https://www.mapress.com/jib/issue/feed Journal of Insect Biodiversity 2025-05-22T11:23:19+12:00 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/2025.65.1.1 <strong>Flea beetles of the West Indies: Subtribe Monoplatina Chapuis, 1875, key to genera and new combinations (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)</strong> 2025-03-02T19:33:39+13:00 ALEXANDER S. KONSTANTINOV sasha.konst@gmail.com ADELITA M. LINZMEIER adelita.linzmeier@uffs.edu.br <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">All eight Monoplatina genera occurring in the West Indies are reviewed and illustrated. The following new combinations are proposed: </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Bonfilsus glabra</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Blake, 1943), </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Hypolampsis antillarum </em></span><span lang="en-GB">(Bechyné, 1956), </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Hypolampsis aspila</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Blake, 1943), </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Hypolampsis smithi</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Jacoby, 1897), and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Hypolampsis stenotrachela</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Blake, 1944) and a subsequent combination is restored (</span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Aedmon ferruginea</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Suffrian, 1868)). The following two genera are excluded from the list of West Indian flea beetles: </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Homotyphus</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Clark, 1860 and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Physimerus</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Clark, 1860.</span></span></span></span></p> 2025-05-22T00:00:00+12:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia press