Miniaturization leads to considerable reorganization of structures in insects, affecting almost
all organs and tissues. In the smallest insects, comparable in size to unicellular organisms …

Miniaturization is a widespread trend in animal evolution and one of the principal directions
of evolution in insects. It is known that body size, especially when extremely small, is an …

The study of the influence of body size on structure in animals, as well as scaling of organs,
is one of the key areas of functional and evolutionary morphology of organisms. Most studies …

The body size, especially in cases of extreme reduction, is an important characteristic that
strongly determines the morphology, physiology, and biology of animals. Miniaturization is a …

We present the first morphological study of larvae and adults of Mikado sp.–one of the
smallest known beetles and free-living insects (body length of adult is 390–455μm) …

The organization and fine structure of the brain in the smallest parasitic wasps, Anaphes
flavipes and Trichogramma evanescens, were studied using serial histological sections as …

The internal structure of Nanosella sp., Primorskella sp., and Porophila sp. was described
from serial sections and total preparations using light and transmission electron microscopy …

Due to their small size, diminutive parasitic wasps are outstanding subjects for investigating
aspects of body miniaturization. Information on minute compound eyes is still scarce, and we …

The recently described and originally monotypic genus Discheramocephalus Johnson, 2007
from the Solomon Islands is revised. Six new species are described, illustrated and keyed …

Body size is a key feature of organisms and varies continuously because of the effects of
natural selection on the size‐dependency of resource acquisition and mortality rates. This …