Revista Colombiana de Entomología (RCdE) is an open access journal, published online with a continuous periodicity (semiannual). RCdE publishes original research articles, essays, scientific notes, book reviews and obituaries related to the area of insect science in English and Spanish. It also publishes review articles on general entomological topics, called "thematic reviews", however, these are only done by request of the Editorial Committee.

The journal focuses on papers in the area of entomology and related fields such as biodiversity, ecology, agriculture, human, veterinary and forensic medicine, physiology, systematics and taxonomy, biogeography and genetics that fall within the following topics:

  • Agricultural entomology.
  • Ecology and behavior.
  • Insect growth and development.
  • Insect anatomy and insect physiology.
  • Systematic entomology.
  • Medical, veterinary and forensic entomology.
  • Microbiology and molecular entomology.

For details see Instructions for authors.

Submitted articles should not be previously published and are subject to double-blind peer review. The journal requires payment from authors at the time of publication. Fees vary according to the number of published pages (with a special discount fee for SOCOLEN members).

Call for papers

2022-09-13

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We write to invite you to participate with the submission of research original articles, essays, scientific notes and review articles on general entomological topics. 

Vol. 50 No. 2 (2024): Vol. 50 Núm. 2 (Jul-Dic, 2024)

Vol. 50 Núm. 2 (Jul-Dic, 2024)
Vol. 50 No. 2 (2024)

A dead leaf mantis, Acanthops sp. (Mantodea: Acanthopidae: Acanthopini). Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Photo courtesy of Takumasa Kondo.

Published: 15-07-2024

Potential distribution of eight species of Scolytinae and Platypodinae beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) collected in native avocado orchards of Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Ian Humberto Quiroz-González, Adriana Gutiérrez-Díez, Armando Equihua-Martínez, Salvador Ochoa-Ascencio, Fernando de Jesús Carballo-Méndez, Gerardo Méndez-Zamora, Ivón Montserrat Cerda-Hurtado
  • 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v50i2.13022

Spatial distribution of populations agave weevil Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in the State of Mexico, Mexico

Melisa González Dávila , José Francisco Ramírez Dávila, Agustín David Acosta Guadarrama , Dulce Karen Figueroa Figueroa
  • 323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v50i2.13108

Susceptibility of the blowfly, Chrysomya putoria (Diptera: Calliphoridae) to the ethanolic extracts of the medicinal plant Moringa oleifera (Magnoliopsida: Moringaceae)

Agatha Bastos Sant’Ana da Silva Terto, Rebecca Leal Caetano, César Carriço , Michele Maria dos Santos, Júlio Vianna Barbosa, José Augusto Albuquerque dos Santos, Zeneida Teixeira Pinto
  • 209
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v50i2.12558

Soil arthropod diversity, richness, and abundance in agroecological and conventional cotton production systems in Chaco, Argentina

Julieta Mariana Rojas, Monica Viviana Spoljaric, Julio Rolando González, Mariángeles Lacava, Luis Fernando García Hernández
  • 92
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v50i2.12867
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v50i2.13300
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