[HTML][HTML] Phylogenomic analyses of the Tenthredinoidea support the familial rank of Athaliidae (Insecta, Tenthredinoidea)

G Niu, M Budak, EM Korkmaz, Ö Doğan, A Nel, S Wan… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In the current era of data explosion, the use of genetic information is
increasingly being applied across numerous biological questions. One application has been …

Systematic bias and the phylogeny of Coleoptera—A response to Cai et al.(2022) following the responses to Cai et al.(2020)

BE Boudinot, M Fikáček, ZE Lieberman… - Systematic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Systematic bias is one of the major phylogenetic issues arising over the last two decades.
Using methods designed to reduce compositional and rate heterogeneity, hence systematic …

Distal leg structures of Zoraptera–did the loss of adhesive devices curb the chance of diversification?

Y Matsumura, SP Lima, JA Rafael, JT Câmara… - Arthropod Structure & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The distal leg structures of Zoraptera are documented and discussed with respect to their
functional morphology and evolutionary aspects. We investigated eight species using …

Comparative cytogenetics of three Zoraptera species as a basis for understanding chromosomal evolution in Polyneoptera insects

M Jankásek, P Kočárek, F Št'áhlavský - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Zoraptera (also called “angel insects”) is one of the most unexplored insect orders. However,
it holds promise for understanding the evolution of insect karyotypes and genome …

Morphology of male genitalia and legs reveals the classification of Mesozoic Zoraptera (Insecta)

P Kocarek, I Kocarkova, R Kundrata - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Zoraptera is a small insect order with less than 50 described species from mostly tropical
and subtropical regions of the World. The current system of extant Zoraptera is based on the …

A new story of four Hexapoda classes: Protura as the sister to all other hexapods

S Du, E Tihelka, D Yu, WJ Chen, Y Bu, C Cai… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Insects represent the most diverse animal group, yet previous phylogenetic analyses based
on the morphological and molecular data have failed to agree on the evolutionary …