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The Section “Insect Pest and Vector Management” covers all aspects of research focused on the development of tools and methods for mitigation of insect pests, including plant pathogen vectors and applications of artificial intelligence in pest identification, forecasting, and control. Th...

The section “Insect Ecology, Diversity and Conservation” focuses on the ecology, diversity (genetic, taxonomic, and functional) and conservation of insects. Most of the global species richness is made up by insects, with the majority of them having not yet been described. There are ...

The Section “Insect Physiology, Reproduction and Development” will focus on molecular, biochemical, and physiological processes in insects in terms of their development and reproduction. The emphasis is on the control of metabolic processes by internal as well as external factors. Unders...

The section “Insect Molecular Biology and Genomics” is focused on new insights into insect biology from studies employing molecular sequence data, from genes up to genomes. The emphasis is on advances in our understanding of the molecular functions of the full spectrum of genomic element...

The section “Insect Systematics, Phylogeny and Evolution” is focused on understanding the evolutionary histories and biodiversity of insects and other arthropods. The emphasis is on advances in our understanding of the evolutionary relationships amongst diverse insect taxa, including int...

Insects is an international peer-reviewed open access journal of entomology published monthly online by MDPI. The section “Insect Behavior and Pathology” will focus on infectious agents in insects. The emphasis is on infectious agents (bacteria, fungi, microsporidia, nematodes, and...

The Section Social Insects and Apiculture focuses on any aspect of the biology and ecology of social insects, from understanding molecular, developmental, and physiological processes to behavior, social organization, and ecological aspects. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, caste d...

The ubiquitous nature of insects results in widespread interactions with humans and human societies. The Insects and Human Societies Section of Insects welcomes the submission of papers related to this field, with the exception of papers focusing on insects as agricultural or medical pests (papers f...

Medical and Livestock Entomology is a rapidly evolving discipline addressing some of the most pressing challenges at the interface of human, animal, and environmental health. The increasing emergence and re-emergence of vector-borne diseases, the geographical expansion of invasive arthropod species ...