Morphological changes of the ovipositor in species of Cheloninae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the course of adaptation to egg-larval parasitism [PDF]
Archives of Biological Sciences, 2010 Adaptation to the parasitic way of life in braconids has led to a number of consequences in the morphology of the ovipositor of females. As a derivative of the paired appendages of the eighth and ninth abdominal segments, the ovipositor is a complex ...
Brajković M. +4 more
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Ovipositor of the braconid wasp Habrobracon hebetor: structural and functional aspects [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2021 The Braconidae are a megadiverse and ecologically highly important group of insects. The vast majority of braconid wasps are parasitoids of other insects, usually attacking the egg or larval stages of their hosts.
Michael Csader +4 more
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A world key to the genera of Elcanidae (Insecta, Orthoptera), with a Jurassic new genus and species of Archelcaninae from China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 A new fossil genus and species is described from the Middle Jurassic of China. The type of Sinoelcana minuta gen. et sp. nov. has body and legs preserved.
Jun-Jie Gu +5 more
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A new species of the genus Stepanovia Kostjukov, 2004 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Taman Peninsula, Russia [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2023 A new species of the genus Stepanovia Kostjukov, 2004 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae), S. kostjukovi sp. n., is described from the arid steppe zone of southern coast of the Taman Peninsula (Veselovka village, Krasnodar Region).
O.V. Kosheleva
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Sex- and tissue-specific expression of chemosensory receptor genes in a hawkmoth
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 For the nocturnal hawkmoth Manduca sexta, olfactory and gustatory cues are essential for finding partners, food, and oviposition sites. Three chemosensory receptor families, odorant receptors (ORs), ionotropic receptors (IRs), and gustatory receptors ...
Megha Treesa Tom +4 more
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Convergence in the ovipositor system of platygastroid wasps (Hymenoptera)
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2017 It is widely accepted that there are two ovipositor system types in Platygastroidea. The Scelio-type ovipositor system features telescoping conjunctiva between metasomal tergites 6 and 7 and operates via internal changes in hydrostatic pressure alone ...
Elijah J. Talamas +2 more
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Two new genera of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with reduced ovipositor sheaths [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2022 Archaeocercoides puchkovi Simutnik, gen. et sp.nov., and Rovnopositor voblenkoi Simutnik, gen. et sp.nov., are described and illustrated based on female specimens from late Eocene Rovno amber.
Serguei A. Simutnik +3 more
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M. macadamiae female holotype, ovipositor.
, 2020 M. macadamiae female holotype, ovipositor.
John S. Noyes (8689800) +3 more
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Insects, 2021 Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a gall-inducing insect, which can cause significant damage on plants of the genus Castanea Mill., 1754. Antennae and ovipositor are the main sensory organs involved in the location of suitable oviposition sites. Antennal sensilla
Milos Sevarika +2 more
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