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Isolation and characterization of apolipophorin-III from the giant water bug (Lethocerus medius)
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1995Upon injection of synthetic adipokinetic hormone, lipophorin from Lethocerus medius decreased in density and became associated with apolipophorin-III (apoLp-III). ApoLp-III isolated from hemolymph of Lethocerus medius had a M(r) = 19,000 and an amino acid composition high in methionine, in comparison with other apoLp-IIIs.
M R, Kanost, K A, Sparks, M A, Wells
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The fibrillar flight muscles of giant water-bugs: An electronmicroscope study
Journal of Cell Science, 1967Abstract The fibrillar flight muscles of several species of tropical water-bugs of the family Belosto-matidae have been examined in the electron microscope. The myofibrils are very similar to those of the other fibrillar flight muscles which have been studied. The membrane systems, however, display features which appear to be peculiar to
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Current Herpetology, 2019
The aim of this paper is to report 10 predation events of anuran amphibians by giant water bugs of the genus Lethocerus in different localities in northeastern Argentina. With the exception of Scinax fuscovarius and Physalaemus biligonigerus, they are all new records of adult anurans being prey to these invertebrates.
Alberto Taffarel, Juan M Ferro
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The aim of this paper is to report 10 predation events of anuran amphibians by giant water bugs of the genus Lethocerus in different localities in northeastern Argentina. With the exception of Scinax fuscovarius and Physalaemus biligonigerus, they are all new records of adult anurans being prey to these invertebrates.
Alberto Taffarel, Juan M Ferro
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Giant fish-killing water bug reveals ancient and dynamic venom evolution in Heteroptera
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2018True Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera) produce venom or saliva with diverse bioactivities depending on their feeding strategies. However, little is known about the molecular evolution of the venom toxins underlying these biological activities. We examined venom of the giant fish-killing water bug Lethocerus distinctifemur (Insecta: Belostomatidae) using ...
Andrew A. Walker +4 more
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Female–female competition in two giant water bug species
Ecological EntomologyAbstract In several animals, males compete for females for reproduction. However, females of some animals aggressively compete among females for males. Belostomatidae (Heteroptera) females lay eggs on the backs of males, who then care for them until hatching ...
Shin‐ya Ohba +2 more
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Inheritance of a naturally occurring mutation in a giant water bug
Journal of Heredity, 1976ROBERT L. SMITH, JILLYN B. SMITH
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