Insects are the most diverse group of animals on Earth, but their small size and high diversity
have always made them challenging to study. Recent technological advances have the …

The Anthropocene is witnessing a loss of biodiversity, with well-documented declines in the
diversity of ecosystems and species. For intraspecific genetic diversity, however, we lack …

The schism between North Africa and Southern Europe caused by the opening of the Strait
of Gibraltar and the consequent refilling of the Mediterranean basin at the end of Messinian …

Background The Iberian Peninsula is recognized as an important refugial area for species
survival and diversification during the climatic cycles of the Quaternary. Recent …

Madagascar has a rich fauna of dung beetles (Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae) with almost
300 species described to date. Like most other taxa in Madagascar, dung beetles exhibit an …

Aim The ocellated lizards of the genus Timon, comprising six species that are distributed
across continental Asia, Europe and Africa, offer an interesting model to study the evolution of …

Metabarcoding (high‐throughput sequencing of marker gene amplicons) has emerged as a
promising and cost‐effective method for characterizing insect community samples. Yet, the …

Paleotropical clades with largely disjunct distributions are ideal models for biogeographic
reconstructions. The dung beetle genera Grebennikovius Mlambo, Scholtz & Deschodt, …

Species in cryptic complexes are, per definition, difficult to identify using morphological
characters. One such complex was recently detected in the dung beetle A phodius fimetarius ( L …

A comprehensive knowledge on the genetic basis of coloration is crucial to understand how
new colour phenotypes arise and how they contribute to the emergence of new species. …