The Leg Sensilla of Insects from Different Habitats—Comparison of Strictly Aquatic and Riparian Bugs (Corixidae, Ochteridae, Gelastocoridae: Nepomorpha: Insecta: Heteroptera) [PDF]
Insects, 2023 The aim of this study was to analyze morphological types and arrangement of the leg sensilla of Corixidae, Ochteridae and Gelastocoridae, in relation to their various habitats.
Agnieszka Nowinśka +2 more
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Nutritional Composition, Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Different Samples of Water Boatmen Eggs (Hemiptera: Corixidae) [PDF]
Foods, 2022 The group of aquatic insects collectively called “water boatmen” or “Axayacatl” (Hemiptera: Corixidae) and their eggs, called “Ahuahutle”, have been consumed and cultivated since the pre-Hispanic era in Mexico.
Maria de la Luz Sanchez +2 more
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A new species of the genus Cenocorixa (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Corixidae) from China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 A new species of the genus Cenocorixa Hungerford (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Corixidae) is described from China. Cenocorixa yuanjiangensis sp. nov. is reported from Yunnan Province. An updated key to the Chinese species of Cenocorixa is presented.
Tong-Yin Xie, Guo-Qing Liu
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Micronecta griseola Horvath, 1899 - a new species of the family Corixidae (Heteroptera) for the fauna of the Middle Urals [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2021 Micronecta (Micronecta) griseola Horvath, 1899 is a representative of water bugs of the family Corixidae. It is expanding its range eastwards according to our observations in Russia.
Elena Kanyukova +2 more
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Utilizing Insects as Bioindicators: An Approximation for Conservation in Urban Lentic Ecosystems in Central Chile [PDF]
InsectsThis study considered using insect families as bioindicators to establish the health status of an ecosystem of lentic bodies. The water quality in urban lentic bodies in the Metropolitan Region, Chile, was evaluated from aquatic insect family assemblages
Sebastián Rodríguez +4 more
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Population Structure and Ecological Niches of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Upper Yarlung Zangbo River [PDF]
BiologyThe community structure and ecological niche of benthic macroinvertebrates in the upper Yarlung Zangbo River were analyzed in April and September 2023. The benthic macroinvertebrate community largely comprises aquatic insects, with Diptera accounting for
Zepeng Zhang +6 more
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Comparative Study of Antennal Sensilla of Corixidae and Micronectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Corixoidea) [PDF]
Insects, 2020 The goal of this study was to analyze the types and distributional patterns of sensilla in Corixoidea, which is part of the approach to the phylogeny study of Nepomorpha, based on the morphological characters of sensilla.
Agnieszka Nowińska +2 more
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Small Islands, Small Ponds, Small Communities—Water Beetles and Water Boatmen in the Faroe Islands [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Water beetles of the families Dytiscidae and Haliplidae (Coleoptera) as well as water boatmen (Heteroptera: Corixidae) are well-studied groups in Northern Europe.
Leivur Janus Hansen +1 more
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Field Survey of Freshwater Invertebrates Reveals That Several Groups Are Potential Carriers of the Fungal Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe amphibian disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has devastated global amphibian biodiversity.
Amanda Poh +5 more
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Morphology of the Antennal Sensilla of Notonectoidea and Comparison of Evolutionary Changes in Sensilla Types and Distribution in Infraorder Nepomorpha (Insecta: Heteroptera) [PDF]
Insects, 2021 This article introduces the results of a study of three families of Nepomorpha and is the last part of a series of studies that sums up our work on the morphologies of the antennal sensory structures in this taxon.
Agnieszka Nowińska, Jolanta Brożek
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