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Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy

Arthropod Biodiversity: Ecological and Functional Aspects, 2nd Edition

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30 November 2025
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31 January 2026
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Dear Colleagues,

Arthropods, i.e. invertebrate animals with a segmented body, exoskeleton, and articulated appendages, represent the largest phylum in the animal kingdom, and account for over 80% of all known living species. They exhibit great biodiversity with a wide range of adaptations and forms such as insects, lobsters, crabs, spiders, scorpions, mites, centipedes, and millipedes that live in every habitat on earth. Arthropods play an extremely important role in maintaining ecosystem services, including benefits to humans. For example, many species pollinate plants, produce useful substances, serve as pest control, and serve as food for other animals in most trophic webs. Moreover, mites, isopods, myriapods, and insects are scavengers or decomposers that break down dead plants and animal material, converting them into soil nutrients, or are valued bioindicators of environmental pollution. Many crustacean species (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and crayfish) are largely consumed by humans, while several insect species are used as protein supply for animal feed or as sources of bioactive compounds, and are therefore farmed on an intensive commercial scale. In contrast, other crustaceans and insects are highly invasive species and represent one of the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide, requiring strict control strategies. Others are direct pests of crops and stored products, hematophagous vectors, or intermediate hosts of pathogenic organisms. The 2nd edition of this interdisciplinary Topic provides a platform to highlight new research findings, by further advancing the frontiers of knowledge in morphological and functional adaptations and ecology, diversity, and conservation of arthropods.

Dr. Paolo Solari
Prof. Dr. Roberto M. Crnjar
Dr. Anita Giglio
Prof. Dr. Gianluca Tettamanti
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Keywords

  • arthropods
  • morphology
  • genetic and morphofunctional aspects
  • ecological aspects
  • economic evaluation
  • evolutionary aspects
  • biodiversity
  • risk assessment
  • diversity threats
  • ecosystem services
  • urban biodiversity

Participating Journals

Journal Name Impact Factor CiteScore Launched Year First Decision (median) APC
Animals
animals
2.7 4.9 2011 16.1 Days CHF 2400 Submit
Arthropoda
arthropoda
- - 2023 15.0 days * CHF 1000 Submit
Diversity
diversity
2.1 3.4 2009 18.3 Days CHF 2100 Submit
Insects
insects
2.7 5.1 2010 16.7 Days CHF 2600 Submit
Life
life
3.2 4.3 2011 17.8 Days CHF 2600 Submit
Pathogens
pathogens
3.3 6.4 2012 15.3 Days CHF 2200 Submit

* Median value for all MDPI journals in the second half of 2024.


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Three New and Two New Record Species of the Genus Dichaetomyia Malloch (Diptera: Muscidae) from China
by Yizhen Han, Wenliang Li and Ding Yang
Diversity 2025, 17(4), 232; https://doi.org/10.3390/d17040232 - 25 Mar 2025
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The genus Dichaetomyia Malloch, 1921 of Muscidae from China is recorded, and an updated identification key to Chinese species based on males is provided. Three new species, namely Dichaetomyia villscutellata sp. n., Dichaetomyia bimaculata sp. n., and Dichaetomyia maculiventra sp. n [...] Read more.
The genus Dichaetomyia Malloch, 1921 of Muscidae from China is recorded, and an updated identification key to Chinese species based on males is provided. Three new species, namely Dichaetomyia villscutellata sp. n., Dichaetomyia bimaculata sp. n., and Dichaetomyia maculiventra sp. n., are described, along with two new country records, Dichaetomyia varicauda Emden, 1965, and Dichaetomyia latistriata Malloch, 1924. Photographs of the habitus and male genitalia, as well as illustrations of the male genitalia of the new species and new records, are provided. Full article
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New Species of the Purse-Web Spider Genus Atypus Latreille, 1804 from Southern China (Araneae, Atypidae), with the General Natural History of Atypus Spiders
by Yecheng Wu, Yang Liu, Zongguang Huang, Haiqiang Yin and Xiang Xu
Insects 2025, 16(3), 301; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16030301 - 13 Mar 2025
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Three species of the purse-web spider genus Atypus Latreille, 1804, collected from Hunan and Sichuan Provinces of China, are diagnosed and described as new to science: A. yaozu sp. nov. (♂♀), A. siyiensis sp. nov. (♂♀) and A. yanjingensis sp. nov. (♂♀). Detailed [...] Read more.
Three species of the purse-web spider genus Atypus Latreille, 1804, collected from Hunan and Sichuan Provinces of China, are diagnosed and described as new to science: A. yaozu sp. nov. (♂♀), A. siyiensis sp. nov. (♂♀) and A. yanjingensis sp. nov. (♂♀). Detailed descriptions, photographs and DNA barcodes of the three new species and a distribution map of Atypus species in China are provided. Additionally, we enrich the general natural history of the genus Atypus through a decade of observation. Full article
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