https://mapress.com/jib <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> Magnolia Press en-US Journal of Insect Biodiversity 2538-1318 Copyright is retained by Magnolia press LTD. https://mapress.com/jib/article/view/2025.65.2.1 <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">Two new genera of subterranean Leptodirini beetles from isolated karst regions in northern Anatolia, Turkey: </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Kuntiella</em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><strong>gen. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Type species: </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Kuntiella karabuki</em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><strong>sp. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB">) and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Kashifiella</em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><strong>gen. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Type species: </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Kashifiella erdemi</em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><strong>sp. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB">), are described, illustrated, and compared with recently recognised Turkish genera attributed to the group of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Hittitia</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> series. Detailed analyses of external and internal morphological characters highlight distinguishing features within the </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Hittitia</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Leptodirini beetle group, enhancing our understanding of its diversity. The study also provides ecological insights, type locality descriptions, and tools for identification, including a key, catalogue, and distribution map for Turkish Leptodirini genera with four-segmented male protarsi.</span></span></span></span></p> SLAVKO POLAK ROMAN LOHAJ MERT ELVERICI Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia press 2025-05-28 2025-05-28 65 2 33 56 10.12976/jib/2025.65.2.1 https://mapress.com/jib/article/view/2025.65.2.2 <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">In this study, </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Sunius hakkariensis</em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><strong>sp. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> is described from Hakkari province, southeastern Anatolia, Türkiye. A description of a new species is complemented with, photographs and line drawings of some morphological characters. A total of 44 species of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Sunius</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> are now known to occur in Turkey, 40 of them are distributed only in this country. For eight </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Sunius </em></span><span lang="en-GB">species known in Türkiye, new and additional records are reported from this country as well as from Bulgaria, Czechia, Lebanon, Morocco, Russia and Spain.</span></span></span></span></p> SİNAN ANLAŞ Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia press 2025-05-28 2025-05-28 65 2 57 63 10.12976/jib/2025.65.2.2