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Body P content increases over ontogeny in hemimetabolous macroinvertebrates in a Mediterranean high mountain stream
Differences in elemental stoichiometry among consumers can regulate fundamental ecological processes such as animal production or nutrient cycling...
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SNMP1 is critical for sensitive detection of the desert locust aromatic courtship inhibition pheromone phenylacetonitrile
BackgroundAccurate detection of pheromones is crucial for chemical communication and reproduction in insects. In holometabolous flies and moths, the...
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Insights into the genomic evolution of insects from cricket genomes
Most of our knowledge of insect genomes comes from Holometabolous species, which undergo complete metamorphosis and have genomes typically under 2 Gb...
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Germline specification and axis determination in viviparous and oviparous pea aphids: conserved and divergent features
Aphids are hemimetabolous insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis without pupation. The annual life cycle of most aphids includes both an...
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Identification of Various Insect Predators
In areas like systematics, conservation biology, and ecology, the identification of species is crucial. While it may be simple to recognise huge,...
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Early embryonic development of Johnston’s organ in the antenna of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
Johnston’s organ has been shown to act as an antennal auditory organ across a spectrum of insect species. In the hemimetabolous desert locust Schistoce...
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Lethal effect of blue light on Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae)
We previously reported that blue light is lethal to various insect species. However, it was also revealed that effective blue light wavelength is...
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Spatial and Sexual Divergence of Gut Bacterial Communities in Field Cricket Teleogryllus occipitalis (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
The insect gut is colonized by microbes that confer a myriad of beneficial services to the host, including nutritional support, immune enhancement,...
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Earwigs (Dermaptera: Insecta) of Morelos, Mexico, with new data and description of a new genus and species
The earwigs are a small group of medium-sized hemimetabolous insects, which have been very little studied worldwide. In Mexico 67 species have been...
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Ontogenetic changes in behavioral and kinematic components of prey capture strikes in a praying mantis
Juveniles within a species are often faced with similar ecological pressures on performance as adults, such as obtaining food and esca** predation,...
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Physiological and molecular mechanisms of insect appendage regeneration
Regeneration, as a fascinating scientific field, refers to the ability of animals replacing lost tissue or body parts. Many metazoan organisms have...
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Ferns and Lycophytes with Insecticidal Activity: An Overview
Despite their economic and ecological importance, some insect species are human disease vectors. In addition, agricultural pests cause significant...
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Dissecting cricket genomes for the advancement of entomology and entomophagy
Significant advances in biophysical methods such as next-generation sequencing technologies have now opened the way to conduct evolutionary and...
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Central projections from Johnston’s organ in the locust: Axogenesis and brain neuroarchitecture
Johnston’s organ (Jo) acts as an antennal wind-sensitive and/or auditory organ across a spectrum of insect species and its axons universally project...
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Form and Function
The physiology and morphology of insects largely explain the immense adaptability of these organisms to forest ecosystems. This chapter presents an...
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Mitochondria dysfunction impairs Tribolium castaneum wing development during metamorphosis
The disproportionate growth of insect appendages such as facultative growth of wings and exaggeration of beetle horns are examples of phenotypic...
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Population Components of Pests
Understanding the population dynamics of pests is crucial in agricultural pest management. This book chapter, "Population Components of Pests,"...
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Electron beam irradiation induces DNA endoreplication in holometabolous juvenile insects: a rapid flow cytometry-based diagnosis
Ionizing radiation including electron beam (eBeam) technology has been used as a quarantine measure around the world for transboundary shipment of...
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Evaluation of plant quality by Corythucha marmorata (Hemiptera: Tingidae) mothers: relationship between oviposition preference and nymphal performance on four sweet potato cultivars and goldenrod
In novel plant–insect relationships, oviposition preference and nymphal performance determine host range evolution. Corythucha marmorata , native to...
