A5009759119- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Plant and animal studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Bryophyte Studies and Records
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Botanical Studies and Applications
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
Natural History Museum
2014-2024
Imperial College London
2022-2024
Changes in insect biomass, abundance, and diversity are challenging to track at sufficient spatial, temporal, taxonomic resolution. Camera traps can capture habitus images of ground-dwelling insects. However, currently sampling involves manually detecting identifying specimens. Here, we test whether a convolutional neural network (CNN) classify ground beetles species level, estimate how correct classification relates body size, number inside genera, identity.We created an image database...
The effects of the management genetically modified herbicide-tolerant (GMHT) crops on abundances aerial and epigeal arthropods were assessed in 66 beet, 68 maize 67 spring oilseed rape sites as part Farm Scale Evaluations GMHT crops. Most higher taxa insensitive to differences between conventional weed management, but significant found abundance at least one group within each taxon studied. Numbers butterflies beet Heteroptera bees smaller under relevant crop whereas Collembola was...
The effects of herbicide management genetically modified herbicide-tolerant (GMHT) beet, maize and spring oilseed rape on the abundance diversity soil-surface-active invertebrates were assessed. Most did not differ between years, environmental zones or initial seedbanks sugar fodder beet. This suggests that results may be treated as generally applicable to agricultural situations throughout UK for these crops. direction was evenly balanced increases decreases in counts GMHT compared with...
The proposed introduction of genetically modified herbicide tolerant (GMHT) crops, with claims improved weed control, has prompted fears about possible environmental impacts their widespread adoption, particularly on arable weeds, insects and associated farmland birds. In response to this, we have developed a novel weed–management system for GMHT sugar beet, based band spraying, which exploits the flexibility offered by broad–spectrum partner herbicides. Here, show results from two series...
Abstract Aim Knowledge of taxonomy and species distributions in highly diverse lineages invertebrates remains too incomplete for the study biogeographical patterns at global scale. This limits understanding processes leading to formation maintenance boundaries between major realms. Site‐based metagenomic approaches may provide an alternative source data inference historical situ speciation interchange among regions. We applied methodology explore biogeography Qinling Mountains boundary...
The pelidnotine scarabs (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini) are a speciose, paraphyletic assemblage of beetles that includes spectacular metallic species ("jewel scarabs") as well ecologically important herbivores, pollinators, and bioindicators. These suffer from complicated nomenclatural history, due primarily to 20th century taxonomic errors. We review the history scarabs, present provisional key genera with overviews all genera, synthesize catalog taxa synonyms, distributional data, type...
Most insect communities are composed of evolutionarily diverse lineages, but detailed phylogenetic analyses whole lacking, in particular species-rich tropical faunas. Likewise, our knowledge the Tree-of-Life to document evolutionary diversity organisms remains highly incomplete and especially requires inclusion unstudied lineages from ecosystems. Here we present SITE-100 program, which is an attempt at building whole-community sampling high-biodiversity sites around globe. Combining local...
Lectotypes were designated (and holotypes and paralectotypes recognized) for 44 species of Hydnocerinae, including the type Isolemidia, Parmius, Paupris, Allelidea, Blaesiopthalmus Lemidia, four Enoclerus (Clerinae), 14 Cymatodera (Tillinae). Annotations include comments on additional material, new locality, previous (type series) questionable or mysterious types. Phyllobaenus pallipes (Gorham) P. rufithorax are synonymized with flavifemoratus (Gorham), chapini (Wolcott) is under lateralis...
Introduction Historic museum collections hold a wealth of biodiversity data that are essential to our understanding the rapidly changing natural world. Novel curatorial practices needed extract and digitise these data, especially for innumerable pinned insects whose collecting information is held on small labels. Methods We piloted semi-automated specimen imaging digitisation labels collection ~29,000 ground beetles (Carabidae: Lebiinae) at Natural History Museum, London. Raw transcription...
<ns4:p>We present a genome assembly from an individual female <ns4:italic>Nebria brevicollis</ns4:italic><ns4:italic> </ns4:italic>(a ground beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Carabidae). The sequence is 242 megabases in span. Most of the scaffolded into 15 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with X sex chromosome assembled. mitochondrial has also been assembled and 25.2 kilobases length. Gene annotation this on Ensembl identified 11,021 protein-coding genes.</ns4:p>
Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969) was a key figure in 20th-century entomology. During both world wars, she used her fluency German and practical knowledge of remote New Guinea to assist allied governments; between the first female curator Insect House Royal Zoological Society. Her research trip Galápagos Islands (1923-1925) at age 42; last Ane-ityum Island (Vanuatu) some 30 years later. She published scientific popular literature until shortly before death 88 donated more than 70,000...
A series of fieldwork events were conducted for the collection Carabidae specimens in different regions Pakistan from 201418. The yielded 378 belonging to tribe Chlaeniini Brull, 1834. Fieldwork collections supplemented by Coleoptera repositories including Museum Natural History, Islamabad; National Insect Museum, Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad and History London. This study resulted identification 32 species subspecies three genera (Chlaenius Bonelli, 1810, Harpaglossus...
We were fortunate to have known Terry not only as an excellent professional coleopterist and enthusiastic colleague, but also a good friend. Entomological meetings for us came with evening supper or two the kind of laid-back personal catch-up that happens among friends long-term interest in each other’s lives. Through our connections University Alberta George Ball we happy members Terry’s basal academic family. While will join rest broader scientific community missing his presence...
As part of a revision and investigations into the Neotropical ground beetle genus Plochionus Dejean, 1821, it was necessary to stabilize type material. This is interest for its species' predatory associations with tent-forming caterpillars. The specimens pallens (Fabricius, 1775) were until this investigation considered lost. Whilst investigating Sir Joseph Banks Coleoptera collection in Natural History Museum, an example Carabus pallensFabricius, 1775 discovered.Another specimen also known...