A new species of the whip spider genus Sarax Simon, 1892 from Cebu Island in the Philippines is described: Sarax huberi sp. nov. With the description of this species, the diversity of the genus is increased to three species in the Philippines. Some additional data on their natural environment and their specific habitat are presented and compared with sibling species. The synonymization of Sarax mediterraneus Delle Cave, 1986 with Sarax buxtoni (Gravely, 1915) is carried out.

Several species of avian schistosomes are known to cause dermatitis in humans worldwide. In Europe, this applies above all to species of the genus Trichobilharzia. For Austria, a lot of data are available on cercarial dermatitis and on the occurrence of Trichobilharzia, yet species identification of trematodes in most cases is doubtful due to the challenging morphological determination of cercariae. During a survey of trematodes in freshwater snails, we were able to detect a species in the snail Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) hitherto unknown for Austria, Trichobilharzia physellae; this is also the first time this species has been reported in Europe. Species identification was performed by integrative taxonomy combining morphological investigations with molecular genetic analyses. The results show a very close relationship between the parasite found in Austria and North American specimens (similarity found in CO1 ≥99.57%). Therefore, a recent introduction of T. physellae into Europe can be assumed.

Three new species of Gamasomorpha Karsch, 1881 are described: G. bakeri Tong & Hörweg, sp. nov. (♂♀) (Philippines), G. fortdekock Tong & Hörweg, sp. nov. (♂) (Indonesia), and G. jacobsoni Tong & Hörweg, sp. nov. (♂♀) (Indonesia). Additionally, Xestaspis shoushanensis Tong & Li, 2014 is recorded for the first time from Sumatra, Indonesia, and transferred to Gamasomorpha with a new combination established: Gamasomorpha shoushanensis (Tong & Li, 2014), comb. nov. Descriptions, diagnoses and photomicroscopy images are provided.