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Gastritis over Gastrisus Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xanthopygina): Resolving a major taxonomic impediment with phylogenomics

Systematic Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 449-468, July 2025.
Comprehensive phylogeny of Xanthopygina rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), including 30 of 33 genera, was generated by anchored hybrid enrichment of 1229 nuclear, protein‐encoding loci. We resolved nine major clades within Xanthopygina, including the new Leptodiastemus group, and successfully delineated a monophyletic concept of Gastrisus ...
Adam J. Brunke, Stylianos Chatzimanolis
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From Spinning Silk to Spreading Saliva: Mouthpart Remodeling in Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) [PDF]

, 2019
As a model organism, the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta (Linnaeus 1763) has contributed much to our knowledge of developmental processes in insects, and major developmental changes between different larval instars are generally well understood.
Gominho, Brandon, Hines, Heather M, Jones, Anne C, Miko, Istvan, Paudel, Sulav, Rahman, Sarthok Rasique, Schilder, Rudolf J, Stupski, S David, Townley, Mark A.   +8 more
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The structure of extremely long mouthparts in the aphid genus Stomaphis Walker (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae) [PDF]

, 2015
Scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy were used to elucidate the morphology of labium and mandibular and maxillary stylets of the aphids Stomaphis quercus (L.) and S. graffii Cholodkovsky.
Brożek, Jolanta, Depa, Łukasz, Mróz, Ewa, Wylężek, Dominika, Węgierek, Piotr   +4 more
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Embryonic Development of Appasus japonicus Vuillefroy, With Special Reference to Mouthparts Formation (Insecta: Heteroptera, Belostomatidae)

Journal of Morphology, Volume 286, Issue 5, May 2025.
In this study, we provide a detailed description of the embryonic development of Appasus japonicus, focusing on the formation of its specialized mouthparts. We identify homologies between the maxillary plate and maxillary palp and most parts of the stylet‐like mandibles and maxillae are housed within the labial palp.
Tomoya Suzuki, Takashi Tanizawa, Nobuo Suzuki, Koji Tojo   +3 more
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The larval morphology of the clonal raider ant, Ooceraea biroi (Forel, 1907) (Dorylinae), with broader implications for the Formicidae and Hymenoptera [PDF]

The larvae of ants are essential for colony organization and growth, yet knowledge of their internal anatomy is sparse, and the homologies of many larval structures remain uncertain. We therefore used synchrotron-radiation micro-computed tomography (SR-μ-
Beutel, Rolf G., Boudinot, Brendon E., Kamp, Thomas van de, Kronauer, Daniel J. C., Li, Di, Olivos-Cisneros, Leonora, Richter, Adrian   +6 more
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Morphological Variance in Mouthparts and Foraging Behavior in Bumblebees [PDF]

, 2021
Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) show an incredible degree of size variation within and between species. Individuals from the same hive may vary up to 10-fold in mass.
Lee, Ye Jin
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Interactions between host plant quality and non‐consumptive predator effects on oviposition and larval behaviour of Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 148-159, May 2025.
Abstract The presence of predators can induce non‐consumptive effects on prey that result in subsequent changes to prey behaviour and defence. We investigate the interaction between top‐down non‐consumptive effects of various stages of the predator Coccinella septempunctata L.(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) (larvae and adult) and bottom‐up effects of host ...
Sharavari Kulkarni, Maya Evenden
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Comparative Morphology of the Mouthparts in Three Predatory Stink Bugs (Heteroptera: Asopinae) Reveals Feeding Specialization of Stylets and Sensilla [PDF]

, 2020
Mouthpart structures were observed in three species of Asopinae using scanning electron microscopy to investigate their morphological disparity.
Brożek, Jolanta, Dai, Wu, Wang, Yan
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Cutting the sap: First molecular phylogeny of twig‐girdler longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Onciderini) suggests shifts in host plant attack behaviours contributed to morphological evolution

Systematic Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 369-386, April 2025.
Onciderines originated c. 56 Ma, in the Palaeocene‐Eocene boundary, and consist of two major monophyletic lineages, here established as subtribes Hypsiomatina and Onciderina. A novel, female‐specific mechanism of attacking host plants known as girdling evolved independently and irreversibly at least five times in the onciderines.
Diego de S. Souza, Rowan L. K. French, José O. Silva Júnior, Eugenio H. Nearns, Luciane Marinoni, Ian P. Swift, Kelly B. Miller, Felix A. H. Sperling, Marcela L. Monné   +8 more
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Linking effect traits of soil fauna to processes of organic matter transformation

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 446-461, February 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Soil organic matter (SOM) transformation processes are regulated by the activities of plants, microbes, and fauna. Compared with plants and microbes, effects of soil fauna are less understood because of their high taxonomic and functional diversity, and mix of direct ...
Jonathan Bonfanti, Anton M. Potapov, Gerrit Angst, Pierre Ganault, Maria J. I. Briones, Irene Calderón‐Sanou, Ting‐Wen Chen, Erminia Conti, Florine Degrune, Nico Eisenhauer, Olga Ferlian, Davorka Hackenberger, Amelie Hauer, Mickaël Hedde, Karin Hohberg, Paul Henning Krogh, Christian Mulder, Camila Perez‐Roig, David Russell, Oren Shelef, Zheng Zhou, Andrey G. Zuev, Matty P. Berg   +22 more
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