Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) present an unparalleled insect model to integrate
evolutionary genomics with ecology for the study of insect evolution. Key features of …

Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) are well-known but often poorly understood insects.
Their phylogeny and classification have proved difficult to understand but, through use of …

A checklist of the dragonflies and damselflies occurring in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India
(including Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka is presented. In …

An extensive molecular phylogenetic reconstruction of the suborder Z ygoptera of the O
donata is presented, based on mitochondrial (16S, COI) and nuclear (28S) data of 59% of …

The Arthropoda is here estimated to have 1,302,809 described species, including 45,769
fossil species (the diversity of fossil taxa is here underestimated for many taxa of the …

Dragonflies are colorful and large-eyed animals strongly dependent on color vision. Here
we report an extraordinary large number of opsin genes in dragonflies and their …

Dragonflies and damselflies are a charismatic, medium-sized insect order (~ 6300 species)
with a unique potential to approach comparative research questions. Their taxonomy and …

This paper summarizes the trends in nematode species description and systematics
emerging from a comparison of the latest comprehensive classification and census of …

Aim Biogeographical inference and assessments of species' threat status and trends
depend on comprehensive information on the current geographical distribution of species …

Ecological diversification of aquatic insects has long been suspected to have been driven by
differences in freshwater habitats, which can be classified into flowing (lotic) waters and …