2019 Winners - for best papers published during 2017-18

MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY
M. Brustolin, S. Talavera, A. Nunez, C. Santamaria, R. Rivas, N. Pujol, M. Valle, M. Verdun, A. Brun, N. Pages and N. Busquets

Rift Valley fever virus and European mosquitoes: vector compettence of Culex pipiens and Stegomyia albopicta (= Aedes albopictus)

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 31, 365-372, 2017

PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Lily M. Thompson, Trevor M. Faske, Nana Banahene, Dominique Grim, Salvatore J. Agosta, Dylan Parry, Patrick C. Tobin, Derek M. Johnson and Kristine L. Grayson

Variations in growth and developmental responses to supraoptimal temperatures near latitudinal range limits of gypsy moth Lymantria dispar (L.), an expanding invasive species

Physiological Entomology, 42, 181-190, 2017

SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Camiel Doorenweerd, Erik J. Van Nieukerken and Robert J. B. Hoare

Phylogeny, classification and divergence times of pygmy leaf-mining moths (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): the earliest lepidopteran radiation in Angiosperms?

Systematic Entomology, 42, 267-287, 2017

2018 Winners - for best papers published during 2016-17
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY
Sarah L. Facey, David B. Fidler, Rhiannon C. Rowe, Lisa M. Bromfield, Sabine S. Nooten, Joanna T.Staley, David S. Ellsworth and Scott N. Johnson

Atmospheric change causes declines in woodland arthropods and impacts specific trophic groups.

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 19 (1), 101-112, 2017.

ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Tom R. Bishop, Mark P. Robertson, Berndt J. Van Rensburg and Catherine L. Parr

Coping with the cold: minimum temperatures and thermal tolerances dominate the ecology of mountain ants.

Ecological Entomology, 42 (2), 105-114, 2017.

INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY
Alessandro Campanaro, Livia Zapponi, Sönke Hardersen, Marcos Mendez, Nida Al Fulaij, Paolo Audisio, Marco Bardiani, Giuseppe M. Carpaneto, Serena Corezzola, Francesca Della Rocca, Deborah Harvey, Colin Hawes, Marcin Kadej, Jerzy Karg, Markus Rink, Adrian Smolis, Eva Spencer, Arno Thomaes, Ilaria Toni, Al Vrezec, Agnese Zauli, Michelle Zilioli and Stefano Chiari

A European monitoring protocol for the stag beetle, a saproxylic flagship species.

Insect Conservation and Diversity, 9 (6), 574-584, 2016.

INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
K. Cappelle, C.F.R de Oliveira, B.Van Eynde, O. Christiaens and G. Smagghe

The involvement of clathrin-mediated endocytosis and two Sid-1-like transmembrane proteins in double-stranded RNA uptake in the Colorado potato beetle midgut.

Insect Molecular Biology, 25 (3), 315-323, 2016.