Meri Lähteenaro
A5020163410- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
Stockholm University
2021-2024
Swedish Museum of Natural History
2021-2024
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
2021
Finnish Museum of Natural History
2018
To associate specimens identified by molecular characters to other biological knowledge, we need reference sequences annotated Linnaean taxonomy. In this study, (1) report the creation of a comprehensive library DNA barcodes for arthropods an entire country (Finland), (2) publish library, and (3) deliver new identification tool insects spiders, as based on resource. The contains mtDNA COI 11,275 (43%) 26,437 arthropod species known from Finland, including 10,811 (45%) 23,956 insect species....
Abstract All organisms are challenged by encounters with parasites, which strongly select for efficient escape strategies in the host. The threat is especially high gregarious species entering immobile periods, such as diapause. Larvae of Glanville fritillary butterfly, Melitaea cinxia , spend winter diapause groups conspecifics each sheltered a silk nest. Despite intensive monitoring population, we have little understanding ecological factors influencing larval survival over field. We...
Abstract The twisted‐winged parasite genus Stylops has a history of different species concepts with varying host specificity resulting in diverse diversity estimates regions the Holarctic. adoption supergeneralist concept Europe, proposing synonymization all Western Palaearctic species, did not facilitate taxonomic clarity and obscured available life‐history data region for decades. Lack molecular allowed divergent opinions on hypotheses little opportunity evaluating them this...
Holarctic Stylops is the largest genus of enigmatic insect order Strepsiptera, twisted winged parasites. Members are obligate endoparasites Andrena mining bees and exhibit extreme sexual dimorphism typical Strepsiptera. So far, molecular studies on have focused questions species delimitation. Here, we utilize power whole genome sequencing to infer phylogeny this morphologically challenging from thousands loci. We use a tree method, concatenated maximum likelihood analysis Bayesian with...
Holarctic Stylops is the largest genus of enigmatic insect order Strepsiptera, twisted winged parasites. Members are obligate endoparasites Andrena mining bees and exhibit extreme sexual dimorphism typical Strepsiptera. So far, molecular studies on have focused questions species delimitation. Here, we utilize power whole genome sequencing to infer phylogeny this morphologically challenging from thousands loci. We use a tree method, concatenated maximum likelihood analysis Bayesian with...
To associate specimens identified by molecular characters to other biological knowledge, we need reference sequences annotated Linnaean taxonomy. In this paper, 1) report the creation of a comprehensive library DNA barcodes for arthropods an entire country (Finland), 2) publish library, and 3) deliver new identification tool based on resource. The contains mtDNA COI 11,275 (43%) 26,437 arthropod species known from Finland, including 10,811 (45%) 23,956 insect species. quantify improvement in...