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Diversity, Taxonomy and Evolution of Insects

A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 3761

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Dimitrios Kontogiannatos

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National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos, Institute of Biosciences and Applications (IB-A), Athens, Greece
Interests: moths Lepidoptera insect ecology; developmental biology; evolution; pest management; Lepidoptera; functional genomics
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Dr. Anna Kourti

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Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Interests: RNA interference; pest management; moths; lepidoptera; insect ecology; functional genomics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Entomological science is a rapidly emerging field with significant relevance from biological, evolutionary and economical points of view. Insects represent one of the most abundant eukaryote groups and are dynamically distributed in all over the world. Research in insect biodiversity is still of high importance, answering questions and connecting missing links between insect species. Molecular biology data, NGS, genomic and phylogenetic analyses are now hotspots for breakthrough discoveries in insect science, revealing information that traditional morphological and taxonomical techniques could not. Moreover, physiological and biochemical data from comparative high-throughput proteomic and metabolomic analyses shed more light on many aspects of insect science, such as pesticide resistance, endocrine regulation and evolution, social communication, and molecular evolution. In this Special Issue, we welcome original research articles and reviews concerning the molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of insects, high-throughput technologies used in insect genome sequencing, comparative evolutionary analyses, functional genomics, proteomics and metabolomics of insect physiology and endocrinology. We look forward to your contributions to this Special Issue, which aims to highlight the importance of molecular biology in insect biodiversity and taxonomy research.

Dr. Dimitrios Kontogiannatos
Dr. Anna Kourti
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • insect molecular taxonomy
  • insect diversity and evolution
  • NGS
  • proteomics
  • metabolomics

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The Terebrantia (Insecta: Thysanoptera) of the Maltese Islands
by Godwin Degabriele, Adriano Cavalleri, Arturo Goldarazena and David Mifsud
Diversity 2023, 15(4), 514; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15040514 - 3 Apr 2023
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Thirty-nine species of terebrantian Thysanoptera belonging to four families and 22 genera are here recorded from the Maltese Islands. Of these, 33 represent new records to this archipelago. Thrips were collected from 65 different locations over a seven-year period, covering the main habitat [...] Read more.
Thirty-nine species of terebrantian Thysanoptera belonging to four families and 22 genera are here recorded from the Maltese Islands. Of these, 33 represent new records to this archipelago. Thrips were collected from 65 different locations over a seven-year period, covering the main habitat types found across the Maltese Islands, namely steppe, garigue, maquis and woodland, but also sand dunes and saltmarshes as well as roadsides, private and public gardens, greenhouses and cultivated fields. An illustrated dichotomous key to identify the Terebrantia of the Maltese Islands is presented. Chorological data for the species researched in the current study shows that the majority of these insects are of a European Mediterranean origin, though the geographical distribution of some of them extends to Africa and the Middle East. Seven species associated with agricultural commodities were found to be of alien origin; however they were locally found in small numbers and do not pose a threat to horticulture. Full article
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Diversity of Hymenopteran Parasitoids in Coffee Plantations under Agroecological Transition and Its Impact on Coffee Leaf Miner (Leucoptera coffeella) Infestations
by Kulian Basil Santa Cecília Marques, Lêda Gonçalves Fernandes, Ludmila Caproni Morais, Khalid Haddi and Luís Cláudio Paterno Silveira
Diversity 2023, 15(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010002 - 20 Dec 2022
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The biodiversity of natural competitors is vital to key ecosystem services and agroecosystems’ benefits to society. The abundance and richness of hymenopteran parasitoid communities, and subsequently their services, are dependent on the variety of habitats in the different agroecological landscapes. Here, we monitored [...] Read more.
The biodiversity of natural competitors is vital to key ecosystem services and agroecosystems’ benefits to society. The abundance and richness of hymenopteran parasitoid communities, and subsequently their services, are dependent on the variety of habitats in the different agroecological landscapes. Here, we monitored the fluctuation of predatory wasps and hymenopteran parasitoid populations and their impacts on coffee leaf miner infestations under different coffee plantation landscapes. Thus, 24 sampling plots were arranged in four cultivation systems: conventional (CONV), in transition to organic shaded (T.OSH), in transition to organic full-sun (T.OFS), and without pesticide (T.WOP). In each plot, leaves with intact mines were collected randomly once a month over a period of 23 months. Parasitoid species, coffee leaf miner infestation, predation, and parasitism were assessed based on the emerged parasitoids and wasps’ activity signs in the mines. The data on parasitoids revealed the presence of 621 hymenopteran parasitoids, of which, 420 were Braconids and 201 were Eulophids. Overall, the abundance of braconid specimens (67.6%) was greater, but the species richness was higher in Eulophids. The highest species richness of L. coffeella parasitoids was in T.OSH and T.OFS. Furthermore, in the coffee plants evaluated, the coffee leaf miner population is well established and does not cause economic damage, as the spontaneous action of predatory wasps and parasitoids, in addition to climatic factors, contributes to regulating these pest infestations. Of these parasitoids, the braconid Orgilus niger and Stiropius reticulatus were found to be promising and well-adapted control provider species. Full article
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