Parasite–host and insect–plant research have divergent traditions despite the fact that most
phytophagous insects live parasitically on their host plants. In parasitology it is a traditional …

Parasites with low host specificity (eg infecting a large diversity of host species) are of
special interest in disease ecology, as they are likely more capable of circumventing …

The last 10 years have seen more research on insect macroevolution than all the previous
years combined. Here, I summarize and criticise the claims that have been made by …

Parasites often jump to and become established in a new host species. There is much
evidence that the probability of such host shifts decreases with increasing phylogenetic …

The biogeographic histories of parasites and pathogens are infrequently compared with
those of free-living species, including their hosts. Documenting the frequency with which …

The fig and pollinator wasp obligate mutualism is diverse (∼ 750 described species),
ecologically important, and ancient (∼ 80 Ma). Once thought to be an example of strict one …

Understanding why some parasites emerge in novel host communities while others do not
has broad implications for human and wildlife health. In the case of haemosporidian blood …

Background The behaviour of blood-sucking arthropods is a crucial determinant of blood
protozoan distribution and hence of host-parasite coevolution, but it is very challenging to …

Understanding geographic patterns of interaction between hosts and parasites can provide
useful insight into the evolutionary history of the organisms involved. However, poor taxon …

Parasites that can infect multiple host species are considered to be host generalists with low
host specificity. However, whether generalist parasites are better adapted to a subset of their …