Insect-flower interactions, ecosystem functions, and restoration ecology in the northern Sahel: current knowledge and perspectives. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos SocABSTRACT Actions for ecological restoration under the Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative in the northern Sahel have been plant focused, paying scant attention to plant–animal interactions that are essential to ecosystem functioning. Calls to accelerate implementation of the GGW make it timely to develop a more solid conceptual foundation for restoration
Medina-Serrano N +3 more
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Faunistic study of bee flies (Dip.: Bombyliidae) in some parts of northern west of Iran [PDF]
پژوهش های کاربردی در گیاهپزشکیThe Bombyliidae family, commonly known as bee flies, is among the most species-rich families within Diptera. Despite their ecological importance as pollinators and parasitoids, their regional biodiversity remains poorly documented.
یاسمن صادقی +3 more
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Study of Mitogenomes Provides Implications for the Phylogenetics and Evolution of the Infraorder Muscomorpha in Diptera. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study comparatively analyzed the mitogenome characteristics of 131 species that represent 18 superfamilies in Muscomorpha, in which mitogenomes of 16 species are newly sequenced and annotated herein. Further, we deduced their phylogenetics using maximum likelihood, and discussed their divergence time and evolution combined with taxonomy and ...
Yuan H, Fu W, He S, Li T, Chen B.
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Insetos coletados durante o Projeto Maracá, Roraima, Brasil: Lista complementar. [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1991 Uma lista da isentos coletados durante o projeto Marscá é apresentada. Os seguintes táxons são listados: Neuroptera (Corydalidae, Mantispidae, Ascalaphidade, Coniopterygidae, Sisyridade, Myrmeleontidae e a Chrysopidae); Coleoptera (Cerambycidae) e ...
J. A. Rafael
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2023 This review covers Parageron Paramonov s. lat., including 36 species. Three new genera are proposed: Ectopusia gen. nov., Protypusia gen. nov. and Parusia gen. nov.; Parageron s. str. more narrowly defined.
David Gibbs
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Annotated keys to the genera of African Bombylioidea (Diptera: Bombyliidae; Mythicomyiidae)
, 2001 Greathead, D. J., Evenhuis, N. L. (2001): Annotated keys to the genera of African Bombylioidea (Diptera: Bombyliidae; Mythicomyiidae).
D. J. Greathead, N. L. Evenhuis
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ZooKeys, 2013 A preliminary study was carried out on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, south-western part of Saudi Arabia. A total number of 582 species and subspecies (few identified only to the genus level) belonging to 129 families and representing 17 orders ...
Magdi El-Hawagry +4 more
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New fly records of potential biological control importance in Saudi Arabia (order Diptera)
Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2023 Background The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in Saudi Arabia has begun funding some projects to set up some agricultural pest control programs.
Magdi El-Hawagry +3 more
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New fossil bee flies (Diptera: Bombylioidea) in the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin
Geologica Acta, 2004 A new genus and two new species of bee flies are described from the Lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris basin: Paradolichomyia eocenica n. gen, n. sp. (Bombyliidae: Toxophorinae) and Proplatypygus matilei n. sp. (Mythicomyiidae). Paradolichomyia eocenica
André Nel, Gaėl De Ploëg
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Broad-spectrum pollination of Plectranthus neochilus
Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 1977 The pollination ecology of Plectranthus neochilus Schltr. is discussed and compared with that of another garden plant, Plectranthus barbatus Andr.. Pollinators and flower visitors of P.
C. H. Stirton
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