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The hidden world of fossil larvae: description and morphological insights of an immature scorpionfly (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) from the Baltic amber

open access: yesZoological Journal of the Linnean Society
So far, there has been no information of the pre-imaginal stages in the well-preserved fossil record of the Mecoptera. The first and well-preserved mecopteran larva was discovered in Eocene Baltic amber.
K. Szpila   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Countdown to 2010: Can we assess Ireland’s insect species diversity and loss? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
peer-reviewedThe insects are the most diverse organisms on this planet and play an essential role in ecosystem functioning, yet we know very little about them.
McCormack, Stephen   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Mecopteros amazónicos: un registro entomológico poco común para Colombia

open access: yesCaldasia, 1993
La revisión de un material entomológico procedente del Parque Nacional Amacayacu, Amazonas, depositado en el Museo de Historia Natural del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (Bogotá), permitió la identificación de dos ejemplares pertenecientes al Orden ...
Flórez D. Eduardo
doaj  

Looking back to look forward: lessons from four birth cohorts for ageing in the 21st Century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
A catalogue of the type specimens of Isoptera, Mantodea, Mecoptera, Orthoptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera, and Zoraptera deposited in the Invertebrate Collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil, is presented and ...
Augusto Loureiro Henriques   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Larval morphology of Panorpodes kuandianensis (Insecta, Mecoptera, Panorpodidae) and its evolutionary implications

open access: yesZooKeys, 2014
Larval characters play a significant role in evolutionary and systematic studies of holometabolous insects. However, Panorpodidae, a derived family of Mecoptera, are largely unknown in their immature stages to date.
Lu Jiang, Chao Yue, Baozhen Hua
doaj   +1 more source

Primer Frenguelliidae (Insecta: Odonata) del Eoceno de Río Pichileufú, Patagonia, Argentina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Se describe un nuevo género, Treintamilun gen. nov., basado en Treintamilun vuelvenlucha sp. nov. de la localidad de Río Pichileufú (Luteciano), Provincia de Río Negro, Patagonia, Argentina. El nuevo género se asigna a Frenguelliidae.
Petrulevicius, Julian Fernando
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UPPER TRIASSIC INSECTS FROM THE MOLTENO "FORMATION", SOUTH AFRICA. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1974
Insects are recorded from eight plant fossil localities in the Molteno "Formation", but only heavily sclerotized species (Blattodea and Coleoptera) have been obtained from six of them. A small mecopteron was found at another locality, and only at Birds
Riek, E. F.
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Preliminary archaeoentomological analyses of permafrost-preserved cultural layers from the pre-contact Yup’ik Eskimo site of Nunalleq, Alaska : implications, potential and methodological considerations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Acknowledgements Site excavation and samples collection were conducted by archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen, with the help of archaeologists and student excavators from the University of Aberdeen University of Alaska Fairbanks and Bryn Mawr ...
Arnett R. H.   +48 more
core   +1 more source

Ecology of Some Panorpa (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) Species from Several Regions of Russia

open access: yesForests
Our study focuses on the investigation of the ecological aspects (seasonal dynamics, height distribution, and preference of biotopes) of six species within the genus Panorpa (P. alpina Rambur, 1842, P. cognata Rambur, 1842, P. communis Linnaeus, 1758, P.
L. Dvořák   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Origin of Fleas and the Genesis of Plague [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Human history has been riddled by diseases spread by flea vectors including the bubonic plague. Recently, Madagascar has documented more than 100 cases.
Gillen, Alan L.
core   +1 more source

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