https://www.mapress.com/jib/issue/feed 2025-06-26T13:18:52+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/53400 2024-12-05T05:31:10+13:00 SUDHAKAR V. S. ANAGHA anaghasudhakarvs2016@gmail.com K. THOMAS SABU sabukthomas@gmail.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">The genus </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Taridius</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Chaudoir, 1875 is known from Palearctic and Oriental realms with 19 described species globally and with 4 species recorded from India. Two new species, </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Taridius</em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><em>tamilnadensis</em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong> sp. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> and</span> <span lang="en-GB"><em>Taridius</em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><em>devagiriensis </em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong>sp. nov. </strong></span><span lang="en-GB">are described from the leeward rain shadow slope of the Western Ghats, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot in south India, noted for its high levels of endemism. Both the new species are morphologically more similar to </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>T. abdominalis </em></span><span lang="en-GB">Fedorenko, 2012</span><span lang="en-GB"><em>, </em></span><span lang="en-GB">but can be distinguished from </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>T. abdominalis</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> by a unique combination of characters—the presence of two distinct frontal carinae on head, and a black sutural stripe confined to the first elytral interval. </span></span></span></span></p>

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<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">This is the first part of a taxonomic revision of the Oriental and Southwest Asian species of the genus </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptodera</em></span><span lang="en-GB">. The examination of almost all known species has enabled me to divide the genus into distinct species groups. The diagnosis for three of them, the proksi, flexuosa and luzonensis is given in this work. Three species—</span><span lang="en-GB"><em>C.</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (</span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptoderina</em></span><span lang="en-GB">) </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>cyanella</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Bates, 1869, </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>C.</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (</span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptoderina</em></span><span lang="en-GB">) </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>subapicalis</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Putzeys, 1877 and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>C.</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (</span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptoderina</em></span><span lang="en-GB">) </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>taiwana</em></span><span lang="en-GB">—are downgraded to subspecies of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptodera</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Coptoderina) </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>flexuosa</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Schmidt-Göbel, 1846. Some new synonymies are proposed: </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptodera sapaensis</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Kirschenhofer, 1994, </span><span lang="en-GB"><strong>syn. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> = </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptodera </em></span><span lang="en-GB">(</span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptoderina</em></span><span lang="en-GB">) </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>eluta</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Andrewes, 1923; </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptodera sexguttata</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Horvatovich, 1976, </span><span lang="en-GB"><strong>syn. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> = </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptodera viridana</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Jedlička, 1935, </span><span lang="en-GB"><strong>syn. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> = </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptodera impicta</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Chaudoir, 1869, </span><span lang="en-GB"><strong>syn. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> = </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>C. flexuosa cyanella</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Bates, 1869. One new subspecies, </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>C. flexuosa philippinensis</em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><strong>ssp. nov.</strong></span><span lang="en-GB">, is described from the Philippines. Taxonomic status of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptoderina esakii</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Nakane, 1956, incertae sedis, is discussed. </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptodera</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (</span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptoderina</em></span><span lang="en-GB">) </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>proksi</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Jedlička, 1963 is recorded for the first time from China (Yunnan), </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptodera </em></span><span lang="en-GB">(</span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptoderina</em></span><span lang="en-GB">) </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>eluta</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Andrewes, 1923 from Cambodia, and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptodera</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (</span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Coptoderina</em></span><span lang="en-GB">) </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>shimianensis</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Kirschenhofer, 2012 from Myanmar.</span></span></span></span></p>

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