Description of eight new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and redescription of I. auritulus Neumann, 1904, parasites of birds in the Australasian, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions.

Ixodes brevisetosus n. sp. from Papua New Guinea, Ixodes contrarius n. sp. from Costa Rica, Ixodes guglielmonei n. sp. from Argentina and Chile, Ixodes insulae n. sp. from Australia, Ixodes moralesi n. sp. from Guatemala and Panama, Ixodes rio n. sp. from Brazil, Ixodes robbinsi n. sp. from Canada and the United States and Ixodes tinamou n. sp. from Peru (Acari: Ixodidae) are described based on females, nymphs and larvae from various avian hosts (Charadriiformes: Charadriidae; Falconiformes: Falconidae; Galliformes: Cracidae, Odontophoridae, Phasianidae; Passeriformes: Acanthizidae, Cardinalidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae, Furnariidae, Melanocharitidae, Orthonychidae, Paridae, Passeridae, Petroicidae, Thamnophilidae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae; Strigiformes: Strigidae; Tinamiformes: Tinamidae) and a rodent (Rodentia: Muridae). Females, nymphs and larvae of all new species are similar to those of Ixodes auritulus Neumann, 1904, but can be distinguished by the shape of the scutum and basis capituli, relative length of idiosomal setae, auriculae and internal projection on palpal segment I, degree of development of dorsoapical and mesodorsal spurs on palpal segment I, and measurements and proportions of various structures. Females, nymphs and larvae of I. auritulus s. str. are redescribed based on specimens from passerine birds (Furnariidae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae) in Chile. The subspecies I. auritulus zealandicus Dumbleton, 1961 is elevated to species status, Ixodes zealandicus Dumbleton, 1961. Based on our extensive survey and morphological analyses, we evaluate the actual species richness in the I. auritulus species group and discuss future directions in the systematics of this group of ticks.

The genus Campylomma Reuter, 1878 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae): two new synonyms and discussion of the diagnosis.

The diagnostic characters of the phyline plant bug genus Campylomma Reuter, 1878 are discussed based on examination of Western Palearctic species. Nigrocapillocoris Wagner, 1973 is synonymized with Campylomma and Campylomma celatum Wagner, 1969 is synonymized with C. annulicorne (Signoret, 1865). Illustrations of the male genitalia, photographs of the dorsal habitus, micrographs of selected structures are given for discussed species and a redescription of C. ochraceum (Scott, 1872) comb. nov. is provided.

Solenoxyphus Reuter, 1875 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae): revised diagnosis, a new species and new generic synonym.

Solenoxyphus kazakhstanicus sp. n. is described from the vicinity of Dzhezkazgan, Western Kazakhstan. The generic name Voruchia Reuter, 1879 is synonymized with Solenoxyphus Reuter, 1875. Illustrations of the male and female genitalia, photographs of the dorsal habitus, host, and distributional records are given for the new species and S. vittiger comb. nov., the type species of Voruchia. Female genitalia of Solenoxyphus and Boopidocoris spp. are studied for the first time and an updated generic diagnosis of the former genus is provided. The placement of both genera within the tribe Nasocorini sensu Schuh & Menard (2013) is briefly discussed.