Thirteen new species of Cometes Audinet-Serville, 1828 from Mexico, Central and South America are described and illustrated: C. rileyi from Mexico, C. solisi, C. nearnsi, and C. morrisifrom Costa Rica, C. turnbowi and C. giesberti from Panama, C. lingafelteri and C. marcelae from Colombia, C. hovorei and C. thomasi from Peru, C. solangeae from Bolivia and Brazil, and C. monnei and C. mariahelenae from Brazil.
Disteniinae; Neotropical; newspecies; taxonomy
