Journal of Insect Biodiversity

**Description of the larvae and pupa of Cotinis lebasi (Gory & Percheron, 1833) and Hoplopyga foeda (Schaum, 1848) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from Colombia**

JHON C. NEITA MORENO, JULIÁN CLAVIJO‐BUSTOS, JESUS OROZCO — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +1200

The third instar larva and pupa of Cotinis lebasi (Gory & Percheron, 1833) and Hoplopyga foeda (Schaum, 1848) from Colombia are described, and data about their natural history are presented. The importance of the leaf‐cutter ant Atta colombica Guérin‐Méneville, 1844 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) waste, where the immature stages of C. lebasi develop, in the tropical forests of the Chocó Biogeographic region is discussed. A key for the identification of the third instar larvae of Gymnetini from the American continents is provided.

**A new species of the genus Omophron (s.str.) Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the Afrotropical region**

ALEXANDER ANICHTCHENKO — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +1200

New species of Omophron (s.str.) from southeastern Africa, O. rhodesianum sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Carabidae), belonging to the “capense”—species group, is described, illustrated and compared with closely related species.

**A new synonym of Isoscelipteron pectinatum (Navás, 1905) (Neuroptera: Berothidae) from Japan**

HIROSHI NAKAMINE — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +1200

Isoscelipteron okamotonis (Nakahara, 1914) is proposed as a new synonym of I. pectinatum (Navás, 1905) based on the examination of specimens from Japan.