Rediscovery of the Thalamita crassimana Dana, 1852 holotype, a Pacific junior synonym of Thranita prymna (Herbst, 1803) (Decapoda: Portunidae)
First Record of Melitta eickworti Snelling & Stage 1995 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae) in Connecticut, USA

Sticholotis cribellata Sicard (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a predator of coconut scale, Aspidiotus destructor Signoret (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in South India

Janakiraman Poorani Arthropoda, Aspidiotus destructor, Coccinellidae, Coccoidea, Coleoptera, Diaspididae, Hemiptera, India, Insecta, Sticholotis cribellata
First report of gynandromorphism in Xylocopa aeneipennis (De Geer)

Thomas Brau Denis Michez Apidae, Arthropoda, Gynandromorph, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Suriname, Xylocopa aeneipennis
The first record of an alien aquatic plant, Egeria najas Planch. (Hydrocharitaceae), in Malaysia

Andrey Efremov, Alismatales, Angiospermae, Egeria najas, Hydrocharitaceae, Malaysia, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Monocotyledones
First record of Hyperaspis concavus Watson in Canada and a key to selected species of Hyperaspis of eastern North America (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Hyperaspidini)

Romain Nattier, Arthropoda, Canada, Coccinellidae, Coleoptera, Hyperaspidini, Hyperaspis concavus, Insecta, Key, Quebec
First record of a gynandromorph Halictus scabiosae (Rossi, 1790) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Apoidea, Arthropoda, France, Gynandromorph, Halictus scabiosae, Hymenoptera, Insecta Aurèle Baretje
A new variant of the rare Phrynocaria funebris (Crotch) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with first illustrations of the female genitalia

Arthropoda, Coccinellidae, Coleoptera, India, Insecta, Phrynocaria funebris, Janakiraman Poorani
A new case of gynandromorphism in the Halictus simplex species group (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Apoidea, Arthropoda, Gynander, Gynandromorph, Halictidae, Halictus (Monilapis) simplex, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Italy, sweat bee, Thomas Brau Paolo Rosa Frédéric Carion Simone Flaminio Guillaume Ghisbain
New country record and commentary for Aulacidea hei Wang et al. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Aulacideini)

Arthropoda, Aulacidea hei, Cynipidae, gall wasp, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Louis F. Nastasi Andrew Deans, Russia