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Infection dynamics of endosymbionts that manipulate arthropod reproduction

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 5, Page 1787-1812, October 2025.
ABSTRACT A large proportion of arthropod species are infected with endosymbionts, some of which selfishly alter host reproduction. The currently known forms of parasitic reproductive manipulations are male‐killing, feminization, cytoplasmic incompatibility, parthenogenesis induction and distortion of sex allocation.
Franziska A. Brenninger, Roman Zug, Hanna Kokko   +2 more
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Structure of Bee Communities in Marginal Lands of the Puget Sound, USA

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 9, September 2025.
We surveyed wild bee communities in marginal lands of the Puget Sound, USA. Bee communities were highly diverse and stable across seasons, but were variable within seasons. ABSTRACT Wild bee communities in urban ecosystems are often challenged by habitat fragmentation and low floral diversity.
Evan Sugden, Will Peterman, Robert Redmond, Riley M. Anderson, David W. Crowder   +4 more
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Endosymbiont-free ants: Molecular biological evidence that neither Wolbachia, Cardinium or any other bacterial endosymbionts play a role in thelytokous parthenogenesis in the harvester ant species, Messor barbarus and M. capitatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2013
Thelytokous parthenogenesis is a type of sex determination in which females are produced from unfertilized eggs. Genetic and endosymbiont-induced forms of thelytoky have been described in the Hymenoptera. Our study has revealed that Wolbachia, Cardinium,
Paloma MARTÍNEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, Jonás SARASA, Begoña PECO, Berta M. JAUREGUI, Desiree RIVERA, Jose L. BELLA   +5 more
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Transcriptomic analysis of the mandibular gland genes associated with reproductive dominance in Apis mellifera capensis Esch. parasitic workers

Physiological Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 233-244, September 2025.
Biosynthesis of the fatty acid components of the Apis mellifera mandibular gland pheromones takes place in a stepwise manner. Differential gene expression in the mandibular gland tissue of workers from two subspecies of African honey bees with differing reproductive potentials and at two age groups was investigated.
Fiona Nelima Mumoki, Christian Walter Werner Pirk, Robin Michael Crewe, Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf   +3 more
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Direct tests of haplodiploid inheritance in Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) using parent-offspring SSR-GBS

European Journal of Entomology
Haplodiploidy is a sex determination system in which males are haploid and females are diploid. In the typical haplodiploid system, females inherit half of their genome from each parent, whereas males inherit a haploid genome exclusively from their ...
Tatsumi KUDO, Po-Wei HSU, Shigeto DOBATA
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Reproductive Transitions and Sperm Utilisation in a Facultatively Parthenogenetic Stick Insect

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 7, July 2025.
Facultative parthenogenesis enables females to switch from asexual (parthenogenetic) to sexual reproduction after mating, but the process of fertilisation is poorly understood in such animals. It is unknown whether switching reproductive modes requires changes in the eggs themselves, delaying the transition from laying unfertilised to fertilised eggs ...
Jigmidmaa Boldbaatar, Pietro Pollo, Daniela Wilner, Nathan W. Burke, Russell Bonduriansky   +4 more
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Newcomers and Old Friends: Long‐Distance and Bridgehead Introductions Both Contribute to the Recent Invasion of the Little Fire Ant in Southern Europe

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 7, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Biological invasions result from the combination of (i) population dispersal opportunities and (ii) adaptations to the recipient environment. Identifying complex migration histories, made of long‐distance dispersal from the native range and secondary introductions, or genetic patterns indicative of adaptation is crucial to build coherent ...
Anne Loiseau, Gael J. Kergoat, Olivier Blight, Jakovos Demetriou, Xavier Espadaler, Laure Benoit, Luis A. Calcaterra, Lucila Chifflet, Hervé Jourdan, Mattia Menchetti, Benoit Facon, Julien Foucaud   +11 more
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Pest categorisation of Coccus viridis

EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2025.
Abstract The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Coccus viridis (Hemiptera: Coccidae), the green coffee scale, for the territory of the European Union (EU), following the commodity risk assessment of Jasminum polyanthum from Uganda, in which C. viridis was identified as a pest of possible concern to the EU.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Antonio Vicent Civera, Paula Baptista, Anna Berlin, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jaime Cubero, Nik Cunniffe, Eduardo de la Peña, Nicolas Desneux, Francesco Di Serio, Anna Filipiak, Paolo Gonthier, Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Hervé Jactel, Blanca B. Landa, Lara Maistrello, David Makowski, Panagiotis Milonas, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Roel Potting, Hanna Susi, Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Alex Gobbi, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Antigoni Akrivou, Dimitrios Papachristos, Oresteia Sfyra   +27 more
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Phryssonotus novaehollandiae Silvestri, 1923: the sole Australian representative of the millipede Family Synxenidae

Soil Organisms, 2009
Examination of synxenid millipedes from a number of collections confirms that Phryssonotus novaehollandiae is the sole representative of the genus and family in Australia. P.
Megan Short, Cuong Huynh
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Dysdera parthenogenetica sp. nov. (Araneae, Dysderidae): A Unique Case of Parthenogenesis in Spiders

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
We studied the parthenogenetic lineages of the spider Dysdera hungarica (Araneae: Dysderidae). Based on our data, we consider them to constitute a separate taxon, Dysdera parthenogenetica sp. nov. Morphologically, the new species differs mainly by slightly reduced female copulatory organs.
Milan Řezáč, Jiří Král, Ivalú Macarena Ávila Herrera, Martin Forman, Veronika Řezáčová, Nela Gloríková, Petr Heneberg, Miroslawa Dabert   +7 more
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