Venomics research is being revolutionized by the increased use of sensitive-omics
techniques to identify venom toxins and their transcripts in both well studied and neglected …

Animal venoms are recognised as unique biological systems in which to study molecular
evolution. Venom use has evolved numerous times among the insects, and insects today …

A remarkable diversity of new nonempidoid orthorrhaphan flies from the mid-Cretaceous of
Myanmar (Late Albian–Early Cenomanian, ca. 99 Ma) is presented, including 28 species (all …

Phloeocharis Mannerheim is the largest genus within the problematic rove beetle subfamily
Phloeocharinae, with a single extinct and 44 recent species recorded from the Holarctic …

Burmite (Burmese amber) from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar is a remarkable
valuable and obviously the most important amber for studying terrestrial diversity in the mid …

A high-quality draft genome for Proctacanthus coquilletti (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) is
presented along with transcriptomes for 16 Diptera species from five families: Asilidae …

A new fossil stick-insect (Phasmatodea) is described and figured from a male preserved in
Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Echinosomiscus primoticus Engel and Wang, gen. et sp …

The order Diptera is remarkably diverse, not only in species but in morphological variation in
every life stage, making them excellent candidates for phylogenetic analysis. Such analysis …

Asilidae represents one of the most diverse Diptera families, the adults are rapacious
predators of arthropods. Despite the huge diversity of extant species, robber flies are …

Assassin flies (Diptera: Asilidae) inject paralysing venom into insect prey during hunting, but
their venoms are poorly characterised in comparison to those produced by spiders …