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Diet breadth shapes gut microbiota in the invasive hornet Vespa velutina

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Dietary and microbial profiles of V. velutina larvae are dominated by Apidae and Firmicutes, respectively. DNA metabarcoding of larval meconium and gut samples reveals a significant positive correlation between prey richness and bacterial diversity in the invasive hornet V. velutina. Multiple significant correlations exist between dietary and microbial
Cayetano Herrera, Iris Alemany, Mar Leza, José A. Jurado‐Rivera   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Host Specificity of Parasitoid Wasps and Its Applications in Biological Control. [PDF]

Insects
Vacari AM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Fly me to the canopy: Diptera communities in oak forest crowns as bioindicators of stand decline

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Diptera diversity: Oak decline increases the overall Diptera diversity, particularly in saproxylic and floricolous guilds, likely due to more open canopies and greater deadwood and floral resource availability. Family responses: Dolichopodidae, Empididae, Hybotidae and Anthomyiidae thrive in declining stands, whereas Mycetophilidae and other fungus ...
Anastasia Paupe, Elodie Le Souchu, Christophe Bouget, Christophe Daugeron, Clovis Quindroit, Pierre‐Yves Gloaguen, Patrick Grootaert, Mike Ashworth, Paul L. T. Beuk, Christophe Lauriaut, Valery O. Korneyev, Elena P. Kameneva, André Reimann, Julia J. Mlynarek, Jocelyn Claude, Pierre Tillier, Vivian Feng, Dalton de Souza Amorim, Rudolf Meier, Ximo Mengual, Tatiana Kúdelová, Thomas Lebard, Anders Lindström, Tobias Lilja, Santiago Jaume‐Schinkel, Jonas Mortelmans, Marija Ivković, David Brice, Bruno Righetti, Jean‐Paul Haenni, Pauline Bierre, Cécile Vincent‐Barbaroux, Aurélien Sallé   +32 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concentrated vulnerabilities in bees: Diet specialists have smaller geographic ranges

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Niche breadth theory predicts a positive association between range size and diet breadth, which could concentrate risk among specialists, but this is not well established for bees. Using global occurrence data (range size) and natural history collection‐derived pollen data (diet breadth), we compared these traits in 633 species from six families and ...
Charles N. Thrift, Thomas J. Wood, An Bui, Hillary S. Young, Katja C. Seltmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foraging Patterns of Two Sympatric Wasp Species: The Worldwide Invasive Polistes dominula and the Native Hypodynerus labiatus. [PDF]

Insects
Moreyra S, Lozada M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Therapeutic Bark Gouging as an Effective Complement for the Management of Ips typographus and Pityogenes chalcographus While Preserving Habitat for Secondary Scolytine (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Species

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Norway spruce will likely remain an important tree species in Europe over the next few decades despite efforts to transform forests and reduce its distribution range more to its natural range. Consequently, Ips typographus will remain one of the most relevant forest pests the management of which will become increasingly challenging due to ...
Tobias Frühbrodt, Hannes Lemme, W. Andreas Hahn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age-related differences in learning, memory and brain plasticity in workers of the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris. [PDF]

J Exp Biol
Mattens A, Christiaens H, Debeuckelaere K, Di Pietro V, Mendes Ferreira H, do Nascimento FS, Oi CA, Wenseleers T.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Insectary Plant Species Preferences of Predators and Parasitoid Families in a Mediterranean Horticultural Agroecosystem

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The use of insectary plants to provide alternative food and shelter resources for enhancing natural enemy activity has been established as a common practice in IPM. Candidate flowering plant species have been screened and evaluated for their contribution to enhance life parameters of beneficial insects.
Francesc Gómez Marco, Carmen Denis, Rosa Gabarra, Valmir A. Costa, Paula Molina, Jordi Riudavets, Judit Arnó   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological Characteristics and Rearing Techniques for Vespid Wasps with Emphasis on <i>Vespa mandarinia</i>. [PDF]

Insects
Lv L, Du J, Wei G, Tian Y, Li S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Analysing the Ecological Requirements of the Australian Tortoise Beetle Trachymela sloanei (Blackburn, 1897) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) to Determine the Prospects for Its Invasion Process

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Invasive species pose a serious threat to biodiversity and result in significant economic costs. Although much effort is devoted to understanding invasive processes, some aspects are poorly understood, such as the early stages of invasions and the reasons for invasion failure.
Francisco Valera, Francisco Castaño‐Vázquez, Cesar Augusto Marchioro, Jesús Veiga   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source