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Ecosystem services provided by spiders
Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 2217-2236, December 2025.ABSTRACT Spiders, ubiquitous and abundant predators in terrestrial ecosystems, often are the subjects of an unjust negative perception. However, these remarkable creatures stand as unsung heroes within our ecosystems, contributing a multitude of ecosystem services critical to human well‐being.
Pedro Cardoso +13 more
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Parasite, 2016 Hesperomyces virescens is a fungal ectoparasite (Laboulbeniales) that infects adult ladybirds. Research has recently focused on this parasite due to the discovery of its prevalence on the globally invasive harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis and for its
Haelewaters Danny +2 more
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Comparison of the relationship among three major pests and multiple natural enemies in tea garden
浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版, 2010 To determine the major natural enemies of pests, the tea pests and their natural enemies were investigated systematically, and the survey data of the pests and natural enemies were further studied using grey correlation analysis, ecological niche ...
DANG Feng-hua +4 more
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Intraguild predation among the aphidophagous ladybird beetles Harmonia axyridis PALLAS and Coccinella undecimpunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinelidae) : characterization of the direction and symmetry [PDF]
, 2003 Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Ecology of Aphidophaga: Biology, Ecology and Behaviour of Aphidophagous Insects.Direction and symmetry of intraguild predation (IGP) between all developmental stages of the aphidophagous Harmonia axyridis
Félix, Sandra, Soares, António O.
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Entomological Science, Volume 28, Issue 4, December 2025.Females of Drosophila moriwakii enter reproductive diapause (characterized by undeveloped ovaries) under longdaylengths when reared with the standard medium in large cages in which theycan fly freely. Our experiments demonstrated that the proportion of females in diapause decreased drastically even under these conditions, when females were reared with ...
Nobuaki ICHIJÔ, Hiroaki SATO
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Bringing the Laboulbeniales to the 21st century: Enhanced techniques for extraction and PCR amplification of DNA from minute ectoparasitic fungi [PDF]
, 2015 One of the most peculiar groups of Ascomycota are the Laboulbeniales. These fungi are characterized by an ectoparasitic life style on arthropods, determinate growth, lack of an asexual stage, high species richness, and intractability to culture.
Gorczak, Michał +6 more
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Artificial tritrophic exposure system for environmental risk analysis on aphidophagous predators
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasWe evaluated an artificial tritrophic exposure system for use in ecotoxicological evaluations of environmental stressors on aphidophagous predators. It consists of an acrylic tube with a Parafilm M sachet containing liquid aphid diet, into which can be ...
DÉBORA P. PAULA +5 more
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Harmonia axyridis no Paraguai e novos predadores identificados no cultivo do algodoeiro [PDF]
, 2007 Strong inventories of cotton pests natural enemies were made in Paraguay by B. Michel and P. Prudent (1987 to 1992). Collections of the cotton entomofauna have been maintained, with visual observations during field visits of the national cotton program ...
Aberlenc, Henri-Pierre +5 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2011 Adults of the invasive harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), were found to be parasitized by nematodes (Tylenchomorpha: Allantonematidae) in Denmark. The nematodes were identified as Parasitylenchus sp.
Susanne HARDING +3 more
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New records of Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota) for The Netherlands
, 2012 Laboulbeniales are obligate ectoparasitic ascomycetes occurring on Arthropoda, mostly insects. Since the 1950s almost no research on Laboulbeniales has been done in The Netherlands.
De Kesel, André +4 more
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