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Molecular Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 21, Page 5785-5797, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Using recently published chromosome‐length genome assemblies of two damselfly species, Ischnura elegans and Platycnemis pennipes, and two dragonfly species, Pantala flavescens and Tanypteryx hageni, we demonstrate that the autosomes of Odonata have undergone few fission, fusion, or inversion events, despite 250 million years of separation.
Ethan R. Tolman +6 more
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Zoologica Scripta, Volume 51, Issue 6, Page 741-754, November 2022., 2022 Abstract The taxonomic status of Leptopsyllidae family has remained controversial over the years. Thus, some entomologists placed this group of fleas within Ceratophyllidae family, considering it at level of Leptopsyllinae subfamily or even appearing as a paraphyletic group within Siphonaptera phylogeny. This fact is emphasized by the lack of molecular
Antonio Zurita +4 more
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The ecological function of insect egg micropyles
Functional Ecology, Volume 36, Issue 5, Page 1113-1123, May 2022., 2022 Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Insect egg micropyles are openings through the chorion allowing sperm entry for fertilisation. Micropyles are diverse structures showing remarkable variation in number, spatial arrangement and physical structure across extant insect orders.
Graziella Iossa
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Arthropod dark taxa provide new insights into diversity responses to bark beetle infestations
Ecological Applications, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2022., 2022 Abstract Natural disturbances are increasing around the globe, also impacting protected areas. Although previous studies have indicated that natural disturbances result in mainly positive effects on biodiversity, these analyses mostly focused on a few well established taxonomic groups, and thus uncertainty remains regarding the comprehensive impact of ...
Mareike Kortmann +8 more
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Fossils from the Middle Jurassic of China shed light on morphology of Choristopsychidae (Insecta, Mecoptera) [PDF]
, 2013 Choristopsychidae, established by Martynov in 1937 with a single isolated forewing, is a little known extinct family in Mecoptera. Since then, no new members of this enigmatic family have been described. Based on 23 well-preserved specimens with complete
Petrulevicius, Julian Fernando +3 more
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Review of the Panorpa wormaldi group (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), with descriptions of two new species
European Journal of Taxonomy, 2022 Panorpa Linnaeus, 1758 is the largest genus in the scorpionfly family Panorpidae. In this paper, a taxonomic review of the Panorpa wormaldi group is provided, with two new species described from China: Panorpa fengyanga Wang & Suzuki, sp. nov.
Ji-Shen Wang, Tomoya Suzuki
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Morphological phylogenetic analyses and taxonomic revision of the Panorpa davidi group (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) [PDF]
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 2021 The Chinese Panorpa species without anal horn are normally assigned to the Panorpa davidi group. Here, we taxonomically revise the P. davidi group, which currently includes 17 known species and four new species: P. gaokaii sp. nov., P. huayuani sp. nov.,
Li Ning, Ji-Shen Wang, Bao-Zhen Hua
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Records for Bittacus Hangingflies and Panorpa Scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Bittacidae and Panorpidae) in Florida [PDF]
, 2009 We provide new county records for four species of panorpids (Panorpa americana Swederus, Panorpa lugubris Swederus, Panorpa sp. undetermined, and one undescribed species from the Panorpa rufescens Rambur species group) and two species of bittacids ...
Dunford, James C., Somma, Louis A.
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The Mecoptera of Michigan [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) To date, no one has published on the Mecoptera of Michigan. A comprehensive taxonomic paper on the Mecoptera of Illinois, by Donald W. Webb, Illinois Natural History Survey, and Norman D.
Johnson, James B., Thornhill, Albert R.
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A state record for the Oconee scorpionfly, Panorpa oconee Byers (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), in Florida [PDF]
, 2010 I provide the first state record for the Oconee scorpionfly, Panorpa oconee Byers, from Putnam County, Florida. This is the southernmost record for P.
Somma, Louis A.
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