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Insects, Volume 13, Issue 1

January 2022 - 105 articles

Cover Story: Fireflies are charismatic beetles with a fascinating biology and economic interest, yet their diversity is poorly studied, especially in the tropics, where they are most diverse. Here, by studying museum specimens, we discovered a new genus and three new species of fireflies endemic to the Amazon biome, which share in common a unique mating device on the last few segments of the abdomen. Our phylogenetic analyses based on morphological data suggest the new genus is related to Scissicauda, fireflies from the Atlantic Rainforest which also have mating clamps, although in a different arrangement. View this paper
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Articles (105)

  • Review
  • Open Access
62 Citations
20,427 Views
18 Pages

17 January 2022

This article describes the importance of rearing insects, whether on a small scale for research or a large scale for mass rearing, for use in biological control (BC) programs with macro-organisms. These inter- or multidisciplinary research programs a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,154 Views
15 Pages

Decoyinine Induced Resistance in Rice against Small Brown Planthopper Laodelphax striatellus

  • Amir Zaman Shah,
  • Chao Ma,
  • Yuanyuan Zhang,
  • Qiuxin Zhang,
  • Gang Xu and
  • Guoqing Yang

17 January 2022

Induced resistance against SBPH via microbial pesticides is considered as an eco-friendly and promising management approach. In this study, the induced resistance against SBPH in rice seedling by a new potential microbial pesticide, decoyinine (DCY),...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,727 Views
12 Pages

17 January 2022

Silkworm, Bombyx mori L., research involves studies on improving strains for enhanced sustainability of high-quality silk production. Several of these have investigated the factors affecting growth and development of silkworm larvae and cocoon charac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,258 Views
13 Pages

17 January 2022

The red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) has become a key invasive pest and major threat to the palm tree worldwide. Several entomopathogenic fungi are used in insect biological control programs. In the prese...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,714 Views
9 Pages

17 January 2022

A new Burmese amber genus Maculixiusgen. nov. with its type species Maculixius jiewenaesp. nov. is described in the planthopper family Cixiidae. This new genus is unique in Burmese Cixiidae by its forewing venation, with Pcu and A1 merging in the mid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,748 Views
26 Pages

Five-Year Monitoring of a Desert Burrow-Dwelling Spider Following an Environmental Disaster Indicates Long-Term Impacts

  • Efrat Gavish-Regev,
  • Igor Armiach Steinpress,
  • Ibrahim N. A. Salman,
  • Nitzan Segev,
  • Assaf Uzan,
  • Yebin Byun,
  • Tanya Levy,
  • Shlomi Aharon,
  • Yoram Zvik and
  • Raisa Shtuhin
  • + 6 authors

17 January 2022

Deserts are characterized by unpredictable precipitation and extreme temperatures. Their fauna and flora are sensitive to anthropogenic environmental changes, and often recover slowly from environmental disasters. The effects of oil spills on the bio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,067 Views
11 Pages

Comparison of the Parasitization of Chelonus inanitus L. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Two Spodoptera Pests and Evaluation of the Procedure for Its Production

  • Antonio Jesús Magaña,
  • Beatriz Dáder,
  • Gonzalo Sancho,
  • Ángeles Adán,
  • Ignacio Morales and
  • Elisa Viñuela

15 January 2022

Chelonus inanitus (L.) is an egg-larval parasitoid of noctuids Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) and S. littoralis (Boisduval), whose mass rearing or real potential has not been targeted yet. To improve the rearing in the factitious host Ephestia kuehn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,923 Views
16 Pages

Dominance of Fructose-Associated Fructobacillus in the Gut Microbiome of Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) Inhabiting Natural Forest Meadows

  • Ronalds Krams,
  • Dita Gudra,
  • Sergejs Popovs,
  • Jonathan Willow,
  • Tatjana Krama,
  • Maris Munkevics,
  • Kaspars Megnis,
  • Priit Jõers,
  • Davids Fridmanis and
  • Jorge Contreras Garduño
  • + 1 author

15 January 2022

Bumblebees are key pollinators in agricultural landscapes. However, little is known about how gut microbial communities respond to anthropogenic changes. We used commercially produced colonies of buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) placed in t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,352 Views
20 Pages

Identification and Expression Profile of Chemosensory Receptor Genes in Aromia bungii (Faldermann) Antennal Transcriptome

  • Zhenchen Wu,
  • Jia Ye,
  • Jiali Qian,
  • Endang Rinawati Purba,
  • Qinghe Zhang,
  • Longwa Zhang and
  • Dingze Mang

14 January 2022

The red-necked longicorn beetle, Aromia bungii (Faldermann) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), is a major destructive, wood-boring pest, which is widespread throughout the world. The sex pheromone of A. bungii was reported earlier; however, the chemosensory...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,836 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of Optimal Reference Genes for qRT-PCR Analysis in Hyphantria cunea (Drury)

  • Xudong Zhao,
  • Yishu Geng,
  • Tianyi Hu,
  • Yongang Zhao,
  • Suling Yang and
  • Dejun Hao

14 January 2022

The relative quantification of gene expression is mainly achieved through reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR); however, its reliability and precision rely on proper data normalization using one or more optimal reference genes. Hyphantria...

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