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First record of Meloidogyne graminicola on rice in Andhra Pradesh

First record of Merriam's shrew from South Dakota

First record of Mesocomys Cam. (Hym.: Chalcidoidea, Eupelmidae) in India

First record of Mesoplodon densirostris (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) from Rhode Island

First record of Metachirus nudicaudatus for northeast Brazil

First record of Metapenaeopsis sibogae (De Man, 1907) (Decapoda, Penaeidae) from Japanese waters

First record of Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha, Mesosuchia) in the Upper Jurassic of Russia

First record of Microhyla rubra (Jerdon) (Amphibia: Anura) from Maharashtra

First record of Middle Algonkian micro-organisms from Naldera Limestone (Basantpur Formation) of Himachal Himalaya with biostratigraphy

First record of Mimon bennettii (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) for Venezuela

First record of Mimosa pudica Linn. as host of kusmi lac. Kerria lacca (Kerr.) from Namkum, Ranchi

First record of Miniopterus schreibersi (Kuhl 1819) (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from North Yemen with zoogeographical relationship evidenced by wing mites (Acarina: Spinturnicidae)

First record of Miralda elegans (de Folin, 1870) nov. comb. from the Mediterranean See (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae)

First record of Mitra (Mitra) mitra (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda: Mitridae) on the Pacific coast of mainland Ecuador

First record of Mitra zonata Mayrrat, 1819 and Cancilla turtoni (Smith 1890) (Gastropoda: Mitridae) from the archipelago of Madeira

First record of Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 in the Gulf of Gdansk (southern Baltic Sea)

First record of Molipteryx fuliginosa Uhler from Russia (Heteroptera: Coreidae)

First record of Monophyllus from Montserrat, West Indies

First record of Moringua microchir for New Caledonia and from freshwater (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Moringuidae)

First record of Mozambique tilapia in the San Joaquin Valley, California

First record of Munidopsis acutispina Benedict, 1902 (Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

First record of Murina ussuriensis (Chiroptera, Mammalia) from Rishiri Island, northern Hokkaido

First record of Muschelkalk Bryozoa: the earliest ctenostome body fossils

First record of Musculus koreanus Ockelmann, 1983 (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) in Russian waters of the Sea of Japan

First record of Mycetobia pallipes (Diptera, Mycetobiidae) from Slovakia

First record of Myotis auriculus from Guatemala

First record of Myotis emarginatus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Cyprus

First record of Myotis myotis on the Azores Islands (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

First record of Naiacoccus serpentinus Green (Coccoidea: Psetdococcidae) from India

First record of Nanophyces belli Heller (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Curculionidae) as singhara pest from India

First record of Naso lopezi Herre from the Kumanonada off Taiji

First record of Nassarius heynemanni (Maltzan, 1884) in the Mediterranean (Neogastropoda)

First record of Nathusius' pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) in the IJsselmeer

First record of Nemacheilus baenzigeri Kottelat 1983 (Pisces: Homalopteridae) from Peninsula Malaysia

First record of Nemoura avicularis Morton, 1894 (Plec., Nemouridae) in western Norway

First record of Neocyttus helgae (Pisces: Oreosomatidae) on the slope off Galicia (northwest Spain)

First record of Neozygites sp (Zygomycota : Entomophthorales), pathogen of Tetranychus urticae (Acari : Tetranychidae) in Argentina FT Primer registro del hongo Neozygites sp. (Zygomycota: Entomophthorales), patogeno de Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) en la Republica Argentina

First record of Nessorhamphus ingolfianus (Schmidt, 1912) in Chilean waters (Anguilliformes : Derichthyidae) FT Primer registro de Nessorhamphus ingolfianus (Schmidt, 1912) en aguas Chilenas (Anguilliformes: Derichthyidae)

First record of Nipponocythere Ishizaki, 1971 and Swainocythere Ishizaki, 1981 (Ostracoda) in the Late Quaternary in the Mediterranean Basin

First record of Noctilio albiventris (Chiroptera, Noctilionidae) in El Salvador

First record of Noctilio albiventris (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae) in Mexico

First record of Nordmann's greenshank Tringa guttifer from Sri Lanka

First record of North American ambrosia beetle Gnathotrichus materiarius (Fitch) (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) in Finland - a new potential forest pest?

First record of Nowakia praecursor Boucek (Dacrioconarida) from Novaya Zemlya.

First record of Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817) in the Netherlands

First record of Occidozyga lima (Gravenhorst, 1829) from Bangladesh

First record of Oceanodroma tristrami for Niigata Prefecture, Honshu

First record of Ochthebius (s. str) minabensis Ferro, 1983 (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae) from Turkey

First record of Octopus defilippi Verany, 1851 in Venezuelan coastal waters

First record of Odontella bayeri (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) in North America

First record of Odontocepheus from China, with description of a new species (Acari: Oribatida: Carabodidae)

First record of Odontotermes bellahunisensis Holmg. & Holmg. feeding on Cocos nucifera Linn

First record of Oestophora barbula (Rossmassler 1838) (Pulmonata, Helicidae) on Madeira

First record of Ogyrides alphaerostris (Crustacea: Ogyridae) for Venezuela

First record of Okenia impexa Marcus, 1957 from the western Atlantic in the Mediterranean

First record of Oligocene retroplumid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Italy

First record of Opheltes glaucopterus (L.) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Ireland

First record of Ophiogomphus cecilia (de Fourcroy) in Spain (Anisoptera: Gomphidae)

First record of Ophiophragmus moorei (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) in Florida coastal waters

First record of Ophrydium versatile (Mueller), a colonial peritrich ciliate (Protista), from Clare Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland

First record of Opodiphthera (N.) sahulensis Paukstadt, Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 2003 comb. rev. for the Kai Archipelago (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

First record of Orconectes virilis (Hagen) (Decapoda, Cambaridae) from Mexico

First record of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger, 1912) (Pisces: Cichlidae) from the Limpopo River in Southern Africa

First record of Oriental plover Charadrius veredus on the northern coast of Irian Jaya (Papua)

First record of Otomops martiensseni (Matschie 1897) for the Republic of Yemen (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Molossidae)

First record of Oxymetopon compressus (Perciformes: Gobioidei: Microdesmidae) from Japan

First record of Pachytrachis gracilis (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Decticinae) in Slovakia

First record of Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva, in Malawi

First record of Palaemon concinnus Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Australia

First record of Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun, 1902 (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae) from European waters

First record of Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae) in Madeira

First record of Palaeocene nautiloids from Cuba

First record of Palaeozoic fossils from Nainital area, Kumaun lesser Himalaya

First record of Paleogene Elephantoidea (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Bugti Hills of Pakistan

First record of Palirhoeus eatoni (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from sub-Antarctic Heard Island

First record of Palisadia subulata C.F. Laseron, 1956 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Eulimidae) from the Red Sea

First record of Pallas' warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus proregulus) in Moscow Region

First record of Paphia textile (Gmelin, 1791) (Bivalvia: Veneridae) in the northern Adriatic Sea

First record of Paracoccus Ezzat & McConnell (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) from India with description of a new species

First record of Paradentalium infractum (Odhner, 1931) (Mollusca, Scaphopoda, Dentaliidae) from the east coast of Venezuela

First record of Paradeontacylix sp. McIntosh, 1934 (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) in Mediterranean amberjack (Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810)) culture

First record of Paraliparis paucidens Skein (Pisces: Liparidae) from British Columbia water

First record of Parambassis lala (Pisces: Ambassidae) from Inle Lake, the Salween River Basin, Myanmar

First record of Paramphiascella fulvofasciata Rosenfield & Coull, 1974 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the German Bight

First record of Paramphistomum cervi in western kob (Kobus kob) at the Kainji Lake National Park, Nigeria

First record of Paranisops Hale, 1924 (Insecta: Heteroptera: Notonectidae) from Southeast Asia, with description of P. leucopardalos sp. n

First record of Parapsilorhynchus tentaculatus (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India

First record of Parastenocarididae (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from subterranean freshwater of insular Greece and description of two new species

First record of Parastenocarididae (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from subterranean waters of Ethiopia and the description of three new species

First record of Parioglossus dotui (Pisces: Gobioidei) from Korea

First record of Paulinella chromatophora (Testacea, Rhizopoda) from the northern Baltic Sea

First record of Pauropoda (Myriapoda) on Borneo

First record of Pelecanus occidentalis (Aves: Pelecanidae) and Phaeton lepturus (Aves: Phaethontidae), at Isla del Coco, Costa Rica

First record of Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) from Aomori Prefecture, Japan

First record of Penaeus japonicus Bate 1888 (Decapoda Natantia) along Italian coast

First record of Percarina demidoffi Nordmann, 1840 from Romania and from the Danube River Basin (Pisces, Percidae)

First record of Permianella He & Zhu, 1979 (Permianellidae; Brachiopoda) from Peninsular Malaysia

First record of Peromyscus gymnotis (Muridae) from El Salvador, with second records for Choeroniscus godmani and Diaemus youngi (Phyllostomidae)

First record of Philiris azula Wind and Clench (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Australia

First record of Phycidopsis albovittata Hampson (Notodontidae) from Japan mainland

First record of Phyllodistomum solidum Rankin 1937 (Trematoda: Gorgoderidae) in the dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) from southern Illinois

First record of Physalaemus centralis (Anura: Leptodactylidae) for Bolivia, with description of its advertisement call

First record of Phytomyza milii Kaltenbach, 1864 (Diptera, Agromyzidae) in Belgium, an oligophagous leafminer of Poaceae

First record of Phytopthora ramorum in beech

First record of Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in Turkey

First record of Pipistrellus kuhli (Kuhl, 1819) (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera, Mammalia) from Bulgaria

First record of Pipistrellus kuhlii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in the Chernigiv Region (Ukraine)

First record of Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) in Belgium

First record of Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) for Bulgaria

First record of Pipistrellus subflavus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) on Padre Island, Texas

First record of Pisanianura grimmaldi (Dautzenberg, 1889) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) for Madeira

First record of Planorbis planorbis (Linnaeus) naturally infected with Xiphidiocercariae from Derna, Libya

First record of Plasmopara obducens (downy mildew) on impatiens in Australia

First record of Platypsyllus castoris (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Platypsyllinae) from Slovakia

First record of Plecotus rafinesquii in central Arkansas

First record of Pluteus chtysophaeus and reexamination of Pluteus leoninus from Japan

First record of Podagrion sp. as a parasitoid of Hierodulla bipapilla (Mantidae: Dictyoptera)

First record of Polymerurus (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) from Australia with the description of a new species from Queensland and of cuticular ultrastructure in P. nodicaudus

First record of Polymixis mandschurica Boursin, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Cuculliinae) from the Russian Far East

First record of Polypedates taeniatus (Boulenger, 1906) from Assam, north-eastern India

First record of Polypedates taeniatus (Boulenger, 1906) from Nepal (Amphibia, Anura: Rhacophoridae)

First record of Pomadasys incisus (Haemulidae) in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea

First record of Pomatoschistus canestrinii (Ninni, 1883) in Lake Trasimeno

First record of Pontogammarus obesus (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) from the Slovak-Hungarian part of the Danube river

First record of Poromya neaeroides Seguenza, 1877 in the Mediterranean

First record of Precambrian microbiota from the Blaini Formation in Mussoorie area, Lesser Himalaya, Uttar Pradesh

First record of Priapion fraissei (Giard & Bonnier, 1886) (Isopoda, Epicaridea, Entoniscidae) from the British Isles

First record of Procambarus (Ortmannicus) acutus (White River crayfish) in West Virginia, with notes on its natural history

First record of Promicrops lanceolatus (Bloch) (Pisces: Serranidae) in South Australian waters

First record of Protura (Hexapoda) in Israel with notes on their distribution and ecology

First record of Psammophilus blanfordanus (Stoliczka 1871) (family: Agamidae) from Gujarat, India

First record of Pseudamia amblyuroptera (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Japan

First record of Pseudis paradoxa (Anura: Pseudidae) in Peru, with notes on its distress call and habitat

First record of Pseudobagrus ussuriensis (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from the Naktong River, Korea

First record of Pseudoboeckella poppei Mrazek, 1901 (Copepoda, Calanoida, Centropagidae) in Brazil

First record of Pseudogonalos hahnii (Spinola, 1840) (Pseudogonalidae) in Latvia

First record of Psocoptera as prey of Australian Sphecidae (Hymenoptera)

First record of Pulvinaria elongata Newstead (Homoptera: Coccoidea, Coccidae) in Egypt

First record of Purpuradusta microdon (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cypraeidae) with a soft part from Honshu, Japan

First record of Pyrodinium bahamense (Dinoflagellata) in brackish waters of the Mexican Caribbean coast

First record of Quateiella Cook from Europe, with description of a new species from Spain (Diptera, Scatopsidae)

First record of Rana danieli from West Bengal

First record of Rana hexadactyla Lesson (Anura: Ranidae) from Orissa, India, with comments on their ecology and distribution

First record of Rana sakuraii from Aichi Prefecture

First record of Raphidascaris (Sprentascaris) hypostomi (Petter et Cassone, 1984) comb. n. and R. (S.) mahnerti (Petter et Cassone, 1984) comb. n. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from Brazil with remarks on the taxonomic status of the genus Sprentascaris Petter et Cassone 1984

First record of Rattus rattus in Botswana

First record of Remaudiereana annulipes from the Balkan Peninsula (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)

First record of Reuterella helvimacula (Enderlein) (Psocoptera: Elipsocidae) from Japan

First record of Rhabdocona oncorhynchi (Nematoda: Rhabdoconidae) from brown trout in Europe

First record of Rhinophoridae (Dipt.) in Porcellio spinicornis Say (Isopoda, Porcellionidae)

First record of Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Xanthidae) in the Italian waters

First record of Rhitrogena gorganica (Ephemeroptera) from Slovakia

First record of Rhizocephala (Crustacea: Cirripedia) from Turkish waters, with notes on lessepsian migration

First record of Rhynchophorus ferrungineus from Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu (Coleoptera: Rhynchophoridae)

First record of Richardsonianus australis (Bosisto, 1859) (Hirudinea: Richardsonianidae) taking a blood meal from a fish

First record of Ricinulei (Arachnida) from the Lesser Antilles

First record of Risso's dolphin, Grampidelphis griseus, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

First record of Rivulus marmoratus Poey, 1880 from the South American Continent (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae)

First record of Ross goose in Kentucky

First record of Ross' goose in Tennessee

First record of Ross' gull for Minnesota

First record of Ross's gull, Rhodostethia rosea, in Sweden

First record of Sabine's gull Xema sabini from Australia

First record of Sardinian warbler, Sylvia melanocephala, in Sweden

First record of Saturnius papernai Overstreet, 1977 in the Black Sea, with a review of the genus Saturnius Manter, 1969 (Digenea, Bunocotylidae)

First record of Scombropidae (Pisces: Percoidei) from Taiwan

First record of Scotophilus leucogaster (Cretzschmar, 1826) (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Saudi Arabia

First record of Senegal thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis in Arabia

First record of Sepedophilus coronadensis (Staphylinidae) from Mexico

First record of Sepietta obscura Naef, 1916 in Atlantic waters

First record of Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) in the Mediterranean

First record of Sesarma rectum Randall (Brachyura, Grapsidae, Sesarminae) from the Lesser Antilles

First record of Seymouria (Vertebrata: Seymouriamorpha) from Early Permian fissure fills at Richards Spur, Oklahoma

First record of Sigmodon fulviventer in Texas: natural history and cytogenetic observations

First record of Simulium (Hellichiella) latipes (Meigen 1804) in south-west Germany (Diptera: Simuliidae)

First record of Sinanodonta woodiana (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Czech Republic

First record of Sinoxylon conigerum gerstacker (Coleoptera : Bostrichidae) in Brazil FT Primeiro registro de Sinoxylon conigerum gerstacker (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) no Brasil

First record of Siro carpaticus (Opiliones, Cyphophtalmi, Sironidae) from Slovakia

First record of Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a pest of lucerne, in South Africa

First record of Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal 1834 (Coleoptera : Curculionidae) on Norfolk Island

First record of Sminthopsis psammophila (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) from Western Australia

First record of Sorex arizonae (Insectivora: Soricidae) from Mexico

First record of Sorex longirostris (Soricidae) in Oklahoma

First record of Sowerby's beaked whale from Azores

First record of Spanurus (Diptera: Asilidae) from the Orient with descriptions of two new species

First record of Spelaeogriphacea from Australasia, a new genus and species from an aquifer in the arid Pilbara of Western Australia

First record of Sphaeriusidae for Argentina (Coleoptera: Myxophaga)

First record of Sphaerospora renicola Dykova et Lom, 1982 and Myxobolus encephalicus Mulsow, 1911, pathogenic protozoans of carp from the U.S.S.R

First record of Sphoeroides pachygaster (Tetraodontidae) from the northern Tyrrhenian Sea

First record of Sphoeroides pachygaster (Tetraodontidae) in the South Tyrrhenian (N/W Sicily)

First record of Sporothecae within the mite family Scutacaridae (Acari, Tarsonemina)

First record of Stenodactylus affinis (Murray) (marsh gekkos) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Iraq

First record of Stomias boa ferox Reinhardt, 1843 in Norwegian waters

First record of Storeyinae, a very rare subfamily of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India with the description of a new species

First record of Sturnira mordax from Colombia with range extensions for other bat species

First record of Suncus etruscus and notes on the bats of Pantelleria Island, Italy

First record of Swainson's hawk Buteo swainsoni for the West Indies

First record of Swainson's hawk for Long Island

First record of Sylon hippolytes M. Sars (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Rhizocephala) parasitic on the pink shrimp, Pandalus borealis Kroyer, from Japanese waters

First record of Sympetrum fonscolombei (Selys) from Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan

First record of Sympetrum maculatum from Shiga Prefecture

First record of Sympiesis ringoniella Kamijo (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) a parasite of leaf-mining moths in Europe

First record of Syncyamus aequus Lincoln and Hurley, 1981 (Amphipoda, Cyamidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

First record of Syrastrenopsis moltrechti Grunberg, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae) from the north-eastern Primorye

First record of Taczanowski's tinamou (Nothoprocta taczanowskii) for Bolivia

First record of Tadarida aegyptiaca (Chiroptera, Molossidae) from Morocco

First record of Tadarida nigeriae (Thomas 1913) from the Arabian Peninsula (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Molossidae)

First record of Talorchestia brito (Amphipoda, Talitridae) from the German North Sea coast

First record of Tamiophila grandis (Insecta: Siphonaptera) from Virginia

First record of Tannuolina Fonin & Smirnova, 1967 (Tommotiida) from the Lower Cambrian Pedroche Formation, southern Spain

First record of Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1830 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) in Turkey

First record of Taphozous perforatus in Israel

First record of Teinopalpus aureus Mell (Rhopalocera: Papilionidae) from Zhejiang Province, China

First record of Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga (Dipt., Chironomidae) from the British Isles and additional records of halobiontic Chironomidae from Ireland

First record of Temminck's horned lark Eremophila bilopha in Yemen

First record of Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii) in the Isle of Man

First record of Tetrabothrus japonicus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Honshu, Japan

First record of Thalamita indistincta Apel & Spiridonov, 1998 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) in the Mediterranean

First record of Thalamita sp. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) in Salas y Gomez island

First record of Thalassius albocinctus (Doleschall) (Araneae: Pisauridae) from India

First record of Theresa's snow finch (Pyrgilauda theresae) in Tadjikistan

First record of Thermosbaenacea (Crustacea) from the Southern Hemisphere: a new species from a cave in tropical Western Australia

First record of Thia scutellata (Fabricius) (Crustacea, Decapoda: Brachyura) from the coast of Norway

First record of Thiodia caradjana Kennel, 1916 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to the fauna of Europe; new records of Tortricidae to the fauna of Romania

First record of Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839) (Pisces, Gobiidae) for the Azores

First record of Thripoctenoides from North America, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

First record of Thyrsoidea macrura (Teleostei: Muraenidae) from the Red Sea

First record of Todaropsis eblane (Ball, 1841) (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) in the Pacific Ocean

First record of Toleria romanovi (Leech, 1889) (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Aichi-ken, Honshu

First record of Tomopterna dobsonii (Boulenger, 1882) (Anura: Ranidae) from Orissa, India

First record of Tonatia brasiliense (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in Oaxaca, Mexico

First record of Toxorhynchites rutilus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Massachusetts

First record of Trachinocephalus myops (Schneider, 1801) (Pisces: Synodontidae) in Victorian waters

First record of Trigonoderopsis Girault (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), with a new species from India

First record of Trigonomima Enderlein (Diptera: Asilidae) from India with description of a new species

First record of Triteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea: Scelionidae) from India with descriptions of two new species

First record of Trogoderma variabile Ballion (Col., Dermestidae) in Britain

First record of Trypanosoma chattoni in Brazil and occurrence of other Trypanosoma species in Brazilian frogs (Anura, Leptodactylidae)

First record of Tyto balearica (Aves: Strigidae) from the Pleistocene of Sardinia

First record of Ulmeritoides misionensis (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) in Brazil

First record of Uperodon globulosum (Anura: Microhylidae) from Kerala

First record of Uperodon systema from Rajasthan

First record of Upper Cambrian from the eastern White Sea coast: new evidence from obolids (Brachiopoda)

First record of Upper Proterozoic microfossils in 'Tirohanan Limestone' (Semri group) of Kamtanath hill (Banda Distt., Uttar Pradesh), northern India

First record of Upper Turonian rudists (Mollusca, Hippuritoidea) in the Bey Daglari carbonate platform, western Taurides (Turkey): taxonomy and strontium isotope stratigraphy of Vaccinites praegiganteus (Toucas, 1904)

First record of Upucerthia validirostris from Bolivia and new Bolivian distributional data

First record of Utriculastra knockeri (E.A. Smith, 1872)in the Mediterranean Sea (Gastropoda: Scaphandridae)

First record of Valencia letourneuxi (Sauvage, 1880) in Peloponnese (Greece) and remarks on the Mediterranean family Valenciidae (Cyprinodontiformes)

First record of Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pisces: Cyprinidae) in the Netherlands

First record of Visayanocorinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Australia with description of a new genus and two new species

First record of Welwitsch's hairy bat (Myotis welwitschii) from Natal

First record of Wilson's phalarope Phalaropus tricolor from Suriname

First record of Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, for Tobago

First record of Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, in Belgium.

First record of Wilson's plover for Minnesota

First record of Wilson's storm-petrels on a Christmas bird count

First record of Xiphinema globosum Sturhan (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) from Slovenia

First record of Xiphydria (Hymenoptera, Xiphydriidae) from India, with descriptions of two new species

First record of Zaprionus indianus (Diptera, Drosophilidae) in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil

First record of Zaprionus indianus Gupta, 1970 (Diptera, Drosophilidae) in southern localities of Uruguay

First record of Zapus hudsonius from southeast Kansas

First record of Zimiris doriai (Araneae, Prodidomidae) in Brazil

First record of Zonotrichia atricapilla in Kamchatka.

First record of a Antillean beaked whale, Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1855, from Republic Popular da Guine-Bissau

First record of a Bursaphelenchus species (Nematoda) in Monochamus beetles in Scandinavia

First record of a California gull for North Carolina

First record of a Conus sting from Elat

First record of a Cuculus cuckoo on Midway Atoll and the Hawaiian Islands

First record of a Dung Midge from the South Atlantic island group of Tristan da Cunha

First record of a Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur bone from Western Australia

First record of a European bug, Loricula bipunctata (Perris), in the Nearctic region (Heteroptera: Microphysidae)

First record of a European bug, Loricula pselaphiformis, in the Nearctic region (Heteroptera: Microphysidae)

First record of a European bug, Myrmedobia exilis (Heteroptera: Microphysidae), in the Nearctic region

First record of a Gould's petrel Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould) in Western Australia

First record of a Greater Shearwater in Alaska

First record of a Late Cretaceous-Palaeocene tenebrionid from southern Africa

First record of a Late Proterozoic faunal assemblage in the North American Cordillera

First record of a Mezirinae flat bug from Dominican amber: Mezira scheveni n. sp. (Heteroptera, Aradidae)

First record of a Middle Pliocene hominid from the Siwalik Hills of South Asia

First record of a New Zealand great-winged petrel Pterodroma macroptera gouldi (Hutton) in Western Australia

First record of a Pachyneuron aphidis (Bouche) (Pteromalidae: Hymenoptera), a hyperparasitoid of Diaeretiella rapae (M'intosh) (Aphidiidae: Hymenoptera) from India

First record of a Pacific loon from North Carolina

First record of a Paratydeidae (Acari, Prostigmata) in South America with description of Scolotydaeus corticicola sp. n

First record of a Psolidae (Holothuroidea, Echinodermata) in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicilian Channel)

First record of a Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) stranding for Louisiana

First record of a River Otter, Lontra canadensis, captured on the northeastern coast of Alaska

First record of a Ross' gull for Nebraska

First record of a Ross' gull for New York State

First record of a Ross's goose in central Texas

First record of a Selasphorus hummingbird in Kentucky

First record of a South Georgian diving-petrel from South Australia

First record of a South Island pied oystercatcher in Australia

First record of a Texas population of Tilapia (Pisces: Cichlidae)

First record of a bald eagle nest in West Virginia

First record of a band-rumped storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro) in Virginia

First record of a band-rumped storm-petrel in Virginia

First record of a bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica (Aves, Scolopacidae), in the West Indies

First record of a barred forest-falcon (Micrastur ruficollis) nesting in a cliff pothole

First record of a bathypelagic nemertean from the Canary Islands

First record of a bimaculated lark, Melanocorypha bimaculata, in Sweden

First record of a bioluminescent soft coral: description of a disjunct population of Eleutherobia grayi (Thomson and Dean, 1921) from the Solomon Islands, with a review of bioluminescence in the Octocorallia

First record of a black and yellow sea snake in the Yemen Arab Republic

First record of a black-faced monarch (Monarcha melanopsis) in New Zealand

First record of a black-legged kittiwake in Idaho

First record of a blackpoll warbler for the Galapagos

First record of a bleniid fish Praealticus striatus from Iriomote Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

First record of a blenniid fish Cirripectes stigmaticus from Iriomote Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

First record of a blenniid fish Omobranchus elongatus from Japan

First record of a bloom of Gonyaulax monilata in coastal waters of Mississippi

First record of a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Washington State

First record of a brambling for Nebraska

First record of a brown frog Rana huanrenensis (family Ranidae) from Korea

First record of a brush cuckoo in South Australia

First record of a bulb-associated virus with infected Asiatic lily plants.

First record of a carangid fish, Trachinotus mookalee, from Japan (Perciformes: Carangidae)

First record of a cardinalfish Neamia articycla (Perciformes : apogonidae) from Amami-oshima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan

First record of a chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica breeding in Adelie Land, Antarctica

First record of a chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, from the Thompson River: Adams River spawning grounds, British Columbia

First record of a ciliophoran Trichodina domerguei f. magna Lom, 1960 from freshwater fish Pseudoapocryptus lanceolatus (Bloch and Schneider) from India

First record of a cingulopsid (Eatonina laurensi n. sp.) in the western Atlantic

First record of a cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera) in Virginia

First record of a common carp parasite, Dactylogyrus molnari Ergens et Dulma, 1969 (Monogenea) in Hungary

First record of a common moorhen nesting in South Dakota

First record of a common murre off the Virginia coast

First record of a copemyine-peromyscine cricetid (Rodentia, Mammalia) in South America: hypotheses regarding its ancestry in the Palaearctic

First record of a crab Sesarma smithi H.M. Edwards (Crustacea: Decapoda: Grapsidae) from Indian coast

First record of a crab, Portunus pubescens (Dana) from Indian coasts (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae)

First record of a damselfish, Pomacentrus pavo from Japan

First record of a dwarf sperm whale from southwest Atlantic, with reference to osteology, food habits and reproduction

First record of a fairy basslet Pseudanthias parvirostris (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Japan

First record of a flathead fish Thysanophrys celebica (Pisces: Platycephalidae) from Izu Peninsula, Japan

First record of a fossil Cervus elaphus L., 1758, from Albania

First record of a fossil verrucid barnacle in California - Verruca digitali sp. nov. (Cirripedia: Thoracica) from the Late Miocene

First record of a free-living dalyellioid turbellarian from the Pacific: Balgetia pacifica nov. spec

First record of a freshwater Pisionidae (Polychaeta): description of a new species from Panama with a key to the species of Pisione

First record of a freshwater calanoid Tropodiaptomus spectabilis (Kiefer 1929) (Crustacea, Copepoda) as host of an ellobiopsid parasite

First record of a freshwater calanoid Tropodiaptomus spectabilis (Kiefer, 1929) (Crustacea, Copepoda) as host of an ellobiopsid parasite

First record of a freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, in the Rideau River, Ottawa, Ontario

First record of a freshwater pipefish, Microphis (Coelonotus) argulus (Pisces: Syngnathidae) from the northern hemisphere

First record of a frogfish Antennarius rosaceus (Pisces: Antennariidae) from Japan

First record of a frogfish Antennatus tuberosus (Pisces: Antennariidae) from Japan

First record of a frogfish, Antennarius randalli from Japan

First record of a fulvous whistling-duck in the Nashville area

First record of a garganey in Idaho

First record of a giant squid Architeuthis sp Seenstrup, 1857 (Cephalopoda, Architeuthidae) in Brazilian waters

First record of a gobiid fish Amblygobius sphynx from Japan

First record of a gobiid fish Asterropteryx bipunctata from Iriomote Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

First record of a gobiid fish Belobranchus belobranchus from Japan

First record of a gobiid fish Callogobius hastatus from Japan

First record of a gobiid fish Parioglossus philippinus from Japan

First record of a gobiid fish Redigobius bikolanus from the coast of the Sea of Japan

First record of a gobiid fish Stiphodon surrufus from Yakushima Island, Japan

First record of a gobiid fish Trimma benjamini (Pisces, Gobiidae) from Japan

First record of a gobiid fish Trimma milta (Pisces, Gobiidae) from Japan

First record of a gobiid fish of the genus Psilogobius from Japan

First record of a goby, Bathygobius niger (Perciformes, Gobiidae) from western Pacific, and availability and validity of the scientific name

First record of a gravid marine turtle from Chile

First record of a grouper Epinephelus corallicola (Pisces: Serranidae) from Japan

First record of a gull (Larus atricilla) for the Samoan Islands

First record of a herald petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana in Western Australia

First record of a hinge-beak shrimp, Rhynchocinetes durbanensis Gordon, 1936 from Japan

First record of a hoary redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni) in Virginia

First record of a homolodromiid crab from a Lower Miocene glacio-marine sequence of west Antarctica

First record of a hooded merganser-wood duck hybrid in the wild

First record of a hoverfly (Diptera Syrphidae) from Honshu

First record of a hoverfly (Diptera Syrphidae) from Japan (7)

First record of a hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Japan (6)

First record of a hoverfly from Hokkaido, Japan

First record of a hoverfly from Japan (7)

First record of a hyolith (Paleozoic Mollusca) from Japan

First record of a ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) in Poland

First record of a lanceolated warbler in California

First record of a lecithotrophic nauplius in Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) collected from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)

First record of a lesser black-backed gull in Colorado

First record of a lesser black-backed gull in the Tinicum area

First record of a levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) in Poland

First record of a liparid fish, Careproctus melanurus (Teleostei, Scorpaeniformes), from Japan

First record of a live Crocidura (Mammalia, Insectivora) from Pantelleria Island, Italy

First record of a live-stranded pan-tropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata graffmani) in central California, USA

First record of a living channeled applesnail, Pomacea canaliculata (Pilidae), from Texas

First record of a loggerhead turtle in the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil

First record of a long-tailed cuckoo Eudynamys taitensis on mainland Australia

First record of a long-tailed weasel from the Texas Panhandle

First record of a longnose snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei) from the Miocene of North America

First record of a lutjanid fish Lutjanus goldiei (Macleay) from Iriomote Island, the Ryukyus

First record of a mature female of the squid Gonatus fabrici (Lichtenstein, 1818) (Cephalopoda: Teuthoidea)

First record of a melanic Anatis ocellata L. (Col.: Coccinellidae)

First record of a melanistic northern harrier in North America

First record of a melodious warbler Hippolais polyglotta for the Kempen.

First record of a mew gull for South Dakota

First record of a microfilaria from Bufo melanostictus Schneider in India

First record of a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in association with a school of Dall's porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) off Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan

First record of a minnow, Barbus bifrenatus in Natal with a note on identification characteristics of the species

First record of a muraenid eel Gymnothorax phasmatodes (Smith, 1962) from Japan

First record of a native American elk (Cervus elaphus) from Texas

First record of a nemopterid (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae) from Maharashtra

First record of a nesting Mikado pheasant in the wild

First record of a new tapeworm, Doublesetina fotedari n. g. from domestic fowl, Gallus gallus (Linnaeus)

First record of a new tapeworm, Jalpai sipriensis n.g., n. sp. from Podiceps ruficollis (P.)

First record of a notacanth leptocephalus; a benthopelagic capture in the slope waters off Ireland

First record of a nudibranch, Chromodoris geometrica (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Chromodoridae) from Shirahama, Honshu, Japan

First record of a nursery roost of Nathusius' Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii in the Netherlands

First record of a pachycormid fish (Actinopterygii : Pachycormiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Australia

First record of a palaemonid shrimp, Brachycarpus biunguiculatus (Lucas, 1849) from Japan

First record of a palaemonine shrimp, Leander plumosus Bruce, 1994 from Japan (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

First record of a partial leucistic northern ringneck snake, Diadophis punctatus edwardsi, in Nova Scotia

First record of a petalodont (Petalodus ohioensis Safford, 1853) from the Alps

First record of a pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in the Miramichi River, New Brunswick

First record of a pipefish Micrognathus brevirostris pygmaeus from Japan

First record of a pipefish, Halicampus dunckeri from Ishigaki I., the Ryukyus

First record of a pontoniine shrimp, Dasycaris zanzibarica Bruce, 1973 from Japan (Crustacea: Decapoda)

First record of a pontoniine shrimp, Periclimenes galene Holthuis, 1952 from Japan (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

First record of a population of the exotic mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus (L., 1766) in the Mediterranean Sea basin (Ebro River delta)

First record of a porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus, in brackish waters of Mar Chiquita Lagoon, Argentina

First record of a pterobranch hemichordate from the seas around India

First record of a purple gallinule in Wyoming

First record of a rare gempylid fish, Nesiarchus nasutus, (Teleostei; Gempylidae) from New Zealand

First record of a rare moray, Enchelycore kamara (Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Muraenidae), from Amami-oshima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan

First record of a reddish egret for Nebraska

First record of a reproductive Lasiurus borealis minor (Miller) from Puerto Rico (Chiroptera)

First record of a ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) from Refugio County, Texas

First record of a ruby-throated hummingbird in California

First record of a ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres in Paraguay

First record of a sacoglossan (=ascoglossan, Opisthobranchia) from Patagonia (Argentina): description of a new species of genus Elysia Risso, 1818

First record of a scyphomedusa, Stomolophus nomurai (Kishinouye) (Cnidaria; Scyphozoa) found in Asou Bay, Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

First record of a sea lion, Zalophus californianus, at Isla del Coco, Costa Rica

First record of a second mating and spawning of the spot prawn, Pandalus platyceros, in captivity

First record of a shrew of the genus Sorex on the Eastern Shore of Virginia

First record of a simple ascidian, Microcosmus curvus Tokioka 1954 from Indian waters

First record of a slaty-backed gull in the Okanagan Valley, with notes on identification

First record of a small-fin wrasse, Pseudojuloides severnsi, from Japan

First record of a snow bunting in Arizona

First record of a soft-plumaged petrel Pterodroma mollis in the Netherlands

First record of a southern giant petrel Macronectes giganteus at the Cargados Carajos Shoals

First record of a species of Polyplacophora in the Italian Oligocene

First record of a spindle cowry Crenovolva (Ovulidae, Gastropoda) from Bulleji, Karachi, on the gorgonian coral Muricella sp. and with a note on their association

First record of a stingray, Himantura fai collected from Iriomote Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

First record of a therocephalian (Therapsida: Pristerognathidae) from the Ecca of South Africa

First record of a threadfin bream, Nemipterus tambuloides from Japan

First record of a threespot flounder, Samariscus triocellatus, from Japan

First record of a tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron & Lesueur, 1822) in the Italian waters

First record of a tiger shark observed feeding on a Hawaiian monk seal

First record of a triacanthodid fish, Macrorhamphosodes uradoi from New Zealand

First record of a triplefin, Enneapterygius cheni, from Japan (Perciformes: Tripterygiidae)

First record of a truei-type Dall's porpoise from the eastern North Pacific

First record of a twin birth in chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania

First record of a varied thrush in Tennessee

First record of a wattled starling Creatophora cinerea in the Seychelles

First record of a western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) in Virginia

First record of a white pelican in Alaska

First record of a worm eel, Moringua bicolor (Pisces: Moringuidae) from Japan

First record of a worm-eating warbler for North Dakota

First record of a xenacanth shark tooth from Palaeozoic of Japan

First record of a yellow beet cyst nematode (Heterodera trifolii) in Sweden

First record of abnormal vertebral column in the green bar snapper Hoplopagrus suntheri (Osteichthyes: Lutjanidae)

First record of albinism in a gymnotiform fish (Teleostei: Ostariophysi)

First record of albinism in a moray eel, Muraena clepsydra (Muraenidae) from Ecuador

First record of alien species Beroe ovata (Ctenophora) near the Crimea coast

First record of alpine swift, Apus melba, in Sweden

First record of an American lobster Homarus americanus, from southern Florida

First record of an Arctic tern for Nebraska

First record of an Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszii Kukenthal, 1892 (Cetacea; Delphinidae) in Guinea-Bissau

First record of an Atomosiini species from Europe (Diptera: Asilidae)

First record of an Australian sea lion on the eastern Australian coast

First record of an Indian pond heron in Belgium and western Europe

First record of an Upper Triassic ceratodontid (Dipnoi, Ceratodontiformes) in Thailand and its palaeogeographical significance

First record of an abundant unknown station of Serapias parviflora (Orchids) at Arjuzanx (Landes, SW France); presentation of the site FT Decouverte d'une abondante station inedite de Serapias parviflora (Orchidees) a Arjuzanx (Landes, SW France) presentation du site et donndes phytoecologiques

First record of an adult male evening bat from Kansas

First record of an adult oreo, Allocyttus folletti Myers, from British Columbian waters

First record of an agamid lizard from the Pleistocene of Hungary

First record of an agonid fish, Bathyagonus nigripinnis (Pisces: Teleostei) from Japan

First record of an albinistic margined madtom (Noturus insignis)

First record of an albino bat in Sri Lanka

First record of an albino bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of anomalously white cetaceans

First record of an aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis) in Costa Rica

First record of an apogonid fish, Siphamia tubulata from Japan

First record of an aquatic beetle larva (Insecta : Coleoptera) from

First record of an aquatic beetle larva (Insecta : Coleoptera) from the parsora formation (permo-triassic), India

First record of an arrow eel Cyema atrum (Cyematidae: Saccopharyngiformes) from Japan

First record of an ectoparasitic flagellate on ciliates: an ultrastructural investigation of the morphology and the mode of attachment of Spiromonas gonderi nov. spec. (Zoomastigophora, Spiromonadidae) invading the pellicle of ciliates of the genus Colpoda (Ciliophora, Colpodidae)

First record of an eleotrid fish Ophiocara porocephala from two islands, Tanegashima and Amami-oshima, Japan

First record of an endangered finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides from Porto Novo, southeast coast of India

First record of an evermannellid fish, Coccorella atrata, from Japan

First record of an extant, sighted shallow-water species of the genus Poseidonamicus Benson (Ostracoda) from the continental margin of south-western Africa

First record of an extremely small filefish Rudarius excelsus from the North Pacific

First record of an eye disease in the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)

First record of an identified corixid from I. Malvinas (Heteroptera: Corixidae)

First record of an interstadial insect from Greenland: Amara alpina (Paykull, 1790) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

First record of an olive-backed pipit in California

First record of an olive-backed pipit in Mexico

First record of an ophichthid eel Apterichtus flavicaudus (Snyder) from Izu Oceanic Park

First record of an unicornfish Naso lituratus from the Seto Inland Sea, Japan

First record of and ecological studies on Melanoides tuberculata in Cuba

First record of arctic warbler in Sodermanland

First record of arvicolid rodent, Pliopotamys from Kashmir Valley of Indian subcontinent

First record of bagworm moth from Hawaii: description and introduction of Brachycyttarus griseus de Joannis (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)

First record of ballophilid centipede from Argentina with a description of Ballophilus ramirezi n. sp. (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Ballophilidae)

First record of barnacle-infesting isopod, Hemioniscus balani (Epicaridea, Liriopsidae), from the Pacific coast of northern Japan

First record of bartailed godwit Limosa lapponica in the Free State, South Africa

First record of basra reed warbler in southern Africa

First record of bearded tit Panurus biarmicus in Kuwait

First record of bethylid wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from the Kuril Islands

First record of bimodality in the echolocation calls of the common pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus in Ireland

First record of biological characters of Platyscelis hauseri Reitter, 1889 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

First record of bird predation of Achatina fulica Bowdich (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from India

First record of bivalved molluscs of the genus Pachymya in the USSR

First record of black eagles nesting on an electricity transmission tower

First record of black guillemot in North Carolina

First record of black noddy nesting at Kure Atoll

First record of black skimmer for Rockland County, New York

First record of black stork Ciconia nigra in Iceland

First record of black-bellied whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) in New Jersey

First record of black-eared wheatear Oenanthe hispanica in Sweden

First record of black-headed gull Larus ridibundus and third record of herring gull Larus argentatus for South America

First record of black-headed gull in Malawi

First record of black-necked swam Cygnus melancoryphus in South Shetland and Antarctica

First record of black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa for South America

First record of black-tailed godwit from North Carolina

First record of black-winged pratincole Glareola nordmanni in Yemen

First record of blue rock thrush, Monticola solitarius, in Sweden

First record of blue-winged teal (Anas discors) in Greece

First record of bluefish larvae, Pomatomus saltatrix, in the Gulf of Mexico

First record of bonefish, Albula vulpes, from Mississippi coastal waters

First record of boreal owl in Wood County

First record of bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon sp., in the Gulf of California

First record of brachyptery in Apenes (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini)

First record of brackish-water agglutinated foraminifera from Jawa

First record of brambling, Fringilla montifringilla, for North Dakota

First record of breeding bats above the Arctic Circle: northern bats at 68-70N in Norway

First record of breeding bufflehead in central Idaho

First record of breeding of Luscinia svecica svecica in Slovakia

First record of breeding populations of Aedes albopictus in continental Africa: implications for arbovirus transmission

First record of broad-billed sandpiper in the Province of Brabant

First record of broadbanded lanternshark, Etmopterus gracilispinis Krefft, 1968 (Squalidae), in the Brazilian waters

First record of brown flycatcher, Muscicapa dauurica, in Sweden

First record of brown snakes Pseudonaja cf. textilis (Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854) from Papua, Indonesia (Squamata: Serpentes: Elapidae)

First record of brown wood rail (Aramides wolfi) for Peru

First record of brown-backed scrub robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi in Nigeria

First record of brown-chested martin for North America

First record of brown-headed cowbird egg in a lesser scaup nest

First record of bud borers, Eurytoma sp., Goethella sp. and Ceratoneura indi Girault on chilli in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra State

First record of calliope hummingbird in North Carolina

First record of campodeids (Diplura: Campodeidae) from caves in Australia

First record of captive propagation of the lace monitor, Varanus varius (Sauria: Varanidae)

First record of cave swallows breeding in Arizona. A 600-kilometer extension of the breeding range

First record of char, Salvelinus alpinus (L.), from Shannakeela Lake, Maam Cross, Co. Galway

First record of chestnut-collared longspur for North Carolina

First record of chirping cisticola Cisticola pipiens from Burundi

First record of chitin from a sipunculan worm

First record of chuck-will's-widow in California

First record of ciliated protozan endocommensals in the gut of bushpig

First record of cinereous bunting Emberiza cineracea in Oman

First record of cinnamon bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus for New Guinea

First record of cinnamon bittern for Timor

First record of clawless otter from Lake St Lucia

First record of cleaning activity in the slippery dick, Halichoeres bivittatus (Perciformes: Labridae), off northeastern Brazil

First record of commensal flies, Desmometopa sp., on a dragonfly, Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan) (Diptera: Milichiidae; - Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae)

First record of commensalism in the golden langur Presbytis geei Khajuria at a new location in Assam

First record of common black-headed gulls breeding in the United States

First record of common carp Cyprinus carpio from the Pongolo River floodplain

First record of common moorhen nesting in South Dakota

First record of common murre in North Carolina

First record of crested caracaras nesting in a cypress

First record of ctenophore Coeloplana (Benthoplana) meteoris (Thiel, 1968) from Australia

First record of cuckoo parasitism on the gray bunting

First record of curlew sandpiper (Charadrius ferruginea) in Colorado

First record of curlew sandpiper in Peru

First record of cyprinid fish Chagunius nicholsi (Myers) from India

First record of cyprinid fish Homaloptera rupicola (Prasad and Mukherji) from India

First record of cystic echinococcosis in free-ranging baboons, Papio hamadrysas, in Saudi Arabia

First record of cysts of Gonyaulax polyedra Stein in bottom sediment from Omura Bay, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

First record of cysts of Scrippsiella spinifera Honsell & Cabrini (Dinophyceae)

First record of damage to canola caused by the oat race of stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci)

First record of deep-sea angler fish Cryptopsaras couesi (Gill 1883) from Irish waters

First record of deepwater bass, Serranus aequidens (Serranidae), from California

First record of desert warbler Sylvia nana in Sodermanland

First record of desert warbler in Sodermanland

First record of dextrality in the California tonguefish Symphurus atricauda, with a second report of ambicoloration

First record of dickcissel Spiza americana in the Sudbury district

First record of dilute plumage in roadside hawk (Buteo magnirostris)

First record of dinosaur eggshells (? Sauropoda-Megaloolithidae) from Neuquen, Patagonia, Argentina

First record of dinosaurs in Antarctica (Upper Cretaceous, James Ross Isand): palaeogeographical implications

First record of double-crested cormorant nesting on eastern Lake Erie

First record of downy mildew caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis on bottle gourd in Korea

First record of dunlin (Calidris alpina) for Peru and continental South America

First record of dwarf sperm whale (Kogia simus) from Taiwan

First record of ear cockle disease Anguina tritici (Steinbuch, Filipjev) on wheat in cold arid zone of Ladakh

First record of eastern stonechat, Saxicola torquata maura/stejnegeri, in Norway

First record of egg-laying of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus in the Osaka Plain

First record of elegant parrot for Queensland

First record of elongatoolithid theropod eggshell from North America: the Asian oogenus Macroelongatoolithus from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah

First record of endopterygoid teeth in the North American Late Cretaceous teleostean fish Enchodus gladiolus (Aulopiformes: Enchodontidae)

First record of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), in New Caledonia, South Pacific

First record of fibropapilloma on an olive ridley turtle in Nicaragua

First record of five nematodes from Iraqi turtles

First record of fork tailed flycatcher for North Carolina

First record of fork-tailed flycatcher for Nunavut

First record of fossil 'rapismatid-like' Ithonidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil

First record of fossil Cleobula betulina (Gastropoda: Conidae) from the Upper Pliocene Dainichi Sand of the Kakegawa Group, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan and its paleoenvironmental significance

First record of fossil Merlangius (Pisces, Gadiformes) from Arctic Alaska and chronostratigraphic implications

First record of fossil cricetids (Rodentia) from the Indian Siwaliks

First record of fossil crickets (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae) from China

First record of fossil gymnostomatous protoconchae (Pteropoda, Gastropoda)

First record of fossil herring scales from the Cretaceous of Nigeria

First record of fossil sirenians in southern Australia

First record of fossil stick-insects from China with analyses of some paleobiological features (Phasmatodea: Hagiphasmatidae fam. nov.)

First record of fossorial behavior in Hawaiian leafroller moth larvae, Omiodes continuatalis (Lepidoptera : Crambidae)

First record of four gobiid fishes from Korea

First record of four species of bats from the National Park of El Feidja (NW Tunisia) with a note on the non-flying mammals of the Khroumiria region

First record of freckled madtom (Noturus nocturnus) in Iowa

First record of fresh water crab Paratelphusa spp. in the barn owl's Tyto alba (Scopoli) diet in Tranquebar Taluk, Tamil Nadu, south India

First record of garganey in New Jersey

First record of genera Niphadonyx Dalla Torre and Ischnopus Fst. and description of two new species from India (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Hylobiinae)

First record of genus Aneugmenus Hartig (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae, Selandriinae) from India

First record of genus Epidiplosis Felt (1908) from India

First record of genus Holobremia Kieffer (1912) from India

First record of genus Kribiocosmus Kieffer from the Oriental Region, with description of K. tumulus spec. nov. from India (Insecta, Diptera: Chironomidae)

First record of genus Neodontocryptus Uchida from India (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

First record of genus Pachyprotasis Hartig (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinidae: Tenthredininae) from India

First record of genus Phymatopterella in the Nearctic region and description of P. ovatimacula, a new humpbacked fly from Florida (Diptera: Phoridae)

First record of genus Sclerolips Faust, Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae) from India and the description of a new species

First record of genus Strongylogaster Dahlbom (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinidae: Selandriinae) with two new species for India

First record of genus Telephae Pascoe (Isorhynchini: Zygopinae: Curculionidae: Coleoptera) from India with the description of new species

First record of genus Toxobotys Munroe and Mutuura (Pyraustinae: Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) from the Oriental region

First record of genus Xestocoris (Hemiptera-Heteroptera : Lygaeoidea : Rhyparochromidae : Rhyparochrominae : Lethaeini) from Mexico, with description of three new species

First record of giant African land snail Achatina fulica from Rajasthan

First record of giant anteater (Xenarthra, Myrmecophagidae) in North America

First record of giant snipe Gallinago undulata for Bolivia

First record of glass eye, Heteropriacanthus cruentatus, (Lacepede, 1801) (Cookeolus boops Schneider, 1801) from Indian waters

First record of glaucous-winged gull for Nebraska

First record of glossy ibis in Tulsa County, Oklahoma

First record of golden bronze cuckoo in Kimberley

First record of golden-crowned sparrow in Michigan

First record of gooseneck barnacles (Conchoderma auritum) on a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

First record of gooseneck barnacles Conchoderma auritum on a minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata

First record of gorgonocephalid ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from the Middle Miocene of the central Paratethys

First record of great black-backed gull in Dominica

First record of great bustard Otis tarda in Egypt

First record of great crested tern in Hawai'i

First record of great knot Calidris tenuirostris in Norway

First record of great knot Calidris tenuirostris in Oman, eastern Arabia

First record of great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) parasitizing Indian house crow (Corvus splendens)

First record of greater and lesser flamingos breeding in Botswana

First record of greater sandplover in the Netherlands

First record of greater scaup Aythya marila on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

First record of green warbler Phylloscopus nitidus in western Saudi Arabia

First record of grey heron in Kalimantan

First record of grey kestrel in Malawi

First record of grey-breasted crake Laterallus exilis in Corrientes, north-east Argentina

First record of grey-headed woodpecker in the Spanish Pyrenees

First record of grey-streaked flycatcher for Kalimantan

First record of grey-tailed tattler in Sumatra

First record of harbour seal, Phoca vitulina L., in Madeira

First record of hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes in Arabian Peninsula

First record of hazel hen on Oland

First record of hermaphroditic specimens of Caulolatilus affinis (Pisces: Branchiostegidae) from the Gulf of California

First record of hominid teeth from the Plio-Pleistocene site of Gondolin, South Africa

First record of hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) from Denmark

First record of hooded warbler for the southern California Channel Islands

First record of house sparrow for Papua New Guinea

First record of hybridisation in otters (Lutrinae: Mammalia), between smooth-coated otter, Lutrogale perspicillata (Geoffroy, 1826) and Asian small-clawed otter, Aonyx cinerea (Illiger, 1815)

First record of induced breeding of African magur Clarias gariepinus (Burchell) in Bangladesh

First record of induced breeding of Thai pangas, Pangasius sutchi (Fowler) in Bangladesh

First record of insect ectoparasites of bats from Libya (Cimicidae, Nyteribiidae, Ischnopsyllidae)

First record of insect ectoparasites of bats from Libya (Cimicidae, Nyteribiidae, Ischopsyllidae)

First record of interspecific cartwheeling between large raptors: Buteo poecilochrous and Geranoaetus melanoleucus

First record of introduced eastern Mediterranean tortoises, Testudo hermanni boettgeri, in southern France

First record of jaguar from the Late Pleistocene of California

First record of juvenal 'white-phase' great blue heron in Texas

First record of juvenile cusk-eel Ophidion rochei (Ophidiidae) in the Adriatic

First record of kazanina foraminifers of the genus Pachyphloia in the Boreal Province

First record of king eider Somateria spectabilis in Belgium

First record of king eider in Saskatchewan

First record of king eider nesting in Manitoba

First record of kokanee salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, in Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories

First record of larval Brama brama (Pisces: Bramidae) and Coryphaena hippurus (Pisces: Coryphaenidae) in the Adriatic Sea

First record of laughing gull (Larus atricilla) in French Polynesia

First record of laughing gull in Chile

First record of lazuli bunting for North Carolina

First record of leaden flycatcher for south-western Australia

First record of leaf spots and stem lesions on Pistacia lentiscus caused by Cylindrocladium pauciramosum and C-scoparium in Italy

First record of leaf spots and stem lesions on Pistacia lentiscus caused by Cylindrocladium pauciramosum and C. scoparium in Italy

First record of lesser flamingo Phoenicopterus minor in Egypt

First record of lesser florican Sypheotides indica (Miller) from Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan

First record of lesser golden plover Pluvialis dominica fulva in Denmark

First record of lesser goldfinch in the Carolinas

First record of little blue heron in southern Africa

First record of little bunting Emberiza pusilla in Jordan

First record of little crake Porzana parva in the Gambia

First record of little egret, Egretta garzetta, breeding in a Sardinian marsh

First record of little gull Larus minutus in Cameroon

First record of little gull for Oklahoma

First record of little stint in North Carolina

First record of lizard skin fossil from China with description of a new genus (Lacertilia: Scincomorpha)

First record of long-billed dowitcher in the Sultanate of Oman

First record of long-tailed jaeger for North Dakota

First record of long-tailed jaeger for South Georgia

First record of long-tailed jaeger in Tennessee

First record of long-tailed shrews (Sorex) in Kansas

First record of long-tailed wagtail from Copperbelt Province

First record of long-toed stint Calidris subminuta in Bahrain

First record of long-toed stint in Oregon

First record of male Daphnia cephalata King (Cladocera: Daphnidae) from Oriental region

First record of male apterity in the genus Stenomutilla. Stenomutilla mutilata a new species from Ethiopia. Studies on African mutillids (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) 15

First record of males for fifteen Oriental species of Tenthredo Linn. (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from India

First record of manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) for New York City

First record of manx shearwater for the Gulf coast of Florida

First record of marbled murrelet in North Carolina

First record of marginated tortoise, Testudo marginata Schoepff, 1972 - from the eastern Aegean

First record of marine macroinvertebrate from Bhuj sandstone (Lower Cretaceous) of eastern Kachchh

First record of marsupials (Metatheria: Polyprotodonta) from the Oligocene in Africa

First record of masked shrike, Lanius nubicus in Sweden

First record of mass coral bleaching in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands

First record of mating plugs in lizards

First record of mayfly genus Behningia Lestage, 1929 (Ephemeroptera, Behningiidae) from Primorye

First record of melodious warbler Hippolais polyglotta in Denmark

First record of merlin nesting in New York State