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January 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Idarnes incertus

January 5, 2017

Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogenetics of the Idarnes incertus species-group

Co-evolution of figs and parastitic wasps has been studied for years. However, new research published in PeerJ has combined a traditional taxonomic approach with current molecular tools to significantly add to our understanding of the fig-wasp mutualism.

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January 12, 2017

Diversity and distribution of the Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) of Ecuador

Blanca Ríos-Touma, Ralph W. Holzenthal, Jolanda Huisman, Robin Thomson, Ernesto Rázuri-Gonzales

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2851 PubMed 28097062

January 12, 2017

Effects of grazing intensity and the use of veterinary medical products on dung beetle biodiversity in the sub-mountainous landscape of Central Italy

Mattia Tonelli, José R. Verdú, Mario E. Zunino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2780 PubMed 28097048

January 31, 2017

Genomic and transcriptomic resources for assassin flies including the complete genome sequence of Proctacanthus coquilletti (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) and 16 representative transcriptomes

Rebecca B. Dikow, Paul B. Frandsen, Mauren Turcatel, Torsten Dikow

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2951 PubMed 28168115

January 17, 2017

Cry1Ac and Vip3Aa proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis targeting Cry toxin resistance in Diatraea flavipennella and Elasmopalpus lignosellus from sugarcane

Ana Rita Nunes Lemes, Camila Soares Figueiredo, Isis Sebastião, Liliane Marques da Silva, Rebeka da Costa Alves, Herbert Álvaro Abreu de Siqueira, Manoel Victor Franco Lemos, Odair Aparecido Fernandes, Janete Apparecida Desidério

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2866 PubMed 28123906

January 24, 2017

Brood size and sex ratio in response to host quality and wasp traits in the gregarious parasitoid Oomyzus sokolowskii (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Xianwei Li, Liangting Zhu, Ling Meng, Baoping Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2919 PubMed 28149691

January 5, 2017

Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogenetics of the Idarnes incertus species-group (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae, Sycophaginae)

Fernando H.A. Farache, Astrid Cruaud, Gwenaëlle Genson, Jean-Yves Rasplus, Rodrigo A.S. Pereira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2842 PubMed 28168097