Zootaxa

**Pictorial key to the fourth-instar larvae of the subgenera and species of Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) known to occur in Iran**

SHAHYAD AZARI-HAMIDIAN — 2025-06-19

Pictorial key are provided for the identification of the fourth-instar larvae of the five subgenera and 19 species of Culex Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Culicidae) known to occur in Iran. Some notes are added to aid identification of the species.

**Scratching the surface of the Gulf Coastal Bioregion: Lerista munuwajarlu sp. nov. (Scincidae; Sphenomorphini), a new fossorial skink from the Northern Territory, Australia**

ANDERS ZIMNY — 2025-06-19

We describe a new skink species, Lerista munuwajarlu sp. nov., from the Gulf Coastal Bioregion of the north-eastern Northern Territory, Australia, based on morphological and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Lerista munuwajarlu sp. nov. is currently known from only two individuals collected 10 years and ca. 120 metres apart on Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary. The new species lacks forelimbs, has hindlimbs with two toes, and features a broad, dark upper-lateral stripe. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that L. munuwajarlu sp. nov. is sister to a group containing L. carpentariae, L. stylis, L. karlschmidti, and the L. wilkinsi clade—although this relationship is recovered with low statistical support. The new species is diagnostically different to these and all other Lerista species with respect to several aspects of limb reduction, scalation, and colour-pattern. We also collected two specimens of L. carpentariae from Limmen National Park, which are the first genetically confirmed records of this species on mainland Australia.

Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in northeastern Algeria

RACHID KECHRID — 2025-06-19

Cynipid galls on oak (Fagaceae: Quercus) are natural microcosms that support many insect species, including the gall inducers (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini), cynipid inquilines, and chalcid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Little is known about these communities in North Africa, and here we report the results of the first systematic surveys in northeastern Algeria. Thirteen Cynipini species gall generations were reared from 999 galls on Quercus suber L. and Q. faginea Lam. collected between 2022 and 2024. A total of 242 parasitoids representing 19 chalcid species in seven families were reared, six of which (Aulogymnus trilineatus (Mayr), Eurytoma setigera Mayr, Sycophila iracemae Nieves-Aldrey, Sycophila variegata (Curtis), Ormyrus pomaceus (Geoffroy), and Torymus affinis (Fonscolombe)) are recorded for the first time from North Africa. Similarities in parasitoid assemblage composition between cynipid galls with similar morphology that develop on the same host tree organ, and differences among host galls that differ morphologically, structurally, and phenologically are documented, corroborating previous research.

**Three new species of inflativena group of Allohelea Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Hainan Island**

JIAWEN LOU — 2025-06-19

Three new species of the predaceous midges of Allohelea inflativena group, A. hamata Li & Wu, sp. nov., A. forceps Li & Wu, sp. nov. and A. lurida Li & Wu, sp. nov. are described and illustrated from adult males and females collected from Hainan Island, China. A key to adults of all species of the inflativena group from Hainan Island are presented. The COI sequences of the three new species are also provided.

**First records of the genera Gnathochorisis Förster, 1869 and Symplecis Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Orthocentrinae) from Vietnam**

OLEKSANDR VARGA — 2025-06-19

In this paper, two orthocentrine genera, Gnathochorisis Förster, 1869 and Symplecis Förster, 1869, are recorded from Vietnam for the first time. One new species of Gnathoschorisis: G. sapaensis sp. nov., and four species of Symplecis: S. granulosus sp. nov., S. hoangliensis sp. nov., S. nudus sp. nov., and S. vietnamensis sp. nov., are described and illustrated. In addition, Gnathochorisis leleji Humala, 2021 is recorded from Vietnam for the first time. A key to females of known Oriental species of the genus Symplecis is provided.

Two species of Depressariidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) newly recorded from the grassland of southwestern Japan

HAZUMU ARASHIMA — 2025-06-19

We report a new record of Exaeretia allisella Stainton, 1849 and Depressaria falkovitshi Lvovsky, 1990 in Japan. This is the first record of the genus Exaeretia in Japan. Images of the adults and male genitalia and the larval biology of D. falkovitshi are provided.

Erratum: HAROL REVELO TOBAR, PABLO A. MARTÍNEZ, JOSÉ G. PALACIOS-VARGAS & GABRIEL OTERO-COLINA (2025) new species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of the genera Ommatocepheus (cepheusidae) and Eremella (Eremellidae) from Mexico. Zootaxa, 5620 (4): 557–574.

HAROL REVELO TOBAR — 2025-06-19

Erratum: RUN-BANG ZHOU, KAI-ZHENG CHEN, QIAO-MIN LIU, XING-JUN LI, XV-MING QI, JIA-LING LI & XIAO-PENG PENG (2025) Description of a new species of the subgenus Japonigekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Gekko) from Hainan, China. Zootaxa, 5633 (3): 528–540.

RUNBANG ZHOU — 2025-06-19

Erratum: DONARD GECI, HALIL IBRAHIMI, MARIA NAUMOVA, ASTRIT BILALLI, STEPHAN KOBLMÜLLER, MILAIM MUSLIU, LINDA GRAPCI-KOTORI, AGIM GASHI, SYLVIA SCHÄFFER & MAXIMILIAN WAGNER (2025) Description of a new Eratigena Bolzern, Burckhardt & Hänggi, 2013 (Arachnida: Araneae: Agelenidae) from the Balkans based on an integrative approach. Zootaxa, 5636 (1): 144–162.

DONARD GECI — 2025-06-19

**Erratum: B. CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT & MARY GARTSHORE (2025) Ecology, morphology and distribution of Anisota finlaysoni riotte (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Zootaxa, 5646 (1): 63–77.**

B. CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT — 2025-06-19