European Journal of Entomology: Comparing habitat and landscape effects on carabid (Coleoptera: Carabidae) traits in cereal fields and grasslands

Comparison of habitat effects on ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) showed that granivorous species were strongly associated with grassland habitats. In contrast, predatory and polyphagous species more often lived in cereal crops when they were restricted to one habitat only.

European Journal of Entomology: Effects of native megaherbivore Bison bison grazing and wallowing activities on lepidopteran species and community dynamics in a complex savanna-barrens grassland over a 6-year study

The study examined the effects of bison grazing on butterflies and moths in savanna barrens grassland over six years. Bison activity and changes in ground cover impact habitat suitability and thus influence the abundance and distribution of lepidopteran groups.

European Journal of Entomology: Optimization of DNA extraction for insect museomics substantially increases DNA yield

We present a new technique for optimising DNA extraction from dry insect specimens, which enables the study of old collections. We successfully extracted DNA from specimens up to 128 years old, and expect this protocol to work well for substantially older specimens.

European Journal of Entomology: Book Review: Huertas B. & Nakahara S. 2025: Butterflies of the World: A Guide to Every Subfamily. https://t.co/maXCCpS0wn

European Journal of Entomology: Marked differences in arthropod biomass and species richness between two types of Malaise trap

Biodiversity estimates form the cornerstone of all conservation efforts. We compared the performance of two Malaise traps in a vineyard near the Palatinate Forest in Germany. The Bartak traps caught 7.5 times more biomass, but only 1.5 times more species, than the SLAM traps.

European Journal of Entomology: Book Review: Samways M.J. 2024: Conservation of Dragonflies - Sentinels for Freshwater Conservation. https://t.co/kuDpXTBQgi

European Journal of Entomology: Effects of agricultural systems on ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Central Morocco

Ants are an essential component of ecosystems, and they are most diverse on organic and traditional farms. Sustainable agricultural management can mitigate the negative effects of biodiversity loss and homogenisation caused by conventional farming.

European Journal of Entomology: Ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in rehabilitated areas of a coal mine in Cesar, Colombia

Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are excellent bioindicators. We therefore used the composition of their communities as a measure to evaluate the rehabilitation of open-pit coal mines, which is essential for mitigating ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss.

Andrea Perna published a review of the book Insect Architecture: How Insects Build, Engineer, and Shape Their World, by Engel and Jackson (Princeton University Press), which offers unique insights into insect constructing abilities apart from well-known ants or bees.

European Journal of Entomology: Clearcut areas aged 2-6 years in shelterbelts support high diversity of butterflies and flowering plants, including endangered grassland butterflies, in the Tokachi District of Hokkaido, northern Japan

Grassland butterflies are declining widely in temperate regions. In the Tokachi District of Hokkaido, Japan, clearcut areas aged 2-6 years in shelterbelts support a high diversity of butterflies and flowering plants, including endangered grassland butterflies.

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European Journal of Entomology: Direct tests of haplodiploid inheritance in Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) using parent-offspring SSR-GBS

We introduce here a new method to quantify the inheritance of parental marker genes in the facultatively parthenogenetic thrip Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), using the Short Sequence Repeats-Genotyping by Sequencing technique.