Among the many inclusions from exceptionally rich fossiliferous amber of Zhangpu, China (Middle Miocene: Langhian), stingless bees (Apinae: Meliponini) are particularly common, analogous to merely slightly older sites Mexico and Dominican Republic. While there is a large number workers in Zhangpu amber, only two species represented. The systematics morphology tribe Meliponini outlined, includin...

We studied the life cycle of the broad mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) (Prostigmata: Tarsonemidae), on 2 cultivated jute species (Corchorus olitorius L. and Corchorus capsularis L.; Malvales: Malvaceae) and 5 wild species (Corchorus aestuans L., Corchorus pseudo-olitorius Islam & Zaid, Corchorus fascicularis Lamarck, Corchorus tridens L., and Corchorus trilocularis L.) under laboratory ...

Abelmoschus moschatus Medik. is an aromatic and medicinal plant in the Malvaceae family, which is native to India. It is an erect hispid herbaceous trailing herb that grows up to 1.5m tall with a long slender tap root. Leaves are alternate, rough, hairy and heart-shaped. They have 3 to 5 lobes and can grow to 15cm long. Flowers resemble those of the hibiscus and are usually watermelon pink, alt...

Cytinus is a group of plants that grow within other plants: parasitic life cycle has evolved just four times in the plant kingdom. species are externally invisible for most their life, emerging from hosts only to flower and set seed. Owing this cryptic cycle, genus poorly understood likely include several hitherto undescribed species, particularly threatened forest habitat Madagascar. At time u...