Center for Systematic Entomology

Insecta Mundi·About the journal

A journal of world insect systematics

A peer-reviewed, open-access journal for insect and arthropod systematics — free to read, with no page charges for CSE members.

Insecta Mundi is primarily devoted to insect systematics, but articles can be published on any non-marine arthropods. For papers describing new taxa, it offers rapid publication, so the names can be used in other publications quickly.

What we publish

  • Descriptions of new taxa
  • Revisions
  • Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes
  • Bibliographies
  • Checklists
  • Catalogues
  • Life histories

A short history

From 1985 to 2006, Insecta Mundi was produced with yearly volume numbers and printed quarterly. Since 2007 (paper ISSN 0749-6737, CD-ROM ISSN 1942-1362, online ISSN 1942-1354), articles have been published individually and numbered sequentially as they are completed; there are no longer year-based volume or issue numbers. Our policies and procedures are set out in Insecta Mundi 0001 (2007).

Changes to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature in 2012 allowed our open-access electronic edition to establish each article's date of publication. In 2014 the number of submissions grew so much that we reorganized manuscript processing: we added volunteer editors and changed the submission requirements. Meet the current editorial team below.

At a glance

How Insecta Mundi works

Author requirements

  • Manuscripts must be reviewed by two peer reviewers before submission.
  • Submissions include those reviews, the completed Reviewer Reports and a Submission Contract — forms and instructions.
  • At least one author must be a current member of the CSE — membership is US$ 40.

Publication model

No page charges, no web posting fees, and no extra charge for colour. Authors receive a PDF of their article; we do not sell reprints.

Our aim is to publish articles for CSE members and make sure they are distributed, archived and readily available. Insecta Mundi is indexed in the Zoological Record, CAB Abstracts and others.

Archiving and access

New papers are posted here and emailed to members on the day of publication. Printed copies are deposited in several international libraries (listed inside each article) and mailed once a year.

Free PDFs are also available from the Florida Virtual Campus, Goethe University Library (Frankfurt) and UNL Digital Commons; the journal is archived by Portico.

The people

Editorial team

Chief Editor

David Plotkin

University of Florida, USA

Layout Editors

Robert Forsyth (Royal British Columbia Museum, Canada)

Post production

Paul E. Skelley (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA)

Editorial Board (7)

  • Alexander OrfingerDalton State College, USA
  • David PlotkinUniversity of Florida, USA
  • Davide Dal PosUniversity of Central Florida, USA
  • Felipe Soto-AdamesFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA
  • José I. Martinez-NobelFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA
  • M.J. PaulsenUniversity of Nebraska, USA
  • Paul E. SkelleyFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA

Digital registration editors (2)

  • Davide Dal PosDOI Registration
  • Erin PowellZoobank Registration

Founding editors (7)

  • J. Howard Frank*deceased
  • John B. HeppnerUniversity of Florida, USA
  • Lionel A. Stange*deceased
  • Michael C. Thomas*deceased
  • Robert E. Woodruff*deceased
  • Ross H. Arnett, Jr.*deceased
  • Virendra Gupta*deceased

Review Editors (27)

  • Adam Brunke*Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Canada
  • Alessandra PandolfiUniversity of Central Florida, USA
  • Aline BarcellosMuseu de Ciências Naturais da Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • Andy Rasmussen*Florida A&M University, USA
  • Angélico Asenjo*Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Brazil
  • Bill GroganFlorida State Collection of Arthropods, USA
  • David BowlesMissouri State University, USA
  • David PlotkinUniversity of Florida, USA
  • Elena Ortiz-Acevedo*Universidad del Norte, Colombia
  • Elijah Talamas*Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA
  • Erin C. PowellFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA
  • Felipe Soto-AdamesFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA
  • Gary SteckFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA
  • Joe EgerFlorida State Collection of Arthropods, USA
  • José MartínezFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA
  • Julieta BrambilaUSDA-APHIS-PPQ, USA
  • Kevin HinsonEpiLogic GmbH Agrarbiologische Forschung und Beratung, Germany
  • Kevin Williams*California Department of Food and Agriculture, USA
  • Kyle SchneppNorth Carolina State University, USA
  • Larry HribarFlorida Keys Mosquito Control District, USA
  • M.J. PaulsenUniversity of Nebraska, USA
  • Md Jahir RayhanUniversity of Florida, USA
  • Mike FerroClemson University, USA
  • Oliver KellerFlorida State Collection of Arthropods, USA
  • Patrick Gorring*Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA
  • Paul E. SkelleyFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, USA
  • Ryan St Laurent*University of Colorado, USA

All editors are active members of the Center for Systematic Entomology, unless marked with an asterisk (*).

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