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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ...... 9 Éric GUILBERT, Tony ROBILLARD, Hervé JOURDAN & Philippe GRANDCOLAS

New data on Dierogekko (: Gekkota: ), with the description of a new from Île Baaba , Province Nord, New Caledonia ...... 13 Phillip SKIPWITH, Todd JACKMAN, Anthony H. WHITAKER, Aaron M. BAUER & Ross A. SADLIER

The New Caledonian Leopard Skink Lacertoides pardalis (Reptilia: Scincidae); a review of the species’ morphology, distribution, behavior and conservation ...... 31 Ross A. SADLIER, Glenn M. SHEA, Hervé JOURDAN, Anthony H. WHITAKER & Aaron M. BAUER

Cryptic speciation in the New Caledonian Nannoscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) including the description of a new species and recognition of Nannoscincus fuscus Günther ...... 45 Ross A. SADLIER, Aaron M. BAUER, Perry L. WOOD Jr., Sarah A. SMITH, Anthony H. WHITAKER & Todd JACKMAN

Bocourt’s terrific Skink,Phoboscincus bocourti (Brocchi, 1876), and the Monophyly of the Genus Phoboscincus Greer, 1974 (Reptilia: Scincidae) ...... 69 Ivan INEICH, Ross A. SADLIER, Aaron M. BAUER, Todd R. JACKMAN & Sarah A. SMITH

Localized endemism in the southern ultramafic bio-region of New Caledonia as evidenced by the in the genus Sigaloseps (Reptilia: Scincidae), with descriptions of four new species ...... 79 Ross A. SADLIER, Aaron M. BAUER, Perry L. WOOD Jr., Sarah A. SMITH, Anthony H. WHITAKER, Hervé JOURDAN & Todd JACKMAN

High elevation endemism on New Caledonia’s ultramafic peaks – a new genus and two new species of scincid lizard ...... 115 Ross A. SADLIER, Aaron M. BAUER, Sarah A. SMITH, Glenn M. SHEA & Anthony H. WHITAKER

New data on freshwater fish of New Caledonia ...... 127 Philippe KEITH, Clara LORD, Laura TAILLEBOIS & Pierre FEUTRY

The New Caledonian and Fijian species of Aterpini and Gonipterini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) ...... 133 Guillermo KUSCHEL

The blind weevils of Myrtonymina in New Caledonia and Australia (Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erirhinini: Myrtonymina)...... 165 Guillermo KUSCHEL 8 Zoologia Neocaledonica 8: Sommaire

Exocelina nehoue n. sp. from New Caledonia, with a new synonym and new collecting records for other species in the genus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) ...... 181 Michael BALKE, Jiří HÁJEK, Lars HENDRICH & Günther WEWALKA

A new species, new records, and notes on biology of New Caledonian Scirtes Illiger (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scirtidae) ...... 191 Rafał RUTA

Corindia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from New Caledonia and the Papuan Region ...... 201 Daniel J. BICKEL

Pindaia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) a new genus from New Caledonia and Australia ...... 209 Daniel J. BICKEL

The water bugs (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha) of New Caledonia: Diversity, ecology and biogeographical significance ...... 219 Jakob DAMGAARD & Herbert ZETTEL

New Caledonia as an evolutionary cradle: a re-appraisal of the jaw-moth genus Sabatinca (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae) and its significance for assessing the antiquity of the island’s fauna ...... 239 George W. GIBBS & David C. LEES

Owlflies of New Caledonia.Suhpalacsa caledon McLachlan, 1871 (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) ...... 267 Roland DOBOSZ & Ábrahám LEVENTE

Redefinition of the cricket genusProtathra Desutter-Grandcolas, 1997 (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae), with description of the calling song of Protathra centralis Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp...... 277 Laure DESUTTER-GRANDCOLAS, Tony ROBILLARD & Jérémy ANSO

Three new species and a synonymy of the genus Nobarnus (Insecta: Heteroptera: Tingidae) ...... 289 Éric GUILBERT

Diversity and distribution of the genus Rothisilpha (Dictyoptera, Blattidae) in New Caledonia: Evidence from new microendemic species ...... 299 Philippe GRANDCOLAS, Romain NATTIER, Roseli PELLENS & Frédéric LEGENDRE

INDEX TAXONOMIQUE...... 309