ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Microsatellite markers developed using a next‐generation sequencing technique for Neotrogla spp. (Psocodea: Prionoglarididae), cave dwelling insects with sex‐reversed genitalia

Evaluation of baits for trapping of Neotropical flower chafer beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Cetoniinae)

Gripping ease in southern green stink bugs Nezara viridula L. (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): Coping with geometry, orientation and surface wettability of substrate

Pest species of a fungus gnat genus Bradysia Winnertz (Diptera: Sciaridae) injuring agricultural and forestry products in Japan, with a review on taxonomy of allied species

Catch‐up growth in the rhinoceros beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Smaller neonates gain relatively more body mass during larval development

Infestation of the non‐photosynthetic plant Mitrastemon yamamotoi (Ericales: Mitrastemonaceae) by Assara balanophorae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Exploring the predictive performance of several temperature measurements on Neotropical dung beetle assemblages: Methodological implications

Ecological divergence among morphologically and genetically related Asphondylia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), with new life history data for three congeners including the Alpinia fruit gall midge

Interspecific interference competition between two field cricket species

Occurrence of natural lectin with bacterial agglutination property in the serum of lepidopteran pest, Parasa lepida

Diving beetle offspring oviposited in amphibian spawn prey on the tadpoles upon hatching

Discovery of swimming larvae in Elmidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea)

Isolation and characterization of α‐(1→3)‐glucan‐degrading bacteria from the gut of Diaperis boleti feeding on Laetiporus sulphureus

Cantharidin content in two Mediterranean species of blister beetles, Lydus trimaculatus and Mylabris variabilis (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

Insect assemblages attacking seeds and fruits in a rainforest in Thailand

Carabid beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in the intermediate successional stage after Mt. Bandai eruption of 1888: Effects of environmental variables on carabid beetles in the Urabandai area

Two closely related species of Nipponaphis (Hemiptera: Aphididae) that migrate between Distylium racemosum and Machilus trees in Japan

Tropidacris collaris (Orthoptera: Romaleidae) expands its damage in orchards of the dwarf cashew, Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae)

Infestation of the orchid Cephalanthera spp. by Parallelomma vittatum (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Scathophagidae) in Japan

Worldwide distribution and theoretical spreading of Trichoferus campestris (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) depending on the main climatic elements

First report that the wasp Gronotoma guamensis (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae) parasitizes the orchid‐feeding fly Japanagromyza tokunagai in Japan

Habitat generalization of a predatory ladybird, Harmonia yedoensis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), in an allopatric area with respect to its sibling species Harmonia axyridis

Physical gills in Elmidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea): Structure and evolutionary pattern of plastron in Stenelmis and related genera

Altitudinal variation in life‐history traits in the lawn ground cricket, Polionemobius mikado

First record of the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia for phytophagous hoverflies from genus Merodon (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Overwintering of reproductively mature females of a pro‐ovigenic parasitic wasp, Leptopilina heterotoma (Hymenoptera: Figitidae)

Extremely divergent host plant acceptance with gene flow between sympatric host races of the phytophagous ladybird beetle Henosepilachna diekei

Construction of a bacterial artificial chromosome library of Endoclita excrescens as a tool for comparative gene mapping in Lepidoptera

Detection of two new cryptic species of Kiefferia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) by means of morphological, molecular and ecological studies

Field observation of predation on a horsehair worm (Gordioida: Chordodidae) by a diving beetle larva Cybister brevis Aubé (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Fruit‐ and seed‐feeding habit of the crane fly Libnotes puella (Diptera: Limoniidae) in Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Aristolochiaceae‐ and Asteraceae‐feeding by larvae of Papilio xuthus L. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in Japan: A review

Absence of cuticular alkenes allows lycaenid larvae to avoid predation by Formica japonica ants

Macrophytes in tropical shallow lakes: An important food item to benthic entomofauna or an underused resource?

Why do nocturnal grasshoppers and katydids “salute” to flash photography?

Diversity and trophic structure of insects associated with grains of three maize landraces in San Agustín Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico

Distribution pattern of Termitomyces types symbiotic with the fungus‐growing termite Odontotermes formosanus on Okinawa Island

Male mate‐seeking and mating behaviors of Eucera nipponensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) at a nectarless orchid habitat: Are empty flower patches a profitable rendezvous site?

Effects of prey aphid species on the abundance of a parasitoid and two predator species in aphid colonies attended by ants on citrus

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Paternity and egg cannibalism in the ringlegged earwig Euborellia annulipes (Dermaptera: Anisolabididae)

Diversity and host associations of dipteran insects exploiting fungal fruiting bodies in Hokuriku, central Japan

Ecological disjunction across the sexes in an alloparasitoid: Host requirements, sex ratios and mate localization (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

A fossil aphid gall from the middle Pleistocene sediment in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan