Manipulation of Microbial Symbionts in <i>Bemisia tabaci</i> and <i>Trialeurodes vaporariorum</i> (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Reveals Divergent Impacts on Insect Host Fitness and Plant Defense Modulation. [PDF]
InsectsKashkouli M, Khajehali J, Mehrabadi M.
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Population Genomics Approaches Identify a Cryptic, Emerging Generalist Pest Complex
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.Molecular gut content analysis and RAD‐seq analysis revealed a peanut pest complex where previously only one species was considered problematic. Both species exhibited a wide, but somewhat distinct, variety of plants among their diets, and peanut‐feeding was rare. Diet generalism combined with a stepwise pattern of dispersal among fields might underlie
Pedro A. P. Rodrigues +7 more
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Diversity and Composition of the Microbiome Associated with Adult of the Green Shield Bug Palomena prasina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). [PDF]
Microb EcolÇağatay NS +4 more
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Using DNA Metabarcoding and Citizen Science to Assess the Diet of Owned Domestic Cats
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.ABSTRACT Various methods have been attempted to quantify hunting and consumption of wild prey by domestic cats, but molecular analysis of their scat using DNA metabarcoding has rarely been attempted. In this study, we relied on owner‐collected scats (n = 32) from litterboxes and backyards to test whether this methodology could be used to detect ...
Hee Jin Chung +2 more
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Honey environmental DNA reveals entomological fingerprints through dual mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) and cytochrome b (CYTB) metabarcoding. [PDF]
Sci RepRibani A +8 more
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Environmental DNA, Volume 8, Issue 5, September‐October 2026.Our key findings show that polyurethane passive air samplers can sample insects, although highly abundant insects tend to be overrepresented. Our results also suggest that airborne eDNA might give us a broad temporal image of the insect communities over several weeks, rather than a snapshot of when samples are collected.
Jordi Vilanova +4 more
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Role of Biological Control in Management of Invasive Exotic Arthropod Pests and Weeds in India. [PDF]
InsectsMuniappan R +4 more
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Global Change Biology Communications, Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2026.We show that impacts of agriculture on arthropod biodiversity are notably less negative in Europe than in other regions, which we find is driven by a degraded baseline, a selection bias of reference sites, and novel species compositions in agriculture that favour widespread habitat generalists and non‐native species.
Daan Scheepens +3 more
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Global Change Biology Communications, Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2026.The mean critical thermal maxima varied significantly across species with Delottococcus aberiae showing the highest heat tolerance, whereas Planococcus citri recorded the lowest. All mealybug species exhibited substantial contractions in climatically suitable areas by 2100, with Pseudococcus calceolariae recording the greatest proportional decline ...
Reyard Mutamiswa +5 more
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Quantifying the repeated evolution of insect raptorial forelegs. [PDF]
Sci RepMiyaji H +3 more
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