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Mitogenomic phylogeny of Eurytoma Illiger (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae): Genus delimitation, species‐group assessment and recurrent host‐use transitions

Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 2, April‐June 2026.
Mitogenomes from 166 Eurytomidae confirm Eurytoma is polyphyletic; 10 species groups are recovered in Eurytoma s.s., and several lineages are reassigned to other genera or newly delimited clades. Conservative head and mesosoma traits, especially the postgenal depression and ventral shelf, track mitogenomic clades closely, supporting their diagnostic ...
Duk‐Young Park, Seunghyun Lee, Seunghwan Lee   +2 more
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Urbanization Intensity, Vegetation Cover and Plant Vigor Affects Stem Galls Occurrence and Abundance in a Widely Distributed Ruderal Tropical Plant

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
In this study, we demonstrate that urbanization intensity reduces the abundance of stem galls on Turnera subulata, while increased vegetation cover and plant vigor promote higher occurrence and abundance. These findings highlight the importance of native vegetation in sustaining specialized insect‐plant interactions and provide evidence that plant ...
Luziene Seixas, Dalton Serafim, João Victor Sabino Santos, Kim Ribeiro Barão, Guilherme Ramos Demetrio   +4 more
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Geographic Variation in the Diet of Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Chicks Reflects Local Prey Communities

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To describe and compare the diets of an Arctic‐breeding shorebird, the Red Knot (Calidris canutus), across three geographically distinct breeding sites. We aimed to document the dietary patterns and identify key prey groups that characterise each population's foraging ecology.
Reinier Blok, Mikhail K. Zhemchuzhnikov, Tim Oortwijn, Jannik Hansen, James A. Johnson, Niels Martin Schmidt, Judith D. L. van Bleijswijk, Elena Zhemchuzhnikova, Thomas K. Lameris, Jeroen Reneerkens, Tom Versluijs, Zachary M. Pohlen, Jan A. van Gils   +12 more
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A Regional DNA Barcode Library for Northern Rocky Mountain Arthropods to Support Biodiversity and Molecular Ecological Research

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.
We developed the MPG Ranch Arthropod Library (MPG‐AL), a COI DNA barcode reference library for arthropods of the Northern Rocky Mountains, to address gaps in barcode coverage for the western United States. From 86,533 specimens collected in Montana, we generated 52,270 DNA barcodes spanning 38 orders and 1793 species, adding 5154 Barcode Index Numbers (
Mathew T. Seidensticker, Lorinda S. Bullington, Sergio E. Morales, Philip W. Ramsey   +3 more
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Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Geranium sylvaticum*

Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 2, February 2026.
Geranium sylvaticum is a perennial forb of upland grasslands, woodlands and riverbanks in northern Britain, with scattered native occurrences also in Wales, central England and Northern Ireland. It has an extensive native range in Europe and Asia. The species is gynodioecious, with individual plants typically female or hermaphrodite.
Markus Wagner, Richard G. Jefferson, Ruth E. Starr‐Keddle, Sandra Varga, Irina Tatarenko, Duncan B. Westbury, Lucy Hulmes   +6 more
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Vegetation biomass and landscape context influence web‐building spider dietary breadth in urban vacant lots

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, Page 126-140, February 2026.
Spider dietary breadth and overlap increased with imperviousness, suggesting that prey and spiders are concentrating in vacant lots in these landscapes. Higher vegetation biomass, which results from reduced mowing frequency, was associated with increased dietary breadth and shared prey between spiders.
Ellen Danford, Yvan A. Delgado de la flor, Nicole Hoekstra, Rodney Richardson, Frances Sivakoff, Mary Gardiner   +5 more
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Control of Woolly Apple Aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum) by Augmenting Earwigs (Forficula auricularia) in the Canopy of Apple Trees

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 1, Page 61-73, January 2026.
Apple trees provisioned with five earwigs and a refuge made a small but not significant contribution to woolly apple aphid control. ABSTRACT Woolly apple aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann), is a damaging pest of apple (Malus domestica F.) found in most regions of the world where apples grow.
M. T. Fountain, A. Walker, C. X. Silva, G. Deakin   +3 more
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The Hidden Diptera Diversity in Aristolochia Trap‐Flowers: Revealing the Identity of Pollinators Through Taxonomic Knowledge

Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 10, Page 1502-1512, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Although Diptera is one of the most diverse insect orders with a high potential for pollinating plants, it remains poorly studied and neglected. This is partly due to limited taxonomic efforts in species identification. For instance, despite being primary pollinators of trap flowers, species‐level identification in these systems remains scarce.
Carlos A. Matallana‐Puerto, Sávio Cunha Costa, Alexandre S. Araujo, Carolina Poloni Guilherme, Danilo César Ament, Diego Aguilar Fachin, Marcoandre Savaris, Paula Raile Riccardi, Rodrigo de Vilhena Perez Dios, Taís Madeira‐Ott, Vera C. Silva, Paulo E. Oliveira, João C. F. Cardoso   +12 more
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The magnitude of cryptic insect diversity in one tropical rainforest

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 18, Issue 6, Page 1163-1174, November 2025.
We detected 214 cryptic species out of a total of 2006 species (10.6%) examined from 22 focal insect taxa in 1500 ha tropical rainforest in Panama. The percentage of cryptic species varied greatly among assemblages (0%–19%), with half of the assemblages devoid of cryptic species and the highest proportions of cryptics in Pieridae and Formicidae ...
Yves Basset, Greg P. A. Lamarre, David A. Donoso, Daniel Souto‐Vilarós, Filonila Perez, Ricardo Bobadilla, Yacksecari Lopez, José Alejandro Ramírez Silva, Héctor Barrios   +8 more
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Novel brood-site pollination mutualism between sympetalous <i>Heterosmilax</i> (Smilacaceae, Liliales) and a cecidomyiid gall midge (Cecidomyiidae, Diptera) breeding in fallen male flowers. [PDF]

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Kato M, Kawakita A.
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