The Hymenoptera are one of the largest orders of insects, comprising almost 160,000
described extant species with a true total of possibly over one million species. Most species …

Intimate associations between different species drive community composition across
ecosystems. Understanding the ecological and evolutionary drivers of these symbiotic …

Beetles that feed on the nutritionally depauperate and recalcitrant tissues provided by the
leaves, stems, and roots of living plants comprise one-quarter of herbivorous insect species …

Abstract BACKGROUND Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) is a commercially important tree in the
Mediterranean basin, where there is a considerable increase in cultivation, especially in …

 Abstract Animal constructions are the outcomes of complex evolutionary, behavioural, and
ecological forces. A brief review of diverse animal builders, the materials used, and the …

Abstract With 5,300 species, the Cryptocephalinae is the fourth largest subfamily of the
megadiverse Chrysomelidae beetles. This subfamily currently merges groups that were …

We present the first phylogenetic hypothesis for Mesitiinae based on 112 morpho-structural
characters and 61 species. The results did not support Argaman's tribal classification for …

The leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) are one of the most species-rich family of herbivorous
beetles with about 45,000 species worldwide. Based on the contributions of …

Ten species of Griburius Haldeman, 1849, morphologically similar to each other, and some
of their synonyms are revised, figured and discussed. Among them is G. scutellaris …

The aim of our work is to catalogue host plant records of the leaf beetle subfamily
Cryptocephalinae at the global scale and use it as the foundation to analyse host plant …