Are Findings of Key Insect Metrics Generalizable Across Different Taxa in Malaise Trap Samples? [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.Malaise traps are increasingly used for global insect monitoring. However, it remains unclear whether patterns in total insect biomass from these traps reflect only changes in dominant taxa, or whether they reflect changes in other key community metrics and taxonomic groups.
Nicole Remmel +3 more
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Inocellia (Amurinocellia) calida (Raphidioptera, Inocelliidae) was first observed as a predator of Monochamus saltuarius (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) in China, the vector of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Aphelenchida, Aphelenchoididae) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalMonochamus saltuarius Gebler (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) serves as the primary carrier of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer) (Aphelenchida, Aphelenchoididae) in the middle-temperate zone of China.
Miao Yu +4 more
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Insight into higher-level phylogeny of Neuropterida: Evidence from secondary structures of mitochondrial rRNA genes and mitogenomic data. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 It is well known that the rRNA structure information is important to assist phylogenetic analysis through identifying homologous positions to improve alignment accuracy. In addition, the secondary structure of some conserved motifs is highly stable among
Nan Song, Aili Lin, Xincheng Zhao
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Wing base structural data support the sister relationship of megaloptera and neuroptera (insecta: neuropterida). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The phylogenetic status and the monophyly of the holometabolous insect order Megaloptera has been an often disputed and long unresolved problem. The present study attempts to infer phylogenetic relationships among three orders, Megaloptera, Neuroptera ...
Chenjing Zhao, Xingyue Liu, Ding Yang
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the snakefly Mongoloraphidia duomilia (Raphidioptera: Raphidiidae) [PDF]
Scientific DataRaphidioptera (snakeflies) are a holometabolan order with the least species diversity but play a pivotal role in understanding the origin of complete metamorphosis.
Rongrong Shen +7 more
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Pathways for accidental biocontrol: The human‐mediated dispersal of insect predators and parasitoids [PDF]
Ecological Applications, Volume 34, Issue 8, December 2024.Abstract Introductions of insect predators and parasitoids for biological control are a key method for pest management. Yet in recent decades, biological control has become more strictly regulated and less frequent. Conversely, the rate of unintentional insect introductions through human activities is rising.
Gyda Fenn‐Moltu +3 more
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High levels of species' extirpation in an urban environment—A case study from Berlin, Germany, covering 1700–2023 [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2024.Our study compiled and analysed spatio‐temporal species' extirpation on a broad taxonomic coverage at the city scale. We revealed high number of extirpations, which are in the twenty‐firstcentury already comparable with previous centuries, and showed that cities might be suitable systems for studying species' extirpation processes due to their small ...
Silvia Keinath +3 more
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DiversitySnakeflies (Raphidioptera) are generally assumed to have the most gradual (and plesiomorphic) type of holometabolous metamorphosis, often including saproxylic larvae. Herein we investigate the diversity of snakeflies over time.
Simon J. Linhart +9 more
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GBIF falls short of providing a representative picture of the global distribution of insects
Systematic Entomology, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 489-497, October 2023., 2023 We examine the completeness and biases of the whole data on insects stored up to now in GBIF to examine how far we are from obtaining a minimum representative sample Even at coarser resolutions, 34% of the world terrestrial cells do not have data, one‐third have a completeness greater than 50%, and barely 0.5% would have completeness values above 90 ...
Emilio Garcia‐Rosello +3 more
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Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 23, Issue 1, Page 92-105, January 2023., 2023 Abstract DNA metabarcoding is routinely used for biodiversity assessment, in particular targeting highly diverse groups for which limited taxonomic expertise is available. Various protocols are currently in use, although standardization is key to its application in large‐scale monitoring.
Ameli Kirse +4 more
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