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Goniometric Investigation of Spectral Scattering From Insect Wings in Near Infrared by Robertson, Emmanuel Kotu, Li, Meng, Manefjord, Hampus, Rota, Jadranka, Reistad, Nina, Brydegaard, Mikkel

“…Insect wing interference is highly sensitive to the membrane thickness and has shown remarkable potential to differentiate insect species, both ex vivo in…”
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Structural colouration in Drosophila wings is thermally plastic and exhibits ecological variation by Garg, Divita, Dhotre, Kanak, Mayekar, Harshad Vijay, Singh Grewal, Raghwinder, Rajpurohit, Subhash

“…IntroductionStructural colour patterns and their functions in insect wings are less known. Wing interference patterns (WIPs) are colour patterns apparent when…”
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Heightened condition dependent expression of structural coloration in the faces, but not wings, of male and female flies by White, Thomas E, Locke, Amy, Latty, Tanya

“…Abstract Structurally colored sexual signals are a conspicuous and widespread class of ornament used in mate choice, though the extent to which they encode…”
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Taxonomic review of Afrotropical WatshamiaBoucek (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species by Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan

“…WatshamiaBoucek, 1974 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) has three known world species described by Boucek: W.versicolor and W.turneri (Afrotropical), and W.malaica…”
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Taxonomic review of Afrotropical Watshamia Bouček (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species by Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan

“…Watshamia Bouček, 1974 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) has three known world species described by Bouček: W. versicolor and W. turneri (Afrotropical), and W…”
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Description of Nanocthulhu lovecrafti, a Preternatural New Genus and Species of Trichoplastini (Figitidae: Eucoilinae) by Buffington, Matthew L.

“…A new genus and species, Nanocthulhu lovecrafti Buffington, is described. This genus is characterized by having a three-pronged structure, referred to as a…”
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Multivariate sexual selection of color and morphology in a complex trait: the Drosophila wing by De Lisle, Stephen P, Brändén, Anneli, Pääjärvi Våg, Ellen

“…Identification of traits causally linked to fitness allows for direct tests of the adaptive value of traits. In the case of Drosophila and other insects, wing…”
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Love at first flight: wing interference patterns are species‐specific and sexually dimorphic in blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) by Butterworth, Nathan J., White, Thomas E., Byrne, Phillip G., Wallman, James F.

“…Wing interference patterns (WIPs) are stable structural colours displayed on insect wings which are only visible at specific viewing geometries and against…”
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Wing Interference Patterns in patterned wings of Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)-exploring potential identification tool by Pielowska-Ceranowska, Agata, Szwedo, Jacek

“…Biting midges, nematoceran flies family Ceratopogonidae, is represented by more than 6200 valid species. This group is still poorly known and not easy in…”
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Sexual selection on wing interference patterns in Drosophila melanogaster by Katayama, Natsu, Abbott, Jessica K, Kjærandsen, Jostein, Takahashi, Yuma, Svensson, Erik I

“…Animals with color vision use color information in intra- and interspecific communication, which in turn may drive the evolution of conspicuous colored body…”
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Multiband modulation spectroscopy for the determination of sex and species of mosquitoes in flight by Gebru, Alem, Jansson, Samuel, Ignell, Rickard, Kirkeby, Carsten, Prangsma, Jord C., Brydegaard, Mikkel

“…We present a dual‐wavelength polarimetric measurement method to distinguish species and sexes of disease transmitting mosquitoes in flight. By measuring co‐…”
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The wing interference patterns (WIPs) of Parapanteles (Braconidae, Microgastrinae): demonstrating a powerful and accessible tool for species-level identification of small and clear winged insects by Jin, Shuyang, Parks, Kyle S., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Dyer, Lee A., Whitfield, James B.

“…Wing interference patterns (WIPs) are color patterns of insect wings caused by thin film interference. Thin film interference is the same phenomenon…”
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Clarifying the identity of two resembling hoverfly species, Betasyrphus serarius and B. nipponensis (Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphini), based on morphology and DNA barcoding by Kim, Chan-Ouk, Han, Ho-Yeon

“…[Display omitted] •Identity of resembling Betasyrphus serarius and B. nipponensis is investigated.•Additional diagnostic characters are proposed for B…”
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Can the narrow red bands of dragonflies be used to perceive wing interference patterns? by Brydegaard, Mikkel, Jansson, Samuel, Schulz, Marcus, Runemark, Anna

“…Despite numerous studies of selection on position and number of spectral vision bands, explanations to the function of narrow spectral bands are lacking. We…”
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Review of the Lispe caesia-group (Diptera: Muscidae) from Palaearctic and adjacent regions, with redescriptions and one new synonymy by Zhang, Dong, Ge, Ying-Qiang, Li, Xin-Yu, Liu, Xian-Hui, Zhang, Ming, Wang, Rong-Rong

“…Species of Lispe caesia-group from Palaearctic and adjacent regions are reviewed. Diagnostic characters of this group are updated. One new synonymy is…”
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First description of the female of Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) gracilior (Chen, 1975) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) by Zhang, Ming, Chen, Jin-liang, Gao, Xin-zhang, Pape, Thomas, Zhang, Dong

“…Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) gracilior (Chen, 1975) is documented from specimens collected in Hubei Province, China, using morphological characters and wing…”
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Revision of the European species of Omphale Haliday (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae) by Hansson, Christer, Shevtsova, Ekaterina

“…The European species of Omphale Haliday (Eulophidae: Entedoninae) are revised. The revision includes 37 species, of which eleven are newly described and the…”
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