Contribution to the subfamily Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) from Saudi Arabia, with two new genera records and an illustrated key [PDF]
The subfamily Panchaetothripinae Bagnall (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) comprises about 150 species belonging to 42 genera worldwide. Amongst these, twelve species belonging to six genera were previously recorded from the Arabian Peninsula, including eight ...
Iftekhar Rasool +2 more
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Janzenella theia Bremer & Talamas (Platygastroidea, Janzenellidae): a new species from Baltic amber [PDF]
A new species, Janzenella theia Bremer & Talamas, sp. nov., is described from Baltic amber, which is the second known species of the family Janzenellidae (Platygastroidea).
Jonathan Bremer +2 more
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Telenomus cristatus Johnson (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae): new diagnostic data, distribution records and host associations [PDF]
Specimens of an egg parasitoid wasp, Telenomus cristatus Johnson (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae), were reared from stink bug egg masses collected in the wild, in Maryland, United States. The egg masses were identified morphologically as Halyomorpha halys (
Madeline Potter +4 more
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The first survey of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the Farasan Archipelago of the southern Red Sea, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [PDF]
The Farasan Archipelago is a group of small coral islands and islets in the southern Red Sea, offshore of the southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Mahmoud S. Abdel-Dayem +5 more
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A new subterranean species of Anillinus Casey (Carabidae, Trechinae, Anillini) from Florida [PDF]
A new species of blind subterranean ground beetle in the genus Anillinus Casey is described from Florida. Anillinus albrittonorum sp. nov. (type locality: 6 miles NW High Springs, Columbia County, Florida) has a unique structure of female genitalia and ...
Igor M. Sokolov, Kyle E. Schnepp
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The second record of Platyscelio (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in South America [PDF]
The presence of Platyscelio (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) in the Neotropical region is confirmed. After a recent record from French Guiana, a second specimen of Platyscelio was found in samples from the Republic of Suriname, being a new record for the ...
Elijah Talamas, Ovidiu Alin Popovici
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The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of Shada Al-A’Ala Nature Reserve, Southwestern Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of Paussinae [PDF]
We report the Carabidae collected at the Shada Al-A’Ala Nature Reserve (SANR) in Baha Province in southwestern Saudi Arabia during 2013–2015. In total, 62 carabid species and subspecies representing 39 genera, 17 tribes, and 10 subfamilies were ...
Mahmoud S. Abdel-Dayem +4 more
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Gene content evolution in the arthropods [PDF]
Arthropods comprise the largest and most diverse phylum on Earth and play vital roles in nearly every ecosystem. Their diversity stems in part from variations on a conserved body plan, resulting from and recorded in adaptive changes in the genome ...
Anstead, Clare A. +78 more
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The microbiota in feces of domestic pigeons in Seoul, Korea
In Korea, feral pigeons pose significant public health risks because they carry various zoonotic pathogens. Human population density is a significant factor in zoonotic disease events.
Singeun Oh +9 more
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Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Iphiothe Pascoe, 1866 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). 2. A new species from Borneo, with notes on the other members of the genus [PDF]
Iphiothe pascoei Miroshnikov et Heffern, sp. n. is described from Borneo. It differs clearly from all members of the genus by the sharply dichromatic coloration of the legs and antennomere 3, the immaculate femora and tibiae, the very motley, spotted ...
A.I. Miroshnikov, D.J. Heffern
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