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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Abnormal ovipositor in a Drosophila melanogaster female [PDF]
, 2016 While collecting virgin females from a wild stock, we found a female with an abnormal ovipositor (Figures 1, abnormal; Figure 2, normal). The stock was obtained from wild D.
Romero Benedí, Rafael +1 more
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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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Mechanisms of ovipositor insertion and steering of a parasitic wasp
, 2017 Drilling into solid substrates with slender beam-like structures is a mechanical challenge, but is regularly done by female parasitic wasps. The wasp inserts her ovipositor into solid substrates to deposit eggs in hosts, and even seems capable of ...
Gussekloo, S.W.S. +3 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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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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, 2018 A ceraphronoid ovipositor, showing the motion of the first and second valvulae in ...
Istvan Miko (99068) +1 more
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Contribution to the knowledge of male and female eremochaetid flies in the late Cretaceous amber of Burma (Diptera, Brachycera, Eremochaetidae) [PDF]
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 2019 A new and a previously known species of the genus Zhenia Q. Zhang, 2016 (Eremochaetidae) are illustrated and described based on two males and a female in amber: Zhenia burmensis sp. nov. and Z. xiai Q. Zhang, 2016. The male Z.
Qingqing Zhang, Junfeng Zhang
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