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Recruiting specialty chief editors for Frontiers in Insect Science

Frontiers in Insect Science invites applications for the position of specialty chief editor in 'Insect Economics' and 'Insect Systematics' to provide leadership and advance research excellence in these important fields.

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Call for papers: '25-Year Anniversary of RNAi for Pest Management'

Celebrate 25 years of RNAi in pest management! Led by field chief editor Prof. Reddy Palli, this collection invites submissions on RNAi mechanisms, delivery, pest resistance, and regulatory perspectives. Submit to our anniversary collection today.

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Sponsorship opportunities for 2026 entomology conferences and seminars

We are offering sponsorship for organizers hosting entomology conferences and symposia in 2026. If you would like to host a relevant article collection and receive support with event costs, please contact us at insectscience@frontiersin.org

Host a Research Topic with Frontiers in Insect Science

We invite proposals for article collections on emerging or high-impact research themes. If you have a topic that aligns with your expertise and could advance your field, we welcome your application.

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Insect Systematics

Submit your research

Author guidelines

Editor guidelines

Peer review

Publishing fees

Journal notices

Recruiting specialty chief editors for Frontiers in Insect Science

Call for papers: '25-Year Anniversary of RNAi for Pest Management'

Sponsorship opportunities for 2026 entomology conferences and seminars

Host a Research Topic with Frontiers in Insect Science

Frontiers FAIR² now open!

Editors

s.reddy palli

jason e bond

chenyang cai

tiago fernandes carrijo

Articles

Wings on Concealed corpse: The forensic importance of Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae)

Biosystematics of Angulitermes dehraensis in the Northwestern Indomalayan region by integrating morphometrics and distributional data with DNA barcoding

State of the ant: how broad is our recent knowledge of Neotropical ant behavior?

Unravelling the complete mitochondrial genomes of Thrips tabaci Lindeman and Thrips parvispinus Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and their phylogenetic implications

Research Topics

Women in Insect Science, Volume II