Wheel bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae: Arilus) are general predators, the females of which have reddish-orange subrectal glands (SGs) that are eversible like the osmeteria in some caterpillars. The rancid odor of Arilus and other reduviids actually comes from Brindley's glands, which in the North (A. cristatus) and South (A. carinatus) American wheel bugs studied emit similar blend...

Although rare species are often the focus of conservation measures, more common species may experience similar decline and suffer from the same threatening processes. We tested this hypothesis by examining, through an information-theoretic approach, the importance of ecological processes at multiple scales in the great crested newt Triturus cristatus, regionally endangered and protected in Euro...

a survey was conducted to identify parasitoids of vegetable leafminer, liriomyza trifolii (burgess), in shiraz region from april 2004 to september 2005. a total of eight eulophid species, viz. baryscapus impeditus nees*, closterocerus formosus westwood, diaulinopsis arenaria erdos*, diglyphus crassinervis erdos, diglyphus isaea walker, diglyphus pulchripes crawford*, hemiptarsenus zilahisebessi...

The commercial trawler named “İdris Reis” caught a fish species that they had never seen or known before while catching shrimp in deep waters at the 36°25'04" N 30°37'17" E coordinates Gulf of Antalya on 04.04.2022. was identified as Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819). With this study, one more added to fauna.

We document the first record of Oxyruncus cristatus Swainson, 1821, Sharpbill, in Brazilian state Maranhão. This represents documented occurrence this species Bélem area endemism. The was monitored a fragment lowland forest where it remained throughout year, contradicting altitudinal migrations described for Amazonian subspecies, O. c. tocantinsi Chapman, 1939. It is possi...

Abstract The family Thamnophilidae is a species-rich Neotropical radiation of passerine birds. Current classification its 235 species mostly based on morphological similarities, but recent studies integrating comprehensive phenotypic and phylogenetic data have redefined taxonomic limits several taxa. Here, we assess generic relationships Herpsilochmus, Sakesphorus, Thamnophilus, Biatas, Dysitha...