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Life: The Excitement of Biology 3(4) 304 Male wild Green Iguana, Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758), a widespread reptile of the Neotropics, at the Botanical Garden at Portoviejo, Ecuador. Image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iguana_iguana_Portoviejo_01.jpg. This species is mentioned in the papers by Ríos-Franceschi et al. (2015:254) and Low (2015:290). Image by “Cayambe”. ¤ ¤ ¤ Index for Volume 3 (2015) of Life: The Excitement of Biology Jorge A. Santiago-Blay1 This index includes topic and authors (alphabetized by last name) of every paper published in Life: The Excitement of Biology volume 3. The first number of an entry indicates the volume followed (parenthetically, by the issue) and the first page of the corresponding paper. For example, amphibians are emphasized on 3(2):61, 3(2):118, 3(2):137. This means, that the interested reader should look for information on amber beginning in pages 61 and 118 of the second issue of volume 3. 1 217 Wynwood Road, York, Pennsylvania 17402 USA. DOI: 10.9784/LEB3(4)Santiago-Blay.03 Electronically available on January 31, 2016. Mailed on January 31, 2016. Life: The Excitement of Biology 3(4) 305 Activation hormone ………......….. 3(3):188 Costa Rican amber ………...…….. 3(3):207 Adam Hart-David, A. ………….… 3(4):291 Course redesign …………………… 3(1):33 Adult predation ……...…..…….…. 3(2):137 Culebra Island, Puerto Rico ……... 3(4):254 Agosto-Torres, E. ….…… 3(2):61, 3(2):137 Culebra National Wildlife Refuge . 3(4):254 Aloes ….……………......…….…… 3(2):83 Cultural cognition ……...……..…… 3(1):33 Amber ………………………...….. 3(4):231 Curculionidae ……………...……… 3(1):15 Amber …………………………….. 3(3)207 Dactyloidea …..…..……. 3(2):118, 3(2):137 Ameiva exsul …...…….………..…. 3(2):118 Damsel bug ……...……...…………. 3(1):20 Amphibia …….. 3(2):61, 3(2):118, 3(2):137 Darwin …………………….…….. 3(3):153 Amphibian husbandry ………..…… 3(2):61 De Loof, A. …………..………….. 3(3):153 Amplexus ……………….…....…… 3(2):61 Definition of Life ……………….. 3(3):153 Anolis …..…………...…. 3(2):118, 3(2):137 Development …………………….. 3(3):153 Anolis gundlachi ……………...….. 3(2):137 Díaz-Vázquez, C. J. ………..……. 3(2):118 Anura ………………..….. 3(2):61, 3(2):137 Direct development …………….... 3(2):137 Arachnida …………………...…... 3(4):213 DNA damage ……………………..… 3(1):3 Arachnocoris berytoides ……….…. 3(1):20 Domestic mammals ……...………. 3(2):118 Arachnophilic ………………..……. 3(1):20 Double clutches ………………….. 3(2):137 Araneae ………………………...... 3(4):213 Ecdysteroidal vitamin D6 ….…….. 3(3):188 Avian predation ………….………. 3(2):118 Ecology ………………………….. 3(4):254 Backshall, S. ………………...…… 3(4):294 EES ………………...…………….. 3(3):153 Basal eudicots ….…….….………… 3(2):83 Eleutherodactylidae …….. 3(2):61, 3(2):137 Belaphopsocus ……………………. 3(3)207 Eleutherodactylus portoricensis ...… 3(2):61 Bernardi-Salinas, A. …………….… 3(2):61 Eleutherodactylus wightmanae ….. 3(2):137 Bioaccumulation ………..………..… 3(1):3 Engineering. ……………….……… 3(1):33 Biodiversity ……………...………. 3(4):254 Erbey, M. …………...……………... 3(1):15 Biomaterials ……………...…….... 3(4):213 Erratum ……………………………. 3(1):60 Biotechnology ………………...…. 3(4):213 Bird-Picó, F. J. …………..…….… 3(4):254 Eshbach, B. ……………...………… 3(1):33 Book Review …………………… 3(1):57, Eudicots ….……………….….….… 3(2):83 3(4):291, 3(4):294, 3(4):297 Evo-devo …………….….……….. 3(3):153 Borikenophis portoricensis …...…. 3(2):118 Evolution …………………..…….. 3(3):153 Brachiodontes (Mollusca: Mytilidae) .3(1):3 Ex-situ conservation ……….....…… 3(2):61 Brachiodontes exustus …………...….. 3(1):3 Extended New Synthesis (ENS) .... 3(3):153 Cağlar, Ü. ………..…...…………… 3(1):15 Exudates ….………….……….…… 3(2):83 Candan, S. ……….………...……… 3(1):15 Farndon, J. ……………………..… 3(4):291 Captivity ……..……………….…… 3(2):61 Feeding behavior …….……………. 3(1):20 Carrasquillo, L. D. …………...…... 3(4):254 Female genitalia …………...……… 3(1):15 Chandler, D. ………...…………… 3(4):294 Female Sphex pensylvanicus ….…. 3(2):149 Civic engagement ………….……… 3(1):33 Filter feeding ……………………..… 3(1):3 Coleoptera ………………………… 3(1):15 Fishing ………………………….... 3(4):213 Collado, E. ………………………..… 3(1):3 Flores-Rodríguez, Y. M. ... 3(2):61, 3(2):137 Comet assay ……….……………..… 3(1):3 Folk medicine ……………………. 3(4):213 Communication .……...… 3(1):33, 3(3):153 Francine, G. ………………..……….3(1):58 Complex problems ………...……… 3(1):33 García-Cancel, J. G. ……………... 3(4):254 General education courses ………… 3(1):33 Conservation …………….……...… 3(2):61 Gibson, C. ………………………... 3(4):294 Copal ……………………………. 3(4):231 Godfrey, B. K. ………………….... 3(4):213 Coquies ……………….… 3(2):61, 3(2):137 Green, D. ………………………… 3(4):291 Coquis………………….…3(2):61, 3(2):137 Gum resins ….………….…….…… 3(2):83 Corpus allatum hormone …..…….. 3(3):188 Gums ….……….……….…….…… 3(2):83 Life: The Excitement of Biology 3(4) 306 Harvey, D. ……………………..… 3(4):291 Materiomics …………………….... 3(4):213 Heavy metal contamination ……....… 3(1):3 Mathematics ……….……………… 3(1):33 Hemiptera …………………………. 3(1):20 Medicine …………………………. 3(4):213 Henson, R. …………………….… 3(4):294 Megaevolution ………………..….. 3(3):153 Hernández-Muñiz, R. M. .. 3(2):61, 3(2):137 Melodious Coqui ……………..….. 3(2):137 Herpetofauna …………………..… 3(4):254 Mercado, J. E. …..…………………. 3(1):20 High impact educational practices ... 3(1):33 Metadarwinism ……….………….. 3(3):153 Higher education …………..……… 3(1):33 Metamorphosis ……………….….. 3(3):205 Hind-lef clasp ……..………….…… 3(2):61 Mockford, E. ………………….…..3(3):207 Homing flight distances …………. 3(2):149 Molecular classification ….…..…… 3(2):83 Hormones ………………….…….. 3(3):188 Mollusca: Mytilidae ……….……..… 3(1):3 Hume, R. ………………………… 3(4):294 Molting ………………………..…. 3(3):205 Hymenoptera ……………………. 3(2):149 Monocots ………………….….…… 3(2):83 Iguana iguana …………………… 3(4):290 Mount Resaca, Culebra ………..… 3(4):254 Iguana iguana ….…..……………. 3(2):118 Mountain Coqui …………..….…… 3(2):61 Imagination ……...…...…………… 3(1):33 Multidisciplinarity……..……...…… 3(1):33 Index ……………………...…...…. 3(4):304 Multiple mimicry …………………. 3(1):20 Insect ………………….. 3(3):188, 3(3):205 Mussel ……………………..……..… 3(1):3 Insect hormones ……...………….. 3(3):188 Myrmecomorphy ………...…..……. 3(1):20 Insect molting ……………………. 3(3):205 Nabidae ………………...…………. 3(1):20 Iowa, USA ………………….……. 3(2):149 Narciso Rabell Cabrero (1873-1928): Japan ……………………………... 3(4):231 Naturalista y Servidor Público Pepiniano Jobos Bay Bational Estuarine Research ……………………………...…... 3(1):57 Reserve, Puerto Rico ……...…..… 3(1):3 Natural history ………………...…. 3(2):118 Joglar, R. L. ………………...……. 3(2):118 Neuropeptides ……..…………….. 3(3):188 Johnson, P. …………………….… 3(4):291 Neurosecretory cells …….……….. 3(3):188 Juvenile hormone …….………….. 3(3):188 New species …………………..….. 3(3):207 Kinos ….…………….….…….…… 3(2):83 New Synthesis ………..………….. 3(3):153 Kleptoparasitism ……..…...………. 3(1):20 Nguyen, T. V. ……………………. 3(4):231 Kress, S. ……………………….… 3(4):294 Nieves-Rivera, A. M. ………...….... 3(1):57 Kuji, Japan ……………………….. 3(4):231 Lambert, J. B. ……………………. 3(4):231 NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Lambert, J. B. ….……..…………… 3(2):83 Spectroscopy) ….…….………… 3(2):83 Lechner. G. K. ………………...…. 3(2):149 NMR ……………………………... 3(4):231 Let’s Make a Difference: Learning About Nomenclature ………………….… 3(4):290 Oophagy ……………..….…....…… 3(2):61 Our Oceans ………...…….…….. 3(1):58 Origin of the Species …………….. 3(3):153 Levy, A. J. ……………………….. 3(4):231 Levy, A. J. ….…….…….…….…… 3(2):83 Packham, C. …………………...… 3(4):294 Painting ………………………….. 3(4):213 Life ……………………...……….. 3(3):153 Palmer, D. ……………………...… 3(4):291 Life history …………………...….. 3(2):137 Parental care ………………………3(2):137 Life-long learning ………………… 3(1):33 Parker, S. ………………………… 3(4):291 Liposcellidae ………………….…. 3(3):207 Parsons, K. …………………….… 3(4):294 Low, M. E. Y. ………………….… 3(4):290 Perry, J. ………………………...… 3(4):294 Lugemwa, F. N. ………………..… 3(4):297 Phenolics ………………….…….… 3(2):83 Luis Peña Cay, Culebra ………….. 3(4):254 Phyllobiini ……………...……….… 3(1):15 Magnoliids ….…………..…….…… 3(2):83 Phyllobius glaucus ………………... 3(1):15 Maíz López, E. J.. …….………….... 3(1):57 Plant exudates ….…...………...…… 3(2):83 Male genitalia ……………...……… 3(1):15 Pragmatism …………...…………… 3(1):33 Mansilla-Rivera, I. ……..………..… 3(1):3 Predation ………………..……..… 3(2):137 Life: The Excitement of Biology 3(4) 307 Proof: The Science of Booze ...…... 3(4):297 Vayanian, S. …………….………… 3(1):58 Protein engineering …………...…. 3(4):213 Velikan, P. …………...….………… 3(1):58 “Psocoptera” ……………….…….. 3(3):207 Vertebrate fauna …………………. 3(2):118 Puerto Rico ……………… 3(1):3, 3(1):20, Vicéns-López, C …...…… 3(2):61, 3(2):137 3(2):61, 3(2):118, 3(2):137, 3(4):254 White, E. …………...…………..… 3(4):294 Recombinant spider silk …………. 3(4):213 Wu, Y. ……………...……………. 3(4):231 Reproductive biology ………...…… 3(2):61 Wu, Y. ….…………...…….….…… 3(2):83 Resins ….………...……..…….…… 3(2):83 Yellow-Chinned Anole …...……... 3(2):137 Ríos-Franceschi, A. …...………… 3(4):254 Ríos-López, N. .. 3(2):61, 3(2):118, 3(2):137 Rivera, I. …………………………. 3(2):118 Rodríguez-Gómez, C. A. …...……. 3(2):118 Rodríguez-Sierra, C. J. …………….. 3(1):3 Rogers, A. ………...……………… 3(4):297 Rueb, N. R. ………...………….…. 3(4):231 Santiago-Blay, J. A. ……….... 3(1):1, 3(1):20, 3(1)33, 3(1):57, 3(1):60, 3(2):83, 3(3):205, 3(4):231, 3(4):291, 3(4):294, 3(4):297, 3(4):304 Sastre, M. P. ……………………..… 3(1):3 Saurophagy ………………………. 3(2):118 Sciences ………….……...………… 3(1):33 Seabids….…………………......…. 3(2):118 SENCER ……………..…………… 3(1):33 Shaffer, S. C. ……………………… 3(1):33 Sioux City, Iowa, USA …......……. 3(2):149 Sláma, K. ………………...…...….. 3(3):188 Small Indian Mongoose ….…...…. 3(2):118 Sparrow, G. ……………………… 3(4):291 Spatiotemporal changes …..…...… 3(4):254 Sphecidae ………………...…...…. 3(2):149 Sphecinae …………...……...……. 3(2):149 Sphex pensylvanicus ………......…. 3(2):149 Spider webs ………….....………... 3(4):213 Spider web-inhabiting …...…......…. 3(1):20 Squamata …..…….……. 3(2):118, 3(2):137 STEM ……...………...…………… 3(1):33 STEM education ……...…………… 3(1):33 Technology …………...…………… 3(1):33 Textiles ……………………...….... 3(4):213 The first two years (2013-2014) of Life: The Excitement of Biology ………..…… 3(1):1 The Practical Naturalist. Explore the Wonders of the Natural World …... 3(4):294 The Science Book: Big Ideas Simple Explained ………………………… 3(4):291 Tirado-Casillas, W. N. …..…...…… 3(2):61 Turkey …………………………..… 3(1):15 USA …………...…………………. 3(2):149 .
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    WEEVIL News 1. November 2020 No. 89 Description of the mature larvae of eight Phyllobius Germar, 1824 species with notes about life cycles, host plant use and vertical distribution (Curculionidae: Entiminae: Phyllobiini) by Rafał Gosik1 & Peter Sprick2 with 67 photos and 88 drawings Manuscript received: 11. August 2020 Accepted: 25. September 2020 Internet (open access, PDF): 01. November 2020 1Department of Zoology and Nature Protection, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland, [email protected] 2Curculio-Institut e.V., Weckenstraße 15, 30451 Hannover, Germany, psprickcol@t–online.de Both authors are members of the Curculio Institute. Abstract. The mature larvae of eight Phyllobius species are described using advanced optical methods. The larvae of P. pomaceus Gyllenhal, 1834, P. pyri (Linnaeus, 1758), P. virideaeris (Laicharting, 1781), and P viridicollis (Fabricius, 1792) are re-described, and the mature larvae of P. arborator (Herbst, 1797), P. argentatus (Linnaeus, 1758), P. maculicornis Germar, 1824, and P. roboretanus Gredler, 1882 are described for the first time. In P. viridearis only an unillustrated description was available. A key including other species of the genus Phyllobius with sufficient description is given. We used our data and from the literature as well to review and update two special features of Phyllobius biology: the general life cycle and aspects of host plant use and vertical distribution of selected Phyllobius species. Keywords. Phyllobius, Central Europe, weevil biology, illustration, key, bionomics, larvae biology. Introduction In this contribution about premature stages of Central European Entiminae we deal for the first time with larvae of the genus Phyllobius Germar, 1824 from the tribe Phyllobiini.
  • Fifty Million Years of Beetle Evolution Along the Antarctic Polar Front

    Fifty Million Years of Beetle Evolution Along the Antarctic Polar Front

    Fifty million years of beetle evolution along the Antarctic Polar Front Helena P. Bairda,1, Seunggwan Shinb,c,d, Rolf G. Oberprielere, Maurice Hulléf, Philippe Vernong, Katherine L. Moona, Richard H. Adamsh, Duane D. McKennab,c,2, and Steven L. Chowni,2 aSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; bDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152; cCenter for Biodiversity Research, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152; dSchool of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea; eAustralian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; fInstitut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement, Université de Rennes, 35653 Le Rheu, France; gUniversité de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6553 ECOBIO, Station Biologique, 35380 Paimpont, France; hDepartment of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431; and iSecuring Antarctica’s Environmental Future, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia Edited by Nils Chr. Stenseth, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, and approved May 6, 2021 (received for review August 24, 2020) Global cooling and glacial–interglacial cycles since Antarctica’s iso- The hypothesis that diversification has proceeded similarly in lation have been responsible for the diversification of the region’s Antarctic marine and terrestrial groups has not been tested. While marine fauna. By contrast, these same Earth system processes are the extinction of a diverse continental Antarctic biota is well thought to have played little role terrestrially, other than driving established (13), mounting evidence of significant and biogeo- widespread extinctions.
  • (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2003/0068335 A1 Mettus Et Al

    (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2003/0068335 A1 Mettus Et Al

    US 2003.0068335A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2003/0068335 A1 Mettus et al. (43) Pub. Date: Apr. 10, 2003 (54) POLYNUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS TOXC Related U.S. Application Data TO DIABROTICA INSECTS, AND METHODS OF USE (62) Division of application No. 09/184,748, filed on Nov. 2, 1998. (75) Inventors: Anne-Marie Light Mettus, Publication Classification Feasterville, PA (US); James A. Baum, (51) Int. Cl." ......................... A01N 63/00; A61K 39/07; Doylestown, PA (US) CO7K 14/325 (52) U.S. Cl. .................. 424/246.1; 530/350; 424/93.461 Correspondence Address: (57) ABSTRACT Patricia A. Kammerer HOWREY SIMON ARNOLD & WHITE, LLP Disclosed is a novel Lepidopteran- and Coleopteran-active 750 Bering Drive Ö-endotoxin polypeptide, and compositions comprising the Houston, TX 77.057-2198 (US) polypeptide, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies spe cific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that comprise nucleic acid Seg Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC. ments encoding the polypeptide. Also disclosed are methods (73) of identifying related polypeptides and polynucleotides, methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising (21) Appl. No.: 10/120,255 the novel Sequences of the invention, as well as methods for controlling an insect population, Such as the Western Corn Rootworm and Colorado potato beetle, and for conferring to (22) Filed: Apr. 10, 2002 a plant population resistance to the target insect Species. Patent Application Publication Apr. 10, 2003 US 2003/0068335 A1 1 kb pEG1648 (Ssp/Bal) (Hp/B) (K/Ssp) HE H Hp E E KXXX N o N Ori1030 ery pUC19BMb) CryET70 (Mb/B) pEG1657 US 2003/0068335 A1 Apr.
  • Xylobionte Käfergemeinschaften (Insecta: Coleoptera)

    Xylobionte Käfergemeinschaften (Insecta: Coleoptera)

    ©Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten, Austria, download unter www.zobodat.at Carinthia II n 205./125. Jahrgang n Seiten 439–502 n Klagenfurt 2015 439 Xylobionte Käfergemeinschaften (Insecta: Coleoptera) im Bergsturzgebiet des Dobratsch (Schütt, Kärnten) Von Sandra AURENHAMMER, Christian KOMPOscH, Erwin HOLZER, Carolus HOLZscHUH & Werner E. HOLZINGER Zusammenfassung Schlüsselwörter Die Schütt an der Südflanke des Dobratsch (Villacher Alpe, Gailtaler Alpen, Villacher Alpe, Kärnten, Österreich) stellt mit einer Ausdehnung von 24 km² eines der größten dealpi­ Totholzkäfer, nen Bergsturzgebiete der Ostalpen dar und ist österreichweit ein Zentrum der Biodi­ Arteninventar, versität. Auf Basis umfassender aktueller Freilanderhebungen und unter Einbeziehung Biodiversität, diverser historischer Datenquellen wurde ein Arteninventar xylobionter Käfer erstellt. Collection Herrmann, Die aktuellen Kartierungen erfolgten schwerpunktmäßig in der Vegetations­ Buprestis splendens, periode 2012 in den Natura­2000­gebieten AT2112000 „Villacher Alpe (Dobratsch)“ Gnathotrichus und AT2120000 „Schütt­graschelitzen“ mit 15 Kroneneklektoren (Kreuzfensterfallen), materiarius, Besammeln durch Handfang, Klopfschirm, Kescher und Bodensieb sowie durch das Acanthocinus Eintragen von Totholz. henschi, In Summe wurden in der Schütt 536 Käferspezies – darunter 320 xylobionte – Kiefernblockwald, aus 65 Familien nachgewiesen. Das entspricht knapp einem Fünftel des heimischen Urwaldreliktarten, Artenspektrums an Totholzkäfern. Im Zuge der aktuellen Freilanderhebungen
  • Colubrid Venom Composition: an -Omics Perspective

    Colubrid Venom Composition: an -Omics Perspective

    toxins Review Colubrid Venom Composition: An -Omics Perspective Inácio L. M. Junqueira-de-Azevedo 1,*, Pollyanna F. Campos 1, Ana T. C. Ching 2 and Stephen P. Mackessy 3 1 Laboratório Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada, Center of Toxins, Immune-Response and Cell Signaling (CeTICS), Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil; [email protected] 2 Laboratório de Imunoquímica, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil; [email protected] 3 School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80639-0017, USA; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +55-11-2627-9731 Academic Editor: Bryan Fry Received: 7 June 2016; Accepted: 8 July 2016; Published: 23 July 2016 Abstract: Snake venoms have been subjected to increasingly sensitive analyses for well over 100 years, but most research has been restricted to front-fanged snakes, which actually represent a relatively small proportion of extant species of advanced snakes. Because rear-fanged snakes are a diverse and distinct radiation of the advanced snakes, understanding venom composition among “colubrids” is critical to understanding the evolution of venom among snakes. Here we review the state of knowledge concerning rear-fanged snake venom composition, emphasizing those toxins for which protein or transcript sequences are available. We have also added new transcriptome-based data on venoms of three species of rear-fanged snakes. Based on this compilation, it is apparent that several components, including cysteine-rich secretory proteins (CRiSPs), C-type lectins (CTLs), CTLs-like proteins and snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs), are broadly distributed among “colubrid” venoms, while others, notably three-finger toxins (3FTxs), appear nearly restricted to the Colubridae (sensu stricto).