Fossil evidence for key innovations in the evolution of insect diversity [PDF]
, 2014 Explaining the taxonomic richness of the insects, comprising over half of all described species, is a major challenge in evolutionary biology. Previously, several evolutionary novelties (key innovations) have been posited to contribute to that richness ...
Benton MJ +11 more
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A new type of arthropod photoreceptor [PDF]
, 2000 A new type of photoreceptor for the phylum Arthropoda, found in the class Collembola (Arthropoda, Hexapoda) is reported. This new light-sensitive structure consists of a pair of interocular vesicles present in the genus Vesicephalus Richards, 1964 and is
Baquero-Martin, E. (Enrique) +2 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Trouessart): a novel gene arrangement among arthropods [PDF]
, 2009 Background: The apparent scarcity of available sequence data has greatly impeded evolutionary studies in Acari (mites and ticks). This subclass encompasses over 48,000 species and forms the largest group within the Arachnida.
Dermauw, Wannes +3 more
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Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Cần Thơ, 2017 Nghiên cứu được thực hiện nhằm xác định thành phần loài và sự phân bố của động vật đất trên các sinh cảnh đại diện tại Khu bảo tồn Thiên nhiên Lung Ngọc Hoàng, tỉnh Hậu Giang từ năm 10/2015 đến 10/2016.
Trần Thị Kim Hồng +4 more
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Soil Arthropods in the Douro Demarcated Region Vineyards : General Characteristics and Ecosystem Services Provided [PDF]
, 2021 Viticulture is one of the oldest and most profitable forms of agriculture; it is also one of the most intensive farming systems. As intensive cultivation threatens the environment, there is increasing interest in the concept of sustainability within the ...
Carlos, Cristina +7 more
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Parthenogenesis in Hexapoda: Entognatha and non-holometabolous insects
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 2016 In hexapods, unlike the majority of animals, development without fertilization is a common phenomenon. They evolved a striking diversity of unisexual reproductive types that include a variety of modes starting from spontaneous parthenogenesis in females to the production of impaternate males with different variants in between.
Alisa O. Vershinina +1 more
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Micro-terraforming by Antarctic springtails (Hexapoda: Entognatha) [PDF]
Journal of Natural History, 2015 ABSTRACTIt has long been an axiom of Antarctic terrestrial ecology that interactions between terrestrial invertebrates and their abiotic environment are unidirectional: they are affected by their extreme environment in numerous ways, but they themselves do not affect their environment.
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Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2025.Abstract Communities of soil insects in tropical rainforests are among the richest and most complex, but the mechanisms structuring them remain mostly unknown. Identifying whether nutrient availability plays a relevant role in the assembly of these communities poses several challenges due to the diverse nutritional requirements of insects.
Miquel Ferrín +12 more
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Arthropoda associated to the olive crop in Southern Portugal (Algarve) [PDF]
, 2017 The main objective of this work was to study the abundance and diversity of arthropods associated with the olive crop (Olea europea L.), in southern Portugal.
Gonçalves, Maria
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Arthropod Phylogenetics in Light of Three Novel Millipede (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) Mitochondrial Genomes with Comments on the Appropriateness of Mitochondrial Genome Sequence Data for Inferring Deep Level Relationships [PDF]
, 2013 Background Arthropods are the most diverse group of eukaryotic organisms, but their phylogenetic relationships are poorly understood. Herein, we describe three mitochondrial genomes representing orders of millipedes for which complete genomes had not ...
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