Revista Colombiana de Entomología https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN <p>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.</p> <p>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:</p> <ul> <li>Agricultural entomology.</li> <li>Ecology and behavior.</li> <li>Insect growth and development.</li> <li>Insect anatomy and insect physiology.</li> <li>Systematic entomology.</li> <li>Medical, veterinary and forensic entomology.</li> <li>Microbiology and molecular entomology<strong>.</strong></li> </ul> <p>For details see Instructions for authors.</p> <p>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).</p> en-US <p>Authors retain the copyright on their work and are responsible for the ideas expressed in them. Once a manuscript is approved for publication, authors are asked for a publication license for the term of legal protection, for all territories that allows the use, dissemination and disclosure of the same.</p> revista.entomologia@correounivalle.edu.co (Demian Takumasa Kondo) revista.entomologia@correounivalle.edu.co (Claudia Pilar Villa Jiménez) Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:06:23 -0500 OJS 3.3.0.14 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Susceptibility of the blowfly, Chrysomya putoria (Diptera: Calliphoridae) to the ethanolic extracts of the medicinal plant Moringa oleifera (Magnoliopsida: Moringaceae) https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/12558 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Topical administration of </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moringa oleifera</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> leaf and seed ethanolic extracts concentrations (5, 10, 25, 50, 75, and 100 mg/L) were screened for insecticide activities against </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chrysomya putoria </span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Diptera: Calliphoridae). Results showed that all tested leaf and seed extractconcentrations were toxic, delayed post-embryonic larval development, and reduced weight. As for </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">C. putoria</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> mortality, from newly hatched larvae to the adult period, all concentrations showed larvicidal power. However, above 20% of the mortality rate occurred in those treated with both leaf and seed extract concentrations. The ones treated with </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">M. oleifera</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> leaf extract concentrations presented the respective mortality rates: 50 mg/L (23 %), 75 mg/L (29 %), and 100 mg/L (30 %). While those treated with </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">M. oleifera</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> seed extract concentrations, the mortality rate observed was 25 mg/L (20 %), 50 mg/L (27 %), 75 mg/L (30 %), and 100 mg/L (32 %). The medicinal plant </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">M. oleifera </span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">leaf and seed extracts proved to be a viable alternative for the population control of the medical veterinary and sanitary important blowfly </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">C. putoria</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> 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 Copyright (c) 2024 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 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/12558 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500 Spatial distribution of populations agave weevil Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in the State of Mexico, Mexico https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/13108 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Agave is one of the most representative plant groups in Mexico. Its importance lies in its ecological, cultural, and economic value. However, it faces several limitations, especially pest infestations, one of the most important of which is the agave weevil </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scyphohphorus acupunctatus</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), which has acquired importance because it bores the stalks into the interior of the plant, causing lesions that are subsequently infected by fungi and/or bacteria until the plant dies. The objective of this study was to determine the spatial distribution of agave weevil populations in two localities in the municipality of Malinalco using spatial analysis of the distance index, SADIE. The results showed that the </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ia</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ja</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> indices of the agave weevil populations present values greater than 1, which indicates an aggregated type spatial distribution in the two plots where the study was carried out. Short-term spatial and temporal stability was also determined with the </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Im</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> index. Density maps were generated for each sampling in the two plots, with the maps that were elaborated, the infested surface in each plot was calculated, the results show us the distribution of the pest, and the alternatives for sustainable management of this pest are proposed.</span></p> Melisa González Dávila , José Francisco Ramírez Dávila, Agustín David Acosta Guadarrama , Dulce Karen Figueroa Figueroa Copyright (c) 2024 Melisa González Dávila , José Francisco Ramírez Dávila, Agustín David Acosta Guadarrama , Dulce Karen Figueroa Figueroa https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/13108 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500 New record of Padaeus trivittatus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) as a predator of the monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Central Mexico https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/13300 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lepidoptera includes agricultural pests, pollinators, and bioindicators of the environment quality. Adults of </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Danaus plexippus</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) are preyed by some birds, and rodents; in its immature stages are preyed mainly by arthropod predators. Arthropod predation is a factor that decreases the survival of </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">D. plexippus</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Two adult males of </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Padaeus trivittatus</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) were found preying on </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">D. plexippus </span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">for the first time.</span></p> Simona F. Bernal-Pichardo, Martha M. Zarco-González, Octavio Monroy-Vilchis Copyright (c) 2024 Simona F. Bernal-Pichardo, Martha M. Zarco-González, Octavio Monroy-Vilchis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/13300 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500