Malaise traps are important tools for the large-scale collection of arthropod taxa. Here, an
extensive review of the history and literature concerning Malaise and canopy traps is given …

Predatory cone snails (genus Conus) produce a rich array of venoms that collectively
contain an estimated 100,000 small, disulfide-rich peptides (ie, conotoxins, or …

Earth's biodiversity is still so poorly known that only about two million (Bánki et al., 2021) of
the estimated nine million or more eukaryotic species (Larsen et al., 2017; Mora et al., 2011) …

Optimal foraging theory predicts that predators are selective when faced with abundant prey,
but become less picky when prey gets sparse. Insectivorous bats in temperate regions are …

Recently, Meierotto et al.(2019) proposed a 'revolutionary'protocol for the description of
understudied hyperdiverse taxa. The premise of their study was to champion exclusively …

Much has been written about latitudinal trends in parasitoid diversity and biology, though it is
widely recognised that they are a comparatively poorly known group. Here I show that for …

Species richness is one of the fundamental metrics of biodiversity. Estimating species
richness helps spotlight taxonomic groups that are particularly under-studied, such as the …

Summary 1 Insect parasitoids comprise a large fraction of terrestrial biodiversity. Because of
this diversity, species‐level conservation of most parasitoid species is impractical and …

Parasitoids, which mainly include taxa belonging to the Hymenoptera, play an important role
in the maintenance of other arthropod populations, acting as regulators of host densities …

Ecological specialization should minimize niche overlap, yet herbivorous neotropical flies
(Blepharoneura) and their lethal parasitic wasps (parasitoids) exhibit both extreme …