Insects comprise over half of all described animal species. Together with the Protura
(coneheads), Collembola (springtails) and Diplura (two-pronged bristletails), insects form …

Adult external morphology of the extant raptorial Mantispoidea (Insecta: Neuroptera:
Mantispidae and Rhachiberothidae) is compared emphasizing the morphology of the …

Ants are highly polyphenic Hymenoptera, with at least three distinct adult forms in the vast
majority of species. Their sexual dimorphism, however, is overlooked to the point of being a …

Panorpidae is the largest family of Mecoptera with approximately 500 described species in
one extinct and eight extant genera. The phylogeny of Panorpidae was inferred from DNA …

The mesosoma is the power core of the ant, containing critical structural and muscular
elements for the movement of the head, legs, and metasoma. It has been hypothesized that …

Recent studies of insect anatomy evince a trend towards a comprehensive and integrative
investigation of individual traits and their evolutionary relationships. The abdomen of ants …

Applying consistent terminology for morphological traits across different taxa is a highly
pertinent task in the study of morphology and evolution. Different terminologies for the same …

Abstract The ant genus Nylanderia Emery has a cosmopolitan distribution and includes 150
extant described species and subspecies, with potentially hundreds more undescribed …

Alternative splicing underpins functional diversity in proteins and the complexity and
diversity of eukaryotes. An example is the doublesex gene, the key transcriptional factor in …

The ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) consists of minute soil-dwelling
species, with several genera within this clade being based solely upon males, including …