In this study,the morphology and ultrastructure of the compound eye of L.lewisii were investigated using scanning electron microscopy(SEM),transmission electron microscopy(TEM),microcomputed tomography(μCT),and 3D re...
European mountain systems have played a crucial role in shaping the distribution of species and of their genetic diversity during the Quaternary climatic changes,with the establishment of allopatric patterns across ma...
The lack of food security leads us to turn to the riches of the forest, namely non-timber forest products (NTFP) and timber forest products (TFP). In Burkina, these products are a source of income for families, improv...
The study was carried out with financial support from St.Petersburg State University(project no.1.40.503.2017);the Rus-sian Foundation for Basic Research(project no.20-04-00185 A).
An interplay of genetic divergence and phenotypic plasticity in shaping geographic variation is increasingly receiving attention in the entomological literature. Two major environmental variables that govern life hist...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31572068 and 32172486)。
In insects,ecdysteroids are synthesized by genes of the Halloween family and play important roles in several key developmental events,including molting and metamorphosis.However,the roles of these genes in Agasicles h...
Cowpea seed constitutes an important source of proteins for populations in Sub-Saharan Africa. But this food resource is heavily damaged by cowpea beetle Callosobruchus maculatus. The control of that pest is mainly ca...
supported by the GDAS Special Project of Science and Technology Development(2020GDASYL-20200301003,2021GDASYL-20210103049,2020GDASYL-20200102021);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(3010300101,30970393,J1210002);the Biological Resources Program,Chinese Academy of Sciences(KFJ-BRP-017-26)。
In this study,one new species of the leaf-beetle genus Sphenoraia Clark,1836(Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae:Galerucinae)is described from the Haizhu Wetland,Guangzhou,China:Sphenoraia(Sphenoraioides)haizhuensis Yang sp.nov....
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970400);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)program(2019QZKK0501)。
A new species group of the genus Lilioceris Reitter,1913 is proposed and keyed as neptis group,characterized by adults with mesoventral process widened,tuberculate,and horizontally connected with mesoventrite.It inclu...
This research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China Heilongjiang(C2017059).
The structure of the primary olfactory brain center was studied in male and female adult Ambrostoma quadriimpressum by means of a series of histological sections labeled using the reduced-silver-stain technique.The an...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31472028)
A replacement name is provided for Chrysolina mikhailovi Lopatin, 2011, a primary junior homonym of Ch. mikhailovi Ge & Daccordi, 2011, namely Ch. yurimikhailovi nomen novum. Habitus and aedeagus of Ch. mikhailovi Ge ...