Abstract 'Mitochondrial metagenomics'(MMG) is a methodology for shotgun sequencing of
total DNA from specimen mixtures and subsequent bioinformatic extraction of mitochondrial …

Beetles (Coleoptera) are the most diverse and species-rich group of insects, and a robust,
time-calibrated phylogeny is fundamental to understanding macroevolutionary processes …

High‐throughput sequencing (HTS) is increasingly being used for the characterization and
monitoring of biodiversity. If applied in a structured way, across broad geographical scales, it …

Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing
significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society …

Background Microbial inhabitants of soils are important to ecosystem and planetary
functions, yet there are large gaps in our knowledge of their diversity and ecology. The …

New applications of DNA and RNA sequencing are expanding the field of biodiversity
discovery and ecological monitoring, yet questions remain regarding precision and …

Biologists frequently sort specimen‐rich samples to species. This process is daunting when
based on morphology, and disadvantageous if performed using molecular methods that …

Mitochondrial genomes have been widely used for phylogenetic reconstruction and
evolutionary analysis in various groups of Insecta. Gene rearrangements in the mitogenome …

Bee populations and other pollinators face multiple, synergistically acting threats, which
have led to population declines, loss of local species richness and pollination services, and …

The insect order Hymenoptera presents marvelous morphological and ecological diversity.
Higher-level hymenopteran relationships remain controversial, even after recent …