https://mapress.com/jib/issue/feedJournal of Insect Biodiversity2025-04-15T12:03:36+12:00Levent Gültekin, Ph. D., Professor, Editor in Chiefjibiodiversity@gmail.comOpen Journal Systems<p><strong>Journal of Insect Biodiversity</strong> (<strong>JIB</strong>) is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal of Biodiversity Application & Research Center of the Atatürk University. <span lang="EN-GB">JIB is dedicated to publishing high-quality novel </span><span lang="EN-GB">scientific data </span><span lang="EN-GB">on <strong>insect biodiversity</strong>. The aims</span> of this journal are to share and disseminate novel scientific information on the discovery, description, and conservation of insect diversity. </p>https://mapress.com/jib/article/view/2025.63.1.1<strong>Description of the larvae and pupa of <em>Cotinis lebasi</em> (Gory & Percheron, 1833) and <em>Hoplopyga foeda</em> (Schaum, 1848) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from Colombia</strong>2025-01-04T03:20:18+13:00JHON C. NEITA MORENOjneita@humboldt.org.coJULIÁN CLAVIJO‐BUSTOSjclavijo@humboldt.org.coJESUS OROZCOcucarron1@gmail.com<p lang="en-US" align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">The third instar larva and pupa of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Cotinis lebasi</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Gory & Percheron, 1833) and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Hoplopyga foeda</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Schaum, 1848) from Colombia are described, and data about their natural history are presented. The importance of the leaf‐cutter ant </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Atta colombica </em></span><span lang="en-GB">Guérin‐Méneville, 1844 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)</span> <span lang="en-GB">waste, where the immature stages of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>C. lebasi</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> 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.</span></span></span></span></p>2025-04-15T00:00:00+12:00Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia presshttps://mapress.com/jib/article/view/2025.63.1.2<strong>A new species of the genus <em>Omophron</em> (s.str.) Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the Afrotropical region</strong>2025-03-14T21:14:23+13:00ALEXANDER ANICHTCHENKOalexander.anishchenko@du.lv<p lang="en-US" align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">New species of <em>Omophron</em> (<em>s.str.</em>) from southeastern Africa, <em>O.</em> <em>rhodesianum </em><strong>sp. nov.</strong> (Coleoptera: Carabidae), belonging to the “<em>capense</em>”—species group, is described, illustrated and compared with closely related species.</span></span></span></p>2025-04-15T00:00:00+12:00Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia presshttps://mapress.com/jib/article/view/2025.63.1.3<strong>A new synonym of <em>Isoscelipteron pectinatum</em> (Navás, 1905) (Neuroptera: Berothidae) from Japan</strong>2025-02-22T18:36:27+13:00HIROSHI NAKAMINEnakamine.konchu@osaka.email.ne.jp<p lang="en-US" align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Isoscelipteron okamotonis</em> (Nakahara, 1914) is proposed as a new synonym of <em>I</em>. <em>pectinatum</em> (Navás, 1905) based on the examination of specimens from Japan.</span></span></span></p>2025-04-15T00:00:00+12:00Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia press