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- Baiao, Guilherme Costa, et al.
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Revision of the West Palaearctic species of Rhoptromeris Forster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae)
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of Natural History. - : TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. - 0022-2933 .- 1464-5262. ; 52:17-18, s. 1201-1224
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The West Palearctic species of Rhoptromeris are revised. A total of 11 species are recognised as valid in this region, including four newly described species: Rhoptromeris dichromata sp. nov., Rhoptromeris koponeni sp. nov., Rhoptromeris leptocornis sp. nov. and Rhoptromeris macaronesiensis sp. nov. Eucoila luteicornis Ionescu, 1959 is synonymised with Rhoptromeris heptoma (Hartig, 1840) syn. nov. A checklist of the Holarctic Rhoptromeris is presented and an identification key to the West Palearctic species is provided.www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8164332C-93E2-4E3F-A408-F5FF5DFB366E
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- Downie, J. R., et al.
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Are there costs to extended larval transport in the Trinidadian stream frog, Mannophryne trinitatis (Dendrobatidae)?
- 2005
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Ingår i: Journal of Natural History. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0022-2933 .- 1464-5262. ; 39:22, s. 2023-2034
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Previous work has shown that male Mannophryne trinitatis (Dendrobatidae) carry their larvae on their backs for up to 4 days in search of a predator-free pool in which to deposit them. The experiments reported here investigated whether costs to the larvae or to the adults limit transport duration. We simulated transport durations of 0, 4, 8, and 12 days for larvae, but found no deterioration in terms of ability to grow to metamorphosis; indeed, 12-day larvae grew better than all the others. After 8 days of simulated transport, larvae had used up all their yolk reserves and begun to lose dry weight. Larvae on wet substrates gained wet weight and length but on drier substrates merely maintained weight, suggesting that dehydration could be a problem on the male's back. In a trial of locomotor performance ( mean jump length; number of jumps to traverse a runway), females performed best with calling males not significantly different from transporting males, despite an average larval load equivalent to 15-20% of the frog's mass. Assessment of gut contents showed that females foraged more than males, but that transporting males foraged as much as did calling males. We found no differences between the three classes of adult frogs in fat body weight.
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- Forshage, Mattias, et al.
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Description of the aberrant Leptopilina lasallei n. sp., with an updated phylogeny of Leptopilina Förster (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae)
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Natural History. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0022-2933 .- 1464-5262. ; 54, s. 565-583
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the search for native Asian parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii, the notorious spotted-wing Drosophila (SWD), an odd new species of Eucoilinae was discovered. Leptopilina lasallei sp. nov. is herein described and diagnosed relative to other eucoilines associated with drosophilid hosts. Morphologically, L. lasallei is somewhat aberrant within Leptopilina; phylogenetically, L. lasallei is sister group to the core Leptopilina. In the process of investigating L. lasallei, a de novo molecular phylogeny of Leptopilina was generated and is included here. The integrated approach used for the characterisation of L. lasallei, and the resulting phylogeny of Leptopilina, produced data useful to select parasitoid species for SWD biological control.
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- Hansson, Christer
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Lasalleistichus a new genus of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae) from the Neotropical region, including four new species
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Natural History. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0022-2933 .- 1464-5262. ; 54:9-12, s. 621-633
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A new genus, Lasalleistichus, is described based on material from the Neotropical region (Brazil, Costa Rica, Peru). This new genus includes four species: L. albiclava, L. albifasciatus, L. fuscicoxa, L. longicaulis, all spp. n. and described here. The group is mainly female based, males are known only for L. albiclava. There is no biological information available for this group. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:82E08F36-E2C4-42FF-AD12-11B49C272AC6.
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- Hansson, Christer, et al.
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Revision of the Neotropical species of the tribe Euderomphalini (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae)
- 2003
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Ingår i: Journal of Natural History. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0022-2933 .- 1464-5262. ; 37:6, s. 697-778
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Neotropical species and genera of the tribe Euderomphalini (Eulophidae: Entedoninae) are revised. Five genera are described as new: Cabeza, including six species (baeostigma (female, male), canaliculata (female), laticeps (male), petiolata (female), planiscapus (female), ugaldei (female)); Itahipeus, including two species (brasilicola (female, male), euryceps(male)); Monterrondo, including one species (aphelosoma (female)); Sifraneurus, including one species (strigifer (female)); Xenopomphale, including one species (sulcata (female)); all above-mentioned species are described as new. Five additional genera are included: Aleuroctonus LaSalle and Schauff, with four species, one described previously: vittatus (Dozier) (female, male), and three described here: latiscapus (female), marki, (female, male) and metallicus (female); Entedononecremnus Girault, with 14 species, two described previously: krauteri Zolnerowich and Rose (female, male), unicus Girault (female, male), and 12 described here: bennetti (female, male), bimaculatus (female, male), convexus (female, male), crassicornis (female, male), depressus (female), fulgens (female), hansoni (female, male), imdasus (female, male), parfer (female, male), reticulatus (female), tripar (female) and unicarinatus (female); Euderomphale Girault, with two species, one described previously: flavimedia (Howard), and one described here: sulciscapus (female, male); Neopomphale LaSalle and Schauff, with 20 species, two described previously: aleurothrixi (Dozier) (female, male), quercicola (Dozier) (female, male), and 18 described here: azofeifai (male),cerrobius (male), depilis (female), dichrous (female, male), erecta (male), graciliclava longicornis (female), longipilis (female, male), nonaequa (female, male), noyesi(female), pinguicornis (female,male), prymna (female), rubescens (female, male), rubii (female), silvestris (male), transversa (female), umbonata (female, male), xenipennis (female); Dasyomphale LaSalle and Schauff, including one species (chilensis LaSalle and Schauff). The genera are placed in either one of three genus-groups, one of which is newly created. The species Euderomphale quercicola Dozier is newly combined to Neopomphale. Lectotypes are designated for Entedononecremnus unicus Girault, Euderomphale quercicola Dozier and Gyrolasia flavimedia Howard. Key to genera and species are included.
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- Jonsell, Mats, et al.
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Structure of insect community in the fungus Inonotus radiatus in riparian boreal forests
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Natural History. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0022-2933 .- 1464-5262. ; 50, s. 1613-1631
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Basidiomes of polypore fungi host many insects. Yet systematic information about insect assemblages from most fungal species is lacking. We studied the insect community associated with the wood-decaying fungus Inonotus radiatus (Sowerby: Fr.) P. Karst. (Hymenochaetales). More specifically, we studied the effect of successional stage and weight of basidiomes, as well as shore exposition (north or south), on species richness and composition, as well as occurrence and abundance of the most abundant fungivores. Basidiomes were collected from riparian forests at five lakes in Sweden. Insects were reared out from the basidiomes in the laboratory. A total of 5645 adult insect individuals of 117 taxa were obtained. Among these, 2782 specimens of 36 taxa use Inonotus radiatus basidiomes as breeding habitat. Eight species of parasitic wasps were new to Sweden. The most abundant fungi- vore was Ennearthron cornutum (Ciidae), which is a generalist breeding in many polypore species. Based on our material and literature, the melandryid beetles Abdera affinis and A. flexuosa seem to be specialists on the order Hymenochaetales. Other fre- quent fungivores were Dorcatoma dresdensis (Ptinidae), and the lepidopterans Archinemapogon yildizae, Nemapogon cloacellus and N. picarellus (Tineidae). The parasitoid community associated with the tineid moths was similar to the community associated with the other polypore species in the order Polyporales. In contrast, the parasitoids associated with Dorcatoma (and/or Abdera) were dif- ferent from the other Polyporales species, suggesting that the fungal host species is more important for these parasitoid species than the beetle host species itself. The most abundant and fre- quent parasitoids were the braconids Diospilus dispar and Colastes fritzeni, which both parasitise Dorcatoma. Species richness was significantly smaller in fresh than in more decayed basidiomes, but species composition did not differ. There was no difference in species composition or richness between north and south shorelines.
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- Pietsch, Theodore W. W., et al.
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Peter Artedi's 'Idea institutionum Trichozoologiae' and the classification of mammals
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Natural History. - 0022-2933 .- 1464-5262. ; 57:17-20, s. 1066-1079
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Among several manuscripts left behind by Swedish naturalist Peter Artedi following his untimely death in 1735 is an unfinished effort to classify the mammals, or the 'hairy animals', as Artedi called them. Titled 'Idea institutionum Trichozoologiae' ('An outline of the principles of the science of hairy animals'), it presents a four-tier hierarchy composed of orders, sections ('sectio'), genera and species, that foretells the work of Carl Linnaeus. An analysis of the impact that Artedi's account might have had on Linnaeus's treatment of the mammals in the various editions of his Systema naturae is presented. Results show that both authors owed much to the earlier work of English naturalist John Ray, with precedent going back to Aristotle.
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- Pleijel, Fredrik, 1955, et al.
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A revision of Micropodarke (Psamathini, Hesionidae, Polychaeta)
- 2005
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Ingår i: Journal of Natural History. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0022-2933 .- 1464-5262. ; 39:17, s. 1313-1325
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Micropodarke Okuda, 1938 (Psamathini, Hesionidae, Polychaeta) is revised based on examination of all available types, other museum specimens, and a large number of newly collected specimens from Japan, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, California, the west coast of Canada, and the Red Sea. The previous synonymy of Micropodarke amemiyai Okuda, 1938 with M. dubia (Hessle, 1925) is substantiated, and M. trilobata Hartmann-Schroder, 1983 is newly synonymized with M. dubia, leaving Micropodarke monotypic. A lectotype is selected for M. dubia. Micropodarke dubia is identified by the apomorphies of a proboscis diaphragm, segmental ventral adhesive papillae, distally nobbed and slightly curved neuroaciculae, and median neurouchaetae with few, basally situated prolonged teeth ("spurs"), with abrupt transition to the following, much shorter teeth. Micropodarke dubia has a main distribution in the tropical and warm temperate Indo-Pacific region, and appears to be absent from the Atlantic Ocean.
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- Rasplus, Jean Yves, et al.
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A first phylogenomic hypothesis for Eulophidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea)
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Natural History. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0022-2933 .- 1464-5262. ; 54:9-12, s. 597-609
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Eulophidae is a hyper-diverse family of chalcidoid wasps with 324 genera, about 5300 described species and probably thousands of others to be described. Until now, the absence of unequivocal morphological apomorphies and the low resolution provided by the handful of Sanger sequenced genes have hampered the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships within the family. Here, we used ultra-conserved elements and their flanking regions to resolve relationships among 84 species of eulophids included in 63 genera representing all subfamilies and most tribes, plus 15 outgroups. Our analyses recover all traditional Eulophidae subfamilies and tribes with high support and globally agree with the traditional classification of the family. Our results confirm that Eulophinae + Tetrastichinae is the sister group of (Opheliminae + Entiinae) + Entedoninae. At the generic level, our analyses provide high support for intergeneric relationships for which morphology and Sanger markers previously failed to provide resolution. Our results also confirm that Trisecodes does not group with Eulophidae and may not belong to this family; however, its correct classification still awaits a large-scale phylogenomic hypothesis for Chalcidoidea. This work opens new avenues towards a better understanding of the evolutionary history, biogeography and evolution of host–parasitoid associations in this hyper-diverse family of chalcidoid wasps.
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