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Integrative systematics of a new species of the gall wasp genus Belonocnema Mayr (Cynipidae, Cynipini) on the Mesoamerican live oak Quercus oleoides (Fagaceae) and its associated hymenopteran community [PDF]

Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Belonocnema Mayr (Cynipidae, Cynipini) is an oak gall wasp genus currently known by three described species distributed in the southern and southeastern U.S. and northern Mexico, all associated with live oaks of the Quercus section Virentes.
Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón, Sofía R. Fernández-Flores, Rubén Castañeda-Osorio, Jaime Solis-de la Rosa, Scott P. Egan, Valeria B. Salinas-Ramos, Y. Miles Zhang   +6 more
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Blaptica dubia un alimento alternativo sostenible para la producción animal

Mundo Fesc, 2022
Animal feed production has long negatively impacted natural resources, making it necessary to implement alternatives that significantly contribute to sustainable development while also ensuring the nutrition of a growing global population.
Alberto José Rincón Atuesta, Nancy Rodríguez Colorado   +1 more
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Young honeybees show learned preferences after experiencing adulterated pollen

Scientific Reports, 2021
Pollen selection affects honeybee colony development and productivity. Considering that pollen is consumed by young in-hive bees, and not by foragers, we hypothesized that young bees learn pollen cues and adjust their preferences to the most suitable ...
Rocío Lajad, Emilia Moreno, Andrés Arenas   +2 more
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First record of Takecallis taiwana (Takahashi) and T. arundinariae (Essig) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Colombia

Agronomía Colombiana, 2016
The aphids Takecallis taiwana (Takahashi, 1926) and T. arundinariae (Essig, 1917) were collected from two locations in the Department of Cundinamarca (Colombia) and one location within 90 km of the city of Bogota on plants of the Phyllostachys sp ...
Ronald Simbaqueba, Francisco Serna, Gary Miller   +2 more
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Las hormigas exóticas en ambientes urbanos de Santa Marta, Colombia

Intropica, 2022
Se caracterizó la fauna de hormigas exóticas, evaluando su incidencia y variación en ambientes urbanos de la ciudad de Santa Marta. Como una aproximación de la heterogeneidad del paisaje urbano, se establecieron tres tipos de ambientes: parques ...
Jhoan Roncallo, Lina María Ramos Ortega, Roberto J. Guerrero, Hubert Sierra   +3 more
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Effectiveness of Push–Pull Systems to Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) Management in Maize Crops in Morelos, Mexico

Insects, 2021
Chemical control is the main method used to combat fall armyworm in maize crops. However, its indiscriminate use usually leads to a more complex scenario characterized by loss of its effectiveness due to the development of resistance of the insect pest ...
Ouorou Ganni Mariel Guera, Federico Castrejón-Ayala, Norma Robledo, Alfredo Jiménez-Pérez, Georgina Sánchez-Rivera, Lilia Salazar-Marcial, Hilda Elizabet Flores Moctezuma   +6 more
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Melanagromyza obtusa (Diptera: Agromyzidae), a new record for Colombia

Agronomía Colombiana, 2016
Melanagromyza obtusa (Diptera: Agromyzidae) is recorded for the first time in Colombia. Distribution of this species is mainly Asiatic although it has been recently reported in Florida (The United States of America), the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico ...
Javier O. Martínez-Alava, Francisco Serna, A. Lucía Pérez B.   +2 more
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Lista taxonómica actualizada de los insectos asociados a Prosopis pallida (Humb. & Bonpl. ex. Wild.) Kunth (Fabaceae) de la región Piura, Perú

Graellsia, 2020
Prosopis pallida es un componente importante para las comunidades de insectos, proporcionando alimento como tejidos vegetales, savia, néctar y/o polen y sirviendo además como lugar de refugio y reproducción. Se presenta una lista taxonómica actualizada y
Gino Juárez-Noé, Uzbekia González-Coronado   +1 more
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Mate Selection on Anastrepha curvicauda: Effect of Weight, Age, and Virginity

Insects, 2023
Sexual selection determines the evolution of the species by favoring some attributes that confer a reproductive advantage to those individuals with those attributes. Tephritidae flies do not always select the same traits when looking for a mating partner.
Patricia Villa-Ayala, Javier Hernández-Reynoso, Alfredo Jiménez-Pérez   +2 more
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Local adaptation to host plants in herbivorous insects: A meta‐analysis

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Local adaptation, wherein populations are well‐adapted to local biotic and abiotic conditions, is a common outcome of natural selection and a driver of diversification.
Mariana Abarca, Shannon M. Murphy, Gina M. Wimp, Mattheau S. Comerford, Chase Ryan‐Embry, Dhaval K. Vyas, Macawan S. Luu, Mayra C. Vidal   +7 more
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