https://www.mapress.com/jib/issue/feed Journal of Insect Biodiversity 2026-03-05T11:20:03+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://www.mapress.com/jib/article/view/2026.80.1.1 <strong>Resurrection and redescription of <em>Crematogaster discinodis</em> Emery, 1893 stat. rev. and <em>Crematogaster latipetiolata</em> Karawajew, 1935 stat. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)</strong> 2025-12-17T04:32:37+13:00 SHINGO HOSOISHI hosoishi@gmail.com ROSLI HASHIM rh4758@gmail.com SOKH HENG sokhhengpiny@yahoo.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"><em>Crematogaster discinodis</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Emery, 1893 </span><span lang="en-GB"><strong>stat. rev.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> is raised to the species rank from the subspecies of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Crematogaster subnuda</em></span><span lang="en-GB">. </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Crematogaster latipetiolata</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Karawaiew, 1935 </span><span lang="en-GB"><strong>stat. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> is raised to the species rank from the subspecies of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Crematogaster brunnea</em></span><span lang="en-GB">. The worker castes of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>C. discinodis</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>C</em></span><span lang="en-GB">. </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>latipetiolata</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> are redescribed based on nest series samples collected from Southeast Asia. We also provide information on the intraspecific morphological variations of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>C. discinodis</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>C. latipetiolata</em></span><span lang="en-GB">.</span></span></span></span></p> 2026-03-05T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Magnolia press https://www.mapress.com/jib/article/view/2026.80.1.2 <strong>Two new species of <em>Neurigona</em> Rondani, 1856 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Sakhalin, Russia, with a key to species from the Palaearctic Far East</strong> 2025-08-04T23:52:33+12:00 IGOR YA. GRICHANOV grichanov@mail.ru MARIYA N. KOBLOVA m-koblova@bk.ru <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"><em>Neurigona polevoii </em></span><span lang="en-GB">Grichanov</span> <span lang="en-GB"><strong>sp. </strong></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong>nov</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong>. </strong></span><span lang="en-GB">and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Neurigona humalai </em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong>sp. nov. </strong></span><span lang="en-GB">from the southern part of the Sakhalin Island in the </span><span lang="en-GB">Russian</span> <span lang="en-GB">Far East</span><span lang="en-GB"> are described and illustrated and associated with the </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Neurigona pallida </em></span><span lang="en-GB">species group. A key to twenty five </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Neurigona</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Rondani </span><span lang="en-GB">species known from the Palaearctic Far East is provided.</span><span lang="en-GB"> The World fauna of the genus contains now 170 species and the Palaearctic fauna has increased to 44 species. In all, 77 long-legged flies are known from the Island of</span><span lang="en-GB"> Sakhalin.</span></span></span></span></p> 2026-03-05T00:00:00+13:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Magnolia press