<div><p>Many field studies of insects have focused on the adult stage alone, likely because immature stages are unknown in most insect species. Molecular species identification (e.g., DNA barcoding) has helped ascertain the immature stages of many insects, but larval developmental stages (instars) cannot be identified. The identification of the growth stages of collected individuals is indispensable from both ecological and taxonomic perspectives. Using a larval–adult body size relationship across species, I present a novel technique for identifying the instar of field-collected insect larvae that are identified by molecular species identification technique. This method is based on the assumption that classification functions derived from d...
Molecular analyses can play a primary role in the process of host specificity evaluation at species ...
larva, body length, instar Tenebrio molitor is a major pest of stored grain, although its larvae hav...
Identification of insect species is often problematic because of limited morphological and/or biolog...
Many field studies of insects have focused on the adult stage alone, likely because immature stages ...
Tracking the larval development of an insect is important in both applied and basic ecology. Yet, it...
Insect life stages are known imperfectly in many cases, and classifications are based often on only ...
Insect life stages are known imperfectly in many cases, and classifications are based often on only ...
Differences in growth rate of forensically important dipteran larvae make species determination an e...
To fully understand the ecology and evolution of plant-herbivore interactions, information regarding...
Although comprehensive phylogenies have proven an invaluable tool in ecology and evolution, their co...
In Forensic Entomology the estimation of the age of insects is used for the estimation of the minimu...
Insects are the largest, most diverse organism class. Their key role in many ecosystems means that i...
Species identification using the characteristics of developmental stages is challenging. However, fo...
FIGURES 1–11. Aphodius (A.) hydrochaeris, third instar larva. 1–4, 9, head; 5, anal segment, caudal ...
<div><p>The subfamily Denticollinae is a taxonomically diverse group in the family Elateridae. Denti...
Molecular analyses can play a primary role in the process of host specificity evaluation at species ...
larva, body length, instar Tenebrio molitor is a major pest of stored grain, although its larvae hav...
Identification of insect species is often problematic because of limited morphological and/or biolog...
Many field studies of insects have focused on the adult stage alone, likely because immature stages ...
Tracking the larval development of an insect is important in both applied and basic ecology. Yet, it...
Insect life stages are known imperfectly in many cases, and classifications are based often on only ...
Insect life stages are known imperfectly in many cases, and classifications are based often on only ...
Differences in growth rate of forensically important dipteran larvae make species determination an e...
To fully understand the ecology and evolution of plant-herbivore interactions, information regarding...
Although comprehensive phylogenies have proven an invaluable tool in ecology and evolution, their co...
In Forensic Entomology the estimation of the age of insects is used for the estimation of the minimu...
Insects are the largest, most diverse organism class. Their key role in many ecosystems means that i...
Species identification using the characteristics of developmental stages is challenging. However, fo...
FIGURES 1–11. Aphodius (A.) hydrochaeris, third instar larva. 1–4, 9, head; 5, anal segment, caudal ...
<div><p>The subfamily Denticollinae is a taxonomically diverse group in the family Elateridae. Denti...
Molecular analyses can play a primary role in the process of host specificity evaluation at species ...
larva, body length, instar Tenebrio molitor is a major pest of stored grain, although its larvae hav...
Identification of insect species is often problematic because of limited morphological and/or biolog...