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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Anthony P. West, Joel O. Wertheim, Jade C. Wang, Tetyana Vasylyeva, Jennifer L. Havens, Moinuddin A. Chowdhury, Edimarlyn Gonzalez, Courtney E. Fang, Steve S. Di Lonardo, Scott Hughes, Jennifer L. Rakeman, Henry H. Lee, Christopher O. Barnes, Priyanthi N. P. Gnanapragasam, Zhi Yang, Christian Gaebler, Marina Caskey, Michel C. Nussenzweig, Jennifer R. Keeffe, Pamela J. Bjorkman
Summary: Wide-scale SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing is crucial for tracking viral evolution. The software tool Variant Database was developed to quickly examine spike mutations, and the emergence and spread of the B.1.526 lineage in New York has extended the second wave of COVID-19 cases.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
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Zhen Ye, Jakob Damgaard, Christian W. Haedicke, Xiuxiu Zhu, Silvia A. Mazzucconi, Martin B. Hebsgaard, Tongyin Xie, Huanhuan Yang, Wenjun Bu
Summary: The water boatmen of Corixoidea, a group of aquatic bugs, diversified in Gondwana during the late Triassic and the most diverse subfamily Corixinae in Corixidae arose during the separation of Laurasia from Gondwana. The large-scale expansion of the temperate and cold zones on the northward-moving Laurasian landmass provided new aquatic niches and ecological opportunities for the rapid diversification of the Holarctic corixid lineage.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Review
Forestry
Sheng-Feng Lin, Gene-Sheng Tung, Man-Miao Yang
Summary: This article consolidates and summarizes information on the distribution, invasion route, ecology, infestation level, and management of Quadrastichus erythrinae populations in the last two decades, analyzing the challenges in their management.
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Ying Zhang, Shui-Yan Yu, Yong-Hong Hu
Summary: This study evaluated the effect of air-layering technique on the rooting success of three tree peony cultivars. The results showed that mid-June was the best time for air-layering, with a rooting rate of 100% for the 'Quehao' cultivar. The growth regulators had different effects on the rooting performance of the three cultivars.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Jiajia Liu, Shangwen Xia, Di Zeng, Cong Liu, Yingjun Li, Wenjing Yang, Bao Yang, Jian Zhang, Ferry Slik, David B. Lindenmayer
Summary: Extremely old trees play important roles in understanding historical climate events and preserving cultural values. Research shows that trees older than 1000 years are rare, with most of them being located in high mountains. Factors such as climate, soil topography, human population density, and annual temperature are key determinants of the distribution of the world's oldest trees. These trees are mainly found in high-elevation, cold, arid areas with minimal human disturbance, while the tallest trees are more likely to be found in relatively more moist and productive locations. Global warming and human activities pose threats to the population of extremely old trees, emphasizing the need for new conservation strategies.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
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K. A. R. I. N. A. Wieczorek, L. U. K. A. S. Z. Junkiert, J. O. A. N. N. A. Trela, L. U. K. A. S. Z. Depa, M. A. R. I. U. S. Z. Kanturski, A. G. N. I. E. S. Z. K. A. Bugaj-Nawrocka
Summary: This article presents the digitisation of entomology resources from the Zoology Research Group in Katowice, Poland. The collection includes a substantial number of curated specimens of aphids, adelgids, and phylloxerids. The geographical analysis shows a strong representation of Eurasian areas, especially Central Europe. The highest diversity is found in the Aphididae family, particularly in the Aphidinae subfamily. A new name, Aphis (Aphis) jaroslavholmani nom. nov., is proposed for one of the species.
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Biology
Xuheng Du, Kecheng Niu, Tong Bao
Summary: This study describes the earliest known fossil larvae of a neuropteran insect from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou Beds in China. The larvae, belonging to the Nevrorthidae family, have large and elongated bodies, straight stylets with curved apices, an extremely elongated cervix, and an extended anterior lobe of pronotum. The paleoenvironment of these larvae suggests that Nevrorthidae larvae have exhibited stable aquatic ecology since the Middle Jurassic and possibly shifted from lakes to more lotic yet constricted modern mountain rivulet habitats over time.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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Barbara Franielczyk-Pietyra, Malgorzata Kalandyk-Kolodziejczyk, Jowita Drohojowska
Summary: A study found that male Matsucoccus pini insects have only one vein in their wings, debunking the previous belief that there are subcostal and medial veins. The research also identified a cluster of campaniform sensilla on both the dorsal and ventral sides of the wing base, which have not been described before in the family Matsucoccidae. This study has important implications for understanding the structure and function of insect wings.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yuchu Liu, Erik Tihelka, Chenyang Cai, Li Tian
Summary: This study reports a fossil from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern China, named Cretaceonanobius fossilis gen. et sp. nov., which is assigned to the extant subfamily Pseudopsinae. The discovery pushes back the earliest fossil record of Pseudopsinae to 125 million years ago in the Northern Hemisphere, providing new insights into the evolutionary history and paleobiogeography of this subfamily.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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Qingliang Li, Zujun Yin, Wei Tan, Xia Sun, Hui Cao, Deya Wang
Summary: This study investigated the molecular mechanisms of resistance in two varieties of jujube (wild jujube and winter jujube) to the major pest Apolygus lucorum. The results showed that wild jujube exhibited stronger resistance to A. lucorum compared to winter jujube. The JA pathway was induced and the SA pathway was suppressed in jujube leaves infested by A. lucorum. Key genes involved in JA synthesis played important roles in increasing the JA content in jujube leaves.
PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
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Entomology
Iwona Kania-Klosok, Wieslaw Krzeminski, Katarzyna Kopec, Antonio Arillo
Summary: A new subgenus Cretalinea subgen. nov. of Trichoneura (Diptera, Limoniidae) has been established with a new species: Trichoneura (Cretalinea) xavieri subgen. et sp. nov., which represents the oldest lineage of the genus Trichoneura and sheds new light on the understanding of the evolution of this group of insects. This discovery is significant for the chronostratigraphic distribution and diversity of the genus Trichoneura and the evolution of the Limoniidae family.
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Entomology
Diying Huang, Marina Hakim, Yanzhe Fu, Andre Nel
Summary: The new sternorrhynchan Triassopsyllidiida pectinata gen. et sp. nov. is described from the latest Middle Triassic Tongchuan biota of China. Its forewing venation is unique among this superfamily, but its exact position in the group remains uncertain due to the weak diagnostic value of wing venation characters in these insects. The phylogenetic relationships of the Protopsyllidioidea are discussed.
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Entomology
Marius Paraschiv
Summary: Invasive insect species cause significant damage to native flora and fauna after introduction into a new geographic area. Early detection and fast reporting of new species are crucial to limit their spread and assess potential risks. In this study, we report the apparition of an invasive scale insect in Romania, summarize its worldwide distribution and host plants, and provide morphological features for identification. Our findings highlight the potential risks posed by this infestation to native tree species in Romania.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
David Armisen, Severine Viala, Isabelle da Rocha Silva Cordeiro, Antonin Jean Johan Crumiere, Elisa Hendaoui, Augustin Le Bouquin, Wandrille Duchemin, Emilia Santos, William Toubiana, Aidamalia Vargas-Lowman, Carla Fernanda Burguez Floriano, Dan A. Polhemus, Yan-Hui Wang, Locke Rowe, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira, Abderrahman Khila
Summary: Key innovations enable access to new adaptive zones and increase species diversification. Water striders and their relatives provide an excellent model to study the patterns and processes of species diversification following the conquest of new adaptive zones. By reconstructing a new phylogeny of Gerromorpha, this study uncovered important patterns and dynamics of phenotypic evolution resulting from the initial event of water surface invasion.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Vikram Singh, Krishna G. Misra, Arun D. Singh, Ram R. Yadav, Akhilesh K. Yadava
Summary: The study of tree-ring chronologies in the north-western Himalaya reveals three distinct phases of precipitation changes during the Little Ice Age, indicating that the region did not experience any LIA influence before 1650.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
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Paleontology
Ci-Hang Luo, Vladimir M. Gnezdilov, Zhi-Shun Song, Jacek Szwedo
Summary: A new extinct genus and species, Zhangpumazus sheni n. gen. n. sp., belonging to the planthopper family Caliscelidae, is described from mid-Miocene Zhangpu amber. It is the second fossil record of this family and the first formally described planthopper species from the Zhangpu biota. This new taxon is closely related to Delhina eurybrachydoides and can be classified under the subfamily Ommatidiotinae, tribe Adenissini, and the subtribe Coinquendina. It also shares some characteristics with Phusta dantela from the subtribe Pteriliina. The discovery of Zhangpumazus sheni suggests a wider distribution of related groups in Southeast Asia during the Miocene.
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Plant Sciences
Adam Stroinski, Thierry Bourgoin, Jacek Szwedo
Summary: This article introduces a unique insect genus, Laberia, endemic to Madagascar and provides a detailed description of its classification and characteristics. The distribution of Laberia in Madagascar and its possible presence in Mauritius are discussed. The taxonomic content of the subfamily Elicinae is briefly discussed as well.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY
(2022)
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Entomology
Brendon E. Boudinot, Adrian K. Richter, Jorg U. Hammel, Jacek Szwedo, Blazej Bojarski, Vincent Perrichot
Summary: This study describes a new extinct ant species found in Miocene-aged Ethiopian amber, using advanced 3D-imaging technology. The discovery led to a revision of ant classification and provided insights into ant evolution. The research highlights the value of fossils for studying evolutionary processes and the potential of imaging technologies in this field.
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Entomology
Xiao-Ting Xu, Jacek Szwedo, Di-Ying Huang, Wei-Yu-Dong Deng, Martyna Obroslak, Fei-Xiang Wu, Tao Su
Summary: A new genus and species of spittlebugs from central Tibetan Plateau in China represent a rare fossil find, with its extinction likely linked to regional aridification and changes in plant taxa over the last 33 million years.
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Anatomy & Morphology
Qianqi Zhang, Jacek Szwedo, Daran Zheng, Haichun Zhang
Summary: A new planthopper species called Sinosurijikocixius tongchuanensis gen. et sp. nov. belonging to the family Surijokocixiidae was discovered in the Tongchuan Formation in Shaanxi, NW China during the Middle Triassic period (Ladinian). The study also reviewed and compared all known taxa assigned to Surijokocixiidae. Furthermore, the paleogeographic distributional pattern of Surijokocixiidae from the middle Permian to Late Triassic was summarized.
ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Entomology
Thierry Bourgoin, Jacek Szwedo
Summary: This article revises the basal classification of planthoppers and provides an important evolutionary character for the Fulgoromorpha group. It also highlights the oldest known representative of this group and updates the taxonomic composition of several families.
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Geology
Hui Jiang, Jun Chen, Jacek Szwedo
Summary: Geometric morphometric analysis of the forewings of Mimarachnidae insects revealed that Dachibangus formosus and D. hui are morphologically distinct from the known species of Dachibangus. Therefore, a new genus, Xiaochibangus, is proposed and these two species are transferred to this new genus. Additionally, a new species, Jaculistilus xixuanae, with well-preserved 12 eyespots on its tegmina, is described from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber in northern Myanmar, providing novel knowledge on the paleodiversity of Mimarachnidae.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Geology
Zhengqi Zhao, Thierry Bourgoin, Jacek Szwedo, Zhishun Song, Lei Chen, Cihang Luo
Summary: Laiyangella zhangi gen. et sp. nov., the first planthopper fossil from the Lower Cretaceous Laiyang formation in Shandong Province, China, is described. It exhibits cixioid venation but has fulgoroid genitalia, indicating its position as a sister group to the base of the fulgoroidian lineage in Fulgoroidea. It is an important taxon for understanding the early evolution of Fulgoroidea and highlights the need for reassessing the taxonomic diagnoses used in identifying major groups.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2023)
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Entomology
Alicja Magdalena Brysz, Patrick Mueller, Jacek Szwedo
Summary: This article describes a new genus and species of planthoppers, Amphignokachinia subversa, which is the second genus and first fossil representative of the tribe Amphignomini from the Cenomanian amber in Kachin State, Myanmar. The diagnosis of the tribe is revised and its position among the fossils in the family Achilidae is discussed.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
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Zoology
Thierry Bourgoin, Jacek Szwedo
Summary: This study presents and discusses a synthesis of planthopper suprafamilial and familial classification, resolving nomenclatural issues and introducing a clearer distinction between the taxon name and its concept.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Jowita Drohojowska, Gregory A. Evans, Mahasin Ali Khan, Taposhi Hazra, Jacek Szwedo
Summary: This article describes and illustrates a new genus and species of fossil whitefly, Praealeurolobus indicus gen. et sp. nov., based on puparia discovered on leaves of a malvaceous plant from the Pliocene Rajdanda Formation in Eastern India. It is the first known occurrence of whitefly puparia on leaves from Neogene deposits in Asia, and the second formally named and described taxon of adpression fossils. Some of the puparia exhibit a large, irregularly shaped hole with jagged edges, which is typical of emergence holes caused by parasitoids of modern-day whiteflies, representing the earliest evidence of parasitism on whiteflies. This finding contributes to our understanding of the fossil record of Aleyrodidae, as well as the ecological interactions and taphonomy of fossils preserved in the Pliocene Rajdanda Formation.
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Geology
Xin Zhang, Cihang Luo, Zhishun Song, Jacek Szwedo
Summary: Describes a new genus and species of the planthopper family Katlasidae, named Dumpyawnus hpungwanus gen. et sp. nov., found in mid-Cretaceous Kachin (Burmese) amber. The new taxon can be attributed to the Katlasidae family based on its wing structure and hind wing venation, but it differs from the type genus Katlasus Luo, Jiang et Szwedo, 2020 in terms of wing venation. The morphological features and taxonomic placement of the new species are briefly discussed.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2023)
Editorial Material
Entomology
Jacek Szwedo, Chen-Yang Cai, Di-Ying Huang, Neal L. Evenhuis, Dany Azar
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Plant Sciences
Agata Pielowska-Ceranowska, Dany Azar, Jacek Szwedo
Summary: A new fossil ceratopogonid genus and species, Baskintoconops maaloufi Pielowska-Ceranowska, is described and illustrated from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. The wing venation pattern of this genus combines characters of Fossileptoconops and Jordanoconops, belonging to the subfamily Leptoconopinae.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY
(2023)
Article
Entomology
Agata Pielowska-Ceranowska, Dany Azar, Jacek Szwedo
