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We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this month include the first report of Dolichothrips indicus in Colombia and the first report of a species of Neopestalotiopsis on strawberry in Canada.

• Redescriptions of the Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) of Arizona, including new synonymies, state records, plant associations, and descriptions of new species: the robust species. Barney, R. J. (2023) Coleopterists Bulletin 77 (3) 439-459.
• Calotheca borowieci sp. nov. and C. orophila sp. nov. from Southern Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). D’Alessandro, P.; Grobbelaar, E.; Iannella, M.; Biondi, M. (2023) Annales Zoologici 73 (3) 421-428.
• Taxonomic and geographical notes on African Galerucine Leaf Beetles, with description of a new monotypic genus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Beenen, R. (2023) Annales Zoologici 73 (3) 493-497.
• Diselmobius, a new basal genus of apionine weevil (Coleoptera: Brentidae: Apioninae) from Tasmania. Wanat, M. (2023) Annales Zoologici 73 (3) 389-396.
• First report of Dolichothrips indicus (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Colombia. Parra-Fuentes, M.; Arcila-Cardona, Á. M.; Carrascal, F. F.; Brochero-Bustamante, C. E.; Varón, E. H.; Sierra-Monroy, J. A. (2023) Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 82 (3) 46-49.
• New parasitoid (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) records of bark beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in pine plantations in Bulgaria. Belilov, S.; Georgieva, M.; Georgiev, G.; Todorov, I. (2023) Biodiversity Data Journal 11 (e109325).
• Two new records of Uromyces from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Ahmad, M. A.; Afshan, N. U. S.; Khalid, A. N. (2023) Biology Bulletin 50 (5) 860-869.
• First report of Geotrichum candidum causing post-harvest rot of Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana) & guava (Psidium guajava) from Pakistan. Fakiha Zahid; Nousheen Yousaf; Muzammal Abbas; Shumaila Rasheed (2023) Pure and Applied Biology 12 (4) 1568-1573.
• First report of a Begomovirus and associated betasatellite causing yellow vein mosaic disease of Celosia cristata. Lager, P.; Sharma, J.; Kumar, Y. (2023) New Disease Reports 48 (e12211).
• First report of an aggressive species of Neopestalotiopsis affecting strawberry in Canada. McNally, J.; Prapagar, K.; Goldenhar, K.; Pate, E.; Shan, S.; Kalischuk, M. (2023) New Disease Reports 48 (e12210).

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