Latitudinal gradient of thermal safety margin in an Australian damselfly: implications for population vulnerability [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceThe thermal tolerance of species may be exceeded by the predicted temperature increases and thus contribute to species extinction. However, the impact of temperature increases is thought to vary between climate regions and across latitudes.
Md Tangigul Haque +3 more
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Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) have been avoiding leaf veins during oviposition for at least 52 million years [PDF]
iScience, 2023 Summary: Plant-insect interactions can provide extremely valuable information for reconstructing the oviposition behavior. We have studied about 1350 endophytic egg traces of coenagrionid damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from the Eocene, identifying ...
Eugenia Romero-Lebrón +4 more
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A parasitic or mutualistic conundrum: can symbiotic protists increase thermal tolerance in a semi-aquatic insect? [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceRising temperatures and frequent heatwaves pose a major threat to ectotherms due to their reliance on environmental temperature for physiological processes.
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A straightforward protocol to sample morphological traits of dragonflies and damselflies in the field [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionScarcity of morphological data limits the potential of functional ecology approaches, which rely on traits to elucidate ecological processes. Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) are a frequently used ecological model for which, however, only limited ...
Roberto Novella Fernandez
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Odonata from Batanta (Indonesia, West Papua) with description of one new species [PDF]
Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, 2021 Fifty-eight taxa of Odonata are herewith reported from Batanta Island (including Arefi and Birie Islands). One new species is described: Argiolestes varga sp. nov. The following ten species are new to the Raja Ampat Islands: Papuagrion magnanimum (Selys,
KOVÁCS, Tibor +3 more
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Standardised inventories of lepidopterans and odonates from Serra da Estrela Natural Park (Portugal) - setting the scene for mountain biodiversity monitoring [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Mountain insect biodiversity is unique, but is menaced by different drivers, particularly climate and land-use changes. In mainland Portugal, the highest mountain - Serra da Estrela - is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots, being classified ...
Mário Boieiro +10 more
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DNA Barcoding and New Records of Odonates (Insecta: Odonata) from Paraíba State, Brazil
Diversity, 2022 Odonates (Insecta: Odonata) are important insects in the food chains of freshwater environments around the world, being used as a model species for areas of behavior and analysis of environmental quality. In Brazil, especially in the Northeastern region,
Ricardo Koroiva +2 more
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Diversity of the Anisoptera & Zygoptera (Odonata: Insecta) of Swat, Pakistan
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021 Odonates are important biological control agents for the control of insect pests and insect disease vectors of medical and veterinary importance. The present study was conducted to evaluate the odonate fauna of Swat, Pakistan from March to October 2019 ...
M. Attaullah +9 more
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Nonadaptive radiation in damselflies [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2015 AbstractAdaptive radiations have long served as living libraries to study the build‐up of species richness; however, they do not provide good models for radiations that exhibit negligible adaptive disparity. Here, we review work on damselflies to argue that nonadaptive mechanisms were predominant in the radiation of this group and have driven species ...
Maren Wellenreuther +1 more
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Odonata of Maludam National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015 This paper presents records of Odonata collected in July 2012 in Maludam National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia. A total of 48 species from nine families were collected. Three species were new to science, one of which has already been described as Prodasineura
Rory A. Dow +2 more
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