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Ecology & Evolutionary Biology: Recent submissions
Now showing items 741-760 of 1921
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The List of Available Names (LAN): A new generation for stable taxonomic names in zoology?
(Pensoft Publishers, 2016-01-07)The List of Available Names in Zoology (LAN) is an inventory of names with specific scope in time and content, presented and approved in parts, and constituted as a cumulative index of names available for use in zoological ... -
Revision of the green lacewing subgenus Ankylopteryx (Sencera) (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2015-12-09)The Australasian and Oriental green lacewing subgenus Ankylopteryx (Sencera) Navás (Chrysopinae: Ankylopterygini) is examined and its diversity and placement among other members of the tribe Ankylopterygini is discussed. ... -
Systematics and biology of Xylocopa subgenus Schonnherria (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Argentina
(Pensoft Publishers, 2015-12-09)Biological information on the species of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa subgenus Schonnherria occurring in Argentina is revised. Based on the appraisal of museum specimens, the study of type material, and field surveys ... -
Leaf beetles are ant-nest beetles: the curious life of the juvenile stages of case-bearers (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2015-12-17)Although some species of Cryptocephalinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) have been documented with ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for almost 200 years, information on this association is fragmentary. This contribution synthesizes ... -
Polyphyly of Asian Tree Toads, Genus Pedostibes Günther, 1876 (Anura: Bufonidae), and the Description of a New Genus from Southeast Asia
(Public Library of Science, 2016-01-20)The Asian Tree Toad genus Pedostibes, as currently understood, exhibits a conspicuously disjunct distribution, posing several immediate questions relating to the biogeography and taxonomy of this poorly known group. The ... -
Nonvolant mammalian populations in primary and secondary Neotropical rainforests as revealed by transect surveys.
(2016-03)Secondary forests are now prominent features in Neotropical landscapes, yet little is known about their conservation value for nonvolant mammalian communities. We performed a 20-month study using transect walks to survey ... -
A new fossil drywood termite species from the Late Eocene of France allied to Cryptotermes and Procryptotermes (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
(University of Kansas, 2015)A new fossil genus and species of drywood termite (Kalotermitidae) is described and figured from the Late Eocene of southern France. Huguenotermes septimaniensis Engel & Nel, new genus and species, is closely allied to ... -
A replacement name for the Cretaceous termite genus Gigantotermes (Isoptera)
(University of Kansas, 2016)A replacement name is proposed in order to remove a case of secondary homonymy between the Cretaceous termite genus Gigantotermes Engel, Barden, & Grimaldi (Isoptera) and the Jurassic lacewing, Gigantotermes Haase (Neuroptera). ... -
A replacement name in the genus Heriades (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
(University of Kansas, 2015)A replacement name is proposed to remove a case of secondary homonymy within the genus Heriades Spinola (Megachilinae: Osmiini). Heriades (Heriades) micheneriana Engel, new name, is established in place of H. (H.) micheneri ... -
Notes on Cretaceous amber Braconidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of two new genera
(University of Kansas, 2016)A new genus and species of basal cyclostome Braconidae is described and figured from a male preserved in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. Rhetinorhyssalus morticinus Engel, new genus and species, is interesting ... -
A new family of primitive serphitoid wasps in Lebanese amber (Hymenoptera: Serphitoidea)
(University of Kansas, 2015)A new family of serphitoid wasps (Bipetiolarida: Serphitoidea) is described and figured as Archaeoserphitidae Engel, new family. The family is based on Archaeoserphites melqarti Engel, new genus and species, preserved in ... -
The wasp genus Clystopsenella in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera: Scolebythidae)
(University of Kansas, 2015)A new species of scolebythine wasp (Chrysidoidea: Scolebythidae) is described and figured from a female beautifully preserved in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. The specimen is the first fossil record of ... -
A new family of primitive serphitoid wasps in Lebanese amber (Hymenoptera: Serphitoidea)
(University of Kansas, 2015)A new family of serphitoid wasps (Bipetiolarida: Serphitoidea) is described and figured as Archaeoserphitidae Engel, new family. The family is based on Archaeoserphites melqarti Engel, new genus and species, preserved in ... -
A study of the development of the taste organs in the fungiform papillae in the tongue of Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi
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On the descent of the testis in the pig, suggesting intra-abdominal pressure as a cause
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Five Years of Experimental Warming Increases the Biodiversity and Productivity of Phytoplankton
(Public Library of Science, 2015-12-17)Phytoplankton are key components of aquatic ecosystems, fixing CO2 from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and supporting secondary production, yet relatively little is known about how future global warming might alter ... -
A review of the genera and subgenera of Oxaeinae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
(University of Kansas, 2015)The supraspecific groups of the bee subfamily Oxaeinae are briefly reviewed and a revised classification proposed. The following new groups are established: Mesoxaea (Heteroxaea) Engel, new subgenus; Oxaea (Rhodoxaea) ... -
A giant termite of the genus Gyatermes from the late Miocene of Nagano Prefecture, Japan (Isoptera)
(University of Kansas, 2015)A new species of the termite genus Gyatermes Engel & Gross (Archotermopsidae) is described and figured from a beautifully preserved forewing in late Neogene sediments of Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. The approximately ... -
Notes on family-group names for bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
(University of Kansas, 2015)Corrected authorships and dates are provided for four family-group names for bees based on previously unrecognized earlier usages that made them nomenclatorially available. Sagemehl is newly recognized as the author of ... -
Another year of growth for the Journal of Melittology
(University of Kansas, 2015)A brief overview of the accomplishments of the Journal of Melittology during its second full year of activity is provided. A total of 18 articles comprising 283 pages were published, covering topics as varied as male ...