Simple Summary The class Insecta constitutes the largest group of terrestrial animals, with
more than a million described species. As in all other animals, insect genomes contain …

Host reproduction can be manipulated by bacterial symbionts in various ways.
Parthenogenesis induction is the most effective type of reproduction manipulation by …

A comprehensive review of main approaches, techniques and results of the chromosome
study of parasitic wasps is given. In this group, the haploid chromosome number ranges …

Cardinium is a bacterial symbiont infecting many species of arthropods, and is associated
with manipulation of host reproduction. Cardinium is the causal agent of asexual …

The genus Copidosoma includes species that have the potential to be used as biocontrol
agents of lepidopteran pests. Regardless of their importance and the high number of …

Encarsia pergandiella H oward, described from N orth A merica (USA), and E ncarsia
tabacivora V iggiani, described from South America (Brazil)(Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), are …

The genus Encarsia Förster includes parasitoid species that are effective natural enemies of
whitefly and armoured scale insect agricultural pests. Within this genus, several species …

We present evidence of the paraphyly of the ant genus Pachycondyla resulting from our
cytogenetic studies on 29 populations in 18 species from Brazil and French Guyana. It is …

Encarsia sophia is a cosmopolitan parasitoid of whitefly pests and is regarded as a potential
biocontrol agent of the Bemisia tabaci species-complex. However, the possibility exists that …

Two expansion segments of the large ribosomal subunit (28S-D2 and 28S-D3) and the
ribosomal first internal transcribed spacer (ITS-1) were sequenced to investigate the …