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New Records of Odonata from Wisconsin [PDF]

, 2017
Excerpt: In 1967 Mary Davis Ries published a list of 117 species of Odonata known to occur in Wisconsin, and later (1969) reported details of the distribution of species new to the state list.
Hilsenhoff, William L.
core   +3 more sources

First report of Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) hexagonus on chukar (Alectores chukar) in Northwest of Iran and it’s public health importance

Persian Journal of Acarology, 2015
Ixodid ticks are obligatory blood-sucking ectoparasites of various mammals, birds, reptiles and vectors of different agents of diseases in both man and livestock.
Mousa Tavassoli, Ehsan Mohamadi
doaj   +1 more source

A new function of hydrocarbons in insect communication : maternal care and offspring signalling in the European earwig [PDF]

, 2011
International ...
Kölliker, M., Mas, F., Meunier, J.
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The mayfly nymph Austrophlebioides pusillus Harker defies common osmoregulatory assumptions

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
Osmoregulation is a key physiological function, critical for homeostasis. The basic physiological mechanisms of osmoregulation are thought to be well established.
R. Dowse, C. Palmer, Kasey A. Hills, F. Torpy, B. Kefford   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Insects as Food and Feed Source: A Comprehensive Review on Nutritional Value, Food Safety Concern, Environmental Benefits, Economic Potential, Technological Innovations, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Food Frontiers, EarlyView.
Edible insects offer a sustainable protein source, requiring fewer resources than traditional livestock. Despite challenges, they have the potential to enhance food security and sustainability for a growing global population. ABSTRACT As the world faces an escalating protein crisis amid climate change, population growth, and resource scarcity, edible ...
Anil Gautam, Ishwari Gyawali, Sushma Poudel, Sachin Devkota, Rabin Acharya, Milan Kandel, Deepak Subedi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation challenges and opportunities for native apple (Malus) species in Canada

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Apple, one of the world's most widely cultivated and economically important fruit crops, has two wild relatives native to Canada. In this review, we describe the importance of these native apple species to Indigenous heritage and the current threats the species faces due to pests, diseases, and habitat loss.
Terrell T. Roulston, Chelsey Geralda Armstrong, Mckenna Batstone, Kyle Bobiwash, Sylvia Grace Borda, Dionne Bunsha, Claudia Ciotir, Brian C. Husband, Paul Manning, Tara L. Moreau, Amritpal S. Singh, Tyler W. Smith, Jens Ulrich, Zoë Migicovsky   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Life History Study of Caecilius Aurantiacus (Hagen) (Psocoptera: Caeciliidae) [PDF]

, 2017
Caecilius aurantiacus is a common, widely distributed psocid in well established forested areas of North America. Published information on this species is fragmentary and limited primarily to taxonomy.
Dunham, R. Scott
core   +2 more sources

Alecanochiton marquesi (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), a new record for Colombia and Costa Rica, and description of its first-instar nymph

Caldasia, 2018
The Marques’ soft scale, Alecanochiton marquesi (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) is recorded from Colombia and Costa Rica on Sapotaceae (Manilkara zapota) and on Melastomataceae (Conostegia xalapensis, Miconia trinervia, and M. schlimii), respectively.
O. Dix-Luna, J. M. Montes-Rodríguez, Andy J. Kulikowski, T. Kondo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Control of two sucking insect pests, a whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) and a thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis), infesting hot peppers by spraying LDH‐formulated dsRNA

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
A vacuolar type ATPase subunit B (vATPase‐B) gene is identified and expressed in the midgut of Bemisia tabaci and Frankliniella occidentalis. The double‐stranded RNA (dsRNA) specific to vATPase‐B was expressed in hot peppers by virus‐induced gene silencing (VIGS) and killed both whitefly and thrips.
Falguni Khan, Tae‐Geun Song, Yonggyun Kim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sigmodontinae rodents as hosts for larvae and nymphs of Ixodes loricatus Neumann, 1899 (Acari: Ixodidae)

Parasite, 2004
Larvae and nymphs of Ixodes loricatus Neumann, 1899 ticks (confirmed by morphological characters and by comparison of 16S mitochondrial rDNA sequences) were collected from Sigmodontinae Wagner, rodents in central and northern Argentina and Uruguay.
Nava S., Lareschi M., Beldomenico P.M., Zerpa C., Venzal J.M., Mangold A.J., Guglielmone A.A.   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source