Ecological dynamics of true bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae, Acanthosomatidae, and Coreidae) and associated egg parasitoids (Hymenoptera) in an Alpine region of Italy.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0007485325100412
Abstract: True bugs (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae, Coreidae, and Pentatomidae) include harmful crop pests affecting global agriculture, with different species displaying distinct optimal conditions for development and using different habitats. Over a 2-year period, this research investigates how… read more here.
Keywords: true bugs; acanthosomatidae coreidae; ecological dynamics; egg parasitoids ... See more keywords
Juvenile hormone III skipped bisepoxide is widespread in true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.202242
Abstract: Juvenile hormone (JH) plays important roles in almost every aspect of insect development and reproduction. JHs are a group of acyclic sesquiterpenoids, and their farnesol backbone has been chemically modified to generate a homologous series… read more here.
Keywords: juvenile hormone; skipped bisepoxide; iii skipped; heteroptera ... See more keywords
Expanding the Chromosomal Evolution Understanding of Lygaeioid True Bugs (Lygaeoidea, Pentatomomorpha, Heteroptera) by Classical and Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis
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DOI: 10.3390/genes14030725
Abstract: The Lygaeoidea comprise about 4660 species in 790 genera and 16 families. Using standard chromosome staining and FISH with 18S rDNA and telomeric (TTAGG)n probes, we studied male karyotypes and meiosis in 10 species of… read more here.
Keywords: understanding lygaeioid; expanding chromosomal; lygaeioid true; true bugs ... See more keywords
Is the Abandonment of Organic Grassland a Threat to Alpine Insect Diversity?
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DOI: 10.3390/land12040867
Abstract: Land abandonment is a multifaceted, nonlinear, worldwide phenomenon that is influenced by a variety of factors and opinions. The goal of this study was to understand the significance of land abandonment for true bugs and… read more here.
Keywords: alpine; insect diversity; grassland threat; abandonment ... See more keywords
Species assemblages of aquatic and semi-aquatic true bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of anthropogenic ponds of the green zone in Bangkok, Thailand
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DOI: 10.3897/bdj.13.e154135
Abstract: Abstract Aquatic and semi-aquatic true bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) are highly abundant in both lentic and lotic systems in Thailand. More than 230 species representing 12 families of these insects have been reported from freshwater habitats… read more here.
Keywords: assemblages aquatic; true bugs; species assemblages; aquatic true ... See more keywords
A synopsis of the numbers of testicular follicles and ovarioles in true bugs (Heteroptera, Hemiptera) – sixty-five years of progress after J. Pendergrast’s review
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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1136.96431
Abstract: Abstract The structure of testes and ovaries can be described in its simplest form by the number of follicles and ovarioles they contain. Sixty-five years after the last review of the internal reproductive systems in… read more here.
Keywords: five years; follicles ovarioles; sixty five; heteroptera ... See more keywords
A zoogeographical analysis of true bugs (Insecta, Heteroptera) from Uzbekistan
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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1163.99414
Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this study is to perform a zoogeographic analysis of terrestrial true bugs (Heteroptera) in the Lower Amudarya Territory, Uzbekistan. According to the findings of a literature review, there are 149 species… read more here.
Keywords: bugs insecta; heteroptera; true bugs; analysis true ... See more keywords