Insect parasites and parasitoids are a major component of terrestrial food webs. For
parasitoids, categorization is whether feeding activity is located inside or outside its host, if …

Cells and tissues form the bewildering diversity of crustacean larval organ systems which
are necessary for these organisms to autonomously survive in the plankton. For the …

Burmese amber and amber from other periods and regions became a rich source of new
extinct insect species and yielded important insights in insect evolution in the dimension of …

Xenos vesparum of the highly specialized Strepsiptera is a new insect model in the context
of host-parasite relationships. The endoparasitic female and male secondary larvae were …

The morphology of the adult free‐living females of Mengenilla moldrzyki and Eoxenos
laboulbenei (Strepsiptera, Mengenillidae) was documented with µCT‐based 3D …

Moth lacewings (Ithonidae) are a rare group of Neuroptera with an unusual subterranean
larval life‐style. We examined external and internal head structures of an older‐instar larva …

As the only direct records of the history of evolution, it is critical to determine the geological
source of biota-bearing fossils. Through the application of synchrotron-radiation micro …

Dilaridae are a distinctive and phylogenetically ambiguous neuropteran family. So far, the
anatomy of the immature stages remains largely unknown. We examined the 1st instar …

Endoparasitic larval stages of Eoxenos laboulbenei were documented with different
techniques, with a main focus on the male tertiary larva. Two discrete endoparasitic stages …

The overall aim of my dissertation is to make a significant contribution to the understanding
of the poorly studied reproductive biology of the often-neglected insect order Strepsiptera. In …