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Sex- and size-dependent variation in wing morphology of the cuckoo wasp Trichrysis cyanea (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2022
Intraspecific variation and sexual dimorphism in wing shape and size is common in winged insects. The exact patterns, however, differ among taxa and are related to the selection pressure acting on specific traits.
David FRÖHLICH, Lukas ZANGL, Günther RASPOTNIG, Stephan KOBLMÜLLER   +3 more
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Differences in wings may be sufficient to separate the sexes and two species of Gynaikothrips Zimmermann (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)?

EntomoBrasilis, 2022
In this study, we use geometric morphometry to discriminate thrips of the species Gynaikothrips uzeli (Zimmerman) and Gynaikothrips ficorum (Marchal) and also to detect sexual dimorphism in these species. Two hundred individuals, one hundred females and
Priscila Paredes dos Santos, Juvenal Cordeiro Silva Junior, Lorena Andrade Nunes   +2 more
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Sexual size and shape dimorphism, and allometric scaling in the pupal and adult traits of Eristalis tenax

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
The patterns and amount of variation in size, shape, and/or life history traits between females and males are fundamentally important to gain the comprehensive understanding of the evolution of phenotypic diversity.
Jasmina Ludoški, Ljubinka Francuski, Nemanja Gojković, Bojana Matić, Vesna Milankov   +4 more
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Species morphospace boundary revisited through wing phenotypic variations of Antodynerus species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the Indian subcontinent

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
The main objective of this study was to investigate the taxonomic significance of wing phenotypic variations (size and shape) for classifying potter wasps.
P. P. Anand, S. Seena, P. Girish Kumar, Y. Shibu Vardhanan   +3 more
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Comparative transcriptomic analysis of a wing-dimorphic stonefly reveals candidate wing loss genes [PDF]

EvoDevo, 2019
The genetic basis of wing development has been well characterised for model insect species, but remains poorly understood in phylogenetically divergent, non-model taxa. Wing-polymorphic insect species potentially provide ideal systems for unravelling the genetic basis of secondary wing reduction.
Graham A. McCulloch, Andrew Oliphant, Peter K. Dearden, Andrew J. Veale, Charles W. Ellen, Jonathan M. Waters   +5 more
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When size and shape matter: morphometric characterization of two sympatric dragonflies of the genus Perithemis (Odonata: Libellulidae)

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023
Perithemis mooma, Kirby, 1889 and Perithemis icteroptera (Selys in Sagra, 1857) live in sympatry from southern Brazil to central Argentina. The taxonomy of the genus Perithemis Hagen, 1861 has been hampered by the use of characters that are highly ...
STEPHANIE TARRÍS-SAMANIEGO, JAVIER MUZÓN, MÓNICA S. IGLESIAS   +2 more
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Identification of genes underlying phenotypic plasticity of wing size via insulin signaling pathway by network-based analysis in Sogatella furcifera

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Phenotypic plasticity is a common and highly adaptive phenomenon where the same genotype produces different phenotypes in response to environmental cues. Sogatella furcifera, a migratory pest of rice exhibits wing dimorphism, is a model insect
Xinlei Gao, Yating Fu, Olugbenga Emmanuel Ajayi, Dongyang Guo, Liqin Zhang, Qingfa Wu   +5 more
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Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on survival and wing dimorphism of two species of rice planthoppers (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) under interaction.

Pest Management Science, 2020
BACKGROUND Anthropogenic climate change (ACC) may have significant impacts on insect herbivore communities including pests. Two of the most important climate-change related factors are increased atmospheric concentrations of CO2 , and increasing mean ...
Caiyun Wang, M. Fei, L. Meng, J. Harvey, Baoping Li   +4 more
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Wing pattern diversity in Eunica butterflies (Nymphalidae: Biblidinae): phylogenetic analysis implies decoupled adaptive trends in dorsal sexual dimorphism and ventral eyespot evolution

Cladistics, 2023
Butterfly eyespots are wing patterns reminiscent of vertebrate eyes, formed by concentric rings of contrastingly coloured scales. Eyespots are usually located close to the wing margin and often regarded as the single most conspicuous pattern element of ...
Ivonne J. Garzón‐Orduña, K. Silva-Brandão, K. Willmott, André V. L. Freitas, N. Wahlberg, Andrew V. Z. Brower   +5 more
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THE EVOLUTION OF WING DIMORPHISM IN INSECTS [PDF]

Evolution, 1986
Wing-dimorphic insects are excellent subjects for a study of the evolution of dispersal since the nondispersing brachypterous morph is easily recognized. The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework within which the evolution of wing dimorphism can be understood.
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