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{"title":"Contribution to the knowledge of jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of the Aras River valley, Northеastern Turkey","authors":"M. Volkovitsh, G. Tozlu, L. Gülteki̇n, N. Gültekin","doi":"10.12976/jib/2023.40.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2023.40.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"Check list of seventy-eight species of jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) belonging to 21 genera of 12 tribes in five subfamilies, recorded from the Turkish part of Aras River valley is presented. Compared with the fauna of adjacent areas of Armenia and Nakhichevan (Azerbaijan), the diversity of jewel beetles is significantly impoverished what is resulted from strong anthropogenic impact. Aras valley jewel beetles are rather poorly known and that may also explain a relatively small number of species in the area. The core of the buprestid fauna of the Turkish part of Aras valley is mainly formed by Irano-Turanian (including nine endemic or subendemic Kuro-Araxian species), Irano-Turanian–East-Mediterranean, and European-Mediterranean elements with insignificant participation of Transpalaearctic, West Palaearctic and European elements. Based on the distributional patterns of buprestid species, it can be concluded that the border between Kura-Araxian and Front-Asian provinces of Irano-Turanian subregion in the Aras valley passes between the town of Kağızman and Karakurt village in Kars province, up to 1400–1500 m altitude. Some unique habitats, such as the Calligonum polygonoides L. dominated sandy desert at the foot of the Ağrı Dağı Mts in the vicinity of Aralık town, should be taken under state protection.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85228413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Otiorhynchus armadillo (Rossi, 1792) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): a new record and a new pest in Anatolian part of Turkey","authors":"H. Özbek, L. Gülteki̇n","doi":"10.12976/jib/2023.40.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2023.40.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"With the present study Otiorhynchus armadillo (Rossi, 1792), which is one of several noxious species in Europe, and is first recorded from Anatolia (the Asian part of Turkey) as well as the Asian Continent. The species was recently recorded from the European part of İstanbul. Important morphological features were noted, habitus, aedeagus and feeding damages of the adults on some host plants were photographed. Distribution and damage potential of this species are discussed. Otiorhynchus armadillo can be considered an important ornamental plant pest, particularly on Rosa species in the country. Unfortunately, it has a big potential being a destructive pest for the rose growing area in Isparta, which is also known as “Rose Garden of the World”.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79158666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intensive monitoring of the butterflies of the UNESCO MAB reserve of Monte Peglia (Central Italy) reveals strong potential for local extinctions in a Mediterranean area","authors":"C. Bruschini, L. Dapporto, L. Pasquali, Fulvia Benetello, E. Balletto, Francesco Paola, Giulia Simbula","doi":"10.12976/jib/2023.40.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2023.40.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"The impact of human activities is resulting in increased losses of biodiversity on a local and global scale. Detecting local extinctions requires historical data and intensive field surveys, so as to ascertain the actual absence of a species. In this study, we fortnightly sampled 90 plots within the Monte Peglia UNESCO MAB Reserve (~60 km2) from April to October 2022. We also collected all available records for the Reserve in literature and iNaturalist. After our sampling, the Reserve appears in the 4% of the richest cells with similar size and altitude in central Italy. By applying the Potential-Extinction-upon-Time-Series (PETS) algorithm we evaluated the possibility for faunistic erosion in time. Twelve species that were recorded before 2010 but not confirmed in our field surveys produce a moderate PETS value of 21.3%. Based on literature and iNaturalist data, we also identified rare species as those occurring within a 50 km radius of the Reserve in the lowest quartile of occurrences. Approximately half of the unconfirmed species belonged to regionally rare taxa, while others belonged to taxa generally found at higher altitudes in the last decades. Monte Peglia Reserve qualifies as a perfect model for documenting possible local extinctions of butterflies in Mediterranean areas in the near future.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75054455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A review of the genus Asyndetus Loew, 1869 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Iran and neighbouring countries with the description of three new species","authors":"I. Grichanov, E. Gilasian","doi":"10.12976/jib/2023.40.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2023.40.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"Three new long-legged fly species, Asyndetus alborzensis sp. nov., A. persicus sp. nov. and A. karkhehensis sp. nov. from Iran are described and illustrated. Asyndetus alborzensis sp. nov. is remarkable in having matt-black frons and face; A. persicus sp. nov. is the third Palaearctic species with two ventral combs of long black bristles on male abdominal sternite 5; A. karkhehensis sp. nov. male is peculiar in distinctly broken apical part of wing vein M1+2; vein dm-m present, and hind tarsus with only one claw. Asyndetus longicornis collected from the Mangrove habitats (Asalouyeh, Bushehr province) is newly recorded from Iran. Asyndetus chaetifemoratus and A. separatus are excluded from the fauna of Iran. A check list and identification key to 19 Asyndetus species of Iran and neighbouring countries are compiled for the first time.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"137 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73626291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Summary of native geographic distribution of all 3,341 species of the most speciose animal genus Agrilus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)","authors":"E. Jendek, V. Grebennikov","doi":"10.12976/jib/2023.39.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2023.39.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"We present a summary of the geographic distribution data of all 3,341 species of the jewel-beetle genus Agrilus taxonomically valid at the end of 2022. Our work is richly illustrated with maps and diagrams. The genus Agrilus is the most speciose in the Americas (1,292 species) and Asia (1,187 species). The Americas have the best-delimited fauna at the regional level, with 100% of Agrilus species unique to the region, followed by those of Africa (95.8%) and Asia (93.4%). Europe has the lowest percentage of unique Agrilus species on all levels (regional, subregional and country). Among the subregions, the genus Agrilus is the most speciose in South-Eastern Asia (784 species), South America (769), Central America (427) and Eastern Asia (342); on the other hand, Micronesia has a single species, Polynesia has six species and the Caribbean has 18 species. New Zealand has no Agrilus. Brazil (477 species), Mexico (317) and Laos (265) are the three countries with the highest number of Agrilus species. Among 3,341 Agrilus species, 2,924 (87.5%) are unique to one biogeographic realm or transitional zone, and 417 species (12.5%) are shared by two or more biogeographical realms or transitional zones. Three widely distributed Agrilus species found in four biogeographic realms or transitional zones (A. acutus, A. auriventris and A. occipitalis) are pests of cultivated plants Citrus, Abelmoschus, Corchorus, Hibiscus, Malachra, Urena, are likely native to Southeastern Asia and were dispersed by humans. The number of Agrilus species by biogeographic realm varies between 12 (Oceanic) and 1,115 (Neotropical). The genus Agrilus is most speciose in the following realms: Neotropical (1,115 species, 33.4%), Indomalayan (810, 24.2%) and Afrotropical (694, 20.8%). The percentage of unique Agrilus species by biogeographic realm or transitional zone varies between 15.2% (Nearctic–Neotropical transitional zone) to 95.7% (Afrotropical realm). The range of 2,803 Agrilus species (83.9%) lies within a single biogeographic realm: Neotropical (974 species), Afrotropical (665), Indomalayan (662), Palearctic (234) Australasian (174), Nearctic (86) and Oceanic (8). Agrilus species reported from the largest number of countries are A. viridis, A. cuprescens, A. pratensis, A. angustulus, A. biguttatus, A. subauratus, A. cyanescens, A. suvorovi, A. hyperici and A. graminis; they are all native to the Palearctic realm. French Guiana (1.81), Laos (1.12), Vietnam (0.54) and Malaysia (0.53) are the countries with the highest number of Agrilus species per thousand square kilometers. On the sub-country level, the Laotian provinces Houaphan (7.09) and Bolikhamxai (5.52), as well as the Thai province Mae Hong Son (6.55) have the highest number of Agrilus species per thousand square kilometers. Indochina, French Guiana and Mexico are the global hotspots of Agrilus diversity. Our estimates suggest that the true number of Agrilus species in subtropical and tropical zones is at least twice higher th","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"1 6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89943055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Coleotestudus: A new genus for North American species currently in the genus Niptus (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) and description of two new species from Mexico","authors":"Robert M. Chambliss, T. K. Philips","doi":"10.12976/jib/2023.39.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2023.39.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"A new genus, Coleotestudus gen. nov., is proposed for the North American species currently placed in the genus Niptus Boieldieu and are transferred herein.  Those species with this new combination include Coleotestudus ventriculus (LeConte), Coleotestudus guiliani (Aalbu and Andrews), Coleotestudus sleeperi (Aalbu and Andrews), Coleotestudus abditus (Brown), Coleotestudus arcanus (Aalbu and Andrews), Coleotestudus neotomae (Aalbu and Andrews), Coleotestudus absconditus (Spilman), and Coleotestudus abstrusus (Spilman). Two new species from Mexico are also described as Coleotestudus potosi sp. nov. and Coleotestudus nahuas sp. nov. Distinguishing morphological characteristics to separate the North American Coleotestudus species from Niptus hololeucus are given.  Morphological evidence presented herein along with DNA sequence data and a Western USA and Mexican distribution strongly support the hypothesis that Coleotestudus does not share a recent common ancestor with N. hololeucus and both represent independent clades of spider beetles that are not closely related.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88793757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A new subgenus and a new species of Parameira Seidlitz, 1868 (Сoleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)","authors":"G. Davidian, L. Gülteki̇n","doi":"10.12976/jib/2023.39.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2023.39.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Parameira (Clypeomeira) subgen. nov. and P. (Clypeomeira) balkei sp. nov. are described. Otiorhynchus echinatus Hochhuth, 1847 and O. echinatoides Reitter, 1913 are transferred to Parameira (Clypeomeira) comb. rev. The synonymy, Otiorhynchus echinatoides Reitter, 1913 (= O. virgo Reitter, 1913 syn. rev.), is established. Diagnostic keys to subgenera of Parameira Seidlitz and to species of P. (Clypeomeira) are provided. Colour illustrations of important morphological characters are given.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82238270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pseudococcid mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) complex of bamboo in Indonesian Sunda Shelf with two new species records","authors":"A. Zarkani, A. Fauzi, Priyatiningsih, D. Apriyanto, D. Sartiami, M. Kaydan","doi":"10.12976/jib/2023.39.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2023.39.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, a survey for determining the pseudococcid mealybug (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) complex of bamboo was conducted in several provinces in Sumatra and Java Island-Indonesia, a part of Indo-Asian regions. The research collected 85 mealybug specimens consisting of five species within 4 genera namely Antonina Signoret (2 species), Chaetococcus Maskell (1 species), Dysmicoccus Ferris (1 species), and Palmicultor Williams (1 species). Antonina pretiosa Ferris and Dysmicoccus zeynepae are newly recorded for the Indonesian Sunda shelf. The identification key of Indonesian bamboo mealybugs and their distribution data are also updated.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83714516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Moss-inhabiting beetles of the West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera)","authors":"A. Konstantinov, A. Baselga, R. Anderson, C. Carlton, V. I. Gusarov, M. Ivie, Brittany E. Owens, I. Sokolov, A. Tishechkin","doi":"10.12976/jib/2023.38.2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2023.38.2.3","url":null,"abstract":"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.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83095575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Two new species of Sciapus Zeller, 1842 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Iran","authors":"I. Grichanov, E. Gilasian","doi":"10.12976/jib/2023.38.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2023.38.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"Two new long-legged fly species, Sciapus basavandae sp. nov. and S. khuzestanicus sp. nov. from Sistan and Baluchestan and Khuzestan provinces of Iran are described and illustrated. The two new species appear to be very close to S. sylvaticus 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. S. sylvaticus has black antenna, narrow face, entirely dark abdomen, simple and thick surstylus, cercus without ventral projection. A check list and key to 24 Sciapus species of Iran and neighbouring countries are compiled for the first time.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83876773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}