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First record of the aphix parasitoid Archaphidus greenideae Stary & Schlinger (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) from India

First record of the bagrid fish Mystus microphthalmus from India

First record of the band-rumped storm-petrel in California

First record of the band-tailed pigeon in Manitoba

First record of the bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus in Schouwen-Duiveland, the Netherlands

First record of the barred long-tailed cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus in Zambia

First record of the barred warbler Sylvia nisoria in Malawi

First record of the barred warbler in Malawi

First record of the batfish, Pegasus laternarius Cuvier (Pegasidae: Pegasiformes) from Indian waters

First record of the bay whiff from New York waters

First record of the bean pod borer Cosmolyce (Lampides) boeticus (Linn.) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on jainti

First record of the beaver Castor fiber in Luxembourg since at least the 19th century

First record of the beetle Osphranteria coerulescens Redtenbacher, 1850 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Turkey

First record of the belontid fish Macropodus cupanus Valenciennes from Pune, Maharashtra

First record of the bigeye sand tiger shark Odontaspis noronhai from the Pacific Ocean

First record of the black guillemot near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

First record of the black phoebe for Oklahoma

First record of the black rosy finch in the Black Hills of South Dakota

First record of the black-billed seed-cracker Pyrenestes ostrinus in Kenya

First record of the black-chinned hummingbird in Alberta

First record of the black-chinned hummingbird in Kansas

First record of the black-faced monarch in South Australia

First record of the black-headed bunting Emberiza melanocephala on the Kurshsk spit, Baltic Sea.

First record of the black-necked grebe in the Hwange National Park

First record of the black-shouldered kite for Canada

First record of the black-tailed gull for Mexico

First record of the blackburnian warbler, Dendroica fusca, from the central desert in Baja California, Mexico

First record of the blenniid fish Laiphognathus multimaculatus from Japan

First record of the blenniid fish, Ecsenius namiyei, from Japan

First record of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) in Hawaii (Decapoda: Brachyura)

First record of the blue crowned pigeon Goura cristata on Seram

First record of the blue-billed duck for the Northern Territory

First record of the blue-faced booby from the Pacific coast of the United States

First record of the blue-throated goldentail (Hylocharis eliciae) in Belize

First record of the blue-winged warbler in Manitoba

First record of the bluespotted cornetfish from the Mediterranean Sea

First record of the bridled (brown-winged) tern (Sterna anaethetus) in New Zealand

First record of the bronze skink (Mabuya macularia) in the Guindy National Park

First record of the brown hawk-owl Ninox scutulata from Australia

First record of the brush-tailed phascogale Phascogale tapoatafa in the Australian Capital Territory

First record of the buff-breasted sandpiper in Hawaii

First record of the buff-breasted sandpiper in South Australia

First record of the butterfly kingfish Gasterochisma melampus (Scombridae) from the North Pacific Ocean

First record of the callanthiid fish, Callanthias japonicus from Taiwan (Perciformes: Callanthiidae)

First record of the carp, Cyprinus carpio L., in the Lough Neagh catchment (Northern Ireland)

First record of the cave swallow for Nebraska

First record of the cereal stem moth, Ochsenheimeria vacculella (Lepidoptera: Ochsenheimeriidae)

First record of the cestode Khawia baltica Szidat 1941 in Czechoslovakia

First record of the channel shiner, Notropis wickliffi Trautman, in Arkansas and comments on the Current River population of Notropis volucellus (Cope)

First record of the ciliate Eutintinnus apertus with the attached diatom Chaetoceros tetrastichon in neritic waters of southwestern Atlantic

First record of the cinereus shrew for Riley County, Kansas

First record of the colonial cnidarian Cordylophora lacustris within a flooded cave system

First record of the colubrid snake, Xenodon rhabdocephalus (Wied.), for Venezuela

First record of the common black-hawk for California

First record of the common cuckoo from mainland North America

First record of the common gull Larus canus in Madeira

First record of the common pochard in California

First record of the concurrent presence of sibling pouch young in free-living potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)

First record of the copepod Caligus schistonyx from a weakfish

First record of the coral catshark, Atelomycterus marmoratus, from Kuchierabu Island, southern Japan

First record of the coral-reef fish Pseudanthias fasciatus (Kamohara, 1954) from the Red Sea (Perciformes: Serranidae)

First record of the cornich blackfish Schedophilus medusophagus (Pisces: Centrolophidae) larvae from the Adriatic Sea

First record of the coyote, Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae), in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

First record of the crab Chaceon (Geryon) affinis from Irish waters

First record of the crab Pilumnoides rotundus Garth (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae sensu lato) from off southern California

First record of the cranefly Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) ventralis (Schummel) (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Ireland

First record of the crayfish Procambarus (Ortmannicus) verrucosus Hobbs in Georgia

First record of the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, from Idaho, U.S.A. (Decapoda, Cambaridae)

First record of the curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) in Utah, with comments on its occurrence in North America

First record of the curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea, for New Mexico, with notes on the inland occurrences of the species in North America

First record of the cyclocoelid trematode, Hyptiasmus sp., from whooper swan in Japan

First record of the cyprinid fish Neolissochilus stracheyi (Day) from India

First record of the cyprinid, Cyclocheilichthys heteronema, from Lake Tonle Sap of the Mekong River system

First record of the date bug, Asarcopus palmarum Horvath (Hemiptera: Issidae) in Egypt

First record of the deep-sea anglerfish Himantolophus azurlucens (Himantolophidae) in the Atlantic Ocean

First record of the deep-sea batfish Halieutopsis stellifera from Japan

First record of the deep-sea caridean shrimp genus Psathyrocaris Wood-Mason and Alcock, 1893 (Decapoda: Pasiphaeidae) from Taiwan

First record of the deep-sea cottid fish Psychrolutes inermis from Japan

First record of the deep-sea eel, Dysommina rugosa from Suruga Bay, central Japan (Pisces: Synaphobranchidae)

First record of the deep-sea fish Xyelacyba myersi (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from Japan

First record of the diatom Cocconeis notata Petit living inside the hydrotheca of a hydrozoan epiphyte of Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C. Ag

First record of the dolphin Steno bredanensis from the Gulf of California

First record of the double-striped thick-knee in Trinidad W.I

First record of the dung beetle Catharsius sesostris Waterhouse, 1888 (Coleoptera : Searabaeidae) in Jordan

First record of the dunlin from the Philippines

First record of the dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus (Owen), from New Zealand

First record of the eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus, at Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, north-western Victoria

First record of the eastern phoebe nesting in Florida

First record of the edible dormouse Glis glis (Linnaeus, 1766), from the Greek island of Andros

First record of the elegant imperial pigeon Ducula concinna on Biak Island, Irian Jaya (Papua)

First record of the elf owl (Micrathene whitneyi whitneyi) east of the Pecos River, Texas

First record of the emesine assassin bug genus Emesopsis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species

First record of the ermine (Mustela erminea) in Arizona

First record of the escolar chino, Scombrops oculatus (Poey, 1860) off the U.S. Atlantic coast, with comments on its taxonomy

First record of the estuarine goby Eutaeniichthys gilli Jordan & Snyder, in Hong Kong

First record of the euthecosomatous pteropod Limacina helicoides Jeffreys, 1877 from the Indian Ocean

First record of the exotic order Embioptera in the Netherlands.

First record of the falcated duck (Anas falcata) in Poland

First record of the falcated teal in North Carolina

First record of the fallfish from the Lake Erie drainage of New York

First record of the false catshark, Pseudotriakis microdon, from Australian seas

First record of the false water-rat, Xeromys myoides (Rodentia: Muridae), in New Guinea

First record of the family Chrysididae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Seychelles

First record of the family Diopsidae from Japan (Diptera, Brachycera)

First record of the family Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) in the Cretaceous of Gondwana (Wadi Milk Formation, northern Sudan)

First record of the family Dudgeoneidae (Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) for Borneo

First record of the family Heteroceridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Israel

First record of the family Lemoniidae (Lepidoptera) from the Russian Far East

First record of the family Ringiculidae (Gastropoda) from the Middle Tertiary of Antarctica

First record of the fat greenling Hexagrammos otakii (Hexagrammidae) in the Russian waters of the Sea of Japan

First record of the fiddler crab Uca tetragonon (Herbst, 1790) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae) from Taiwan, with notes on its handedness

First record of the field vole Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus, 1761) on Wakheren, province of Zealand

First record of the filefish, Pervagor nigrolineatus, from Japan

First record of the fish Cubiceps baxteri (Stromatoidei, Nomeidae) from the western north Atlantic

First record of the fishing cat Felis viverrina Bennett in Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary and Chhotanagpur Plateau of Bihar

First record of the fledging period of Temminck's courser, Cursorius temminckii

First record of the fork-tailed flycatcher in Minnesota

First record of the four-toed salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum, in New Brunswick

First record of the freshwater grey mullet, Rhinomugil corsula (Hamilton) from Maharashtra

First record of the freshwater mussel Lasmigona subviridis

First record of the freshwater shrimp Caridina leucosticta (Decapoda: Atyidae) in the Miura Peninsula

First record of the fringe-tailed bat, Myotis thysanodes, from southeastern Wyoming

First record of the frog Ranidella deserticola, Liem and Ingram, from South Australia

First record of the gadwall from the Philippines

First record of the garganey (Anas querquedula) for New Mexico

First record of the genus Adinopsis Cameron from South Africa, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

First record of the genus Aloencyrtus Prinsloo (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with description of a new species from India

First record of the genus Arachnocephalus Costa from India and description of the female of Loxoblemmus animae Bhowmik (Insecta: Grylloidea)

First record of the genus Benthomisophria and its species B. palliata Sars, 1909 from the Indian Ocean (Copepoda, Misophrioida)

First record of the genus Boccharis (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) and a new species from India

First record of the genus Bulbitermes Emerson (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) from India, with the description of a new genus

First record of the genus Cancellus Edwards (Crustacea: Anomura: Diogenidae) along the Pacific coast of Mexico

First record of the genus Candelabrum (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Athecata) from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: a description of a new species and a review of the genus

First record of the genus Centistina Enderlein, 1912 from the Palaearctic region (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Euphorinae)

First record of the genus Compsoctena Zeller (Lepidoptera: Eriocottidae), from India with three new species

First record of the genus Cosmoclostis Meyrick from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)

First record of the genus Dinothenarus (Coleoptera : Staphylinidae) from the Korean Peninsula

First record of the genus Dryops Olivier in California (Coleoptera: Dryopidae)

First record of the genus Echinoneus (Echinoidea) in the Early Miocene of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France) FT Decouverte du genre Echinoneus (Echinoidea) dans le Miocene inferieur du Bassin d'Aquitaine (SO France)

First record of the genus Epitornoceras (Ammonoidea) in the Lower Famennian of Novaya Zemlya

First record of the genus Etainia Beirne from Central Asia with descriptions of two new species and some provisional notes on the world fauna (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)

First record of the genus Excorallana (Isopoda: Corallanidae) in the neritic waters from the Pacific of Colombia

First record of the genus Fungiacyathus (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) from the Mediterranean area: Pliocene of Masseria Concarone (MT.), southern Italy

First record of the genus Liocyrtusa (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) from Japan, with a description of a new species

First record of the genus Longipalpus (Coleoptera, Cerambycinae) from the Philippine Islands, with descriptions of two new species

First record of the genus Lucilia (R.-D.) (Dipt., Calliphoridae) from Iceland

First record of the genus Megaderma Geoffroy (Microchiroptera: Megadermatidae) from Australia

First record of the genus Neoelaphoidella Apostolov from Italy, and description of Neoelaphoidella apostolovi n. sp. (Crustacea Copepoda: Canthocamptidae)

First record of the genus Oryctina (Loranthaceae) in Mesoamerica: O costaricensis, a new species from Costa Rica

First record of the genus Pentapedilum Kieffer from India (Diptera: Chironomidae)

First record of the genus Periclimenaeus borradaile, 1815 (decapoda : palaemoniidae : pontoniinae) in the northeastern Atlantic, with the description of a new species, Periclimenaeus aurae

First record of the genus Platydracus (=Staphylinus in part) from Hawaii, with notes on Hawaiian Creophilus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini)

First record of the genus Procanace Hendel from North America, with descriptions of a new species (Diptera: Canacidae)

First record of the genus Ptyodactylus GOLDFUSS, 1820 (Sauria : Gekkonidae) for Mauritania (West Africa)

First record of the genus Retevirgula in the Mediterranean Sea, with description of R. akdenizae sp. n. (Bryozoa, Cheilostomida)

First record of the genus Ribautiella Brolemann in the Western Hemisphere and a key to the species of the world (Symphyla: Scolopendrellidae)

First record of the genus Rowleyella Lewis, 1971 from China with description of a new species (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae)

First record of the genus Simocosmoceras Spath, 1925, Ammonitina, in Mexico. Biostratigraphic and palaeobiogeographic interpretation

First record of the genus Thaumatodryinus Perkins from China with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae: Dryininae)

First record of the genus Varma Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera : Fulgoroidea : Tropiduchidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species

First record of the genus Vietoppia in the Palaearctic region: description of Vietoppia (Paragloboppia) mercedesae sp. nov. from southern Spain (Oppiidae, Oppiinae)

First record of the genus Zebrias (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae) from the Philippine Islands, with the description of a new species

First record of the genus rhachotropis (Crustacea : Amphipoda : Gammaridea : Eusiridae) for the cuban marine waters, with the description of a new species

First record of the genus, Stictodora Looss, 1899 from India with the descreption of a new form, Stictodora allicoli sp. nov. from Rhyncops allicollis from Allahabad, India

First record of the giant red shrimp Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Risso 1827) from Irish waters

First record of the giant squid Architeuthis sp. (Architeuthida) in the Mediterranean Sea

First record of the gobiid fish Eviota fasciola from Japan

First record of the gobiid fish Redigobius balteatus from Japan

First record of the gobiid fish Trimma winchi from Ie-shima Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

First record of the gobiid fish, Discordipinna griessingeri (Perciformes; Gobiidae) from Japanese waters

First record of the gobiid fish, Eviota albolineata, from Japan

First record of the gobiid fish, Priolepis nocturna, from Japan

First record of the gobioid fish, Clariger sp. from the Kii Peninsula, Japan

First record of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni, Jordan (family Mitsukurinidae) in the Gulf of Mexico

First record of the goby Eviota storthynx (Rofen) from Japan

First record of the goby Myersina macrostoma from Japan

First record of the golden-winged warbler in Idaho

First record of the goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) in the Isle of Man

First record of the gray silky-flycatcher from Baja California, Mexico

First record of the great auk (Pinguinus impennis) from Labrador

First record of the great black-backed gull for Oklahoma

First record of the great black-headed gull, Larus ichthyaetus Pall. in Poland

First record of the great blue heron for Brazil

First record of the great dart Agrotis crassa for mainland Cornwall

First record of the great kiskadee in Baja California, Mexico

First record of the green crab Carcinus maenas, in Humboldt Bay, California

First record of the green heron (Butorides viriscens) in the Galapagos Islands

First record of the green violet-ear for Oklahoma

First record of the grey-chinned hermit (Phaethornis griseogularis) west of the Colombian Andes, with notes on the displays of the species

First record of the groundwater crustaceans Bathynellacea in the Netherlands

First record of the hagfish Eptatretus multidens Fernholm & Hubbs, 1981 (Myxinidae) in Brazilian waters

First record of the halfbeak Zenarchopterus striga (Blyth, 1858) in Hong Kong

First record of the hawkfish Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Cirrhitidae) from Guam, Mariana Islands, with notes on its distribution and ecology

First record of the holectypoid echinoid Echinoneus cyclostomus Leske from the Late Pleistocene Falmouth formation of Jamaica

First record of the house sparrow in Japan

First record of the house swift Apus affinis (Apodidae) in Australia

First record of the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781), from the Adriatic Sea

First record of the hybrids Hexagramos agrammus x H. octogrammus, and new data on the occurrence of H. agrammus (Hexagrammidae) in the Peter the Great Bay (Sea of Japan)

First record of the hyperbenthic calanoid copepod Metacalanus acutioperculum in the Mediterranean Sea

First record of the imported fire ant, Solenopsis geminata Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) damage to sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

First record of the introduced fouling tubeworm Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

First record of the invasive Ponto-Caspian mysid Limnomysis benedeni Czerniavsky, 1882 from the River Pripyat, Belarus

First record of the invasive Ponto-Caspian tubenose goby Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas, 1814) from the River Pripyat, Belarus

First record of the invasive alga Caulerpa racemosa (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) on the coast of Algeria FT Premiere observation de I'algue invasive Caulerpa racemosa (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) sur la cote de I'Algerie

First record of the invasive mite Tetranychus evansi in Greece

First record of the ivory gull in California

First record of the king crab Lithodes turritus Ortmann, 1892 (Decapoda, Lithodidae) in Taiwanese waters

First record of the king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus

First record of the king-fish, Semiplotus modestus Day, 1870 (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from India

First record of the kinkajou, Potos flavus (Carnivora: Procyonidae), from Isla Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico

First record of the labrid fish Bodianus cylindriatus (Tanaka) from the Hawaiian Islands

First record of the labrid fish Halichoeres richmondi from Japan

First record of the labrid fish Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes, 1839) from the Red Sea

First record of the labrid fish, Wetmorella philippina, from Japan

First record of the lacertid Acanthodactylus boskianus (Sauria: Lacertidae) for Iran

First record of the land snail Helicodiscus (Hebetodiscus) singleyanus inermis (Gastropoda, Punctidae) in Slovakia

First record of the land snail subfamily Achatinellinae on Kauai

First record of the large grasshopper warbler Locustella fasciolata from islands east of New Guinea

First record of the largetooth cookiecutter shark Isistius plutodus from Australian waters

First record of the larva of Paradilepis scolecina (Rudolphi, 1819) (Cyclophyllidea: Dilepididae) in fishes from Czechoslovakia

First record of the larval cestode Tylocephalum from the Indian backwater oyster Crassostrea madrasensis

First record of the least seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus in the Antarctic

First record of the least weasel in Oklahoma

First record of the least weasel, Mustela nivalis (Carnivora: Mustelidae), from the Coastal Plain of Virginia

First record of the leather bass (Epinephelus dermatolepis, Boulenger) in southern California

First record of the leather-backed turtle Dermochelys coriacea (Linnaeus, 1758) on the Belgian coast.

First record of the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, from Jordan

First record of the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, from Kuwait

First record of the leiognathid fish, Gazza minuta from Japan

First record of the leopard gecko Eublepharis angramainyu (Reptilia: Sauria: Eublepharidae) from Anatolia

First record of the lesser yellowlegs in South Africa

First record of the levant vole Microtus guentheri Danfor and Alston, 1880 in Lesbos island, Greece

First record of the linyphiid spider Entelecara omissa O.P.-Cambridge on the European mainland

First record of the litte tern, Sterna albifrons, from Hawaii

First record of the little blue heron for British Columbia and Washington

First record of the little egret (Egretta garzetta) in Suriname

First record of the little gull for South Dakota

First record of the lizard genus Pseudocalotes (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in Borneo, with description of a new species

First record of the lizardfish Synodus jaculum from Japan

First record of the lizardfish Synodus rubromarmoratus Russell and Cressey from Hawaii and Japan

First record of the loach Botia beauforti Smith (Cobitidae) from Peninsular Malaysia

First record of the loach fish Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi in the basin of Euphrates River, with the first observation on habitat and behaviour

First record of the locust finch Ortygospiza locustella in Kenya

First record of the long tailed shrew (Sorex dispar) in New Brunswick

First record of the long-tailed shrew, Sorex dispar, for Nova Scotia

First record of the long-toed stint in California

First record of the longfin mako, Isurus paucus, in the Gulf of Mexico

First record of the lumbricid Allolobophora icterica (Savigny, 1826) in Scandinavia (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)

First record of the lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758) off the Algarve coast (southern Portugal): southward extension of the species distributional range

First record of the macaroni penguin in South Africa

First record of the malacanthid fish, Hoplolatilus marcosi, from Japan

First record of the many-lined skink, Eumeces multivirgatus (Sauria: Scincidae), in Presidio County, Texas

First record of the marbled murrelet and third record of the ancient murrelet for Mexico

First record of the marbled polecat Vormela peregusna (Guldenstaedt, 1770) for Saudi Arabia (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae)

First record of the marginated tortoise, Testudo marginata, in Turkey

First record of the marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) on Guam

First record of the masked booby (Aves, Sulidae: Sula dactylatra) for Thailand

First record of the masked shrew in western Kentucky

First record of the meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius) in Mississippi

First record of the melodious warbler Hippolais polyglotta in Sweden

First record of the melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra) from the Gulf of Mexico

First record of the melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra (Gray, 1846) for the east African coast

First record of the melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra from South Africa

First record of the melonhead whale (Peponocephala electra) for Puerto Rico

First record of the mew gull for Oklahoma

First record of the milk fish, Chanos chanos (Forskal, 1775) from Iran and the Persian Gulf

First record of the minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, in Manitoba waters

First record of the mite family Hyadesiidae (Acari, Astigmata) from the Madeira Archipelago

First record of the mite, Psorergates bos, (Acari: Sarcoptiformes) on cattle in South Africa

First record of the mole, Scalopus aquaticus, on the Llano Estacado of western Texas

First record of the moray eel, Gymnothorax chlamydatus from Taiwan

First record of the mosquitoes Aedes dupreei, Psorophora horrida, and Psorophora mathesoni (Diptera: Culicidae) in St Joseph County, Indiana

First record of the moulting yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola) at the south of western Siberia

First record of the mountain bluebird in Kentucky

First record of the myrmicine ant genus Paedalgus Forel, 1911 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Hemisphere

First record of the needlescaled queenfish Scomberoides tol from the Seto Inland Sea, Japan

First record of the noctule Nyctalus noctula in Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen.

First record of the north Atlantic morid fish, Laemonema latifrons Holt & Byrne, 1908, in the Mediterranean

First record of the northeastern Pacific patellogastropod genus Acmaea from the miocene of Japan and its paleobiogeographic implications

First record of the northern brook lamprey, Ichthyonyzon fossor, in the Nelson River drainage, Manitoba

First record of the northern giant petrel Macronectes halli for Brazilian waters

First record of the northern lapwing in Florida

First record of the northern serotine Eptesicus nilssonii in the Netherlands

First record of the nudibranch Hypselodoris webbi from the Mediterranean coast of Israel

First record of the nudibranch Trapania brunnea Rudman in New Zealand waters with comments on intraspecific variation in the species

First record of the nutritional components of the two species of the genus Blaps - larvae

First record of the occurrence in the waters of W. Africa of the genus Engina Gray, 1839 (Gastropoda: Buccininae) and description of a new species

First record of the occurrence of Opisthorchis (O.) tenuicolis gemius (Looss) (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae) in domestic fowl

First record of the occurrence of freshwater planaria in Rajasthan

First record of the olive ridley and of nesting by the loggerhead turtle in Curacao

First record of the olive ridley turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea, in Iranian coastal waters (Testudines, Cheloniidae)

First record of the orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides (Perciformes: Serranidae) in the Northern Adriatic Sea

First record of the order Stauromedusae (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from the tropical southwestern Atlantic, with a review of the distribution of Stauromedusae in the Southern Hemisphere

First record of the paddy field warbler in Western Ukraine

First record of the paedomorphic goby Schindleria praematura, Easter Island, South Pacific

First record of the pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) from Montana

First record of the parasitic nematode, Hexamermis albicans, from a slug in Israel

First record of the parrotfish Scarus viridifucatus from Thailand (the Andaman Sea) and Indonesia

First record of the parti-coloured bat Vespertilio murinus in Belgium

First record of the paucident planigale, Planigale gilesi (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), for Victoria

First record of the pectoral sandpiper in Fiji

First record of the pelobatid frog Leptobrachium pelodytoides Boulenger in Hong Kong

First record of the percichthyid fish Howella parini from Japan

First record of the pied stonechat Saxicola caprata for Arabia

First record of the pied-belly uropelt Melanophidium punctatum Beddome (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Maharashtra

First record of the pigmy squid, Pickfordiateuthis pulchella (Cephalopoda: Myopsida: Loliginidae), from the Caribbean coast of Colombia

First record of the pine bunting (Emberiza leucocephala Gmelin) in Hungary

First record of the pine marten Martes martes west of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

First record of the pink wormfish (Microdesmus longipinnis) in Alabama waters

First record of the pipefish Acentronura (Amphelikturus) dendritica (Syngnathidae) from the Caribbean

First record of the pipefish Phoxocampus diacanthus from Japan

First record of the platytroctid fish, Mentodus facilis (Salmoniformes: Alepocephaloidea) from Japanese waters

First record of the poecilosclerid sponge, Rhaphidophlus schoenus (De Laubenfels, 1936) (Poecilosclerida: Clathridae) from Taiwan

First record of the polyodont snake Sibynophis geminatus geminatus (Boie, 1826) from the Philippines, with a discussion of Sibynophis bivittatus (Boulenger, 1894)

First record of the pomacentrid fish Pomacentrus tripunctatus from Iriomote Island, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

First record of the pomacentrid fish, Abudefduf lorenzi, from Iriomote Island, the Ryukyu Islands

First record of the porcupine ray, Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch et Schneider, 1801) from Japan

First record of the powerful owl for the Victorian Mallee

First record of the primitive crustacean groups (Branchiopoda, Anostraca; Notostraca: Conchostraca) from the Island of Olkhon, Lake Baikal in Russia

First record of the pygmy beaked whale Mesoplodon peruvianus in the North Pacific

First record of the pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata (Gray, 1874) for the Brazilian coast

First record of the pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata Gray, 1875 from Peru, with a summary of distribution in the eastern Pacific

First record of the pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuata, in the southwest Atlantic

First record of the ranid frog Paa annandalii (Boulenger 1920) from north-eastern region (Arunachal Pradesh) of India with a note on its larval stages

First record of the rannoch looper moth Semiothisa brunneata Thunb. (Lep.: Geometridae) for the Isle of Wight

First record of the rare clearwing moth, Alcathoe carolinensis Engelhardt (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) west of the Mississippi River

First record of the rare interesting Assam loach Nemacheilus pavonaceus (McClelland) with comments on its systematic position

First record of the rare snake-eel Lamnostoma kampeni (Teleostei: Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from a river in northeastern New Caledonia

First record of the rare trichiine crab, Trichia horiii (Miyake, 1940) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae) from the Sunda Shelf, with notes on its biology

First record of the red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de Saint-Leon in Greece

First record of the red cornetfish Fistularia petimba (Syngnathiformes : Fistularidae) in Galician waters: a northernmost occurrence in the eastern Atlantic

First record of the red fox from the barrier island region of east-central Florida

First record of the red phalarope from the Philippines

First record of the reef colony Montipora hoffmeisteri Wells at Johnston Atoll (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

First record of the relict Gondwanan genus Homalocnemis Philippi (Diptera: Empididae) from Namibia and the Afrotropical region

First record of the ring-necked duck Aythya collaris in Japan

First record of the rock vole, Microtus chrotorrhinus (Miller) (Rodentia: Cricetidae), in Virginia

First record of the roseate spoonbill

First record of the rosy pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus in Kerala

First record of the rotifer Lecane shieli Segers & Sanoamuang, 1994 from Australia

First record of the rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus, from Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories

First record of the round whitefish in Alberta

First record of the round-tailed horned lizard, Phrynosoma modestum, in Colorado

First record of the ruff for Oklahoma

First record of the rufous bush chat Cercotrichas galactotes in Malawi

First record of the rufous bush chat in Malawi

First record of the rufous horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus rouxi rouxi Temminck (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Burma

First record of the rufous hummingbird in Georgia

First record of the rufous potoo Nyctibius bracteatus and in-flight drinking by the semi-collared nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus in French Guiana

First record of the rugose bonnet, Galeodea cf. rugosa (Linne, 1771) (Gastropoda: Cassidae) from the seas of Turkey

First record of the rustic bunting Emberiza rustica in Saratov region.

First record of the sabertooth blenny, Plagiotremus azaleus, in California with notes on its distribution along the Pacific coast of Baja California

First record of the saddled snake eel Pisodonophis semicinctus (Richardson, 1848) in Italian waters (Osteichthyes, Ophichthidae)

First record of the schindlerid fish, Schlindleria praematura, from southern Japan and the South China Sea

First record of the scincid lizard Ctenotus arcanus from New South Wales

First record of the scorpaenoid fish Caracanthus unipinna from Japan, with comments on the characters of the genus

First record of the scorpion Paraiurus nordmanni (Birula, 1899) (Scorpiones, Iuridae) in Greece

First record of the scyphomedusa Deepstaria enigmatica Russell, 1967, from midnorth Atlantic Ocean (Coelenterata, Scyphozoa)

First record of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus L., in the Gulf of Mexico

First record of the seminole bat (Lasiurus seminolus) in Tennessee

First record of the sergeant major from New York waters

First record of the serranid fish, Liopropoma mitratum (Perciformes: Serranidae), from Japanese waters

First record of the sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata in Sweden

First record of the sheep greenbottle fly Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann, 1830) from Europe (Diptera: Calliphoridae) with additional Spanish records of Calliphoridae, Muscidae and Sarcophagidae

First record of the shoebill Balaeniceps rex in Malawi

First record of the shoebill in Malawi

First record of the short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846, for the southwestern Atlantic

First record of the short-tailed pipit in Zimbabwe

First record of the short-toed lark Calandrella brachydactyla in Silesia

First record of the shy albatross Diomedea cauta for the Brazilian coast

First record of the sillaginid fish, Sillago macrolepis from Japan

First record of the silver-haired bat Lasionycteris noctivagans in Mississippi

First record of the silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans (LeConte) in Florida

First record of the slaty-backed nightingale-thrush in the central Andes of Colombia, with notes on its ecology and geographical variation

First record of the slender-billed thornbill from the south-east of South Australia

First record of the smooth-backed parachute gecko Ptychozoon lionotum Annandale 1905 from the Indian mainland

First record of the snake catfish Clarias theodorae (Weber, 1897) (Clariidae: Pisces) from the Transvaal, South Africa

First record of the snake-eel Brachysomophis cirrhochilus (Pisces: Ophichthidae) in the Red Sea

First record of the snapper, Lutjanus dodecacanthoides (Bleeker), from Japan with a note on the Japanese names of some lutjanid fishes

First record of the snapping shrimp, Alpheus polystictus, associated with the Caribbean sea anemone, Bartholomea annulata, in Tobago, West Indies

First record of the snow bunting for Texas

First record of the sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) in Poland

First record of the sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus for Arabia

First record of the sooty tern in California

First record of the southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii (Lacepede, 1804) (Odonoceti : Delphinidae), from waters off South Australia

First record of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae), in New York

First record of the species of the genus Dixella Dyar & Shannon, 1924 (Dixidae, Diptera) from Slovakia

First record of the speckled mourner (Laniocera rufescens) for the Peten Department of Guatemala

First record of the spectacled hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus (Marsupialia: Macropodidae), in New Guinea

First record of the spectacled monarch Monarcha trivirgatus for the Northern Territory

First record of the spider wasp genus Episyron in Cuba (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)

First record of the spined pygmy shark, Squaliolus laticaudus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) in the Azores, extending its distribution in the north-eastern Atlantic

First record of the spionid polychaete Boccardiella ligerica (Ferronniere, 1898) from the Gulf of Mexico

First record of the spoon-worm Thalassema thalassemum (Pallas), Echiura, in Scottish waters

First record of the spotted forest gecko Geckoella collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) from Gir Forest, Gujarat State, India

First record of the spotted scorpionfish, Scorpaena plumieri, from California: the curtain falls on 'a comedy of errors'

First record of the spotted skunk Spilogale putorius (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in the state of Durango, Mexico

First record of the spotted-billed pelican Pelecanus crispus from Shinjiko Lake, Shimane Prefecture

First record of the squaloid shark Scymnodon squamulosus from the Hawaiian islands

First record of the square-tailed kite in the south-east of South Australia

First record of the squid Histioteuthis bonnellii (Ferussac, 1835) from Norway

First record of the stilt sandpiper from Australasia

First record of the stone crayfish Austropotamobius torrentium (Schrank, 1803) (Crustacea : Decapoda : Astacidae) from Saxony (Germany)

First record of the storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, in Turkey

First record of the striped grey mullet Mugil cephalus (Pisces: Mugilidae) from Thailand, with a key to all local species

First record of the striped manakin Machaeropterus regulus in Guyana

First record of the stygobiont archiannelid Troglochaetus beranecki Delachaux from Italy

First record of the subfamily Beridinae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Turkey

First record of the subfamily Hyalopsychinae from Australia (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae)

First record of the subfamily Pyramodontinae (Pisces: Carapidae) from Taiwan

First record of the subterranean amphipod crustacean Allocrangonyx hubrichti (Allocrangonyctidae) in Arkansas

First record of the subtropical lightfish Ichthyococcus ovatus (Photichthyidae) from the Canadian Atlantic region and its biogeographic significance

First record of the sugar-cane scale Saccharolecanium krugeri (Zehntner) in Giza, Egypt

First record of the sunbeam snake Xenopeltis unicolor Reinwardt, 1827 (Serpentes: Xenopeltidae) from Great Nicobar Island

First record of the sunfish Ranzania laevis (Pennant) (Pisces : Osteichthyes : Perciformes : Molidae) from the West Bengal coast

First record of the sunfish, Mola mola (Linnaeus) (Molidae) from Kizimkazi, Zanzibar, Tanzania

First record of the surf scoter Melanitta perspicillata in the White Sea.

First record of the swamp-forest frog, Rana paramacrodon paramacrodon Inger 1966 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from Singapore with notes on its taxonomy, ecology and biology

First record of the synanceiine fish, Synanceia horrida, from Japan

First record of the synaxid lobster Palinurellus wieneckii (de Man, 1881) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuridea) from Sri Lanka

First record of the tadpole madtom (Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill)) from the Kansas River Basin

First record of the taipan for Western Australia

First record of the terrestrial species Geonemertes pelaensis (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea) in Hawaii

First record of the thalassinid Callianassa truncata Giard & Bonnier, 1890 in the Adriatic Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Callianassidae)

First record of the thalassinidean genus Callianopsis De Saint Laurent, 1973 (Decapoda, Ctenochelidae) in the west Pacific, with the description of a new species from Taiwan

First record of the thelazoid genus Hempelia Vazz 1937 (Nematoda; Thelaziidae) from India

First record of the thick-billed murre from Florida

First record of the thistle-thighed curlew Numenius tahitiensis in Easter Island, Chile

First record of the three-toed woodpecker in California

First record of the tilefish, Branchiostegus argentatus (Cuvier) from Japanese waters, with a discussion on the validity of B. auratus (Kishinouye)

First record of the toadfish Chaunax suttkusi (Caruso, 1989) (Pisces: Lophiiformes, Chaunacidae) from Irish waters, together with a review of North eastern Atlantic records of C. suttkusi and C. pictus (Lowe, 1846)

First record of the triangle: Heterogenea asella (D. & S.) in north Hampshire

First record of the tribe Hydarini in Australia with the description of a new species of Hydarella Bergroth (Hemiptera: Coreidae)

First record of the tribe Vatellini Sharp and its genus Derovatellus Sharp (Dytiscidae - Coleoptera) from shallow water pool in Hurghada, Egypt

First record of the trigger fish Balistes carolinensis (Gmelin, 1789) from Co Dublin and a further record from Co Cork

First record of the tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis, family Lobotidae) in California waters

First record of the tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis (Pisces: Lobotidae), from the Red Sea

First record of the tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis, from the Red Sea

First record of the troglophilic terrestrial snail, Carychium exile Lea, from Indiana caves (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Carychiidae)

First record of the tropical scyphomedusa Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 (Cnidaria: Rhizostomeae) in the Central Mediterranean Sea

First record of the turtle dove Streptopelia turtur in Kenya

First record of the uropelt Teretrurus sanguineus (Beddome 1887) (Reptilia) Serpentes from the Nilgiris, south India

First record of the wall lizard Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768), from the Ionian island of Corfu

First record of the warbling silverbill on Lanai

First record of the water spider Argyroneta aquatica (Aranei, Cybaeidae) from the crimea

First record of the wedge-tailed shearwater in California

First record of the weevil genus Macrotarrhus from Daghestan, NE Caucasus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

First record of the western flycatcher complex in North Carolina

First record of the western gull from Idaho

First record of the whiskered tern from the tropical Pacific

First record of the whiskered tern in Finland

First record of the whistling heron Syrigma sibilatrix for Ecuador

First record of the white-collared swift in California

First record of the white-flanked antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) in Mexico

First record of the white-tailed nightjar Caprimulgus cayennensis in Ecuador

First record of the white-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus for Thailand

First record of the white-throated robin in Norway

First record of the white-winged crossbill in California

First record of the whitefin gudgeon, Gobio albipinnatus Lukasch 1933, in the River Elbe

First record of the whitefly genus Martiniella Alexander & David (Aleyrodidae: Homoptera) from India

First record of the whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus in the west coast of Mexico (Revillagigedo Archipelago)

First record of the wild cat, Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777 from the Yemen Arab Republic (Carnivora: Felidae)

First record of the wood sandpiper. Tringa glareola, from Bermuda

First record of the wreckfish or stone basse Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) from the Co. Mayo coast

First record of the yellow-billed cuckoo in Norway

First record of the yellow-throated warbler in Wyoming

First record of ther harvest mouse Micromys minutus (Pallas 1771) on the island of Terschelling

First record of thick-billed warbler Acrocephalus aedon in Egypt

First record of three species of Pythium from Moroccan waters

First record of three-banded plover Charadrius tricollaris in Ivory Coast

First record of tiger Panthera tigris in Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Bihar, and its predation on sloth bear Melursus ursinus

First record of tiger snake moray Uropterygius tigrinus (Muraenidae, Anguilliformes) from Japan

First record of trachipterid larvae with description of different stages and adult forms from Taiwan

First record of transantarctic relationships in the Tachinidae (Diptera, Muscoidea, Calyptratae)

First record of triactinomyxon actinosporean in marine oligochaete

First record of two cardinalfishes Apogon evermanni and Apogon dispar from Japan

First record of two fishes, Seriola dorsalis (Gill) and Medialuna californiensis (Steindachner) from waters of British Columbia

First record of two fishes, Synodus jaculum and Chaetodon daedalma from Kochi Prefecture, Japan

First record of two gobiid fishes of the genus Amblyeleotris from Japan

First record of two hyperparasites of Lipaphis erysimi (Kalt.) (Homoptera-Aphididae) parasitizing Aphidius rapae (Curtis) (Hymenoptera-Aphidiinae)

First record of two lappetfaced vulture chicks reared in one nest

First record of two perciform fishes, Pteropsaron evolans (Percophidae) and Xyrichtys verrens (Labridae) from Korea

First record of two rocky reef fishes from mainland Ecuador: Halichoeres chierchiae (Labridae) and Ostracion meleagris (Ostraciidae)

First record of two species of fellodistomid trematodes in South China Sea

First record of ultrasound in two prosimian species

First record of velvet scoter Melanitta fusca in Kuwait

First record of vermillion flycatcher in North Carolina

First record of vertebrates in the Anisian (Middle Triassic) fossil assemblages from Qingyan, south-western China

First record of viral erythrocytic necrosis and Ceratomyxa shasta Noble, 1950 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) in feral pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Walbaum)

First record of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from South Africa

First record of white grouper, Epinephelus aeneus (Serranidae) in the south eastern Adriatic

First record of white phase reef heron (Egretta sacra) in New Zealand

First record of white wagtail in North Carolina

First record of white-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus in Yemen

First record of white-faced storm-petrel in the Riau Archipelago

First record of white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) in Hungary

First record of white-throated bee-eater Merops albicollis in the UAE

First record of white-winged nightjar Caprimulgus candicans for Bolivia

First record of woodpigeon Columba palumbus in Egypt

First record of yellow-browed warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) in North America

First record of yellow-collared chlorophonia for Middle America

First record of yellow-throated vireo in Cook County

First record on the cytotaxonomy of cicindelids (Insecta, Coleoptera) from an Afrotropical region

First record on the occurrence of Triturus v. vulgaris (Linne, 1758) in north-eastern Italy (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae)

First record on the occurrence of nematophagous fungi parasitizing cyst nematodes in Norway

First record, of Cervus from Kallar Karar, Chakwal District, the Punjab Province, Pakistan

First recorded accidental transatlantic bat transport

First recorded bloom of the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum micans Ehr. in south-central Chile

First recorded breeding attempt of the ring billed gull in Pennsylvania

First recorded breeding of Leach' s storm petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa in the Southern Hemisphere, at Dyer Island, South Africa

First recorded breeding of wood warblers in Western Isles

First recorded breeding record of whooper swan in Ireland

First recorded case of Sardinian warbler Sylvia melanocephala predation on lizard Podarcis muralis

First recorded fish species from the Sea of Japan

First recorded fish species from the Sea of Japan. 2

First recorded mainland breeding by the jackass penguin Spheniscus demersus

First recorded mass stranding of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846) in the northeastern Atlantic

First recorded nest of the lemonbreasted canary in the field

First recorded nest site of Alethe fuelleborni

First recorded nesting by Kemp's ridley in Florida, USA

First recorded observance of the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) Schiller 1933 in Mississippi Sound and adjacent waters

First recorded occurrence of Proteocephalus percae (Muller 1780) in Danish farmed trout

First recorded occurrence of a sooty tern Sterna fuscata in Bougainville, North Solomons Province, Papua New Guinea

First recorded occurrence of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata (L.)) in Irish waters

First recorded outbreak of yellow fever in Kenya, 1992-1993. 2. Entomologic investigations

First recorded polygynous mating in the red kite (Milvus milvus)

First recorded sighting and banding of Anna's hummingbird in New York state

First recorded sighting of the imperial cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps at Zavadovski Island, South Sandwich Islands

First recorded stranding of a melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra) on the European coast

First recorded toxic Alexandrium minutum Halim bloom

First recorded turtle nesting on Mississippi's man-made beach

First recorders of the Goole Scientific Society, with particular reference to Thomas Bunker

First recording of Cymatium (Ranularia) caribbaeum for west Africa

First recording of the European shore crab Carcinus maenas in Tasmania

First records and a new subspecies of Rhinolophus stheno (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae) from Vietnam

First records and descriptions of the marine littoral mite genus Amhyadesia Fain and Ganning 1979 (Acari: Astigmata: Hyadesiidae) from southern Africa

First records and discovery of two new species of Anisomorpha Gray (Phasmida: Pseudophasmatidae) in Haiti and Dominican Republic

First records and emergence of variegated meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum) in Prescott-Russell County

First records and long-distance migration of the Nathusius's bat (Pipistrellus nathusii) in western Bohemia (Czech Republic)

First records and new species of Boysidia and Sinoenna from Thailand

First records for Cymatium mundum (Gould) in the eastern Pacific Ocean, with comments on the zoogeography of the tropical trans-Pacific tonnacean and non-tonnacean prosobranch gastropods with Indo-Pacific faunal affinities in west American waters

First records for New Zealand of Moseley's rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi)

First records for Ophisaurus harti and Python molurus bivittatus from Jiangxi Province, China

First records for freshwater oligochaetes (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Naididae) in the Hawaiian Islands with notes on their association with an alien snail (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Ampullariidae)

First records for the Philadelphia vireo in Alaska

First records for the blackmask racer (Coluber constrictor latrunculus) in eastern Arkansas

First records for the boreal owl in New Mexico

First records for the northern rockling from the Northumberland coast

First records for the yellow lamp mussel (Lampsilis cariosa) in the Roanoke River System of Virginia

First records from Wellington Caves, New South Wales, of the extinct madtsoiid snake Wonambi naracoortensis Smith, 1976

First records in the Ukraine for Tydeidae (Trombidiformes) in apple gardens.

First records of 10 bat species in Guyana and comments on diversity of bats in Iwokrama Forest

First records of Aeshna crenata Hagen, 1856 in Lithuania with selected aspects of its biology (Odonata: Aeshnidae)

First records of Atlantid heteropod mollusks from the Golfo de California

First records of Atractides remotus Szalay, 1953 (Acari, Actinedida, Hygrobatidae) in the Mediterranean region

First records of Berytidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Basque Country

First records of Beryx decadactylus Cuvier, 1829 from Irish inshore waters and a review of Irish and north-west European records

First records of Blasticotomidae, Tenthredinidae, Pamphiliidae (Hymenoptera) from Slovakia

First records of Branchinella spinosa Milne-Edwards (Crustacea, Anostraca) in Cyprus

First records of Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

First records of Bufo guttatus from Bolivia with comments on Bufo glaberrimus (Amphibia: Bufonidae)

First records of Bufo stomaticus and Bufo fergusonii (Anura: Bufonidae) from Orissa, with comments on their distribution

First records of Campylomyza flavipes (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Slovakia

First records of Caprimulgus hirundinaceus vielliardi for Minas Gerais State, Brazil

First records of Caribbean martin (Progne dominicensis) for Trinidad, with comments on its supposed migration to South America

First records of Chamalycaeus (Sigmacharax) itonis itonis from Shikoku District

First records of Clambidae from the north-eastern part of Italy (Coleoptera, Clambidae)

First records of Clinohelea unimaculata (Macquart) and Forcipomyia (Panhelea) brevicubitus Goetghebuer (Dipt., Ceratopogonidae) from Ireland

First records of Clinotanypus nervosus (Diptera, Nematocera) from Slovakia

First records of Conanthalictus bee from Amritsar (Punjab), India (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae)

First records of Corbicula fluminea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from Slovakia with a note about its dispersion in Central Europe

First records of Cordylophora lacustris Allman, 1871 (Hydroida: Clavidae) in Texas with morphological and ecological notes

First records of Crocidura sp. and Mus domesticus and notes on the Mammals of Astipalaia Island (Dodecanese, Greece)

First records of Daphnia ambigua (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) from the rivers Danube and Hron

First records of Dead Sea sparrow Passer moabiticus in Arabia

First records of Dendrothrips degeeri Uzel, 1895 (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in Slovakia

First records of Diaphanosoma mongolianum (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) in the Mid-Danube basin

First records of Dichomitus albidofuscus (Polyporaceae, Basidiomyceles) in European part of Russia

First records of Dipsocoridae from China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

First records of Dixidae (Diptera, Nematocera) from Malta

First records of Ectinosoma (Halectinosoma) abrau (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in the Middle Danube and in Slovakia

First records of Epomops dobsonii (Bocage, 1889) from Tanzania and Rwanda, with a note on its size range (Mammalia, Megachiroptera)

First records of Eudendrium glomeratum (Cnidaria: Hydroida) in British and Irish waters, and taxonomic comments

First records of Eumeces obsoletus in Arkansas

First records of Euphyllurini (Homoptera: Psylloidea) from Central and South America

First records of Flabellina affinis from Israel (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia)

First records of Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei) from the Maldives

First records of Hymenopterous larval-pupal parasitoids of Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the northwestern province of Catamarca, Argentina

First records of Ischnopterapion modestum (Coleoptera, Apionidae) from Slovakia

First records of Juan Fernandez (Pterodroma e. externa) and Stejneger's (Pterodroma longirostris) petrels from Hawaii

First records of Kerivould kachinensis (Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae) from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand

First records of Lavender fire-finch on Hawaii

First records of Leiodytes nicobaricus (Redtenbacher) and Platambus stygius (Regimbart) in Korea (Coleoptera : Dytiscidae)

First records of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Heteroptera : Pentatomorpha : Coreidae) in the Czech Republic

First records of Leucorrhinia caudalis (Odonata, Libelullidae) in Slovakia

First records of Limnephilus submonilifer (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) and Neohermes concolor (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) from Kansas

First records of Mactra lilacea Lamarck, 1818 from the eastern Mediterranean

First records of Megaerops wetmorei Taylor, 1934, Balionycteris maculata (Thomas, 1893) and Murina cyclotis Dobson, 1872 (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Sumatra, Indonesia

First records of Melanagromyza cuscutae Hering, 1958 (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Slovakia and its new host plant

First records of Merhippolyte ancistrota Crosnier & Forest, 1973 in Moroccan Atlantic waters and in the Mediterranean Sea (Decapoda, Merhippolytidae)

First records of Mesoplodon hectori (Ziphiidae) from the Northern Hemisphere and a describtion of the adult male

First records of Microscolex phosphoreus and Malabaria levis (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae and Ocnerodrilidae) from India

First records of Microtus (Pitymys) felteni in Albania

First records of Monodelphis kunsi Pine (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from Paraguay, with an evaluation of its distribution FT Primer registro de Monodelphis kunsi Pine (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) para Paraguay, y una evaluacion sobre su distribucion

First records of Myotis blythi Tomes, 1857 (Chiroptera) from Portugal. Its systematics and distribution in the Iberian Peninsula

First records of Myotis brandtii (Chiroptera) from Podolia (Ukraine)

First records of Myrmica vandeli Bondroit (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) for Britain

First records of Nematinae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Tenthredinidae) in Slovakia

First records of Noctua pronuba L., an Old World moth, in Virginia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

First records of Nototodarus hawaiiensis (Berry 1912) (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) from northern Australia with a reconsideration of the identity of N. sloani philippinensis Voss 1962

First records of Ochodaeidae from Somalia (Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea)

First records of Orsini's viper, Vipera ursinii (Viperidae), in Greece

First records of Pacific sleeper sharks (Somniosus pacificus Bigelow and Schroeder, 1944) in the subtropical waters of eastern Taiwan

First records of Paracerceis sculpta (Holmes, 1904) and Paradella dianae (Menzies, 1962) (Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) at the Atlantic coast of Europe

First records of Parachoranthus magdalia (Hesperiidae) from the Bahamas, and extension of the Bahamian range of Battus devilliers (Papilionidae)

First records of Parapercis roseoviridis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) in the southeast Atlantic

First records of Pemphigus fuscicornis (Homoptera, Pemphigidae) from Slovakia

First records of Pipistrellus kuhlii from Kyiv

First records of Potamothrix bedoti (Piguet) and Haber speciosus (Hrabe) (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) from Norway

First records of Protura (Insecta) from Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti and a synopsis of Delamarentulus tristani (Silvestri) (Acerentomidae)

First records of Pteroxanium marrisi n. sp. and Haplophallus maculatus (Tillyard) for the Chatham Islands and list of Psocoptera from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand

First records of Raja (Dipturus) trachyderma Krefft & Stehmann, 1975 from the southeastern Pacific off Chile, with first descriptions of its clasper characters and additional skeletal and morphological details (Pisces, Rajiformes, Rajidae)

First records of Rhantus incognitus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

First records of Rhinophoridae (Insecta, Diptera) from North Korea

First records of Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) from the Gulf of California with detailed notes on mass stranding

First records of Simuliidae (Insecta: Diptera) from Socotra Island, Yemen

First records of Siphaenigma janae (Ephemeroptera: Siphlaenigmatidae) from the North Island of New Zealand

First records of Sorex dispar and Microsorex thompsoni in Kentucky with distribution notes on associated species

First records of South African cliff swallows Hirundo spilodera breeding in Botswana

First records of Sporophila caerulescens from Colombia; a probable long distance migrant from southern South America

First records of Stethorus histrio Chazeau (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from the United States

First records of Synneuron annulipes Lundstrom (Synneuridae) and Mesaxymyia kerteszi (Duda) (Axymyiidae) from Slovakia, with notes on their taxonomy and biology (Diptera)

First records of Tangara cyanicollis melanogaster from Bolivia

First records of Tardigrada in Slovakia from Stuzica National Nature Reserve (Bukovske vrchy Mts, NE Slovakia)

First records of Tegastes falcatus (Norman, 1868) and T. nanus Sars, 1904 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the east coast of the United States and a redescription of T. nanus

First records of Tenthredininae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Tenthredinidae) from Slovakia

First records of Thrips albopilosus Uzel, 1895 (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in Slovakia

First records of Trypetesa and Megalasma (Crustacea: Cirripedia) in the Gulf of Mexico

First records of Tyrannophaedusa (Aulacophaedusa) aulacophora morisakii (Kuroda & Abe) from Mt. Kongohzan, Osaka Prefecture

First records of Xavier's greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri in Nigeria

First records of a European cladoceran, Bythotrephes cederstroemi, in Lakes Erie and Huron

First records of a Holarctic orb-weaving spider (Araneus saevus (L. Koch)) in Virginia

First records of a Xylophaga species from the Red Sea (Bivalvia, Xylophagaidae)

First records of a fish species, the ghost shiner Notropis buchanani, in Michigan

First records of a giant pelagic tunicate, Bathochordaeus charon (Urochordata, Larvacea), from the eastern Pacific Ocean, with notes on its biology

First records of a maple clearwing moth, Synanthedon acerrubri, (family Sesiidae) in Florida

First records of a stored products pest, Oryzaephilus acuminatus Halstead, from the Western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Silvanidae)

First records of albinism in Nerodia rhombifer (diamondback water snake)

First records of an Isophelliidae (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) in Brazil, with the redescription of Telmatactis rufa (Verrill, 1900) and observations on its asexual reproduction

First records of barred parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola and Roraiman flycatcher Myiophobus roraimae in Bolivia

First records of bees, wasps and ants (Hymenoptera: Aculeata), including three new county records, from the Sefton Coast, Merseyside (V.C. 59)

First records of black-legged seriema (Chunga burmeisteri) in Bolivia

First records of brachyptery in the gelechioid taxa Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae and Elachistidae: Agonoxeninae: three new species from the High Andes of Peru (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

First records of braconids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Slovakia

First records of breeding moorhen Gallinula chloropus (Aves: Rallidae) on the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo

First records of bridled terns (Sterna anaethetus) in the Netherlands and Belgium.

First records of chirostylid and galatheid crustaceans (Decapoda, Anomura) from New Caledonia

First records of clutches of harlequin in the USSR

First records of common sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus (Pisces, Centrarchidae) for the southern bug

First records of demersal fishes from the North Cape - Three Kings area of New Zealand, with a record of a prespawning aggregation of ling, Genypterus blacodes (note)

First records of didric cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius parasitizing cricket warbler Spiloptila clamans

First records of dwarf sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) pygmy sperm whale (K. simus) and pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) in Veracruz, Mexico

First records of eight fishes from Karachi coast of Pakistan

First records of epiphytic limnetic ciliates from Argentina

First records of false killer whales, Pseudorca crassidens, in Canada

First records of fishes from Iraqi waters

First records of five species of insectivorous bats from the Kruger National Park

First records of five teleostean fishes and three second records of gobiid fishes from Japan, collected in rivers on the Ryukyu Islands

First records of fossil sergestid decapods and fossil brachyuran crab larvae (Arthropoda, Crustacea), with remarks on some supposed palaemonid fossils, from the Santana Formation (Aptian-Albian, NE Brazil)

First records of four gobiid fishes from Pakistan coast

First records of freshwater fishes Chagunius nicholsi and Mastacembelus alboguttatus in India

First records of freshwater fishes Garra gravelyi and G. kempi in Manipur

First records of freshwater molluscs from the ecological reserve El Eden, Quintana Roo, Mexico FT Primeros registros de moluscos dulceacuicolas de la Reserva Ecologica El Eden, Quintana Roo, Mexico

First records of freshwater mussels on the Eastern Shore of Virginia

First records of golden-tailed woodpecker Campethera abingoni in Ivory Coast

First records of gregarines (Gregarina, Apicomplexa) from Slovakia

First records of grey-breasted crake Laterallus exilis in Argentina

First records of horsechestnut scale in Kent

First records of humpback whales including calves at Golfo Dulce and Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, suggesting geographical overlap of Northern and Southern Hemisphere populations

First records of ichneumonids (Ichneumonidae) for Finland.

First records of kelp gull Larus dominicanus for Trinidad and Barbados

First records of least tern, Sterna antillarum, for Peru

First records of lesser black-backed gulls Larus fuscus crossing the Sahara non-stop

First records of little stint, white-rumped sandpiper, buff-breasted sandpiper and little ringed plover from south western Australia

First records of long-tailed shrike Lanius schach in Israel and Turkey

First records of lysianassoid amphipods (Crustacea) from the Andaman Sea

First records of macrochelid mites (Acari, Macrochelidae) in Slovakia

First records of mammals from McCurtain County, Oklahoma

First records of marbled murrelets Brachyramphus marmoratus perdix wintering on Lake Shinji, Japan