Wildlife trade and fraudulence in food, artefacts and cosmetic industries had raised serious
concern in protection of the wild faunal diversity. Lack of proper tools and molecular based …

The phylogeny of insects has been both extensively studied and vigorously debated for over
a century. A relatively accurate deep phylogeny had been produced by 1904. It was not …

Arvicolinae is one of the most impressive placental radiations with over 150 extant and
numerous extinct species that emerged since the Miocene in the Northern Hemisphere. The …

Mosquitoes are insects of medical importance due their role as vectors of different
pathogens to humans. There is a lack of information about the evolutionary history and …

Honey can be produced by different species of honeybees, with two being of economic
importance due to their use in apiculture, namely Apis mellifera (known as European …

Species of infraorder Gryllidea, or crickets, are useful invertebrate models for studying
developmental biology and neuroscience. They have also attracted attention as alternative …

The Japanese subalpine zone is dominated by an ecologically important forest biome,
subalpine coniferous forest, constituting a distinct assemblage of cold‐tolerant angiosperm …

Background Ictalurus is one of the most representative groups of North American freshwater
fishes. Although this group has a well-studied fossil record and has been the subject of …

Figulus binodulus Waterhouse is a small stag beetle distributed in East Asia. We determined
the first mitochondrial genome of F. binodulus of which is 16,261-bp long including 13 …

Insects are rich in proteins and could be an alternative source of proteins to feed animals
and humans. Numerous companies have started the production of insects for feed purposes …