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A brief review of the life and work of the entomologist and naturalist Enrique González Soriano is presented, as well as comments on the impact of almost 45 years of research on Mexican and Latin American odonatology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work we document a case of mass swarming of the Mexican soldier beetle Chauliognathus vestitus Champion, 1914 from El Terrero locality, within the Sierra de Manantlan Biosphere Reserve, in Colima, Mexico. Two other species of soldier beetles -- Chauliognathus togatus Waterhouse, 1878 and Chauliognathus sp.--were observed at El Terrero, coexisting with C. vestitus, but their numbers were considerably lower. An updated list of Chauliognathus species from the state of Colima is included. Our observations are the record, to our knowledge, of the second cantharid species exhibiting a mass flying behavior among more than 450 described Chauliognathus in the world, and the first record of this behavior among soldier beetles in the American continent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This document is a recognition of the academic career of Harry Brailovsky, who has a prolific career mainly focused on the systematics and taxonomy of Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera), at the National Insect Collection, Institute of Biology, of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. To the present, Brailovsky has described 1115 taxa, including three tribes, 149 genera and 963 species; he has also published around 400 works such as articles, books and book chapters, in which he has described almost 1% of the total hemipteran species known in the world. Brailovsky has been a researcher in the last 48 years, and was General Curator in the National Insect Collection for three decades. The impact of his research is relevant both in Entomology and Systematics, at the national and international level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]