https://mapress.com/jib/issue/feed Journal of Insect Biodiversity 2023-03-30T00:00:00+13:00 Levent Gültekin, Ph. D., Professor, Editor in Chief jibiodiversity@gmail.com Open Journal Systems <p><strong>Journal of Insect Biodiversity</strong> (<strong>JIB</strong>) is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal of Biodiversity Application &amp; 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/2023.38.2.1 <strong>Molecular and morphological studies on the genus <em>Pseudococcus</em> Westwood (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in Turkey</strong> 2023-01-24T04:29:12+13:00 MEHMET BORA KAYDAN bkaydan@gmail.com EVİN POLAT AKKÖPRÜ polatevin@gmail.com HÜSEYİN YERLİKAYA huseyin.yerlikaya@adu.edu.tr VITOR CEZAR PACHECO DA SILVA vitorcezar@gmail.com <p class="Abstract"><span lang="EN-GB">Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) include economically important insect pests worldwide. <em>Pseudococcus </em>Westwood is the second biggest genus in Pseudococcidae, with several pest species. <em>Pseudococcus</em> adult females were collected and identified from wild and cultivated plants in Turkey. Molecular and morphological characters were analyzed to investigate the relationship among species. It was recognized that <em>Pseudoccoccus</em> species are shown in three distinctive groups concerning to both morphological and molecular aspects. </span></p> 2023-03-30T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2023 Magnolia press https://mapress.com/jib/article/view/2023.38.2.2 <strong>Two new species of <em>Sciapus</em> Zeller, 1842 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Iran</strong> 2023-02-16T01:42:54+13:00 IGOR YA. GRICHANOV grichanov@mail.ru EBRAHIM GILASIAN gilasian@iripp.ir <p class="Abstract"><span lang="EN-GB">Two new long-legged fly species, <em>Sciapus basavandae</em><strong> sp. nov.</strong> and <em>S. khuzestanicus</em><strong> sp. nov.</strong> from Sistan and Baluchestan and Khuzestan provinces of Iran are described and illustrated. The two new species appear to be very close to <em>S. sylvaticus</em> Becker, 1907, known from Algeria, differing from the latter in body size, mostly yellow antenna; wider face, abdomen partly yellow, bilobed surstylus, cercus with ventral projection. <em>S. sylvaticus</em> has black antenna, narrow face, entirely dark abdomen, simple and thick surstylus, cercus without ventral projection. A check list and key to 24 <em>Sciapus </em>species of Iran and neighbouring countries are compiled for the first time.</span></p> 2023-03-30T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2023 Magnolia press https://mapress.com/jib/article/view/2023.38.2.3 <strong>Moss-inhabiting beetles of the West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera)</strong> 2023-03-11T18:58:38+13:00 ALEXANDER S. KONSTANTINOV alex.konstantinov@usda.gov ANDRÉS BASELGA andres.baselga@usc.es ROBERT S. ANDERSON randerson@nature.ca CHRISTOPHER CARLTON ccarlt@lsu.edu VLADIMIR I. GUSAROV vladimir.gusarov@nhm.uio.no MICHAEL A. IVIE mivie@montana.edu BRITTANY E. OWENS brittanyeowens@gmail.com IGOR M. SOKOLOV igor.sokolov@usda.gov ALEXEY K. TISHECHKIN alexey.tishechkin@cdfa.ca.gov <p class="Abstract"><span lang="EN-GB">This study is the first attempt to assess the diversity of beetles (Coleoptera) in terrestrial moss cushions on three West Indian islands (Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico) based on 10 years of moss sampling in 18 localities. In total 1711 adult beetles were collected. They belong to 234 species from 30 families. The most species and specimen rich families are Staphylinidae (86 morphospecies and 1195 specimens), Curculionidae (61 morphospecies and 131 specimens), and Chrysomelidae (16 morphospecies and 185 specimens). In addition to basic bryobionts feeding on moss tissues, moss cushions host a diverse fauna of mycophagous and saprophagous Coleoptera together with predaceous species of beetles. Our results suggest that community composition in moss inhabiting beetles is determined both by geographical isolation processes and, to a lesser degree, by environmental variation across altitudinal gradients. This confirms that the greater relevance of geographical isolation is a common pattern in organisms with limited dispersal ability. Beetle abundance was not significantly related to either the volume of moss or the substrate. Despite being not significant (but close to), the observed trend was to higher beetle abundance in moss cushions collected on trees than in those collected on soil/rock. This may be resulting from the greater diversity of fungi and higher number of beetle fungivores associated with tree growing moss communities. </span></p> 2023-05-09T00:00:00+12:00 Copyright (c) 2023 Magnolia press