In memoriam of Professor Pavel Štys (1933 - 2018): biography, memories, bibliography and list of described taxa Author Kment, Petr Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha - Horní Počernice, Czech Republic; e-mail: sigara @ post. cz Author Baňař, Petr Moravian Museum, Department of Entomology, Hviezdoslavova 29 a, CZ- 627 00, Brno, Czech Republic; e-mail: PetrBanar @ seznam. cz Author Bílý, Svatopluk Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Game Management and Wildfile Biology, Kamýcká 1176, CZ- 165 21 Praha Author Pluot-Sigwalt, Dominique Museum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Adaptation du Vivant, UMR 7179 MECADEV (mécanisme adaptatif et évolution), 57 rue Cuvi- er, CP 50 (Entomologie), F- 75231 Paris, France; e-mail: dps @ mnhn. fr Author Polhemus, Dan A. Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817 USA; e-mail: bugman @ bishopmuseum. org Author Schuh, Randall T. - Suchdol, Czech Republic; e-mail: sv. bily @ buprestidae. cz text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2019 Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae 2019-12-01 59 2 351 379 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/aemnp-2019-0028 journal article 8117 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0028 10606ef4-92b0-4fd4-bb91-56962637ec44 1804-6487 4489136 1EF6B82D-11E2-4A98-8B98-BDD9BDD3131C Family Plokiophilidae Heissophilinae Schuh, Štys & Cassis, 2015 in SCHUH et al. (2015: 21). Type genus: Heissophila Schuh, 2006 . Current status: Valid taxon. Lipokophilini Schuh, Štys & Cassis, 2015 in SCHUH et al.(2015:21). Type genus: Lipokophila Štys, 1967 . Current status: Valid taxon. Lipokophila Štys, 1967 a: 248. Type species: Lipokophila chinai Štys, 1967 . Gender: feminine (original designation). Current status: Valid taxon (see SCHUH et al. 2015). Lipokophila chinai Štys, 1967 a: 250. Holotype :♂, Brazil :‘ Nova Teutonia ( 27°11′S ., 52°23′W .)’ (BMNH). Current status: Valid taxon. Monteithophila Schuh, Štys & Cassis, 2015 in SCHUH et al. (2015: 4). Type species: Monteithophila queenslandana Schuh, Štys & Cassis, 2015. Gender: feminine (original designation). Current status: Valid taxon. Monteithophila fijiensis Schuh , Štys & Cassis , 2015 in SCHUH et al. (2015: 7). Holotype : Fiji : Vanua Levu : Kontiki , 19 km E Savusavu , 16.8°S 179.4333°E ( QMBA ). Current status: Valid taxon. Monteithophila queenslandana Schuh , Štys & Cassis , 2015 in SCHUH et al. (2015: 6). Holotype :♂, Australia : Queensland : Kirrama , near Smoko Creek , 18.18333°S 145.75°E ( QMBA ). Current status: Valid taxon. Neoplokioides Štys & Baňař, 2016: 221. Type species: Plokiophiloides tubifer Carayon, 1974 . Gender: masculine (original designation). Current status: Valid taxon. Neoplokioides raunoi Štys & Baňař, 2016:222 . Holotype :♂, Madagascar : border of Andasibe N.P. , Feon’ny Ala hotel surroundings (MMBC). Current status: Valid taxon. Paraplokiophiloides Schuh, Štys & Cassis, 2015 in SCHUH et al. (2015: 8). Type species: Paraplokiophiloides schwendingeri Schuh, Štys & Cassis, 2015 . Gender: masculine (according to Art.30.1.4.4 of ICZN 1999 ). Current status: Valid taxon. Paraplokiophiloides schwendingeri Schuh,Štys & Cassis, 2015 in SCHUH et al. (2015: 18) . Holotype : ♂, Thailand : Chang Rai Prov. , Mae Sai District , Doi Tung , 20.31666°N 99.81666°E (AMNH). Current status: Valid taxon. Plokiophiloides steineri Štys, 1991b: 426 . Holotype : ♂, Madagascar : ʻProv. Fiaranantsoa , 7 km W Ranomafanaʼ (USNM). Current status: Valid taxon (see ŠTYS & BAŇAŘ 2016).