Trap-based surveillance strategies are widely used for monitoring of invasive insect species,
aiming to detect newly arrived exotic taxa as well as track the population levels of …

The discipline taxonomy (the science of naming and classifying organisms, the original
bioinformatics and a basis for all biology) is fundamentally important in ensuring the quality …

Assessing diet variability is of main importance to better understand the biology of bats and
design conservation strategies. Although the advent of metabarcoding has facilitated such …

Background Taxonomy that utilizes morphological characteristics has been the gold
standard method to identify mosquito species. However, morphological identification is …

Ticks are considered the second vector of human and animal diseases after mosquitoes.
Therefore, identification of ticks and associated pathogens is an important step in the …

Sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) has been established as a viable biomolecular proxy
for tracking taxon presence through time in a local environment, even in the total absence of …

Metabarcoding has the potential to revolutionise insect surveillance by providing high-
throughput and cost-effective species identification of all specimens within mixed trap …

In recent years, DNA barcoding has rapidly developed as a powerful tool in taxonomy,
demonstrating its value in species identification and discovery of cryptic diversity. The …

Genetic material (short DNA fragments) left behind by species in nonliving components of
the environment (eg soil, sediment, or water) is defined as environmental DNA (eDNA). This …

Phylogenies are a central and indispensable tool for evolutionary and ecological research.
Even though most angiosperm families are well investigated from a phylogenetic point of …