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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
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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
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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
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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
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The genus Piestopleura is reported for the first time from India.
Kamalanathan Veenakumari +3 more
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New records of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea) from Finland [PDF]
New distributional records for 60 Finnish species of Platygastridae are given and commented upon.
Buhl, Peter, Koponen, Martti
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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
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Two new species of the rare genus Gastrotrypes Brues (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from India [PDF]
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
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Review of Afrotropical sceliotracheline parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) [PDF]
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
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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
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