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Iflaviruses in arthropods: when small is mighty

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Many arthropod species harbor iflaviruses, which often cause covert (asymptomatic) infections, but may still affect host fitness. We review the impact of iflaviruses on arthropod fitness, immunity, behaviour as well as the iflavirus’ host range, transmission, tissue tropism and the interactions with other microorganisms within arthropods.
Annamaria Mattia, Hannah‐Isadora Huditz, Monique M. van Oers, Vera I.D. Ros   +3 more
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Beyond Sexual Selection: Natural Selection Related Camouflage and Thermoregulation Shape Sexual Color Dimorphism in Diploderma Lizards

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Integrating comparative spectrometry, image analysis, and thermal modeling, we reveal that (1) females optimize crypsis via background matching, (2) males prioritize high‐contrast disruptive patterning at a significant thermoregulatory cost (reduced solar heat gain), and (3) habitat‐specific monomorphism in Diploderma slowinskii underscores ecological ...
Yuning Cao, Lin Shi, Yin Qi
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A new genus and species of damselfly from southern Haiti (Odonata) [PDF]

, 1947
Christiansen, K. A. (1947): A new genus and species of damselfly from southern Haiti (Odonata).
Christiansen, K. A.
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Reference genome for the American rubyspot damselfly, Hetaerina americana [PDF]

, 2023
Damselflies and dragonflies (Order: Odonata) play important roles in both aquatic and terrestrial food webs and can serve as sentinels of ecosystem health and predictors of population trends in other taxa.
Toffelmier, Erin, Eric Beraut, Grether, Gregory F, Merly Escalona, Miller, Courtney, MacDonald, Zachary G, Zachary G MacDonald, Courtney Miller, Shedlock, Andrew M, Beraut, Eric, Chumchim, Noravit, Escalona, Merly, H Bradley Shaffer, Beninde, Joscha, Sahasrabudhe, Ruta, Joscha Beninde, Noravit Chumchim, Andrew M Shedlock, Shaffer, H Bradley, Gregory F Grether, Ruta Sahasrabudhe, Erin Toffelmier   +21 more
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Characterization of the nearly complete mitochondrial genome of ochraceous darkies, Euphaea ochracea Selys, 1859 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Euphaeidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2023
In the present study, the nearly complete mitochondrial genome of Euphaea ochracea was described and its phylogenetic position in the family Euphaeidae was analyzed.
Marylin Miga, Puteri Nur Syahzanani Jahari, Sivachandran Parimannan, Heera Rajandas, Muhammad Abu Bakar Latiff, Yap Jing Wei, Mohd Shahir Shamsir, Faezah Mohd Salleh   +7 more
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Strategic conservation prioritization through creating and updating the regional species of greatest conservation need list in the northeastern United States

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Biodiversity is declining globally, underscoring the need for conservation strategies informed by regional expertise. In the northeastern United States, 14 state wildlife agencies and taxonomic experts developed the Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need (RSGCN) list, revealing that global and national datasets captured only ~55% of regionally ...
Melissa D. Starking, Tracy Monegan Rice, Karen Terwilliger, Donovan Drummey, Mack Frantz, Catherine D. Haffner, Brian Hess, Lisa Holst, Michael Marchand, Kevin R. Burgio   +9 more
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Behaivours and escape swimming speed of Ischnura elegans damselfly larvae

, 2013
The activity levels and escape swimming speed of Ischnura elegans damselfly larvae during the 6-day exposure period as a function of zinc concentrations, temperature and ...
Khuong Dinh Van (3312444), Lieven Bervoets (396037), Robby Stoks (229040), Stoks, Robby, Dinh Van, Khuong, Bervoets, Lieven, Janssens, Lizanne, Lizanne Janssens (426914), Sara Debecker (3283671), Debecker, Sara   +9 more
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The genomic response to urbanization in the damselfly Ischnura elegans

, 2023
The complex and rapid environmental changes brought about by urbanization pose significant challenges to organisms. The multifaceted effects of urbanization often make it difficult to define and pinpoint the very nature of adaptive urban phenotypes.
Marszałek, M., Palomar García, Gemma, Dudek, K., Flores Antunes, Bernardo, Palomar, Gemma, Sniegula, S., Śniegula, Szymon, Babik, W., Babik, Wiesław, Marszałek, Marzena, Antunes, B., Antunes, Bernardo, Dudek, Katarzyna   +12 more
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Improving the Accuracy of Species Identification by Combining Deep Learning With Field Occurrence Records

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Citizen science is essential for nationwide ecological surveys of species distribution. While the accuracy of the information collected by beginner participants is not guaranteed, it is important to develop an automated system to assist species ...
Jianqiang Sun, Ryo Futahashi, Takehiko Yamanaka   +2 more
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An experimental examination of dispersal decisions made by flight‐capable heteropteran insects in urban stormwater pond conditions

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
Salty conditions in urban stormwater ponds can influence dispersal timing in species‐specific ways for actively dispersing aquatic heteropteran insects. Assaying multiple aspects of dispersal propensity, Hesperocorixa obliqua emigrated earlier in stormwater pond conditions while overall probabilities remained unchanged; Notonecta undulata emigration ...
Ilia Maria C. Ferzoco, Shannon J. McCauley   +1 more
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