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Ever wondered what drives the Editors-in-Chief of our journals?
Why not learn a bit more about our own #RESPhysEnt EiC, Nick Teets, and what they think their most interesting research discovery has been so far?
www.royensoc.co.uk/news/meet-th...
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New research in #RESPhysEnt
Transcriptome analysis reveals genes differentially expressed and enriched in response to gregariousness in #Galleria mellonella #waxworms
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70034
#DEGs
@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
New #OpenAccess research in #RESSystematicEnt
Over-reliance on #Completeness exposes ultraconserved elements datasets to non-randomly distributed missing data
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70024
#UCEs #Phylogenomics #Metrics #MissingData #EntoMethods
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
📢 New @royentsoc.bsky.social #InsectID Handbook has now been released with CABI Books! 🎉
Our first handbook in hardback format covers the British species of #Dolichopodidae.
Learn more about the release and how to get your own copy here ⬇️
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#Diptera
New research in #RESSystematicEnt
Phylogenomic insights into the tribal-level #phylogeny of #Typhlocybinae
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70033
#Phylogenomics #Leafhoppers #USCOs #UCEs #Morphology
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Photos: Hestesletten & near Fortuna Bay (credit: P. Tichit); P. Tichit sampling for beetles (credit: S. Browning).
Video: Merizodus soledadinus carabid beetle (credit: P. Tichit).
#Conservation #InvasiveSpecies
@durham.ac.uk @bas.ac.uk @saerifi.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social
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New #OpenAccess work by @pierretichit.bsky.social, @waynedawsoneco.bsky.social et al. in #RESInsectConsDiv found continued expansion of invasive #carabids across elevation and habitats on sub-#Antarctic South Georgia.
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70064
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
#Biodiversity #Conservation #InsectAbundance #InsectDistributions
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social @insidenatgeo.bsky.social
A new #OpenAccess study in #RESEcolEnt reports on the use of passive #acoustic #monitoring to track the world's largest #bumblebee, #Bombus dahlbomii.
doi.org/10.1111/een.70068
#EntoMethods #Apidae #PAM
Photo: The endangered Patagonian bumble bee, Bombus dahlbomii (credit: Marina Arbetman)
New research in #RESPhysEnt
The female sex #pheromone of the #mulberry pyralid #moth, #Glyphodes pyloalis & evaluation of its efficacy in laboratory and field conditions
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70023
#GCMS
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New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectConsDiv
#Conservation implications of shifting #habitat use in migrating insects: Selection patterns in a threatened #damselfly show that season-specific actions are needed
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70063
#Migration
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
New research in #RESAgForestEnt
Nitrogen #fertiliser input alters prey #consumption rate of a widespread #aphid predator, #Harmonia axyridis
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70037
#Biocontrol #PopulationDynamics
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Have you noticed our lovely set of new journal covers yet? 👀
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes when they get picked out?
Then wonder no more! Learn more about how images the images are selected and a final one chosen here ⬇️
www.royensoc.co.uk/news/new-yea...
The study discusses how the findings challenge the one specimen–one barcode premise, and the implications of sequence divergence on #metabarcoding-based assessments.
Image credit: Niina Kiljunen and Marko Mutanen.
#COI #mtDNA
New #OpenAccess research by M. Prous, @niinakiljunen.bsky.social et al. in #RESSystematicEnt found that multiple full-length variants of the mitochondrial COI DNA barcode region are prevalent in north European sawflies.
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70031
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New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt investigated how the cost of #parasite exposure depends on host #ontogeny.
doi.org/10.1111/een.70066
#Drosophila #Macrocheles #NCEs #CEs
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
New #OpenAccess research in #RESMedVetEnt
A multiplex #assay to detect #mosquito species, bloodmeal host source and #Plasmodium in #malaria vectors using #Nanopore amplicon #sequencing
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70055
#EntoMethods #InsectVectors #InsectBorneDiseases
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New research in #RESSystematicEnt
#Phylogeny, #biogeography and ecological diversification of the Oriental #cicadas in the tribe #Platypleurini (#Hemiptera, #Cicadidae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70030
#Biodiversity #Phylogenetics
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Part of the #Insect #Symbionts as Mediators of Ecological #Interactions: From #Mutualists to #Parasites #SpecialIssue!
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New work in #RESEcolEnt
Insect-microbe-fungus interplay in citrus #agroecosystems: Cuticular #symbionts mediate #Diaphorina citri resistance to #Beauveria bassiana
doi.org/10.1111/een.70063
#EPF
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Photos: A spider encountered during sampling; Kullu and Lahaul Spiti (Himachal Pradesh, India), two of the landscapes investigated in the study; a researched undertaking sampling. All photos courtesy of Irina Das Sarkar.
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Spider encountered during sampling in the study. Credit: Irina Das Sarkar.
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh, India) forest landscape. Credit: Irina Das Sarkar.
Lahaul Spiti (Himachal Pradesh, India) agricultural landscape. Credit: Irina Das Sarkar.
One of the researchers undertaking sampling during the study. Credit: Irina Das Sarkar.
New work in #RESInsectConsDiv explored functional variation in #spider communities across different #LandUse categories along an #ElevationalGradient in North-Western Indian Himalaya
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70062
#TraitVariation #Biodiversity
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New #OpenAccess work in #RESAgForestEnt
Application of novel molecular diagnostic method to examine the spatio-temporal trends of #Carcelia iliaca, a #parasitoid of #OPM (#Thaumetopoea processionea)
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70036
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social
Want to read the article itself? It's #OpenAccess, so why not add it to your reading list! 📖
Towards red listing understudied tropical #insects: A case study of the #DungBeetles of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70045
#IUCN #RedList #EndangeredSpecies #Conservation #Scarabaeidae
New @royentsoc.bsky.social #ResearchHighlight available!
A new #OpenAccess article in #RESInsectConsDiv shows that robust #IUCN Red List assessments are feasible, and necessary, for tropical #insects and their #conservation.
Read more ⬇️
www.royensoc.co.uk/news/towards...
New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectConsDiv investigated critical tipping points in #DungBeetle communities, and discusses the implications for #conservation in the Atlantic Forest biome
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70061
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Photo credits: André Tavares
New #OpenAccess work in #RESEcolEnt
Who prefers the dark? Daily activity of #DungBeetles from an Amazonian region
doi.org/10.1111/een.70067
#NichePartitioning #INPA
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Photos courtesy of article authors
New #OpenAccess research in #RESMedVetEnt
#Mosquito & #arbovirus surveillance in wetlands of South-East England: Comparison of two adult mosquito traps, use of a novel trap with FTA™ cards & arbovirus testing
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70053
#InsectVectors #VectorSurveillance
@wileyecology.bsky.social
A new study in #RESAgForestEnt discusses a #LifeTableAnalysis method and its limitations in assessing population growth rates.
The Euler-Lotka equation in sexual populations
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70035
#EulerLotka #EntoMethods
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social
New research in #RESEcolEnt
Warming accelerates #development but alters #synchrony in a season-dependent manner in a #damselfly
doi.org/10.1111/een.70064
#Lestes
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
