Niche diversity of pollinating insects plays a vital role in maintaining extant terrestrial
ecosystems. A key dimension of pollination niches refers to the insect proboscis length that …

The high‐level classification of Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles) currently recognizes 12 or 13
well‐established subfamilies, but the phylogenetic relationships among them remain …

Three non-phoretic blister-beetle species (Mylabris schreibersi, Actenodia distincta and
Cabalia segetum) were investigated to trace their Siculo-Maghrebian biogeographic origins …

Utilization of ferns by phytophagous insects is widely considered to be less common and
less specialized compared to the phytophagous insect community feeding on angiosperms …

Asteraceae account for 10% of all flowering plant species, and 35%–40% of these are in five
closely related tribes that total over 10 000 species. These tribes include Anthemideae …

Ladybirds (family Coccinellidae) are one of the most diverse groups of beetles and globally
comprise over 6000 species. Despite their scientific and economic significance, the …

Typhlocharis is the most diverse eyeless endogean ground beetle genus known to date,
with 62 species all endemic to the West Mediterranean region. The lineage is characterized …

Background The small ermine moth genus Yponomeuta (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae)
contains 76 species that are specialist feeders on hosts from Celastraceae, Rosaceae …

The bees comprise a derived monophyletic group (Anthophila) of pollenconsuming
(secondarily phytophagous) wasps of the superfamily Apoidea, and that diverged from a …

Insects are unparalleled in species diversity and breadth of ecological associations. The
most prominent of these ecological associations is insect herbivory on vascular plants …