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Investigation of the global transportation of Culicoides biting midges, vectors of livestock and equid arboviruses, from flower‐packing plants in Kenya

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Arboviral diseases spread by Culicoides biting midges have been introduced into Europe by unknown means. A possible route is the carriage of midges with cut flowers shipped to flower markets. We sampled Culicoides in and around a cut flower farm in Kenya; midges were caught in the vicinity and a greenhouse, but not where flowers are processed.
Jessica Eleanor Stokes, Karien Labuschagne, Eric Maurice Fèvre, Matthew Baylis   +3 more
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Comparative arachnogeographical analysis of Australia, Papuan Area, New Caledonia and New Zealand

Historia naturalis bulgarica, 2017
Arachnogeographical analysis of all orders of Arachnida in Australia (incl. Tasmania), New Guinea, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Isl. and New Zealand.
Petar Beron
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Faunistic Study of Scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) in Qaenat County in Iran in 2017

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2020
Background and Objectives: Scorpion’s sting has created one of the most significant health and medical issues in Iran. Lack of sufficient knowledge of the fauna and the seasonal activity of scorpions in an area poses a serious challenge to the control ...
Farzad Motevalli Haghi, Hossein Borna, Rouhullah Dehghani, Mahmoud Fazeli-Dinan, Jamshid Yazdani-Cherati, Omid Dehghan, Farzaneh Sahraei-Rostami, Seyed Hassan Nikookar   +7 more
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From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High‐Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 26, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT High‐quality reference genome assemblies have become essential for deepening our understanding of biodiversity, yet obtaining them for many species remains surprisingly challenging. Drawing on experiences from the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) community, we focus on permit and sample‐handling procedures leading up to nucleic acid ...
Katja Reichel, Jaakko Pohjoismäki, Jonas J. Astrin, Astrid Böhne, Chiara Bortoluzzi, Elena Bužan, Javier del Campo, Claudio Ciofi, Camilla B. Di‐Nizo, Pradeep K. Divakar, Carola Greve, Vladimír Hampl, Leon Hilgers, Veronika N. Laine, Jennifer A. Leonard, Jesus Lozano‐Fernandez, Lada Lukić Bilela, Camila J. Mazzoni, Ann M. McCartney, José Melo‐Ferreira, Rita Monteiro, Rebekah A. Oomen, Martina Pavlek, João Pimenta, Michal Rindos, Ole Seehausen, Andrii Tarieiev, Salvatore Tomasello, Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Robert M. Waterhouse, Alexandra A.‐T. Weber, Oleksandr Zinenko, Christian de Guttry   +32 more
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How Host Phylogeny and Diet Shape the Specificity and Specificity Diversity of Animal Gut Microbiomes

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2026.
By identifying unique/enriched microbial species across taxa and diet types in 318 animal species with our SSD (specificity and specificity diversity) framework, we demonstrated that host phylogeny and diet are joint drivers of microbial specificity compositional heterogeneity, potentially linking the macroecological pattern of phylosymbiosis with the ...
Zhanshan (Sam) Ma
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Spider checklist for the Blouberg, in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, South Africa

Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 2019
Background: The north-eastern mountainous region of South Africa has been identified as a spider diversity hotspot and centre of endemisim. The Blouberg is an isolated inselberg that forms part of the Soutpansberg geological complex, the northernmost ...
Stefan Foord, Anna S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Charles R. Haddad, Colin Schoeman, Norbert Hahn, Robin Lyle   +5 more
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Can Widely Used Methods Be Turned Into eDNA Samplers for Ground‐Dwelling Arthropods? Insights From Two Pilot Studies in West European Salt Marshes

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 2, Page 164-177, February 2026.
This study evaluates bulk and eDNA metabarcoding via suction sampling and modified pitfall traps to monitor salt marsh arthropods. Suction sampling excelled in detecting overlooked taxa, whereas pitfalls were effective for Scarabaeinae. Results underscore the importance of adapting protocols to specific taxa and habitats and highlight the effects of ...
Camila Leandro, Denis Lafage, Eva Bellemain, Isabelle Vitte, Adeline Jouanillou, Aurélie Bonin, Aurélien Ridel, Dylan Amiar, Julien Petillon   +8 more
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Vegetation biomass and landscape context influence web‐building spider dietary breadth in urban vacant lots

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, Page 126-140, February 2026.
Spider dietary breadth and overlap increased with imperviousness, suggesting that prey and spiders are concentrating in vacant lots in these landscapes. Higher vegetation biomass, which results from reduced mowing frequency, was associated with increased dietary breadth and shared prey between spiders.
Ellen Danford, Yvan A. Delgado de la flor, Nicole Hoekstra, Rodney Richardson, Frances Sivakoff, Mary Gardiner   +5 more
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Participatory citizen science data complements agency‐collected data for species inventories

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 1, January/March 2026.
Citizen science data from iNaturalist and eBird can make meaningful contributions in complementing state agency‐derived species inventories of state parks in Florida. Agency data and citizen science data overlap in the species they document and each provides novel species in different parks.
Samantha K. Lowe, Brittany M. Mason, Nia A. Morales, Corey T. Callaghan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA): Solifugae (sun-spiders) of the national parks and reserves of South Africa (Arachnida, Solifugae)

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2006
As part of the South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA) inventories are underway to determine the diversity of the South African Arachnida fauna (Dippenaar- Schoeman & Craemer 2000).
A.S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.X. González Reyes   +1 more
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