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Diverse hosts, diverse immune systems: Evolutionary variation in bat immunology. [PDF]
Ann N Y Acad SciBats are recognized to have distinct immune systems from other vertebrates that may allow them to host virulent pathogens without showing disease. However, these flying mammals are also incredibly diverse, such that bats should not be expected to be immunologically homogenous.
Becker DJ +11 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2010 A little-known scathophagid fly is reported infesting the flowers and scapes of Narcissus poeticus growing in the Italian Central Apennines (AQ). This insect bores through the flower bud and lays an egg on the tepals. Both pistil and scape parenchymatous
Giuseppe CHICHIRICCÒ
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Island phytophagy: explaining the remarkable diversity of plant-feeding insects [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2012 Plant-feeding insects have undergone unparalleled diversification among different plant taxa, yet explanations for variation in their diversity lack a quantitative, predictive framework. Island biogeographic theory has been applied to spatially discrete habitats but not to habitats, such as host plants, separated by genetic distance.
Jeffrey B, Joy, Bernard J, Crespi
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Insects, 2019 To obtain a better understanding of feeding adaptations, the fine structure of the mouthparts in adults of Cheilocapsus nigrescens Liu and Wang, including the sculpture and interlocking mechanisms of the stylets and distribution and abundance of sensilla
Yan Wang, Lingfei Li, Wu Dai
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First record of Erasmoneura vulnerata Fitch, 1851 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) in Switzerland [PDF]
Alpine Entomology, 2020 The first record of Erasmoneura vulnerata Fitch, 1851 in Switzerland is reported. Specimens were collected in 2019 using yellow sticky traps during a Scaphoideus titanus monitoring campaign in vineyards in Ticino (Southern Switzerland). E. vulnerata is a
Attilio Rizzoli +3 more
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Predation, phytophagy and character state confusion among North American species of the genus Leptothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) [PDF]
, 2017 Mound, Laurence, O'Donnell, Cheryle (2017): Predation, phytophagy and character state confusion among North American species of the genus Leptothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae). Zootaxa 4294 (3): 301-315, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4294.3.
CHERYLE O’DONNELL +3 more
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Zoophytophagy in predatory Hemiptera
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2009 Predaceous hemipteran feeding on different trophic levels have raised questions about their ecology and role in biological control. Therefore, specific adaptations allowing them to simultaneously use plants and animals as sources for their nutritional ...
Jorge Braz Torres, David W. Boyd
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Breeding cold-tolerant Orius laevigatus lines improves thermal tolerance and body size: implications for biological control. [PDF]
Pest Manag SciBiological control agents performance is influenced by temperature. Two cold‐tolerant lines of O. loevigatus were developed, improving their fitness at both low and high temperatures, offering advantages far augmentative biological control. Abstract BACKGROUND The performance of biological control agents (BCAs) is strongly influenced by environmental ...
Abelaira AB +4 more
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A gene horizontally transferred from bacteria protects arthropods from host plant cyanide poisoning
eLife, 2014 Cyanogenic glucosides are among the most widespread defense chemicals of plants. Upon plant tissue disruption, these glucosides are hydrolyzed to a reactive hydroxynitrile that releases toxic hydrogen cyanide (HCN). Yet many mite and lepidopteran species
Nicky Wybouw +6 more
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Юг России: экология, развитие, 2022 Aim. To reveal mutual relations between species of the genus Nalassus in taxocenes and the division of ecological niches during cohabitation.Material and Methods. Observations and collection of adult beetles and food objects were carried out in 2020–2022
M. V. Nabozhenko +3 more
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