Ottawa confirmed as the biodiversity hotspot for a subfamily of wasps in North America

Pensoft Editorial Team

Tagged biodiversity, biodiversity hotspot, biogeography, braconid wasps, Braconidae, Canada, entomology, Hymenoptera, Microgastrinae, North America, Ottawa, parasitic wasps, parasitoid wasps, parasitoids, urban diversity, waspsLeave a comment

November 21, 2016

What usually comes to mind when speaking about biodiversity hotspots are tropical regions, pristine areas and magnificent forests. Meanwhile, it is quite rare that a city in a temperate zone is considered significant in terms of biodiversity, much less mentioned as a hotspot. Yet, the city of Ottawa together with its surroundings, despite having population […]

The city of angels and flies: 12 unknown scuttle fly species have been flying around L.A.

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April 14, 2016

Although the second-largest and rather concrete metropolis in the United States might not be anywhere near one’s immediate association for a biodiversity hotspot, the fly fauna of Los Angeles is quite impressive. As part of BioSCAN, a project devoted to exploring the insect diversity in and around the city, a team of three entomologists report […]