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Relationship Between the Host Plant Range of Insects and Symbiont Bacteria [PDF]
MicroorganismsThe evolution of phytophagous insects has resulted in the development of feeding specializations that are unique to this group. The majority of current research on insect palatability has concentrated on aspects of ecology and biology, with relatively ...
Doudou Ge +4 more
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New records of Tephritidae (Diptera) from Armenia and Russia, with new data on the host plants [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2021 Two species of tephritid flies, Terellia odontolophi V. Korneyev, 1993 and Heringina arezoana Mohamadzade Namin et S. Korneyev, 2015 (Diptera: Tephritidae), are recorded for Armenia and Trascaucasia for the first time.
D.A. Evstigneev, N.V. Glukhova
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Insects, 2022 We examined the host status of the Australian finger lime, Citrus australiasica F. Muell. (Rutaceae), to Hawai’i’s tephritid fruit fly pests using laboratory and field studies.
Peter A. Follett +2 more
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EFSA Journal, 2021 Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health examined evidence as to whether the import of fruits of Musa (bananas and plantains) could provide a pathway into the EU for Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) +23 more
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Symbiotic bacteria enable olive fly larvae to overcome host defences [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 Ripe fruit offer readily available nutrients for many animals, including fruit fly larvae (Diptera: Tephritidae) and their associated rot-inducing bacteria.
Michael Ben-Yosef +3 more
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First records of Urophora mauritanica Macquart, 1851 and U. merzi Mohamadzade Namin, 2011 (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Armenia [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2023 Urophora mauritanica Macquart, 1851 reared from Carthamus sp., and U. merzi Mohamadzade Namin, 2011 reared from Centaurea behen L. are recorded from Armenia for the first time.
D.A. Evstigneev
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Fruit Fly Chemical Communication with Gut Bacteria
Engineering Proceedings, 2022 Relationships between tephritids and microorganisms have been a focus of entomological research, particularly due to the potential use of microbial emissions in pest control.
Nazma Akter Tithi
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Protein Stores Regulate When Reproductive Displays Begin in the Male Caribbean Fruit Fly
Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 Many animals exhibit reproductive behavior that requires expenditure of valuable nutrients. In males of many species, competitive energetically demanding displays and the development of sexual ornaments require prior accumulation of nutrient stores ...
Clancy A. Short +2 more
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The impact of nutritional quality and gut bacteria on the fitness of Bactrocera minax (Diptera: Tephritidae) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 To examine how nutritional quality and resident gut bacteria interplay in improving the fitness of an oligophagous fruit fly, Bactrocera minax, artificial sucrose diets and full diets (sucrose, tryptone and yeast extract) were fed to flies with and ...
Awawing A. Andongma +6 more
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Terellia arailerica sp. n. – a new species of tephritid flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Armenia [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2021 The new species of tephritid flies Terellia arailerica sp. n. is described from Armenia (Arailer Mt.). A comparison of phalli of six similar species (T. virens (Loew, 1846), T. uncinata White, 1989, T. zerovae Korneyev, 1985, T. freidbergi V.
D.A. Evstigneev
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