Insecta Mundi | Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida | University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Insecta Mundi is a journal primarily devoted to insect systematics, but articles can be published on any non-marine arthropod taxon. Manuscripts considered for publication include, but are not limited to, descriptions of new taxa, informal taxonomic notes, bibliographies, checklists, catalogs, and reviews. For papers about new insect species, Insecta Mundi provides authors early publication so that the species may be included in other books and catalogs.

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Insecta Mundi is published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida 32614-1874 United States

2025

A Taxonomic Note on Lecanium vaccinii macrocarpumnomen dubium Status, Rhys J. L. Campo, Barbara D. Denno, and Douglass R. Miller

A New Species of Allotriopsis Champion from Guatemala (Coleoptera: Elateridae), E. R. Fuller

Descripción de una nueva especie de Tetralicia Harrison (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) de Petén, Guatemala, José Francisco García-Ochaeta and Vicente Emilio Carapia-Ruiz

A Review of the Genus Necydalis Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from North America with Proposed Subgeneric Reclassification, Daniel Heffern, Tatsuya Niisato, and Ronald Alten

Blue Exoskeleton, Aridity, and Thermoregulation in Some Western Nearctic Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Frank E. Kurczewski

Habitat Definition for Pepsis elegans Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae), Frank E. Kurczewski

First Report of Corn Leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the USA Midwest Suction Trap Network, Doris M. Lagos-Kutz, Isabel Plasencia, Christopher H. Dietrich, Joseph LaForest, Brian McCornack, Erin Hodgson, Raul T. Villanueva, Nicholas J. Seiter, Anthony M. McMechan, Michael S. Crossley, and Steven J. Clough

The First Species of Prococcophagus Silvestri (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from America North of Mexico, Zachary Lahey, Alvin M. Simmons, and Sharon A. Andreason

Checklist of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Panama, Alfredo Lanuza-Garay and Miguel A. Monné

Living a Lie: The Truth Behind Isohydnocera curtipennis (Newman) and Other Historically Confused Species of Phyllobaenus Dejean, with the Description of the New Genus Neohydnocera (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae: Hydnocerini: Hydnocerina), John M. Leavengood Jr.

Distributional Records of False Click Beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) from Western North Carolina, John M. Leavengood Jr., Robert L. Otto, and Mary Kait Brown

Correction on the Status of Nematodes pavidus Horn, 1886 (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Dromaeolinae: Dromaeolini), with Redescriptions of Two Species from the Southeastern United States and the Caribbean, Robert L. Otto

New Host Record of Dahlibruchus Bridwell, 1931 on Cultivated Dahlia Cav. in Mexico and Description of Two New Species (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), Jesús Romero Nápoles

On the Paratypes and Distribution of Hemipeplus quadricollis Pollock, 1999 (Coleoptera: Mycteridae: Hemipeplinae): Does It Occur in Peru?, Sajan KC

Three New Species of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from Florida, USA, and Descriptive Notes on Lepidocyrtus floridensis Snider, Felipe N. Soto-Adames, Emily Jenks, and Kathryn M. Daly

Descriptions of Four New Species of Leptophloeus Casey (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) from the United States, Michael C. Thomas and Kyle E. Schnepp

Tetraleurodes gilli (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae), a New Whitefly Species on Quercus L. from California, Natalia von Ellenrieder

New State and Adult Host Records for Species of Anthaxia DeGeer and Melanophila Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in the Western United States, Richard L. Westcott and Luc Leblanc

2024

First Report of the Millipede Genus Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 in the Americas (Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae), Lance Andrew, Bruce A. Snyder, and Eliot G. VanOtteren

A Taxonomic Review of the Genus Psephenops Grouvelle of the Lesser Antilles with Description of New Species Psephenops trini, and Reassignment of Peruvian Species Psephenus robacki Spangler (Coleoptera: Psephenidae: Psepheninae), Cheryl B. Barr and William D. Shepard

First Record of the Camphor Shot Borer, Cnestus mutilatus (Blandford) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), in Massachusetts, Lawrence E. Barringer

Review of Nealyda Dietz (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Apatetrinae) with Description of a New Species from the Florida Keys, Sidney V. Bennett and James E. Hayden

Internet-based Data Platforms Re-define the Distributions of Some Large Crabronid Wasps in Arkansas (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), David E. Bowles

The Puzzling Distribution of Platphalonidia aenigmana, New Species, from the Western U. S. A. and Colombia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylina), John W. Brown

Biology of Aproida balyi Pascoe, 1863 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Aproidini) on Its Host Plant, Eustrephus latifolius R. Br. ex Ker-Gawl (Asparagaceae) in Australia, Caroline Simmrita Chaboo, Vivian E., Mariana Campos, and Geoff B. Monteith

First Record of Molorchus minor (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America, Marc F. DiGirolomo and Michael J. Bohne

Revision of Trachyderines Related to Sphaenothecus from North America with Description of Three New Genera, and New Species of Lophalia Casey, 1912, Mannophorus LeConte, 1854, and Ischnocnemis Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderini), Bryan K. Eya

The Genus Centris Fabricius in Cuba, with a New Record and the Description of a New Species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), Julio A. Genaro and Dayron Breto

A New Species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the State of Michoacán, Mexico, Jason A. Hansen and Richard L. Westcott

Revision of the elongatus and pecki Species Groups of Anillinus Casey, 1918 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae: Anillini), with Four New Species and Notes on Anillinus turneri Jeannel, 1963, Curt W. Harden and Michael S. Caterino

Anthrenus (Anthrenus) querneri (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), a New Species from Austria, Graham J. Holloway

Anthrenus (Nathrenus) peacockae (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae), a New Species from Pakistan, Graham J. Holloway

Anthaxia (Anthaxia) amandae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae), a New Species from Mallorca, Spain, Graham J. Holloway

Anthrenus (Anthrenus) muehlei, a New Species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from Iran, Graham J. Holloway and Andreas Herrmann

New Synonym of Attagenus tigrinus (Fabricius, 1792) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae), Graham J. Holloway and Andreas Herrmann

Two New Species of Anthrenus Geoffroy (s. str.) (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae) from Egypt and Eritrea, Graham J. Holloway and Andreas Herrmann

New Country Records and Annotated Checklist of Non-Dacini Tephritidae (Diptera) in Bangladesh, M. Aftab Hossain, Allen L. Norrbom, Luc Leblanc, Md. Forhad Hossain, and Kajla Seheli

New Insights and Comparative Morphology of the Rare Western Palearctic Species Ochodaeus montanus Fuente, 1912, and Its Closest Relative, O. inermis Reitter, 1893 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae), Jean-Bernard Huchet and José Luis Lencina Gutierrez

Acalyptomerus asiaticus Crowson (Coleoptera: Clambidae: Acalyptomerinae) New to the Faunae of the United States, Dominican Republic and Vietnam, Michael A. Ivie and Susan E. Halbert

Diagnosis of Spilococcus pacificus (Borchsenius, 1949) and an Updated List of Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) on Pears (Pyrus L.: Rosaceae) in South Korea, Jungyoun Ji and Soo-Jung Suh

First Record of the Mexican-M Hairstreak Parrhasius moctezuma (Clench, 1971) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Texas, USA, and Possible Sighting of the Tequila Giant Skipper Aegiale hesperiaris (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), Sajan KC and Anisha Sapkota

Taxonomic Notes on the Cladodinae, Lampyrinae, and Lampyrinae/Lampyridae incertae sedis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), Oliver Keller and Gavin J. Martin

Predicting the Potential Distribution of Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in South Korea Using a CLIMEX Model, Su Bin Kim and Soo-Jung Suh

First Record of the Invasive Chenopodium Aphid, Hayhurstia atriplicis (Linnaeus, 1761) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), in Colombia, Takumasa Kondo, Roberto Rosero, and Jackeline Gaviria

Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests: Corrigenda and Additions, Takumasa Kondo and Gillian W. Watson

Analysis of Pepsis basifusca Lucas (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae) Taxonomy, Morphology, Biogeography, and Potential Host Spider, Frank E. Kurczewski

Aposematic-habitat Correlation in Nearctic Species of Episyron Schiødte (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pompilinae: Pompilini), Frank E. Kurczewski

Aporus (Aporus) niger (Cresson), a Reclusive Spider Wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pompilinae: Aporini) from Eastern North America, Frank E. Kurczewski

Morphometric Analysis and Taxonomic Re-evaluation of Pepsis cerberus Lucas and P. elegans Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae: Pepsini), Frank E. Kurczewski, Akira Shimizu, and Diane H. Kiernan

First Records of the Spider Wasp Entypus ochrocerus Dahlbom (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae) from the Continental United States, Jamaica, and the Bahamas, Frank E. Kurczewski, Rick C. West, Dionne Newell, and Scott Johnson

New Host Records for Nearctic and Neotropical Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Frank E. Kurczewski, Rick C. West, and Cecilia Waichert

Synopsis of the Subfamily Prosympiestinae in New Zealand (Heteroptera: Aradidae), Marie-Claude Larivière and André Larochelle

Synopsis of the Genus Cerabilia, André Larochelle and Marie-Claude Larivière

Corrections and Additions to the Hydnocerina (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae: Hydnocerini) of Mexico, John M. Leavengood Jr.

New Species, New Combinations, Synonymies, and Nomenclatural Discussion for Hispaniolan Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Disteniidae, Cerambycidae), Steven W. Lingafelter and Norman E. Woodley

Long Time No See: New reports of Legua rosea Amédégnato and Poulain, 1986 (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Romaleidae: Romaleinae: Leguini), a Rare Arboreal Grasshopper from Brazil, Daniela Santos Martins Silva, Renan da Silva Olivier, Larissa Lima de Queiroz, Marcelo Ribeiro Pereira, Jardel Boscardin, and Guilherme Rabelo D’Angelis

Homocopris Burmeister, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Lectotype Designation for Copris torulosus Eschscholtz, 1822, and Correction on the Geographic Distribution of the Two Chilean Species, José Mondaca and Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello

Review of North American Eucnemis Ahrens, 1812 (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Eucneminae: Eucnemini) with Description of a New Species from Eastern United States and Canada, Jyrki Muona and Robert L. Otto

First Record of the Beekeeping Pest Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) for Honduras, Jesus Orozco

New Records for 23 Species of Nearctic False Click Beetles Including New Country Records for Protofarsus convexus (Fisher) (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Dirhagini), Robert L. Otto

Three Additions to the False Click Beetle (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Eucnemidae) Fauna in the Nearctic Region, Robert L. Otto

Two New Species of False Click Beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) from the Americas, Robert L. Otto

New Country Records for Macroscython granulosus Otto, 2016 (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Dromaeolinae: Dromaeolini), with Redescription of the Female, Robert L. Otto and Jiří Háva

Two New Species of Bumblebee Scarabs (Coleoptera: Glaphyridae: Lichnanthe Burmeister) from the Central United States: A New Discovery in Wyoming Resolves a Century-old Puzzle from the Nebraska Sand Hills, Matthew J. Paulsen

A New Invasive Lepidosaphes Armored Scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) for Florida: First Records, Natural Enemies, and an Identification Key, Erin C. Powell, Mark Zenoble, Douglass R. Miller, Benjamin B. Normark, and Gregory A. Evans

A New Species of Cymatodera Gray (Coleoptera: Cleridae) from Central Arizona, Jacques Rifkind

Amphiphala, a New Genus and Its Three New Species from Eastern North America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylina), Michael A. Roberts, Michael Sabourin, and John W. Brown

First Record of the Mexican-M Hairstreak Parrhasius moctezuma (Clench, 1971) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Texas, USA, and Possible Sighting of the Tequila Giant Skipper Aegiale hesperiaris (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), Sajan KC and Anisha Sapkota

A New Genus of Horn-like Tetrigids (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tetrigidae) from South America, Daniela Santos Martins Silva and Marcelo Ribeiro Pereira

The Unbelievable Fauna of American Lamiinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): Description of Two New Species, Transference, and Notes in Acanthocinini, and a New Record in Calliini, Antonio Santos-Silva and Juan Pablo Botero

Additions to the Millipede Family Caseyidae Verhoeff, 1909, III: Proposal of the New subfamily Ochrogrammatinae, New Records of Vasingtona irritans (Chamberlin, 1910), Established Species of Ochrogramma Gardener and Shelley, 1989, a New Species of Ochrogramma from Washington State, USA (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Striariidea), and Observations on Spermatozoa and Spermatophores, William A. Shear and Paul E. Marek

The Identification of the Flower Thrips, Frankliniella Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Intercepted at U. S. Ports of Entry, Thomas L. Skarlinsky II

Five Unusual New Species of Rhyparus Westwood, 1845 from Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Rhyparini), Paul E. Skelley and Andrew B. T. Smith

A New Species of Paranthrene Hübner (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from the Northern Midwest United States, William H. Smith III, William H. Taft Jr., and Anthony I. Cognato

Platygastroidea in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History: Taxonomic Updates and a Photographic Catalog of Type Specimens, Elijah J. Talamas, Jessica Awad, Francesco Tortorici, and Norman F. Johnson

Review of Pharaxonotha Reitter (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) Inhabiting Cones of the Cycad Zamia L. (Cycadales) in Panama, with Descriptions of Five New Species, William Tang, Paul E. Skelley, Alberto S. Taylor R., and Shayla Salzman

Range Extension for Pulchriphyllium anangu Cumming et al., 2023 (Phasmatodea: Phylliidae) and First Record from Maharashtra, Gaurang Tawde, Amol Patwardhan, and Royce Cumming

Notes on the Tribe Chlorocorini with the Description of a New Species of Chlorocoris Spinola (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from Panama, Donald B. Thomas

Enriching the Knowledge of the Biodiversity of the South American Fauna: Descriptions of New Species of Cerambycinae and Lamiinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Josef Vlasak and Antonio Santos-Silva

An Analysis of the Genus Aleyrodes Latreille (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) in California, with Three Synonymies, Natalia von Ellenrieder and Raymond J. Gill

Taxonomic Notes on Velvet Ants of the Genus Timulla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in the United States of America and Canada, George C. Waldren

New State Records of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) for Idaho, USA, Richard L. Westcott

Additions to the Knowledge of the Vietnamese Tiger Beetle Species (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), Jürgen Wiesner, Christian Kerkering, and Miroslav Klícha

A New Species of Therates Latreille, 1816 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from China, Jürgen Wiesner and Xinxin Xiong

Two New Species of Agrilus Curtis from Arizona with Some New Distributional and Host Records of Buprestids from the Southwest USA (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Norman E. Woodley

Genomic Analysis Reveals Hidden Species Diversity in Emesis Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae), Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, and Nick V. Grishin

A New Species of Gaindaphodius Král and Mencl from Nepal (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Stefano Ziani

Historical and Morphological Review of the Subgenus Indonthophagus Kabakov, 2006 of Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini), Stefano Ziani

2023

First record of Paratelenomus saccharalis (Dodd, 1914) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) a natural enemy of the invasive species Brachyplatys subaeneus (Westwood, 1837) (Heteroptera: Plataspidae) in Panama and the Neotropical region, Jean Carlos Abrego, José A. Rivera, Carelos Vargas H., Annette Garrido, Julio Gutiérrez L., Miguel A. Osorio-Arenas, Pedro A. Arauz L., Luis A. Jaén, Rubén Collantes G., and Alonso Santos-Murgas

First report of the stinkbug Edessa leucogramma (Perty) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Edessinae) attacking Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S.O. Grose (Bignoniaceae), with descriptions of the adult and immatures and notes on associated fungi and protozoa, Gonzalo Abril R. and Allan H. Smith-Pardo

Description of the bioluminescent emission spectrum of Bicellonycha amoena Gorham, 1880 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Guatemala, Eduardo A. Arrivillaga-Cano, Maria P. Muñoz-Soler, Diegopáblo Pineda, Edgar R. Rosales, and Jack C. SChuster

New species, synonymies and transfers in Neotropical Lamiinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Larry G. Bezark and Antonio Santos-Silva

Melittological Notes from Guatemala (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), 1. New Country Records for Centris Fabricius (Apidae) and Zikanapis Moure (Colletidae), Silas Bossert, José Monzón-Sierra, Richard S. Zack, Ana Cristina García, and Elizabeth A. Murray

A new species of Biclonuncaria Razowski and Becker, 1993 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Polyorthini) from Costa Rica, John W. Brown

Biology of the sineguelas leaf beetle, Podontia quatuordecimpunctata (L.) (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), on Spondias purpurea L. (Anacardiaceae) in the Philippines, Orlando A. Calcetas, , Charles L. Staines, Caroline Simmrita Chaboo, Rachel Ann A. Anabo, and Monalisa O. Recuenco

The records of Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) deposited in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Lily A. Deeter and Muhammad Z. Ahmed

Establishment of Sinoxylon anale Lesne (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in Brazil and its potential implications, Luana de Souza Covre, Robert A. Hack, and Carlos A.H. Flechtmann

Taxonomic review of the North American dung beetle genus Melanocanthon Halffter, 1958 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), W. D. Edmonds

A preliminary report on non-insect arthropods (Arachnida, Diplopoda) at Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, G. B. Edwards and Karen Relish

The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, Gregory A. Evans and S. Abd-Rabou