Biosystematics and Management of True Bugs (Hemipterans)
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Pest and Vector Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 9
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Interests: aphid parasitoids; stored-product pest biology; ecology; management; trapping and sampling
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Interests: hemiptera aleyrodoidea and psylloidea (systematics, bio-ecology, control); agricultural entomology; invasive insects in agricultural systems; climate change and pest insects; insect vectors of plant pathogens; biological and integrated control of insects
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Interests: integrated pest management; biological control, environmental science; plant protection; molecular biology; agricultural and applied entomology; insecticide resistance; insect rearing; insect ecology; metabolomics; chemical ecology; tritrophic interactions; plant-insect interactions; plant-microbe-insect interactions; plant defense
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hemipterans, commonly known as true bugs, comprise just over 100,000 species and represent the fifth-largest insect order in terms of the number of species and the largest among the hemimetabolous insects. Amongst this vast array of insects (e.g., stink bugs, aphids, whiteflies, scale insects, and plant- and leafhoppers) is a group of pests that causes economic damage to crops of agricultural importance. These pests have evolved modified mouthparts that pierce plant tissues, sucking nutrients from the plant vascular system to supplement their nutritional needs; hence, they are referred to as ‘sap-sucking pests’. On the other hand, while most hemipterans are known to feed on plants, there are some, such as minute pirate bugs (Orius spp.), as well as assassin and mirid bugs, that prey on pests and can be utilized as biocontrol agents. Finally, a group of hemipterans (including bedbugs) has a hematophagous feeding habit and parasitizes higher animals (Vertebrates), including humans.
In this Special Issue, as an extension to our first Special Issue, “Biology and management of Sap-sucking pests” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/insects/topical_collections/Sap-Sucking_Pests), we will showcase articles that discuss the systematics and biology of hemipteran insects and their diversity, identification, classification, and evolutionary relationships; the inter- and intra-trophic relationships between the phytophagous hemipterans and their host plants; the predatory potentials of hemipterans bugs as biological control agents; the pest status and risk of hematophagous bugs; and the overall management of hemipteran pests as both sap- and blood-sucking insects.
Dr. Nickolas Kavallieratos
Prof. Dr. Carmelo Rapisarda
Dr. David Wari
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- insecta hemiptera
- systematics and taxonomy
- biology
- true bug–plant relationships
- predatory bugs
- hematophagous bugs
- pest control
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