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The Fossil Insects of Scotland

Fossil insects are rare in Scotland, though those that are found are significant and are from four periods: Specimens from the Lower Devonian Rhynie Chert of Aberdeenshire are the oldest in the world; a few species are known from the Upper Carboniferous ...
Ross, Andrew J
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Climate change, forest insects and the fossil record : knowing the past is the key to our future

, 2015
From enhancing nutrient cycling, promoting soil formation and controlling the population size of other organisms, insects have an important role in all forested ecosystems.
Hill, Lindsay
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Laboratory Biology, Immature and Adult Morphology of Trichopria drosophilae (Perkins) (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), Parasitoids of Drosophila Flies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
This study investigates the laboratory biology and morphology of the parasitoid Trichopria drosophilae, which targets Drosophila flies, including the invasive Drosophila suzukii. Key findings include a detailed description of the parasitoid's egg, three larval instars, and pupal stage, as well as unique behaviors such as siblicide and encapsulation in ...
Alex Gumovsky, Jana Collatz, Lesia Tymochko, Lars Krogmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Generic definitions and species assignments in the family Epipsocidae (Psocoptera)

, 1998
The family Epipsocidae is defined, with the addition of one character not previously used. The genus Dimidistriata Li and Mockford is removed from Epipsocidae and tentatively placed in the family Dolabellopsocidae. The genus Parepipsocus Badonnel remains
Mockford, Edward L.
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A review on true dung beetles' evolutionary and ecological responses to temperature and impacts on ecosystem functions

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
True dung beetles are a speciose group of ecosystem engineers that play key roles as detritivores in natural and agricultural landscapes. Scarabaeine beetles show strong thermal plasticity and there is increasing evidence of rapid evolutionary divergence in response to temperature across ecological and evolutionary timescales, with likely consequences ...
Nathan J. McConnell, Sarah E. Britton, Avi Khanna, Ebony Michelle Argaez, Patrick T. Rohner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insects

The Lias (or Lower Jurassic) marine sediments seen in the cliffs and scars of the Yorkshire coast form the thickest exposed sequence of this age in England at 450m.
Ross, Andrew, Nicholson, David B, Kelly, Richard S   +2 more
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Palaeozoic insects of southern Africa: a review

, 2002
Although a substantial number of Triassic insect fossils have been discovered in southern Africa, relatively few insect fossils are known from the Permian deposits of this region.
Van Dijk, D E, van den Heever, J. A., Geertsema, H, Van den Heever, J A, van Dijk, D. E., Geertsema, H.   +5 more
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Polyesterase activity and thermostability of carboxylesterases from Thermoleophilum album YS‐3

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Three novel α/β‐hydrolases from thermophilic bacterium Thermoleophilum album display carboxylesterase and polyesterase activity. These enzymes hydrolyse PET, PLA and PCL both at high and moderate temperatures. TA21 shows superior activity, efficiently converting MHET to terephthalic acid. Structural features underlying substrate binding highlight their
Tatyana N. Chernikova, Anna N. Khusnutdinova, Hairong Ma, Manuel Ferrer, Olga V. Golyshina, Alexander F. Yakunin, Peter N. Golyshin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endocranial anatomy of the earliest Cretaceous European neosuchian crocodyliform Pholidosaurus purbeckensis provides new evidence for the ecological evolution of Pholidosauridae

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
We present new insights into the internal cranial anatomy of the neosuchian crocodyliform Pholidosaurus purbeckensis, based on CT‐scan data of material from the lowermost Cretaceous Purbeck Limestone Group, southern UK. From the study of the endocast, we obtained new information on the phylogeny and the ecological evolution of the Family ...
Leonardo Barbini, Paul M. J. Burke, Ilaria Caddeo, Marco Romano, Philip D. Mannion   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

What does the morphological diversity of siphunculi tell us about the evolution of aphids (Insecta, Hemiptera, Aphidoidea)?

The European Zoological Journal
Aphids are soft-bodied insects living predominately in temperate climates, presenting a wide variety of adaptations to utilize plants as a source of food as well as involvement in various relations with other organisms, including bacteria and other ...
P. Węgierek, K. Malik, P. Hutyra, Ł. Depa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source