Highlights•Many diverse lineages of parasitoids exist in addition to parasitic wasps.•The
community ecology of these 'NH-parasitoids' is poorly known.•NH-parasitoid assemblages …

The number of co‐flowering species, floral density and floral trait diversity can be major
determinants of pollinator‐mediated plant–plant interactions in a community. However …

Heterostyly is a sex polymorphism that has challenged evolutionary biologists ever since
Darwin. One of the lineages where heterostyly and related stylar conditions appear more …

Pollen limitation may have important consequences for the reproduction and abundance of
plant species. It may be especially harmful to endangered and endemic plants with small …

Temperate-zone socially polymorphic sweat bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) are ideal
model systems for elucidating the origins of eusociality, a major evolutionary transition. Bees …

The observation that the flowers of Anemone nemorosa offer nectar to pollinating bee-flies
(Bombylius major) prompted this investigation into the site of nectar secretion and nectary …

Character displacement is a potentially important process driving trait evolution and species
diversification. Floral traits may experience character displacement in response to pollinator …

Cuckoo bees and velvet ants use different resources of their shared host bees, the former
laying eggs on the host pollen stores and the latter on immature stages. We studied the …

Abstract Chursina MA, Ruchin AB. 2018. A checklist of Bombyliidae (Diptera) from Mordovia,
Russia and variation of wing shape in Bombylius species. Biodiversitas 19: 2147-2156. A …

Pollen-mediated gene flow and spatial genetic structure have rarely been studied in alpine
plants that are pollinated by dipteran insects. In particular, it is not clear how different floral …