in Mexico, and the country has a large number of endemic species. It is essential to intensify the study and fieldwork throughout the country to increase our knowledge of the group, with special focus on poorly explored regions and endemic species, and from other perspectives in addition to taxonomy.Three new species of the spider genus Pimoa Chamberlin Ivie, 1943 are described P. find more pingwuensis n. sp. () and P. yajiangensis n. sp. () from Sichuan and P. zekogensis n. sp. () from Qinghai. These new species are distinguished from other known Pimoa species by genital characters as well as by DNA barcodes. Detailed descriptions, photographs of genital characters and somatic features, a distribution map, comparisons to closely related species and DNA barcodes of the new species are presented. Illustrations of new species are provided and their phylogenetic relationships within the genus Pimoa are also discussed.A new species of catshark genus Scyliorhinus, S. hachijoensis sp. nov., is described for the islands of Mikurajima, Hachijojima, and Torishima in southeastern Japan. Scyliorhinus hachijoensis has clasper hooks, which is a common feature in males of the most closely related species (S. torazame), but is distinguished by its coloration (presence of dark spots), the height of its anal fin (higher than the caudal peduncle), and the shape of pectoral and pelvic fins, and dermal denticles. Molecular data also corroborates the new species as a distinct and monophyletic taxon by nucleotide sequence analysis of three mitochondrial DNA regions.Two new species in the orb-weaving spider genus Larinia Simon, 1874 are described, L. sexta n. sp. and L. tumulus n. sp. This elevates the Australian number of described species in the genus to seven. With the exception of two females of L. sexta n. sp. recorded from mainland Western Australia, both species have so far exclusively been found on Barrow Island, 50 km off the north-western Western Australian coast where a third species, L. montagui Hogg, 1914, also occurs. Both new species appear to favour spinifex (Triodia spp.) grassland, but specimen numbers in collections are too low to accurately characterize life history patterns and habitat preferences.Microphysogobio bicolor (Nichols, 1930), a species which has long been synonymized with Microphysogobio fukiensis (Nichols, 1926), is revalidated in this study, based on morphological comparison and molecular phylogenetic analysis. The species can be distinguished from congeners by the following characters mouth horseshoe-shaped, central portion of anterior papillae arranged in one row, tightly contact with each other, equal or slightly larger than all other papillae on upper lip; lateral-line scales 3638; branched anal-fin rays 5; posterior chamber of air-bladder length equal to eye diameter; vertebrae 4+32; body usually sharply bicolored. The significant Cyt b gene sequence divergence between M. bicolor and its congeners also strongly support that it is a valid species which represents an individual clade sister to the M. luhensisM. kachekensisM. yunnanensis clade. A redescription of M. bicolor and a diagnostic key to all valid Microphysogobio in the Yangtze River Basin are also provided in this study.The deep-water alpheid shrimp Batella praecipua De Grave, 2004 was originally described based on two incomplete specimens, both with their first chelipeds missing, collected at 400440 m off New Caledonia. During the recent KANADEEP 1 expedition in the Coral Sea in 2017, the first complete specimen of B. praecipua was collected at a depth of 370380 m. The morphology of this specimen is presented in detail, with emphasis on the highly diagnostic chelipeds, which are described and illustrated for the first time. A slight intraspecific variation of B. praecipua is reported and a DNA barcode (CO1) is provided for this species. The main differences between the three presently known species of Batella Holthuis, 1955 are discussed.