Spider silk felting—functional morphology of the ovipositor tip of Clistopyga sp. (Ichneumonidae) reveals a novel use of the hymenopteran ovipositor [PDF]
Biology Letters, 2016 Apical serrations of the hymenopteran ovipositor have been widely postulated to originally constitute adaptations for cutting through hard substrates. Simplifications of the ovipositor tip have occurred in several ichneumonid wasp genera associated with spiders.
Niclas R. Fritzén +1 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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The Siricidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of Florida [PDF]
, 2013 The six species of Siricidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) occurring in Florida and one species of regulatory concern introduced to North America are reviewed.
Leavengood, John M., Jr. +1 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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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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A new species of the genus Aiolopus Fieber (Oedipodinae: Acrididae) from Libya [PDF]
, 2008 A new species, Aiolopus obariensis sp. n., is described and illustrated from Fezzan Province, Libya. Besides other differentiating characters, the new species is characterized by having a conspicuously short and club-shaped left antenna.
Usmani, Mohammad Kamil
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyPercutaneous pancreatic core biopsy is conclusive but challenging due to large-diameter needles, while smaller-diameter needles used in aspiration methods suffer from buckling and clogging.
Jette Bloemberg +4 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2007 Plateumaris constricticollis is a donaciine leaf beetle endemic to Japan, which lives in wetlands and uses Cyperaceae and Poaceae as larval hosts.
Teiji SOTA +2 more
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A Maple Wood Wasp, \u3ci\u3eXiphydria Maculata,\u3c/i\u3e and its Insect Enemies (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriiade) [PDF]
, 2017 A xiphydriid wood wasp, Xiphydria mandata, is very common in branches ofAeer spp. in Indiana. and is frequently the proximate cause of branches falling from shade trees. X.
Deyrup, Mark A
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