Bees carry out vital ecosystem services by pollinating both wild and economically important
crop plants. However, while performing this function, bee pollinators may encounter …

Protists, a highly diverse group of microscopic eukaryotic organisms distinct from fungi,
animals and plants, exert crucial roles within the earth's biosphere. However, the genomes …

The insect cuticle is a non-cellular matrix composed of polysaccharide chitins and proteins.
The cuticle covers most of the body surface, including the trachea, foregut, and hindgut, and …

Copidosoma floridanum is a cosmopolitan species and an egg-larval parasitoid of the
Plusiine moth. C. floridanum has a unique development mode called polyembryony, in …

Agricultural insect pests (AIPs) are widely successful in adapting to natural and
anthropogenic stressors, repeatedly overcoming population bottlenecks and acquiring …

Climate change is imposing novel selection pressures on insect species by altering abiotic
and biotic environmental conditions (Parmesan 2006). Climate parameters, such as …