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Wing Venation Abnormalities in the Black-Veined White Aporia crataegi L. (Lepidoptera, Pieridae): Insight in Terms of Modern Phenetics
AbstractPatterns of appearance of wing venation abnormalities in the black-veined white Aporia crataegi L. were studied. These abnormalities form...
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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutation reveals a role for AN4 rather than DPL in regulating venation formation in the corolla tube of Petunia hybrida
Venation is a common anthocyanin pattern displayed in flowers that confers important ornamental traits to plants. An anthocyanin-related R2R3-MYB...
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Quantitative MRI imaging of parenchyma and venation networks in Brassica napus leaves: effects of development and dehydration
BackgroundCharacterisation of the structure and water status of leaf tissues is essential to the understanding of leaf hydraulic functioning under...
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The first fossil of Ancistrocladus Wall. (Ancistrocladaceae) found from India
Ancistrocladaceae, a family of shrubs or woody lianas, are widely distributed in tropical West and Central Africa and Southeast Asia. However, no...
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Alloneuron trinervium (Melastomataceae: Cyphostyleae), a new species from Colombia
Alloneuron trinervium , a new species of Melastomataceae known only from the type locality in Antioquia Department, northwestern Colombia, is...
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Indopria angulata gen. et sp. n., new genus and species of diapriid wasps (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from India
Herein we describe and illustrate Indopria angulata Theertha and Rajmohana gen. et sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from India, along with its mt COI...
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Odonatopteran Approaches to the Challenges of Flight: Convergence of Responses Subject to a Common Set of Morphological Constraints
Effective flight capacity is a crucial survival attribute of volant animals. Several vertebrate clades have acquired gliding capabilities and at...
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Deciphering the role of the morphophysiology of germination and leaves morphoanatomy for differentiation of Brazil nut genotypes
AbstractThe Brazil nut tree ( Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.), one of the main species from the socioeconomic and ecological point of view of the...
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Morphoanatomy and phylogenetics reveals a distinct species of Oxalis sect. Polymorphae (Oxalidaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest
Morphoanatomical features can provide useful information for plant taxonomy. In Oxalis sect. Polymorphae (Oxalidaceae) there are currently 12...
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Two new remarkable species of Myrcia sect. Aguava (Myrtaceae, Myrteae) from the Brazilian Atlantic and Amazon forests
Myrcia capixaba and M. forzzae , two new species from the large Neotropical genus Myrcia , are here proposed, described, and illustrated. Both species...
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A high-throughput multispectral imaging system for museum specimens
We present an economical imaging system with integrated hardware and software to capture multispectral images of Lepidoptera with high efficiency....
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The Cyphostyleae, a Small Tribe Rich in Rare Characters in the Family
The Cyphostyleae are an exclusively neotropical and small tribe, yet poorly studied and collected. It includes 25 species in four genera from low to...
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Spatial and widely targeted metabolomics and anatomical analysis reveal the mechanisms associated with petal bicolor patterning of two Dendrobium species
Orchid flowers possess high ornamental value owing to their delicate structure and color. The color patterns are a result of unbalanced pigment...
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Holomorphology, Space, and Time to Shed Light on the Evolution and Distributional Pattern of the Endemic Flowering Plants of Brazil
The disparity in species richness among clades of angiosperms is partly explained by differences in evolutionary and biogeographic processes;...
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Considerations on the Systematics of Neotropical Pierina, with the Description of Two New Species of Phulia Herrich-Schäffer from the Peruvian Andes (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Pierinae, Pierini)
A comparative analysis of high-Andean Pierina was carried out, including a total of 25 species. Based on morphological evidence, with an emphasis on...
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Vitex pomerana (Lamiaceae; Viticoideae), a new unifoliolate species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Vitex comprises c. 250 species in a pantropical distribution, with 34 species recognised for Brazil. During fieldwork in remnants of the Atlantic...
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Wing phenotypic plasticity, quantitative genetics, modularity, and phylogenetic signal analysis revealed the niche partitioning in two fruit fly species, Bactrocera dorsalis and Zeugodacus cucurbitae
Fruit flies are among the most common insect pests in the world. The presence of many cryptic species and numerous fruit fly species sharing the same...
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Fruit Development
The fruit begins to grow within the calyx after the corolla abscises from the receptacle. The calyx covers the fruit completely during development....
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A new Eocene cockroach species from the Green River Formation of Colorado, U.S.A.
New species ? Periplaneta smithiae sp. n. is recorded from the Eocene Green River Formation. The new species possibly widens the Cenozoic range of...
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New Data on the Distribution of Species of the Genus Bittacus (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) in European Russia and Kazakhstan, with Notes on Their Diagnoses
AbstractThe available data on geographic distribution, habitat preferences, and phenology of species of the genus Bittacus Latreille, 1805 in...
