https://mapress.com/jib/issue/feed 2021-12-23T20:43:08+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/2021.30.1.1 2021-02-04T10:53:14+13:00 ORLANDO A. CALCETAS orly.calcetas@yahoo.com.ph CHARLES L. STAINES staines@si.edu JESSAMYN R. ADORADA jradorada@up.edu.ph VENUS J. CALILUNG vjcalilung@gmail.com BARBARA L. CAOILI blcaoili@gmail.com.ph SERLIE B. JAMIAS sbjamias@up.edu.ph

<p>The genus <em>Oncocephala</em> Agassiz, 1846 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Oncocephalini) is reviewed for Africa, except Madagascar. Twenty-four species are treated. Two new synonyms were proposed, <em>Oncocephala kolbei</em> Gestro, 1899a is synonymized with <em>O. promontorii</em> Péringuey, 1898 and <em>O. scabrosa</em> Gestro, 1905 is synonymized with <em>O. severinii</em> Gestro, 1899(1901). Six new species are proposed: <em>Oncocephala susanstainesae </em>Calcetas, Staines &amp; Adorada <strong>sp. nov.</strong> from Namibia<em>, Oncocephala deleoni </em>Calcetas, Staines and Adorada <strong>sp. nov.</strong> from the Democratic Republic of the Congo<em>, Oncocephala camachoi </em>Calcetas, Staines &amp; Adorada <strong>sp. nov.</strong> from Cameroon<em>, Oncocephala eborai </em>Calcetas, Staines &amp; Adorada <strong>sp. nov.</strong> from Equatorial Guinea<em>, Oncocephala dimaculanganae </em>Calcetas, Staines &amp; Adorada <strong>sp. nov.</strong> from Cameroon and <em>Oncocephala demesai </em>Calcetas, Staines and Adorada <strong>sp. nov.</strong> from Togo<em>. Oncocephala methneri</em> Uhmann, 1928 and <em>O. madoni</em> Pic, 1941 are treated as <em>incerte sedis</em>. The genus <em>Oncocephala</em> in Africa is divided into seven species groups (Gestroi, Perrieri, Insignis, Senegalensis, Promentorii, Cuneata and Angusticollis) based on the similarity of their elytral characters. A key to the species groups and species of <em>Oncocephala</em> is provided.</p>

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