Key innovations and the diversification of Hymenoptera [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Hymenoptera is an incredibly diverse order, with numerous behavioral and morphological innovations. Here, the authors compile a time-calibrated Hymenoptera phylogeny and find that secondary transitions to phytophagy, plant feeding, are associated with ...
Bonnie B. Blaimer +10 more
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Genetic Variation in the Feeding Behavior of Isofemale Lines of Nesidiocoris tenuis [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Zoophytophagous predators provide biocontrol services in various major crops of modern horticulture due to the combination of its predatory capacity and the induction of plant defenses derived from its phytophagy.
Milena Chinchilla-Ramírez +3 more
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Metabolomic and Genomic Approach to Study Defense Induction by Nesidiocoris tenuis against Tuta absoluta and Tetranychus urticae in Tomato Plants [PDF]
Metabolites, 2022 The phytophagy of the predator Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera: Miridae) can trigger defense responses in tomato plants against pests, such as two spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) and South American leaf miner Tuta absoluta ...
Nomi Sarmah +5 more
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Half Friend, Half Enemy? Comparative Phytophagy between Two Dicyphini Species (Hemiptera: Miridae) [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Despite their importance as biological control agents, zoophytophagous dicyphine mirids can produce economically important damage. We evaluated the phytophagy and potential impact on tomato plants of Dicyphus cerastii and Nesidiocoris tenuis.
Paula Souto +3 more
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Newly-recorded species of the genus Atkinsonia Stainton, 1859 (Lepidoptera, Stathmopodidae) from Korea with checklist [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalThe genus Atkinsonia in the family Stathmopodidae comprises 13 species described worldwide and only one is recorded from the Korean Peninsula. Despite this low species richness, the genus shows broad ecological diversity at the larval stage, ranging from
In-Won Jeong, Sora Kim
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The role of phytophagy by predators in shaping plant interactions with their pests
Communicative and Integrative Biology, 2016 Zoophytophagy is common among predacious arthropods, but research on their role in plant-herbivore interactions is generally focused on predation effects whereas their phytophagy is largely neglected.
Anke Steppuhn +2 more
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Phylogeny and evolution of hemipteran insects based on expanded genomic and transcriptomic data [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Hemiptera is the fifth species-rich order of insects and the most species-rich order of hemimetabolous insects, including numerous insect species that are of agricultural or medical significance.
Nan Song +5 more
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New Species and Records of Nothofagicola n. sp. (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae) from Chile and Updated Key to the World Genera of the Tribe Sierraphytoptini Keifer 1944 [PDF]
AnimalsThe monophyletic lineage Phytoptidae s. str. (Acariformes, Eriophyoidea) comprises ~75 described species in 17 genera associated with angiosperms. Since the last keys to the world genera of Eriophyoidea were published in 2003, five new phytoptid genera ...
Philipp E. Chetverikov +1 more
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Deterministic and stochastic effects drive the gut microbial diversity in cucurbit-feeding fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONEInsect diversity is closely linked to the evolution of phytophagy, with most phytophagous insects showing a strong degree of specialisation for specific host plants.
Wouter Hendrycks +9 more
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Phytophagy impacts the quality and quantity of plant carbon resources acquired by mutualistic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsArbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi associate with the roots of many plant species, enhancing their hosts access to soil nutrients whilst obtaining their carbon supply directly as photosynthates.
C. A. Bell +4 more
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