ZOOLOGIA NEOCALEDONICA 8: SOMMAIRE 7 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 9 Éric GUILBERT, Tony ROBILLARD, Hervé JOURDAN & Philippe GRANDCOLAS New data on Dierogekko (Squamata: Gekkota: Diplodactylidae), with the description of a new species 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 lizard genus 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 lizards 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.