JIBS

14/03/2022

Special Issue of the Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
[Dedicated to late Hamidreza Hajiqanbar]

https://www.biotaxa.org/jibs/issue/view/10013

The incoming issue of the journal is dedicated to Dr. Hamidreza Hajiqanbar a brilliant and advanced Acarologist, who passed away in a tragic accident while driving in the Tehran-Mashhad road a few months ago. He was the editor for Heterostigmatina (Acari) at Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics (JIBS) for several years and his excellent editorship was greatly appreciated by many colleagues.

Detailed information about Hamid's academic life, is published in the Persian Journal of Acarology (https://www.biotaxa.org/pja/article/view/73371)

23/02/2022

Overview of Arachnids and Arachnology in Iran
James C. Cokendolpher, Alireza Zamani & Nataly Yu. Snegovaya

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
https://www.biotaxa.org/jibs/article/view/74060

An overview of the Arachnida and their study in Iran is provided. Besides ancient poetry, relics (going back to 5,000 YBP), and early medical observations (at least 2,000 YBP), the first published taxonomical observations of arachnids from Iran were in 1807 about scorpions. The superorders Parasitiformes and Acariformes (mites and ticks) have received by far the most attention among all of the Arachnida thanks to their economic and medical/veterinary importance. Occurrences have been noted for over 1,733 species in four orders: Ixodida, Mesostigmata, Sarcoptiformes, and Trombidiformes. The first tick of the Ixodida was described in 1818. The first mite species described from Iran was of the Mesostigmata in 1982. The first member of the Sarcoptiformes named from Iran is uncertain, but the first Iranian species of the Suborder Oribatida was described in 1984 and was likely the first for the order. The first species described from Iran of the Order Trombidiformes were named in 1995. Studies on spiders started in 1874. Spiders are recorded by the occurrences of 764 species. Scorpions number 68 species in Iran and receive a lot of study and are better known compared to mites and spiders on a percentage basis, because scorpions have such a small diversity worldwide. The first Iranian species of Solifugae was described in 1895. The camel spiders are known from 67 species. Pseudoscorpions are recorded by 65 species. The Opiliones are known by 22 named species. The Amblypygi are recorded from Iran by one species described in 2018.

24/01/2022

22/01/2022

07/01/2022

The first issue of 2022 is published:

the Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics (https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/) is published.
Volume 8 - Issue 1

See the list of published papers
https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/browse.php?mag_id=1726...

06/12/2021

The "lock-and-key" hypothesis suggests that ge***al morphology can act as a barrier to reproduction between species.

This paper emphasized the lack of attention given to the female role in sexual dynamics, and the authors surveyed for co-evolution of male and female ge***alia. As a result, the evidence was provided, for the first time, on how the biomechanics of copulation can drive the evolution of a “cooperative lock-and key” isolating mechanism in the ge***al traits of the weevil genus, Sitona (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).

Alichi, M. & Minaei, K. (2021) Dynamics of a cooperative lock-and-key model in ge***al matching of Sitona Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 7 (4), 467–476.

See original paper
https://dorl.net/dor/20.1001.1.24238112.2021.7.4.10.6

05/10/2021

The third issue of volume 7 is published.

https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/browse.php?mag_id=1610&slc_lang=en&sid=36

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