Insects are the most speciose group of animals, but the phylogenetic relationships of many
major lineages remain unresolved. We inferred the phylogeny of insects from 1478 protein-…

We report here genome sequences and comparative analyses of three closely related
parasitoid wasps: Nasonia vitripennis, N. giraulti, and N. longicornis. Parasitoids are important …

Hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants, and bees) are one of four mega-diverse insect orders,
comprising more than 153,000 described and possibly up to one million undescribed extant …

The order Coleoptera (beetles) is arguably the most speciose group of animals, but the
evolutionary history of beetles, including the impacts of plant feeding (herbivory) on beetle …

The ease of sequencing DNA barcodes promoted a species identification system universally
applicable across animal phyla. However, relying on a single mitochondrial DNA fragment …

… Although the mean CpG(o/e) values of hymenopteran genomes are among the highest
observed, species-specific patterns of CpG(o/e) within each genome are not consistent between …

Remipedes are a small and enigmatic group of crustaceans, first described only 30 years
ago. Analyses of both morphological and molecular data have recently suggested a close …

Background Apoid wasps and bees (Apoidea) are an ecologically and morphologically
diverse group of Hymenoptera, with some species of bees having evolved eusocial societies. …

Background Despite considerable progress in systematics, a comprehensive scenario of
the evolution of phenotypic characters in the mega-diverse Holometabola based on a solid …

The phylogeny of insects, one of the most spectacular radiations of life on earth, has received
considerable attention [1–3]. However, the evolutionary roots of one intriguing group of …