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Insecta Mundi
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.
This archive of older issues is presented here through the courtesy and cooperation of the Insecta Mundi editorial board. DjVU files were retrieved from the Insecta Mundi Online page at http://128.227.0.22/InsectaMundi/InsectaMundiOn-Line.htm, converted to PDF format, text-recognized with OCR, and split into individual articles, which are posted here with abstracts under their year of publication.
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Insecta Mundi is published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida, United States
2025
A New Genus and New Synonyms for Liburnia reducta Van Duzee, 1907 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Delphacoidea: Delphacidae), Charles R. Bartlett and Adam M. Wallner
A New Species of Leaf Litter Inhabiting Species of Stevenaltica Konstantinov, Linzmeier and Savini from the United States (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), Amy L. Brown, Shawn M. Clark, and Alexander S. Konstantinov
A Taxonomic Note on Lecanium vaccinii macrocarpum nomen dubium Status, Rhys J. L. Campo, Barbara D. Denno, and Douglass R. Miller
Discovery of Anisobas irwini Claridge, New Species, and New Host and Distribution Records of Anisobas coloradensis (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ichneumoninae: Ichneumonini), Brandon R. Claridge and Kyri A. Forman
A Battle of Armies: Massive Attack of Natural Enemies to the True Armyworm Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Forage Crops, Armando Falcon-Brindis and Raul T. Villanueva
New Records of Liparthrum squamosum Blackman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Hypoborini) in Pennsylvania, Dani J. Firth and Lawrence E. Barringer
A New Species of Allotriopsis Champion from Guatemala (Coleoptera: Elateridae), E. R. Fuller
Melittological Notes from Guatemala (Hymenoptera: Anthophila), 2. New Country Records for Apidae (Anthophorini and Centridini) and Halictidae (Augochlorini), Ana Cristina Garcia-Cordon, José Monzón-Sierra, Richard S. Zack, and Silas Bossert
Descripción de una nueva especie de Tetralicia Harrison (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) de Petén, Guatemala, José Francisco García-Ochaeta and Vicente Emilio Carapia-Ruiz
Contributions to the Taxonomy of the Neotropical Millipede Genus Iulidesmus Silvestri, 1895 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae: Catharosomatini), Sergei I. Golavatch, Juan Romero-Rincon, Nesrine Akkari, and Santiago Alvear
Erratum to Golovatch et al. (2025): Contributions to the Taxonomy of the Neotropical Millipede Genus Iulidesmus Silvestri, 1895 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae: Catharosomatini), Sergei I. Golavatch, Juan Romero-Rincon, Nesrine Akkari, and Santiago Alvear
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
Distributional Records of False Click Beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) from Western North Carolina, John M. Leavengood Jr., Robert L. Otto, and Mary Kait Brown
Annotated Checklist and Distribution of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Idaho, Luc Leblanc and Emma L. Eakins
In Memoriam: Donald B. Thomas, Jr., January 26, 1949–November 10, 2024, Brett C. Ratcliffe, Joseph E. Eger Jr., and David Rider
New Host Record of Dahlibruchus Bridwell, 1931 on Cultivated Dahlia Cav. in Mexico and Description of Two New Species (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), Jesús Romero Nápoles
The Millipede Genus Alocodesmus Silvestri, 1896 (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae: Batodesmini): Description of a New Species from Colombia and the Identity of A. hanseni (Silvestri, 1898), Juan Romero-Rincon and Santiago Alvear
New Species of Phaea Newman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Tetraopini), with Notes on Some Known Species and New Records, Antonio Santos-Silva and Frederick W. Skillman Jr.
Three New Species of Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Mexico and Central America, Ángel Solís and Burt Kohlmann
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
Four Synonyms of Tetraleurodes mori (Quaintance, 1899) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae), Natalia von Ellenrieder, Raymond J. Gill, and Ian C. Stocks
A New Species of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829 and Synonymy of Two Species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829 from Baja California Sur, Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Richard L. Westcott
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
Genomics-based Taxonomic Refinement of Emesis Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae), Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, and Nick V. Grishin
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
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
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
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
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
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