Nala lividipes (Dufour, 1828), a new earwig for the Maltese Islands (Dermaptera: Labiduridae)

Nala lividipes is recorded for the first time from the Maltese Islands. Distributional, ecological and taxonomic notes are included for this species. New distributional data is provided for other earwig species which were locally known from few or single records.peer-reviewe

Notes on three carabids collected from the Maltese Islands (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

Following the recent work on the carabid fauna of the Maltese Islands (Magrini & Schembri, 1997), Campalita olivieri Dejean and Somotrichus elevatus (Fabricius) are here recorded for the first time. The record of Ocydromus andreae (Fabricius) by Magrini & Schembri is incorrect and should refer to Ocydromus atlanticus (Wollaston).peer-reviewe

Role-Reversal: A Somewhat Neglected Mirror of Heritages of the Past

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A NEW SPECIES OF TRECHUS FROM THE ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

A new species of Trechus from the Oromia Province (Ethiopia) is described in the present note. This new taxon shows some peculiar characters, such as a much swollen abdomen of pseudophysiogastric aspect, a feature shared by other high altitude Trechinae, as for instance Queinnectrechus Deuve, 1992 from Asia. The integuments are glabrous; the antennae are short; the pronotum is larger than long, with regularly rounded sides and hind angles; the elytrae are short and rounded (pseudophysiogastric) with the first six striae well engraved, on the third of them two discal foveolate setae are well visible. The aedeagus is big and stout, abruptly narrowing at the tip (in lateral view), with a small botton slanting upwards; the copulatory piece is big and well sclerified, triangular, with a more or less sharpened tip. Well recognizable for the "pseudophysiogastric" aspect, Trechus (Trechus) ericalis n.sp. belongs to the bipartitus group