Diversity and Evolution of Hemiptera
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 2330
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Heteroptera; taxonomy; sensory organs; micromorphology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
At no less than 310 million years old, hemipterans are the fifth largest order of insects and the largest of the Hemimetabola. Over the course of their evolution, they have made a whole series of adaptations to different environments, habitats and lifestyles and they are mainly terrestrial, but some have adapted to aquatic life.
They are mainly sap-sucking herbivores, but many have adapted to carnivory through predation or parasitism. Most species are solitary, but some take care of their broods and may adopt a gregarious, or even quasi-social, lifestyle.
Reproduction is generally based on mating, but many species can be parthenogenetic. The first stage is generally the egg, but some evolutionary lineages are viviparous.
Thanks to their herbivory and dispersal abilities, they spread many serious plant diseases, becoming major agricultural pests, and some hematophagous species can be vectors of deadly human pathogens.
Despite our extensive knowledge of the biological characteristics of this group, there are still gaps in what we know about the morphological and ecological adaptations of certain groups of hemipterans, and these gaps affect our understanding of the evolutionary processes behind the richness and abundance of the species observed.
The aim of this Special Issue is to illustrate significant new discoveries in the study of this order of insects, paying particular attention to biological diversity, zoogeography, fossil data and selection involved in mutualism and morphological adaptations.
Dr. Artur Taszakowski
Prof. Dr. Łukasz Depa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phylogeography
- mutualism
- reproduction
- selection
- adaptation
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