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Systematics Within the Therevinae (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae)
The 50 species currently in valid combination with Psilocephala Zetterstedt are reviewed and their generic placement hypothesized. Four new genera; Argolepida gen. nov., Manestella gen. nov., Nigranitida gen. nov., and Notiothereva gen. nov. are described. The monophyly of the higher Therevinae is …
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Brutpflege, Lebensgeschichte und Taxonomie südostasiatischer Membraciden (Insecta: Homoptera)
Diese Arbeit untersucht die systematische Verbreitung der Brutpflege bei südostasiatischen Buckelzirpen (Homoptera: Membracidae) sowie verhaltensökologische Aspekte dieses Verhaltens bei Pyrgauchenia tristaniopsis. Ergänzend dazu wurden Aspekte der Taxonomie, Lebensgeschichte, Reproduktionsbiologie …
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Mecanismos de defesa em ninhos de cupins (Insecta: Isoptera)
Cupins apresentam um elaborado sistema de defesa, porém seus ninhos são frequentemente invadidos por uma variedade de organismos. Os mecanismos que permitem a invasão em cupinzeiros ainda não foram elucidados. Sendo assim, o objetivo desta disserta¸cão foi compreender os mecanismos de defesa em …
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A ordem Ephemeroptera no Brasil (Insecta): Taxonomia e diversidade
Os principais objetivos da presente tese foram melhorar o conhecimento a respeito da ordem Ephemeroptera no Brasil, assim como prover bases para futuros estudos no país, tanto por taxonomistas do grupo, quanto por ecólogos. Para tal foram primeiramente estabelecidas, com base na literatura, as …
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A Phylogenetic Assessment of Thereva Latreille (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae)
The objective of this study is to develop a framework for biological research on Thereva (1) using molecular data to test a phylogenetic hypothesis that posits a monophyletic Thereva with respect to a diverse sample of genera in Therevinae, (2) using molecular and morphological data to propose a …
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A Revision of the Scaled Orchesellinae (Insecta: Collembola: Entomobryidae)
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Studies of Phthiraptera (Insecta: Psocodea): From phylogeny to fossil
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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Taxonomy, Systematics and Biogeography of the Scaritinae (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Scaritinae are a subfamily of ground beetles (Carabidae), containing about 1900 species and 125 genera. They share a distinctive body shape linked to a burrowing lifestyle. The diversity of Scaritinae is concentrated in the tropics and warmer regions of the southern hemisphere, particularly …
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Revisão da tribo Onocephalini Thomson, 1860 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
The tribe Onocephalini Thomson, 1860, nowadays composed of four genera and twenty-three species, is revised in its totality. The studies were carried out through entomological material from collections of the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, of the Institut …
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The Mayfly Nymphs (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) of the Guadalupe River Basin, Texas
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Morphology, phylogeny, and evolutionary development in the weevils (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)
Weevils (superfamily Curculionoidea) rank among the most diverse groups of extant organisms, with ~60,000 described species. They are extremely important economically, being of great agricultural significance because they associate with all major groups of plants, often with negative consequences …
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Análise filogenética das espécies de Castoraeschna Calvert, 1952 (Insecta, Odonata, Aeshnidae)
Cladistic analysis including adult representatives of the eight described species of Castoraeschna and four species of the related genera Coryphaeschna, Remartinia and Rhionaeschna, based on 118 morphological characters, is presented. Four different fully resolved trees were obtained using the …
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Systematics and Evolution of the Basal Lineages of Therevidae (Insecta: Diptera)
… the basal lineages of the family Therevidae (Insecta: Diptera) and to test the monophyly of the family and the two basal subfamilies. A chapter on the morphological features of Phycinae and Xestomyzinae was produced to unify the terms used in this study. A world catalog of Phycinae and …
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Drosophilidae (insecta, diptera) do cerrado : relações faunísticas, distribuição geográfica e vulnerabilidade das espécies
Os insetos da família Drosophilidae (Insecta, Diptera) são excelentes modelos biológicos, intensivamente estudados em diversas disciplinas. O estudo dessas moscas no Brasil teve início no século XIX, e sofreu um grande impulso a partir da década de 1940. Apesar disso, ainda existe uma grande lacuna …
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Phylogeny and Biogeography of Ice Crawlers (Insecta: Grylloblattodea): Evidence from Six Molecular Loci
<p>Ice crawlers (Insecta: Grylloblattodea) are rarely encountered insects that consist of five genera representing 26 species from North America and Asia. Asian grylloblattids are the most diverse, but North American ice crawlers (genus Grylloblatta) are known for their adaptation to cold …
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Estudos comparados sobre morfologia de imaturos e comportamento de Sphecinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
The subfamily Sphecinae is composed of 19 genera and about 700 species widespread in the world. This group is very diverse and complex behaviourally. The objective of the present work is comparatively studying the immature morphology and the nesting behaviour of species of Sphecinae, in a way to …
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The Comparative Morphology and Evolution of The Internal Female Reproductive System of Trichoptera (Insecta)
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