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• Geographic variation of melanisation patterns in a hornet species: genetic differences, climatic pressures or aposematic constraints?

  Authors:Adrien Perrard, Mariangela Arca, Quentin Rome, Franck Muller, Jiangli Tan, Sanjaya Bista, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 201410,268 words Report 1420LColoration of stinging insects is often based on contrasted patterns of light and black pigmentations as a warning signal to predators. However, in many social wasp species, geographic variation drastically modifies...

• Patriline Differences Reveal Genetic Influence on Forewing Size and Shape in a Yellowjacket Wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978)

  Authors:Adrien Perrard and Kevin J. LoopeFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 1, 20155,575 words Article 1350LThe wing venation is frequently used as a morphological marker to distinguish biological groups among insects. With geometric morphometrics, minute shape differences can be detected between closely related species or...

• Comprehensive evolutionary analysis of the Anthroherpon radiation (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Leptodirini)

  Authors:Iva Njunjic, Adrien Perrard, Kasper Hendriks, Menno Schilthuizen, Michel Perreau, Vincent Merckx, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 8, 20189,223 words Report 1390LThe genus Anthroherpon Reitter, 1889 exhibits the most pronounced troglomorphic characters among Coleoptera, and represents one of the most spectacular radiations of subterranean beetles. However, radiation,...