Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

Wolbachia is one of the most abundant endosymbionts on earth, with a wide distribution
especially in arthropods. Effective maternal transmission and the induction of various …

The bacterium Wolbachia infects many insect species and spreads by diverse vertical and
horizontal means. As co-inherited organisms, these bacteria often cause problems in …

The extent to which evolution is repeatable has been a debated topic among evolutionary
biologists. Although rewinding the tape of life perhaps would not lead to the same outcome …

Understanding how and why some groups have become more species-rich than others, and
how past biogeography may have shaped their current distribution, are questions that …

Africa has undergone a progressive aridification during the last 20 My that presumably
impacted organisms and fostered the evolution of life history adaptations. We test the …

Hypolimnas misippus is a Batesian mimic of the toxic African Queen butterfly (Danaus
chrysippus). Female H. misippus butterflies use two major wing patterning loci (M and A) to …

The Lepidoptera is one of the most widespread and recognisable insect orders. Due to their
remarkable diversity, economic and ecological importance, moths and butterflies have been …

Drilini are soft-bodied predatory click-beetles (Elateridae: Agrypninae) with incompletely
metamorphosed females. Due to divergent morphology, their classification has been …

Abstract The Old‐World Tropics encompass many unique biomes and associated biotas
shaped by drastic climate and geological changes throughout the Cenozoic. Disjunct …