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Substantial fitness costs in terms of parasitization rates, offspring production and sex ratio of Wolbachia infection in Nasonia vitripennis without modified host preference

Ecological Entomology, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 765-774, December 2023., 2023
We tested whether host preference and parasitization rate of wild‐type Nasonia vitripennis females are manipulated by Wolbachia endosymbionts. We found fitness costs on the parasitoid wasps due to Wolbachia infection, where divergent host genotypes are impaired in disparate fitness correlates. Contrary to expectations based on other systems, the wasps'
Dhevi Kalyanaraman, Katharina Meyer Zu Riemsloh, Liv Kristin Kürschner, Jürgen Gadau, Mark Lammers   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of antibiotics ceftriaxone and levofloxacin on the growth of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 37, Issue 4, Page 805-815, December 2023., 2023
Maggot length and weight remain unaltered by the used antibiotics. A significant delay of the time of pupation has been determined in the treatments with high concentrations of levofloxacin. The mortality was significantly increased in all treatments with antibiotics compared to the control.
Daniel Preußer, Thomas Fischer, Thomas Juretzek   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuroarchitecture of the central complex in the Madeira cockroach Rhyparobia maderae: Pontine and columnar neuronal cell types

Journal of Comparative Neurology, Volume 531, Issue 16, Page 1689-1714, November 2023., 2023
The central complex is an assemblage of highly interconnected neuropils spanning the midline of the insect brain. In the cockroach, five types of pontine neurons and 18 types of columnar neurons interconnect its subcompartments in a topographic manner and provide outputs to other areas of the brain. The data point to a key role of the cockroach central
Stefanie Jahn, Vanessa Althaus, Jannik Heckmann, Mona Janning, Ann‐Katrin Seip, Naomi Takahashi, Clara Grigoriev, Juliana Kolano, Uwe Homberg   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diurnal patterns of postfeeding larval dispersal in carrion blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2001
A study of the diurnal rhythms in the postfeeding dispersal of the larvae of two coexisting carrion blowfly species, Calliphora vomitoria and Lucilia caesar, from corpses was conducted in the field.
Petr KOČÁREK
doaj   +1 more source

A case of polyploid utility in biocontrol: reproductively-impaired triploid Nasonia vitripennis have high host-killing ability. [PDF]

Pest Manag Sci
Parasitization ability on blowfly pupae of polyploid (triploid) females of the model parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis was compared against diploid controls. Despite highly impaired reproduction, the infertile polyploids had parasitization ability equal to control diploids, demonstrating high utility of polyploid parasitoids for biocontrol, with less ...
Li X, Leung K.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Preference of black soldier fly larvae for feed substrate previously colonised by conspecific larvae

Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 147, Issue 5, Page 336-345, June 2023., 2023
Abstract The black soldier fly Hermetia illucens Linnaeus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae; BSF) is gaining interest as an alternative protein ingredient for livestock feed. Larval aggregation behaviour occurs commonly in larvae of various dipteran species. However, the cues initiating aggregation behaviour and its occurrence in subsequent larval instars are ...
Yvonne Kortsmit, Joop J. A. Van Loon, Marcel Dicke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of a blowfly Calliphora nigribarbis (Vollenhoven, 1863) (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
In the present study, the complete mitochondrial genome of a blowfly Calliphora nigribarbis has been sequenced and analyzed. The length of complete the mitochondrial genome is 16,279 bp, with 39.50% A, 13.20% C, 9.30% G, and 38.0% T nucleotide ...
Mustafa Zafer Karagozlu, Jung-Il Kim, Seong Hwan Park, Sang-Eon Shin, Chang-Bae Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Allium sativum, Rosmarinus officinalis, and Salvia officinalis Essential Oils: A Spiced Shield against Blowflies

Insects, 2020
Blowflies are known vectors of many foodborne pathogens and unintentional human ingestion of maggots by meat consumption may lead to intestinal myiasis.
Stefano Bedini, Salvatore Guarino, Maria Cristina Echeverria, Guido Flamini, Roberta Ascrizzi, Augusto Loni, Barbara Conti   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of confinement in vehicle trunks on decomposition and entomological colonization of carcasses.

PLoS ONE, 2020
In order to investigate the impact of confinement in a car trunk on decomposition and insect colonization of carcasses, three freshly killed pig (Sus scrofa domesticus Erxleben) carcasses were placed individually in the trunks of older model cars and ...
Stacey L Malainey, Gail S Anderson
doaj   +1 more source

The Eye Muscle of Calliphora Vomitoria L. [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Biology, 1973
ABSTRACT A muscle attached to the medial edge of the compound eye is described for the blowfly Calliphora-vomitoria. Electrophysiological activity in the form of continuous tonically firing potentials can be recorded extracellularly from the muscle.
openaire   +1 more source