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Microhymenoptera in roadside verges and the potential of arthropod‐friendly mowing for their preservation

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, Volume 147, Issue 10, Page 1035-1044, December 2023., 2023
Abstract The worldwide decline of insects is one of the major challenges for humankind. One of its main drivers is intensive farming, which reduces habitats and food resources for insect populations and causes direct mortality by pesticides. In addition, mowing of grassland poses another threat to insects, especially when it is done frequently, such as
Maura Haas‐Renninger   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sown wildflowers between vines increase beneficial insect abundance and richness in a British vineyard

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 25, Issue 1, Page 139-151, February 2023., 2023
Abstract Traditional vineyards are generally intensive monocultures with high pesticide usage. Viticulture is one of the fastest‐growing sectors of English agriculture, although there is currently limited research on habitat management practices. In a vineyard in East Sussex, England, we tested five inter‐row ground cover treatments on their potential ...
Janine Griffiths‐Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A curated DNA barcode reference library for parasitoids of northern European cyclically outbreaking geometrid moths

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 11, November 2022., 2022
We present a curated DNA barcode database for all parasitoid species associated with two geometrid species (Epirrita autumnata and Operophtera brumata) undergoing cyclic population outbreaks in the subarctic mountain birch forests that form the treeline in northern Europe.
Tommi Nyman   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rainforest conversion to cash crops reduces abundance, biomass and species richness of parasitoid wasps in Sumatra, Indonesia

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 24, Issue 4, Page 506-515, November 2022., 2022
Abstract Parasitoid wasps affect herbivory in natural and agricultural ecosystems, including cash crops. The impacts of rainforest transformation to rubber and oil palm on parasitoid wasp communities are poorly understood. We collected canopy arthropods, once each in dry season and rainy season, via canopy fogging in four land‐use systems in Jambi ...
Azru Azhar   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

First report of the parasitoid wasp Piestopleura Förster (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae) from India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
The genus Piestopleura is reported for the first time from India.
Kamalanathan Veenakumari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

New records of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea) from Finland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
New distributional records for 60 Finnish species of Platygastridae are given and commented upon.
Buhl, Peter, Koponen, Martti
core   +1 more source

How small you can go: Factors limiting body miniaturization in winged insects with a review of the pantropical genus Discheramocephalus and description of six new species of the smallest beetles (Pterygota: Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2008
The recently described and originally monotypic genus Discheramocephalus Johnson, 2007 from the Solomon Islands is revised. Six new species are described, illustrated and keyed: Discheramocephalus brucei sp. n. (Cameroon), D. elisabethae sp. n. (Cameroon)
Vasily V. GREBENNIKOV
doaj   +1 more source

Two new species of the rare genus Gastrotrypes Brues (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Gastrotrypes Brues (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) is a rare genus, represented so far by only 7 species globally. Two new species viz. Gastrotrypes brevis Sunita et Rajmohana sp. n. and Gastrotrypes carinatus Sunita et Rajmohana sp. n.
Rajmohana, Keloth   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Review of Afrotropical sceliotracheline parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Hymenoptera Research, 2021
The platygastrid subfamily Sceliotrachelinae, while represented globally by numerous biologically important taxa, is generally poorly known for the Afrotropical region.
Simon van Noort   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Lista de los géneros y especies de la superfamilia Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) de la región Neotropical

open access: yesBiota Colombiana, 2002
Los himenópteros son uno de los órdenes de insectos más comunes e importantes para el hombre. Además de las conocidas abejas, avispas y hormigas, el orden comprende un vasto número de especies parasitoideas, de gran importancia en la regulación de las ...
Tania M. Arias-Penna
doaj   +10 more sources

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