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Vol. 78 - published on 22nd May 2026

Matsushima, R. & T. Aiso, 2026. First description of macropterous of Thirumalaia kaara Matsushima, 2022 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae). Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 1–3.

Nakasone, K., H. Miyake & T. Kurita, 2026. The first record of Goniurosaurus nebulozonatus Kurita & Toda, 2024 from Miyagijima Island, Ogimi Village, Okinawa Prefecture. Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 5–10. [in Japanese, with English abstract and figure captions]

Ishibashi, D., M. Hirose & J.D. Reimer, 2026. First record of the introduced species Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaje, 1822) (Bryozoa: Ctenostomata) in the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 11–17.

Oshima, K., 2026. Morphology of nymphs of Tenodera angustipennis Saussure (Mantodea: Mantidae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, with a key to their identification from nymphs of T. fasciata (Olivier). Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 19–37.

Tanaka, H., H. Kohtsuka & K. Takamura, 2026. Record of the sea urchin Chaetodiadema granulatum Mortensen, 1903 (Echinoidea: Diadematidae) from Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 39–43.

Hayashi, K., 2026. First records of seven cockroach species from Miyako Islands, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 45–49. [in Japanese, with English figure captions]

Sato, H. & M. Hanai, 2026. Record of Caridina rubella Fujino & Shokita, 1975 (Caridea: Atyidae) collected from a surface pool of an epigeal spring in southern Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 51–53. [in Japanese, with English abstract and figure captions]

Maeda, T., K. Uchiwa & Y. Fuke, 2026. New distributional records of Macrobrachium placidulum from Amami-Oshima Island, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 55–57. [In Japanese]

Hosaka, K., S. Imada, T. Hashizume, S. Inoue, R. Seki & H. Kojima, 2026. New locality records of twelve species and new records of adult feeding plants for two species of the superfamily Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) from Yonaguni-jima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 59–69. [In Japanese, with English abstract and figure captions]

Oka, S., 2026. The largest coconut crab Birgus latro in Japan documented from the northernmost reproductive population at Okinawa Island, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 71–73.

Kobayashi, A., 2026. First record of Coelostoma vitalisi d'Orchymont, 1923 (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 75–77. [In Japanese, with English abstract and figure captions]

Nakasone, K., 2026. First record of Stenomelania costellaris (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1850) from Kume-jima Island. Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 79–81. [In Japanese, with English figure captions]

Kobayashi, T. & S. Tsujimoto, 2026. A new record of Dinoderus speculifer (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) from Okinawa Island, Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 83–84.

Kyotani, S., 2026. First record of Apograpsus paantu (Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) from Ishigaki Island, Yaeyama Islands, southwestern Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 78: 85–86. [In Japanese, with English abstract and figure caption]