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The Mesosoma of Protanilla (Leptanillinae) and the Groundplan of the Formicidae (Hymenoptera)

Journal of Morphology, Volume 286, Issue 7, July 2025.
Phenomic investigation of the mesosoma of Protanilla lini reveals groundplan features of the ants and raises new homology questions for future investigation, both within Formicidae and across Aculeata. Special highlights include refined definition of the pronotum, complex discoveries of the promesothoracic articulation, and a new perspective on and ...
Lazzat Aibekova, Adrian Richter, Rolf G. Beutel, Thomas van de Kamp, Evan P. Economo, Zachary Griebenow, Brendon E. Boudinot   +6 more
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An insect †Archaeopteryx: Cretaceous amber fossil elucidates the evolution of complex host detection and ovipositor mechanisms in parasitoid woodwasps (Hymenoptera: Orussoidea)

Systematic Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 630-645, July 2025.
We describe †Cretovelona orussopteryx n. gen. & sp. from Kachin amber. The fossil is examined with synchrotron scanning and integrated into an existing morphological data set for Orussoidea. This fossil parasitoid wasp displays a unique character combination demonstrating intermediate conditions in evolving the complex features employed in echo ...
Lars Vilhelmsen, Brendon E. Boudinot, Jörg U. Hammel, Hiroshi Nakamine, Shûhei Yamamoto   +4 more
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Exploring the Structural Diversity and Evolution of the D1 Subunit of Photosystem II Using AlphaFold and Foldtree

Physiologia Plantarum, Volume 177, Issue 3, May/June 2025.
ABSTRACT Although our knowledge of photosystem II has expanded to include time‐resolved atomic details, the diversity of experimental structures of the enzyme remains limited. Recent advances in protein structure prediction with AlphaFold offer a promising approach to fill this gap in structural diversity in non‐model systems. This study used AlphaFold
Tom Dongmin Kim, Daniella Pretorius, James W. Murray, Tanai Cardona   +3 more
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Potential expanded pollinator distributions in North America under future climate

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 6, Issue 2, April–June 2025.
Most pollinator species, including monarch butterflies, may gain potential climate space in the future. Shifting to new locations is an additional challenge of climate change. Management, restoration and citizen participation to provide resources and reduce stressors are ecological solutions.
Brice B. Hanberry
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Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Volume II. Apocrita: Parasitica

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2019
Hymenoptera is one of the largest insect orders, with a world fauna approximately of 160 thousand species in more than 8420 genera from 94 extant families, a Palaearctic fauna of 50–60 thousand estimated species, and a Russian fauna of 15.3 thousand species in 1999 genera from 78 families. The modern classification of Hymenoptera is given.
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Aerofoil broadband and tonal noise modelling using stochastic sound sources and incorporated large scale fluctuations [PDF]

, 2017
The work has been supported by BAE Systems Ltd and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (1357499). One of the authors is grateful to the Royal Society of London for their continuing support. Computations were performed on the QM
Darbyshire, OR, O.R. Darbyshire, Proskurov, S, Karabasov, SA, S. Proskurov, S.A. Karabasov   +5 more
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The hymenopteran tree of life: evidence from protein-coding genes and objectively aligned ribosomal data.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Previous molecular analyses of higher hymenopteran relationships have largely been based on subjectively aligned ribosomal sequences (18S and 28S). Here, we reanalyze the 18S and 28S data (unaligned about 4.4 kb) using an objective and a semi-objective ...
Seraina Klopfstein, Lars Vilhelmsen, John M Heraty, Michael Sharkey, Fredrik Ronquist   +4 more
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Flower power in the city: Replacing roadside shrubs by wildflower meadows increases insect numbers and reduces maintenance costs.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Massive declines in insect biodiversity and biomass are reported from many regions and habitats. In urban areas, creation of native wildflower meadows is one option to support insects and reduce maintenance costs of urban green spaces.
Karsten Mody, Doris Lerch, Ann-Kathrin Müller, Nadja K Simons, Nico Blüthgen, Matthias Harnisch   +5 more
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Differential effect of grassland mowing on arthropod taxa

Ecological Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 288-298, April 2025.
First, we discovered that mowing had a negative effect on overall arthropod abundance in all four of our studies. Second, our four studies found that seven taxa showed only negative, four only positive, and four mixed positive and negative responses. Third, regarding taxonomic resolution, no third‐level taxon (i.e.
Robert Künast, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Sebastian Seibold, David Mayr, Nils Siegmüller, Iris Schneider, Martin Westenrieder, Nico Blüthgen, Michael Staab, Sebastian T. Meyer, Rafael Achury   +10 more
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GeneValidator: identify problems with protein-coding gene predictions [PDF]

, 2016
This work was supported by the Sciruby community, NESCent Google Summer of Code, the NESCent “Building non-model species genome curation communities” working group, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/K004204/1], Natural ...
Wurm, Y, Bustos, Claudio, Wurm, Yannick, Dragan, M-A, Moghul, Ismail, Priyam, A, Drăgan, Monica-Andreea, Bustos, C, Priyam, Anurag, Moghul, I   +9 more
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