Diversity of RNA viruses in the cosmopolitan monoxenous trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris [PDF]
BMC Biology, 2023 Background Trypanosomatids are parasitic flagellates well known because of some representatives infecting humans, domestic animals, and cultural plants.
Diego H. Macedo +17 more
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Steroid receptor coactivator TAIMAN is a new modulator of insect circadian clock. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2023 TAIMAN (TAI), the only insect ortholog of mammalian Steroid Receptor Coactivators (SRCs), is a critical modulator of ecdysone and juvenile hormone (JH) signaling pathways, which govern insect development and reproduction.
Vlastimil Smykal +10 more
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Comparative Analysis of Three Trypanosomatid Catalases of Different Origin [PDF]
Antioxidants, 2021 Most trypanosomatid flagellates do not have catalase. In the evolution of this group, the gene encoding catalase has been independently acquired at least three times from three different bacterial groups.
Ľubomíra Chmelová +7 more
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Habitat Temperatures of the Red Firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus: The Value of Small-Scale Climate Data Measurement [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Ambient temperature is a main parameter that determines the thriving and propagation of ectothermic insects. It affects egg and larval development as well as adults’ survival and successful overwintering.
Helmut Käfer +2 more
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Effect of Male Body Size on Female Reproduction in Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) (Heteroptera, Pyrrhocoridae) [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Females and males of the abundant heteropteran species Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) mate with the larger of the available partners. The male benefits from copulation with a large female, which is more productive than a small female.
Alois Honek, Zdenka Martinkova
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Salivary proteins potentially derived from horizontal gene transfer are critical for salivary sheath formation and other feeding processes [PDF]
Communications BiologyHerbivorous insects employ an array of salivary proteins to aid feeding. However, the mechanisms behind the recruitment and evolution of these genes to mediate plant-insect interactions remain poorly understood.
Hai-Jian Huang +9 more
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Comparative Analysis of Volatile Defensive Secretions of Three Species of Pyrrhocoridae (Insecta: Heteroptera) by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometric Method. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) have evolved a system of well-developed scent glands that produce diverse and frequently strongly odorous compounds that act mainly as chemical protection against predators.
Jan Krajicek +7 more
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The 70 kDa heat shock protein assists during the repair of chilling injury in the insect, Pyrrhocoris apterus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BACKGROUND: The Pyrrhocoris apterus (Insecta: Heteroptera) adults attain high levels of cold tolerance during their overwintering diapause. Non-diapause reproducing adults, however, lack the capacity to express a whole array of cold-tolerance adaptations
Vladimír Kostál +1 more
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Light and Temperature Synchronizes Locomotor Activity in the Linden Bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus
Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 Circadian clocks are synchronized with the external environment by light and temperature. The effect of these cues on behavior is well-characterized in Drosophila, however, little is known about synchronization in non-model insect species.
Magdalena Maria Kaniewska +5 more
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Time measurement in insect photoperiodism: The role of photophase duration and light intensity
European Journal of Entomology, 2022 The initial stages of diapause induction - as summer gives way to autumn - involve a process of time measurement in which the duration of daylength (or nightlength) is determined by a photoperiodic 'clock' based upon the circadian system. In many insects
David SAUNDERS
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