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The use of RNA interference for the management of arthropod pests in livestock farms L'uso di RNA interferente per il controllo degli artropodi infestanti negli allevamenti

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 37, Issue 4, Page 631-646, December 2023., 2023
Problems caused by arthropod pests to livestock production are increasing due to new legal restrictions on pesticide use, insurgence of resistance to insecticides in pest populations and climate change. RNA interference (RNAi) is a novel approach to pest control based on specific gene silencing in target species, characterised by a selective action ...
Valeria Bonina, Salvatore Arpaia
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The microbiota of Idaea inquinata developing on dry herbs

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 171, Issue 10, Page 796-805, October 2023., 2023
The role of diet in influencing the Idaea inquinata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)‐associated bacterial community and the impact on its development were investigated by rearing this species on three diets: Matricaria chamomilla flowers, Angelica archangelica roots, and artificial diet.
Giulia Magoga, Chiara Piombo, Daria Patrizia Locatelli, Lidia Limonta, Matteo Montagna   +4 more
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Birds in arid regions have depauperate louse communities: Climate change implications? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Environmental factors are known to affect the distribution of free‐living organisms. We surveyed parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) of 500 birds and found that parasite diversity is also influenced by the environment. We found that birds in arid Utah had substantially lower louse diversity (prevalence, abundance, and richness) than birds in humid ...
Bush SE, Waller MM, Davis KM, Clayton SF, Clayton DH.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Emergence of terpene chemical communication in insects: Evolutionary recruitment of isoprenoid metabolism

Protein Science, Volume 32, Issue 5, May 2023., 2023
Abstract Insects have evolved a chemical communication system using terpenoids, a structurally diverse class of specialized metabolites, previously thought to be exclusively produced by plants and microbes. Gene discovery, bioinformatics, and biochemical characterization of multiple insect terpene synthases (TPSs) revealed that isopentenyl diphosphate ...
Zarley Rebholz, Leena Shewade, Kylie Kaler, Hailey Larose, Florian Schubot, Dorothea Tholl, Alexandre V. Morozov, Paul E. O’Maille   +7 more
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Development of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the identification of lice isolated from farm animals

Parasite, 2020
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is now routinely used for the rapid identification of microorganisms isolated from clinical samples and has been recently successfully applied to the ...
Ouarti Basma, Laroche Maureen, Righi Souad, Meguini Mohamed Nadir, Benakhla Ahmed, Raoult Didier, Parola Philippe   +6 more
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Data incongruence and the problem of avian louse phylogeny [PDF]

, 2004
Recent studies based on different types of data (i.e. morphological and molecular) have supported conflicting phylogenies for the genera of avian feather lice (Ischnocera: Phthiraptera).
Archie J. W., Bandelt H.-J., Blagoveshtchenskii D. I., Bremer K., Choe J. C., Clay T., Clayton D. H., Clayton D. H., Corpet F., Cunningham C. W., Danforth B. N., Darlu P., Eichler W. D., Emerson K. C., Estabrook G. F., Faith D. P., Felsenstein J., Hafner M. S., Hafner M. S., Hillis D. M., Hillis D. M., Hopkins G. H. E., Huelsenbeck J. P., Johnson K. P., Johnson K. P., Jow H., Kallersjo M., Kellogg V. L., Kluge A. G., Konigsmann E., Lockhart P. J., Lockhart P. J., Lopez P., Loye J. E., Lyal C. H. C., Maddison W. P., Meacham C. A., Mey E., Mey E., Page R. D. M., Page R. D. M., Page R. D. M., Palma R. L., Price R. D., Rambaut A., Reed D. L., Rozsa L., Rzhetsky A., Simon C., Swofford D. L., Wheeler W. C., Wilkinson M., Zharkikh A.   +52 more
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Contrasting seasonal patterns in diet and dung‐associated invertebrates of feral cattle and horses in a rewilding area

Molecular Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 8, Page 2071-2091, April 2023., 2023
Abstract Trophic rewilding is increasingly applied in restoration efforts, with the aim of reintroducing the ecological functions provided by large‐bodied mammals and thereby promote self‐regulating, biodiverse ecosystems. However, empirical evidence for the effects of megafauna introductions on the abundance and richness of other organisms such as ...
Emil Ellegaard Thomassen, Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard, Mads Reinholdt Jensen, Kent Olsen, Morten D. D. Hansen, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Philip Francis Thomsen   +6 more
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Louse (Insecta : Phthiraptera) mitochondrial 12S rRNA secondary structure is highly variable [PDF]

, 2002
Lice are ectoparasitic insects hosted by birds and mammals. Mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequences obtained from lice show considerable length variation and are very difficult to align.
Billoud B., Collins L.J., Corpet F., Critchlow D.E., Day W.H.E., Fontana W., Gutell R.R., Hafner M.S., Hafner M.S., Hickson R.E., Hickson R.E., Hofacker I.L., Houde P., Johnson K.P., Johnson K.P., K. P. Johnson, Konings D.A.M., Lenhof H.-P., Lockhart P.J., Mindell D.P., Moran N.A., Page R.D.M., Page R.D.M., Page R.D.M., R. Cruickshank, R. D. M. Page, Shao R., Simon C., Springer M.S., Stoye J., Swofford D.L., Wheeler W.C.   +31 more
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A unique case of commensalism: The beaver beetle Platypsyllus castoris (Leiodidae, Coleoptera) and its morphological adaptations

Journal of Morphology, Volume 284, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
We document in detail the morphology of adults of the beaver beetle Platypsyllus castoris with modern techniques, and interpret evolutionary changes linked with the specific life style of the beetle in the fur of the beaver. Platypsyllus displays numerous structural specializations which ensure mechanical stabilization, firm anchorage on the host, and ...
Margarita I. Yavorskaya, Paweł Jałoszyński, Rolf G. Beutel   +2 more
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Una nueva especie del género Hoplopleura Enderlein, 1904 (Anoplura, Hoplopleuridae) parásita de Andinomys edax (Rodentia, Cricetidae)

Graellsia, 1996
Describimos en esta contribución a Hoplopleura zentaensi sp. n., a partir de la hembra, sus tres estadios ninfales y las características coriónicas externas del huevo de la referida especie parásita de Andinomys edax Thomas, 1902 (Rodentia, Cricetidae ...
D. C. Castro, A. González
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