Cockroaches collected during a protracted series of fieldwork in several limestone caves in Polillo Island, Philippines were taxonomically studied. A new species of Nocticola (Nocticolidae), N. gonzalezi Lucañas & Lit, sp. n., is described. The male of Periplaneta banksi Hanitsch (Blattidae) is described for the first time. Altogether, the present cave cockroach fauna of the island consists of six species.

Abstract:The sclerogibbid wasp genus Caenosclerogibba Yasumatsu, 1958 (Hymenoptera: Sclerogibbidae) and the species C. longiceps (Richards, 1958) are recorded for the first time in the Philippines. The discovery of Caenosclero gibba in the Philippines extends the range of the genus distribution from China and Japan downward to Southeast Asia. Caenosclerogibba longiceps is the second species of Sclerogibbidae recorded from the country.Key words: Oriental Region; Southeast Asia; Luzon Island; sclerogibbid wasp; ectoparasitoid; Caenosclerogibba longiceps; new record; range extension Sclerogibbid wasps are a small group of aculeate Hymenoptera belonging to the family Sclerogibbidae and comprising four extant and two extinct genera (Olmi 2005;Engel & Grimaldi 2006b;Olmi et al. 2016). They are strict ectoparasitoids of webspinners (Embioptera), meaning their distribution follows that of their hosts (Argaman 1988;Ross 2000).In the Philippines, with only six species of Embioptera recorded (Davis 1940;Lit & Lucañas 2014;Ross 1951Ross , 1955, only one species of sclerogibbid wasp is recorded: Sclero gibba impressa Olmi, 2005. Following the recent efforts of the first author to document the diversity of webspinners in the country, several organisms associated with the webspinners and their domicile were also observed including one additional record of sclerogibbid wasp: Caeno sclerogibba longiceps (Richards, 1958).Samples of Caenosclerogibba longiceps (Richards, 1958) were collected from laboratory cultures of the host Oligoto ma humbertiana (Saussure, 1896) from Lian, Batangas and Pasig City, Manila, Luzon Island, Philippines (Figure 1).Adult female specimens were cold macerated by soaking in 10% aqueous Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) solution for 24 hours. They were then cleaned in distilled water to wash unwanted undissolved internal contents, and then with 95% ethanol to remove water in excess. Finally, they were mounted on microscope slides using modified Hoyer's medium. Identification was done using the key provided by Olmi (2005) and Olmi et al. (2016).All specimens were deposited in the entomological collections of the University of the Philippines, Museum of Natural History (UPLB-MNH), Los Baños, Laguna. Distribution maps were generated using Natural Earth Data in QGIS 2.12.0. Material examined. 3 females, reared in laboratory fromOligotoma humbertiana collected in Philippines: Batangas, Lian, Matabungkay Beach, 08.x.2014, (CCLucañas, UPLBMNH HYM-000294, 1 slide with 3 specimens); 2 females from the same host species collected from Philippines: Pasig City, Pasig-Marikina River System, 08.x.2014, (CCLucañas, UPLBMNH HYM-000293, 1 slide with 2 specimens).Genus Caenosclerogibba Yasumatsu, 1958 Caenosclerogibba Yasumatsu 1958: 21 -Argaman 1988: 181 -Carpenter 1999 Olmi 2005: 79. The genus Caenosclerogibba is one of the five known extant genera of the family Sclerogibbidae. It is distinguished from the others extant genera by the following characters: scutellum and metanotum separated from the propodeum by a suture, 2...

We report Hoya sipitangensis Kloppenb. & Wiberg for the first time on Palawan Island, Philippines. This record extends its distribution northward from Borneo to the Philippines. Additional taxonomic information and photographs from field collections are provided.

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A new genus and species of brachypterous cockroach, Decoralampra fulgencioi gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Philippines. On the basis of the abbreviated tegmina and bristles of the folded structure of left phallomere, it is hypothesized to be close to the genus Cyrtonotula Uravov 1939 and Howintoniella Roth 1981. Also a new species, C. maquilingensis sp. nov. is described. This is the fourth species of the genus and the first to be recorded in the Philippines.