The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of Shada Al-A’Ala Nature Reserve, Southwestern Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of Paussinae [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 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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Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2022 Intensification of agricultural production and simplification of landscape structure have negatively affected arthropod communities, in particular since the end of Second World War.
R. Marja, T. Tscharntke, P. Batáry
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The microbiota in feces of domestic pigeons in Seoul, Korea
Heliyon, 2023 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]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2020 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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The genus Climaciella Enderlein, 1910 (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) in French Guiana [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2023 The genus Climaciella Enderlein, 1910 is a remarkable group of mantidflies (Neuroptera: Mantispidae: Mantispinae) distributed from Canada to Argentina, including parts of the Caribbean.
Adrian Ardila-Camacho +2 more
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Metabarcoding of bacteria and parasites in the gut of Apodemus agrarius
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background The striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius is a wild rodent commonly found in fields in Korea. It is a known carrier of various pathogens. Amplicon-based next-generation sequencing (NGS) targeting the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene is the most ...
Soo Lim Kim +9 more
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Diversity and evolution of the P450 family in arthropods.
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2020 The P450 family (CYP genes) of arthropods encodes diverse enzymes involved in the metabolism of foreign compounds and in essential endocrine or ecophysiological functions.
W. Dermauw +2 more
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Soil Health and Arthropods: From Complex System to Worthwhile Investigation
Insects, 2020 The dramatic increase in soil degradation in the last few decades has led to the need to identify methods to define not only soil quality but also, in a holistic approach, soil health.
C. Menta, S. Remelli
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Parasites and blood-meal hosts of the tsetse fly in Tanzania: a metagenomics study
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background Tsetse flies can transmit various Trypanosoma spp. that cause trypanosomiasis in humans, wild animals, and domestic animals. Amplicon deep sequencing of the 12S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene can be used to detect mammalian tsetse hosts, and the ...
Ju Yeong Kim +4 more
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New stiletto flies from New Caledonia (Therevidae, Agapophytinae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Stiletto-flies (Diptera: Therevidae) are highly diverse and species-rich in Australia and New Zealand, yet relatively few species have been recorded from neighbouring Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and throughout the remainder of Oceania.
Michael E. Irwin +2 more
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