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Prospects for Complete DNA Barcode Coverage of the New Zealand Insect Fauna. [PDF]

J R Soc N Z
The accurate identification of insects supports conservation, biosecurity and ecological monitoring. However, morphological identification is constrained by taxonomic complexity, undescribed diversity, and limited expertise. DNA barcoding can alleviate some of these challenges and complement morphological identification, if reference data are ...
Buckley TR, Dopheide A, Ward D, Dhami M.
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Mandible composition and properties in two selected praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea). [PDF]

Anat Rec (Hoboken)
Abstract Insects process their food with their cuticle‐based mouthparts. These feeding structures reflect their diversity and can, in some cases, showcase adaptations in material composition, mechanical properties, and shape to suit their specific dietary preferences.
Roze M, Gorb SN, Zeimet T, Krings W.
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Evolution of Peripheral Visual System in the Apoidea: A Role for Food Item Mobility? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Since larger compound eyes and ocelli altogether improve vision, one may expect that insects specialised in chasing very mobile resources possess such morphological optimisation. By analysing 77 species of bees and wasps, we have found that wasps had larger eyes, but not larger ocelli, than bees.
Trisoglio CF, Ferrari A, Brilli M, Zilioli M, Polidori C.   +4 more
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Exploring the Mitogenomes of Mantodea: New Insights from Structural Diversity and Higher-Level Phylogenomic Analyses [PDF]

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
Hu Li, Fan Song, Wanzhi Cai
exaly   +2 more sources

Eight Years of Citizen Science Reveal Taxonomic Confusion Patterns and Dynamic Participation in the Monitoring of Vespa velutina in Spain

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) is a successful invasive species in Europe, where its monitoring is partially reliant on citizen science (CS) initiatives. While CS is a powerful tool for early detection, taxonomic confusion and fluctuating participant engagement can limit its effectiveness.
Cayetano Herrera, Carlos Guerrero, Joan Amengual, Gabriel Arbona, Mar Leza   +4 more
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Dietary flexibility and high arthropod availability prevent food limitation in a mountain population of breeding Northern Wheatears

Ibis, Volume 168, Issue 4, Page 1629-1648, October 2026.
Mountain ecosystems are under strong environmental pressure and are considered highly vulnerable to climate change, which is likely to lead to forest expansion and loss of open alpine grasslands, threatening many specialized species. However, for most alpine birds, even basic ecological knowledge, such as their diet, remains limited, restricting our ...
Camille Mermillon, Dan Chamberlain, Christian Miquel, David‐Emmanuel Coffie, Keyvan Dumas, Domenico Rosselli, Glenn Yannic   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Repurposing Global Passive Air Sampling Networks for Insect Monitoring: Promises and Pitfalls of Airborne eDNA

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, Luis Rodrigo Arce‐Valdés, Xianming Zhang, Julia J. Mlynarek, Rassim Khelifa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phenology, Mating Behaviour, and Ecology of a Wild New Zealand Nurseryweb Spider (Dolomedes minor)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 53, Issue 3, September 2026.
Population dynamics are key to the understanding of mating systems, and in particular, sex ratios provide an insight into the evolutionary pressures governing a mating system. Variation in sex ratios can influence mate competition, parental investment strategies, and ultimately shape mating rates and the reproductive success of individuals within a ...
Simon J. Connolly, Christina J. Painting
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Transfer of Potentially Toxic Metal(loid)s From Ultramafic Soils in a Tri‐Trophic Food Chain Experiment

Ecological Research, Volume 41, Issue 5, September 2026.
Potentially toxic metal(loid)s (PTMs) bioaccumulated across a plant‐herbivore‐predator food chain. Irrespective of soil concentrations, female crickets actively selected PTM‐enriched leaves, while predatory mantids showed no developmental impairment. Trophic transfer of PTMs was rather influenced more by a function of intrinsic species traits than by ...
João Marcelo‐Silva, Tean Francois Joubert, Stefan John Siebert, Bianca Greyvenstein   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Postembryonic development of the predatory strike mechanics in a praying mantis (Insecta: Mantodea)

Physiological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 377-396, September 2026.
Praying mantis forelegs capture prey using specific kinematic and kinetic traits that change in size and morphology during postembryonic growth and sexual dimorphism influences these dynamics. Strike forces grow hyperallometrically with body weight; larger mantises show longer strike durations, slower joint angular velocities and increased tibia ...
Thies H. Büscher, Fabian Bäumler, Stanislav N. Gorb, Sebastian Büsse   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source