Nomenclatorial corrections in North European Coleoptera

Gabrius subnigritulus Joy (Staphylinidae) is a valid name and senior synonym of G. subnigrituloides (Scheerpeltz), and Gabrius appendiculatus Sharp is the senior synonym of G. subnigritulus Smetana (not Reitter). Eusphalerum tenenbaumi (Bemhauer) (Staphylinidae) is the valid name for Eusphalerum florale auct. nec (Panzer). Clanoptilus antennatus Motschulsky (Malachiidae) is designated type species of Clanoptilus Motschulsky. Cis alter nom. nov. (Cisidae) is introduced for Cis nitidus auct. nec Fabricius. Anaspis marginicollis Lindberg (Anaspidae) is the senior synonym of A. schilskyana Hellén (not Csiki)

Comments on the name Ancistronycha violacea (Paykull) (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)

The name Ancistronycha violacea (Paykull) is a junior homonym. The name previously used to replace it, Ancistronycha cyanipennis (Faldermann), has been found to refer to another species. The valid name for the species is Ancistronycha tigurina (Dietrich, 1857)

Changes in the list of Finnish insects during 2001–2005

During the period 2001–2005, 769 species have been added to the list of Finnish insects, and 213 species have been deleted from it. At the end of year 2005, a total of 20,533 insect species were known from Finland. The Finnish insect fauna is generally well known. Still, particularly for Diptera Nematocera and Hymenoptera Parasitica, and to some degree also in part of Hemiptera, there still remains much to be done

Changes 2011–2015 in the list of Finnish insects

During the period of 2011–2015 251 species were deleted from the list of Finnish insects and 1,481 species were added to it. At the end of year 2015 a total of 22,844 insect species were known from Finland

Comments on some Estonian Coleoptera

A number of species are confirmed as Estonian, having been previously reported from an unspecified Baltic area

Immigration and range expansion in Finnish insects

During the 20th century many insect species have expanded into Finland and established themselves as part of the fauna. Some species of Coleoptera seem to have been carried here originally by man, but nowadays live outdoors. Many other species seem to have reached Finland on their own, and colonized a minor or major part of the country. Most colonists have come from the south, only a few from the east or north-east. This article lists various kinds of newcomers to Finland

A new replacement name in Gurculionidae (Coleoptera)

Bagous cylindrus (Paykull, 1800, nec Fabricius, 1781) (angustus Silfverberg, 1977, nec Tanner, 1954) is renamed Bagous scanicus nom. nov

The nomenclaturally correct names of some family-groups in Coleoptera

The International Code on Zoological Nomenclature demands changes in the use of certain family-group names. Stenotrachelidae Thomson, 1859, is senior to Cephaloidae LeConte, 1862. Within Cholevidae, Leptodirinae Lacordaire, 1854 (1849), is senior to Bathysciinae Horn, 1880, and within Curculionidae, Erirhininae Schönherr, 1825, to Notarinae Zumpt, 1929. In Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae, the invalid name Monachini Chapuis, 1874, is replaced with Monachulini Leng,1920,and in Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae, the invalid name Sermylini Chapuis, 1875, with Hylaspini Chapuis, 1875

Walter Hackman (1916–2001)

Entomologica Fennica. 23 November 200