https://www.mapress.com/jib/issue/feedJournal of Insect Biodiversity2025-06-04T13:49:07+12:00Levent Gültekin, Ph. D., Professor, Editor in Chiefjibiodiversity@gmail.comOpen Journal Systems<p><strong>Journal of Insect Biodiversity</strong> (<strong>JIB</strong>) is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal of Biodiversity Application & 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/2025.66.1.1<strong>Diptera (Hexapoda) diversity in the Shivapuri Mountain Range, Nepal—a rather unexpected Oriental fauna above 1,800 m</strong>2025-03-24T19:05:49+13:00DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIMdsamorim@usp.brBRIAN V. BROWNBBrown@nhm.orgYUCHEN ANGYuchen@nus.edu.sgMARIA ISABEL P.A. BALBImariaib@ffclrp.usp.brSHIVA SHANKAR BHATTARAIcvabhattarai@gmail.comROSALY ALE-ROCHAalerocha@inpa.gov.brRENATO S. CAPELLARIrscapellari@gmail.comDANIEL D.D. CARMOdandorndias@gmail.comCLAUDIO J.B. DE CARVALHOcjbcarva@ufpr.brMÁRCIA S. COURIcourimarcia@gmail.comDIEGO A. FACHINdiegoafachin@gmail.comHELOISA F. FLOREShelo.flores@hotmail.comMARINA GOMESmarinagomesdiptera@mn.ufrj.brVALERY KORNEYEVvalery.korneyev@gmail.comOWEN LONSDALEOwen.Lonsdale@agr.gc.caMARCO A.T. MARINHOmarco.marinho@gmail.comXIMO MENGUALX.Mengual@leibniz-zfmk.deALLEN L. NORRBOMallen.norrbom@usda.govTAÍS MADEIRA OTTmadeira.t@outlook.comJOSE ALBERTINO RAFAELjarafael@inpa.gov.brPAULA R. RICCARDIpaularriccardi@gmail.comALESSANDRA RUNGalessandra.rung@cdfa.ca.govJOSENILSON R. SANTOSjrsantos@mn.ufrj.brTATIANA A. SEPULVEDAtatiana.sepulveda.villa@gmail.comJEFFREY H. SKEVINGTONjhskevington@gmail.comJENS-HERMANN STUKEjhstuke@zfn.uni-bremen.deVERA CRISTINA SILVAsilva.vera8@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 Diptera fauna of a small area in </span><span lang="en-GB">Samundradevi,</span><span lang="en-GB"> north of Kathmandu, at 1,890 m, was sampled during an expedition, resulting in records of 54 families, of which 176 genera could be recognized. These are the first records for Nepal of 12 fly families—Anisopodidae, Diadocidiidae, Neriidae, Lonchaeidae, Platystomatidae, Piophilidae, Strongylophthalmidae, Diopsidae, Anthomyzidae, Clusiidae, Camillidae, and Stenomicridae—and 86 genera. Our samples from Samundradevi are dominated by Oriental Region elements—while sites with similar altitudes in Nepal or much more to the south in Asia used to have a higher proportion of typically Palearctic components. The possibly complete or nearly complete ice coverage of the Shivapuri Mountain Range along the last glaciation cycle may have entirely wiped out the previous fauna and flora, dominated by Palearctic elements, that would have been replaced more recently by the surrounding Oriental elements.</span></span></span></span></p>2025-06-04T00:00:00+12:00Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia press