The Special Issue provides a platform to highlight new research and significant advances in understanding the genetic and morpho-functional aspects characterizing the great level of biodiversity of insects.

Biodiversity refers to the variety of living organisms on Earth, including animals, plants, bacteria, fungi, and humans. All the Earth’s species work together to survive and maintain their ecosystems.

The Arthropoda, including insects are the most speciose class in the Animal Kingdom. The insect-plant relationship is the dominant biotic interaction. The functional significance of insects is enormous, owing to the large numbers of individuals and great intra- and intraspecific variety.

Insects are very important because of their diversity, ecological role, and influence on agriculture, human health, and natural resources. Insects drive the production of essential seeds, fruits, and vegetables via pollination, and are necessary decomposers of organic matter. Further, insects are one of the major species that provide invaluable ecosystem services, by providing biological control of insect pests, and acting as bioindicators of a healthy environment, and produce useful substances (honey, bee wax and silk), and serve as food for other animals.

Keywords

• Insect biodiversity
• Ecology and regional diversity
• Economic evaluation
• Genetic and morpho-functional diversity
• Evolutionary aspects
• Biodiversity conservation
• Diversity treads

Guest Editor

• Errol Hassan, Professor, The University of Queensland, Australia

Important dates

• Submission system open: 1st December 2021
• Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31st May 2022

Article types

• Research article
• Review
• Short communication

Submission procedure