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Torix Rickettsia Are Widespread in Arthropods and Reflect a Neglected Symbiosis
GigaScience, 10, 2021, 1–19 doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giab021 RESEARCH RESEARCH Torix Rickettsia are widespread in arthropods and Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/gigascience/article/10/3/giab021/6187866 by guest on 05 August 2021 reflect a neglected symbiosis Jack Pilgrim 1,*, Panupong Thongprem 1, Helen R. Davison 1, Stefanos Siozios 1, Matthew Baylis1,2, Evgeny V. Zakharov3, Sujeevan Ratnasingham 3, Jeremy R. deWaard3, Craig R. Macadam4,M. Alex Smith5 and Gregory D. D. Hurst 1 1Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston, Wirral CH64 7TE, UK; 2Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, 8 West Derby Street, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK; 3Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G2W1, Canada; 4Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust, Balallan House, 24 Allan Park, Stirling FK8 2QG, UK and 5Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Summerlee Science Complex, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada ∗Correspondence address. Jack Pilgrim, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. E-mail: [email protected] http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2941-1482 Abstract Background: Rickettsia are intracellular bacteria best known as the causative agents of human and animal diseases. Although these medically important Rickettsia are often transmitted via haematophagous arthropods, other Rickettsia, such as those in the Torix group, appear to reside exclusively in invertebrates and protists with no secondary vertebrate host. Importantly, little is known about the diversity or host range of Torix group Rickettsia. -
Deraeocoris Schach, a New Predator of Euphydryas Aurinia and Other Heteropteran Feeding Habits on Caterpillar Web (Heteroptera: Miridae; Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Fragmenta entomologica, 48 (1): 77-81 (2016) eISSN: 2284-4880 (online version) pISSN: 0429-288X (print version) Research article Submitted: March 21st, 2016 - Accepted: June 10th, 2016 - Published: June 30th, 2016 Deraeocoris schach, a new predator of Euphydryas aurinia and other heteropteran feeding habits on caterpillar web (Heteroptera: Miridae; Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Manuela PINZARI Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Roma Tor Vergata - Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, I-00133 Roma, Italy [email protected] Abstract In this paper, preliminary results on a field study aiming to identify predators of the Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775) in Central Italy are presented. Several heteropterans were found on the larval nests of E. aurinia for dietary reasons: Deraeoco ris schach (Fabricius, 1781) that is a predator of Marsh Fritillary larvae, Palomena prasina (Linnaeus, 1761) and Spilostethus saxati lis (Scopoli, 1763) that feed on the droppings of larvae; Graphosoma lineatum italicum (Müller, 1766) that visits the larval web during winter diapause. Key words: Euphydryas aurinia, Deraeocoris schach, predator, heteropterans. Introduction Schult, Lonicera caprifolium L. and Scabiosa columbar ia L. (Pinzari, Pinzari and Sbordoni, unpublished data), In the context of a previous survey study (Pinzari et al. with spiders and different insects (Orthoptera, Heterop- 2010, 2013) on the Lepidoptera in Central Apennines tera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Blattellidae) that usually (Lazio, Italy), during the past five years a population of frequent the larval nests of E. aurinia. E. aurinia spp. provincialis (Boisduval, 1828) was stud- In literature predation by Heteroptera has been ob- ied, focusing on several aspects of the species biology and served in the American Checkerspots, E. -
Removal of Gut Symbiotic Bacteria Negatively Affects Life History Traits of the Shield Bug, Graphosoma Lineatum
Received: 29 March 2020 | Revised: 10 November 2020 | Accepted: 22 December 2020 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7188 ORIGINAL RESEARCH Removal of gut symbiotic bacteria negatively affects life history traits of the shield bug, Graphosoma lineatum Naeime Karamipour | Yaghoub Fathipour | Mohammad Mehrabadi Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Abstract Tehran, Iran The shield bug, Graphosoma lineatum (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae), harbors extracel- Correspondence lular Pantoea- like symbiont in the enclosed crypts of the midgut. The symbiotic bac- Mohammad Mehrabadi, Department of teria are essential for normal longevity and fecundity of this insect. In this study, life Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115- 336, table analysis was used to assess the biological importance of the gut symbiont in Tehran, Iran. G. lineatum. Considering vertical transmission of the bacterial symbiont through the Email: [email protected] egg surface contamination, we used surface sterilization of the eggs to remove the symbiont. The symbiont population was decreased in the newborn nymphs hatched from the surface- sterilized eggs (the aposymbiotic insects), and this reduction im- posed strongly negative effects on the insect host. We found significant differences in most life table parameters between the symbiotic insects and the aposymbiot- −1 ics. The intrinsic rate of increase in the control insects (0.080 ± 0.003 day ) was −1 higher than the aposymbiotic insects (0.045 ± 0.007 day ). Also, the net reproduc- tive and gross reproductive rates were decreased in the aposymbiotic insects (i.e., 20.770 ± 8.992 and 65.649 ± 27.654 offspring/individual, respectively), compared with the symbiotic insects (i.e., 115.878 ± 21.624 and 165.692 ± 29.058 offspring/ individual, respectively). -
Predator Dependent Mimetic Complexes: Do Passerine Birds Avoid Central European Red-And-Black Heteroptera?
Eur. J. Entomol. 107: 349–355, 2010 http://www.eje.cz/scripts/viewabstract.php?abstract=1546 ISSN 1210-5759 (print), 1802-8829 (online) Predator dependent mimetic complexes: Do passerine birds avoid Central European red-and-black Heteroptera? KATEěINA HOTOVÁ SVÁDOVÁ, ALICE EXNEROVÁ, MICHALA KOPEýKOVÁ and PAVEL ŠTYS Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viniþná 7, CZ-128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic; e-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Key words. Aposematism, true bugs, Heteroptera, avian predators, mimetic complex Abstract. True bugs are generally considered to be well protected against bird predation. Sympatric species that have similar warning coloration are supposed to form a functional Müllerian mimetic complex avoided by visually oriented avian predators. We have tested whether these assumptions hold true for four species of European red-and-black heteropterans, viz. Pyrrhocoris apterus, Lygaeus equestris, Spilostethus saxatilis, and Graphosoma lineatum. We found that individual species of passerine birds differ in their responses towards particular bug species. Great tits (Parus major) avoided all of them on sight, robins (Erithacus rubecula) and yellowhammers (Emberiza citrinella) discriminated among them and attacked bugs of some species with higher probability than oth- ers, and blackbirds (Turdus merula) frequently attacked bugs of all the tested species. Different predators thus perceive aposematic prey differently, and the extent of Batesian-Müllerian mimetic complexes and relations among the species involved is predator dependent. INTRODUCTION some cases their very existence are often suspect and Unpalatable animals usually use warning signals to dis- mostly lack experimental evidence. Only few comparative courage predators from attacking them. -
Die Verbreitung Der Ritterwanzen Lygaeus Equestris Und L. Simulans (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) in Deutschland Mit Ergänzenden Angaben Zu Ihrer Biologie
ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Entomologie heute Jahr/Year: 2008 Band/Volume: 20 Autor(en)/Author(s): Werner Dietrich J. Artikel/Article: Die Verbreitung der Ritterwanzen Lygaeus equestris und L. simulans (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) in Deutschland mit ergänzenden Angaben zu ihrer Biologie. The Distribution of the two Palaearctic Seed Bugs, Lygaeus equestris and L. simulans (Heteroptera, Lygaeidae) in Germany with Additional Remarks on their Biology 129-164 Die Verbreitung der Ritterwanzen Lygaeus equestris und L. simulans in Deutschland 129 Entomologie heute 20 (2008): 129-164 Die Verbreitung der Ritterwanzen Lygaeus equestris und L. simulans (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) in Deutschland mit ergänzenden Angaben zu ihrer Biologie The Distribution of the two Palaearctic Seed Bugs, Lygaeus equestris and L. simulans (Heteroptera, Lygaeidae) in Germany with Additional Remarks on their Biology DIETRICH J. WERNER Zusammenfassung: Im Jahr 1985 ist Lygaeus simulans als neue Art beschrieben und von Lygaeus equestris (Linnaeus, 1758) abgetrennt worden. Beide Arten nutzen als Wirtspflanzen vorwiegend die Weiße Schwalbenwurz Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (Asclepiadaceae) und/oder das Frühlings- Adonisröschen Adonis vernalis (Ranunculaceae), lehnen aber andere Pflanzen nicht ab. Die Art L. equestris, die den Namen Ritterwanze trägt, ist in Deutschland und Österreich zum „Insekt des Jahres 2007“ gekürt worden. Es wird erstmals für Deutschland eine Nachweiskarte vorgestellt und diskutiert, in der sowohl die beiden Nutzer L. equestris und L. simulans als auch ihre beiden Hauptwirtspflanzen zusammen erscheinen. Alle bekannten Nachweise beider Arten kommen im Anhang zur Auflistung und werden im Text, getrennt nach Bundesländern, besprochen. In allen nördlichen Ländern, außer Thüringen, fehlt L. -
DAMAGE in SUNFLOWER FIELDS and in HYBRID MULTIPLICATION CAUSED by SPECIES of the Coleoptera (Anthiciadae) FAMILY
HELIA, 26, Nr. 39, p.p. 101-108, (2003) UDC 633.854.78:632.03 DAMAGE IN SUNFLOWER FIELDS AND IN HYBRID MULTIPLICATION CAUSED BY SPECIES OF THE Coleoptera (Anthiciadae) FAMILY Zoltán Horváth1*, Attila Hatvani1, Dragan Škorić2 1Faculty of Horticulture, Kecskemét College, 6000 Kecskemét Erdei F tér 3, Hungary 2Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Oil Crops Department, M. Gorkog 30, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro Received: November 12, 2003 Accepted: December 12, 2003 SUMMARY Maturation feeding habits of tiny beetles (4-6 mm) on sunflower heads have been observed in comparative studies involving different sunflower varie- ties in industrial scale sunflower fields in 1994. When determining these bee- tles, it has been established that they belong to the species of the group (Coleoptera, Heteromera) to the family of Coleoptera, Anthicidae, and to the two genera Notoxus and Formicomus. Formicomus pedestris ROSSI., Notoxus brachycerus FALD., Notoxus appendicinus DESBR. were the most frequent species, as contrary to the bee- tle population observed in maize fields where the dominant species were Noto- xus brachycerus FALD. and Notoxus appendicinus DESBR. Formicomus pedestris ROSSI. had “only” the third place in terms of population density. Each of the three species starts its maturation feeding on sunflower heads at the end of July or at the beginning of August. At first, the beetles consume pollen and later on they hollow out the seeds. It happens that as many as 15-20 beetles are seen feeding on a single flower head. Based on literature data, mass appearance of the beetles of the Coleop- tera, (Anthiciadae) species is expected on cadavers of Meloe species (Meloe proscarabeus L., Meloe violaceus MRSH, Meloe variegatus DON.) and of Mel- oidae species (Coleoptera, Meloiade), for example Cerocoma schaefferi L., Lytta vesicatoria L. -
Pseudotsuga Menziesii
SPECIAL PUBLICATION 4 SEPTEMBER 1982 INVERTEBRATES OF THE H.J. ANDREWS EXPERIMENTAL FOREST, WESTERN CASCADE MOUNTAINS, OREGON: A SURVEY OF ARTHROPODS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CANOPY OF OLD-GROWTH Pseudotsuga Menziesii D.J. Voegtlin FORUT REJEARCH LABORATORY SCHOOL OF FORESTRY OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY Since 1941, the Forest Research Laboratory--part of the School of Forestry at Oregon State University in Corvallis-- has been studying forests and why they are like they are. A staff or more than 50 scientists conducts research to provide information for wise public and private decisions on managing and using Oregons forest resources and operating its wood-using industries. Because of this research, Oregons forests now yield more in the way of wood products, water, forage, wildlife, and recreation. Wood products are harvested, processed, and used more efficiently. Employment, productivity, and profitability in industries dependent on forests also have been strengthened. And this research has helped Oregon to maintain a quality environment for its people. Much research is done in the Laboratorys facilities on the campus. But field experiments in forest genetics, young- growth management, forest hydrology, harvesting methods, and reforestation are conducted on 12,000 acres of School forests adjacent to the campus and on lands of public and private cooperating agencies throughout the Pacific Northwest. With these publications, the Forest Research Laboratory supplies the results of its research to forest land owners and managers, to manufacturers and users of forest products, to leaders of government and industry, and to the general public. The Author David J. Voegtlin is Assistant Taxonomist at the Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois. -
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International Journal of Entomology Research International Journal of Entomology Research ISSN: 2455-4758; Impact Factor: RJIF 5.24 Received: 23-03-2020; Accepted: 12-04-2020; Published: 18-04-2020 www.entomologyjournals.com Volume 5; Issue 2; 2020; Page No. 116-119 Analysis of the mitochondrial COI gene fragment and its informative potential for phylogenetic analysis in family pentatomidae (hemiptera: hetroptera) Ramneet Kaur1*, Devinder Singh2 1, 2 Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India Abstract Pentatomidae is a widely diverse family represented by 4,722 species belonging to 896 genera. It is considered as one of the largest family within suborder Heteroptera. In the present study, partial mitochondrial COI gene fragment of approximately 600bp from seven species of family Pentatomidae collected from different localities of Northern India has been analysed. The data divulged an A+T content of 65.8% and an R value of 1.39. The COI sequences were added directly to Genbank NCBI. The database analysis shows mean K2P divergence of 0.7% at intraspecific level and 13.5% at interspecific level, indicating a hierarchal increase in K2P mean divergence across different taxonomic levels. Keywords: pentatomidae, mitochondrial gene, COI Introduction Punjabi University, Patiala. DNA was extracted from legs of Family Pentatomidae, chosen for the present study, is one of the specimens following the method of Kambhampati and the largest families within suborder Hetroptera (Rider 2006- Rai (1991) [5] with minor modifications. A region of COI 2017) [8]. Most species in this family are economically gene was amplified using primers LCO1490 and HCO2198 important as agricultural pests, whereas some are used as (Folmer et al., 1994) [3]. -
Discrimination Between Eggs from Stink Bugs Species in Europe Using MALDI-TOF MS
insects Article Discrimination between Eggs from Stink Bugs Species in Europe Using MALDI-TOF MS Michael A. Reeve 1,* and Tim Haye 2 1 CABI, Bakeham Lane, Egham, Surrey TW20 9TY, UK 2 CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, CH-2800 Delémont, Switzerland; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Simple Summary: Recent globalization of trade and travel has led to the introduction of exotic insects into Europe, including the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys)—a highly polyphagous pest with more than 200 host plants, including many agricultural crops. Unfortunately, farmers and crop-protection advisers finding egg masses of stink bugs during crop scouting frequently struggle to identify correctly the species based on their egg masses, and easily confuse eggs of the invasive H. halys with those of other (native) species. To this end, we have investigated using matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for rapid, fieldwork-compatible, and low-reagent-cost discrimination between the eggs of native and exotic stink bugs. Abstract: In the current paper, we used a method based on stink bug egg-protein immobilization on filter paper by drying, followed by post-(storage and shipping) extraction in acidified acetonitrile containing matrix, to discriminate between nine different species using MALDI-TOF MS. We obtained 87 correct species-identifications in 87 blind tests using this method. With further processing of the unblinded data, the highest average Bruker score for each tested species was that of the cognate Citation: Reeve, M.A.; Haye, T. reference species, and the observed differences in average Bruker scores were generally large and the Discrimination between Eggs from errors small except for Capocoris fuscispinus, Dolycoris baccarum, and Graphosoma italicum, where the Stink Bugs Species in Europe Using average scores were lower and the errors higher relative to the remaining comparisons. -
21 Binazzi Grapho
REDIA, XCVIII, 2015: 155-160 TECHNICAL NOTE FRANCESCO BINAZZI (*) - GIUSEPPINO SABBATINI PEVERIERI (*) - SAURO SIMONI (*) RICCARDO FROSININI (*) - TIZIANO FABBRICATORE (*) - PIO FEDERICO ROVERSI (*) AN EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR GRAPHOSOMA LINEATUM (L.) LONG-TERM REARING (*) Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA-ABP), Research Center for Agrobiology and Pedology, Via Lanciola 12⁄A, 50125, Florence, Italy; e-mail: [email protected]. Binazzi F., Sabbatini Peverieri G., Simoni S., Frosinini R., Fabbricatore T., Roversi P.F. – An effective method for Graphosoma lineatum (L.) long-term rearing. A simple and time-saving technique for an effective and continuous rearing of Graphosoma lineatum (L.) (Heteroptera Pentatomidae), an alternative host for Trissolcus spp. and Ooencyrtus spp. production, was set for entomological research and maintained for a long period. Insects were maintained in containers as rearing units; 100x35x35cm cages hosted adults; 40x30x30cm cages hosted nymphs. Graphosoma lineatum was fed on seeds of Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Anethum graveolens L. and Pimpinella anisum L. Moreover, potted young plants of F. vulgare were also used as additional food source. Water for insects and plants was provided by small automatic irrigation systems. When each colony cage reached the density of 100 adult couples, the number of oviposited batches was followed up for 12 weeks. Batches laid per cage were approximately one hundred per week. Therefore the overall weekly production of six adult cages -
The Distribution of Tropidothorax Leucopterus in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)
ISSN 1211-8788 Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 94: 27–42, 2009 The distribution of Tropidothorax leucopterus in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) PETR KMENT1, PAVEL ŠTYS2, ALICE EXNEROVÁ2, PAVEL TOMŠÍK3, PETR BAÒAØ 4,5 & KAREL HRADIL6 1Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, CZ-148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic; e-mail: [email protected] 2Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Vinièná 7, CZ-128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic 3Charles University, Prague, Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Králové, Department of Biochemistry, Šimkova 870, CZ-500 01 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; e-mail: [email protected] 4Department of Entomology, Moravian Museum, Hviezdoslavova 29a, CZ-627 00 Brno-Slatina, Czech Republic; e-mail: [email protected] 5Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Department of Forest Protection, Strnady 136, CZ-252 02 Jílovištì, Czech Republic 6State Phytosanitary Administration, Tylova 29, Jièín, CZ-506 01, Czech Republic; e-mail: [email protected] KMENT P., ŠTYS P., EXNEROVÁ A., TOMŠÍK P., BAÒAØ P. & HRADIL K. 2009: The distribution of Tropidothorax leucopterus in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 94: 27–42. – The past and recent occurrence of Tropidothorax leucopterus (Goeze, 1778) (Lygaeidae: Lygaeinae) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia is analysed, and the biology and ecology of the species are reviewed. It is recorded for the first time from Bohemia, which testifies to its current northward spread in Central Europe. Keywords. Heteroptera, Lygaeidae, Tropidothorax leucopterus, Bohemia, Moravia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, biology, ecology, range expansion Introduction Tropidothorax leucopterus (Goeze, 1778) is a conspicuous aposematically-coloured (red-and-black) true bug (Figs 3, 4) trophically bound to plants of the family Apocynaceae s. -
Invasive Stink Bugs and Related Species (Pentatomoidea) Biology, Higher Systematics, Semiochemistry, and Management
Invasive Stink Bugs and Related Species (Pentatomoidea) Biology, Higher Systematics, Semiochemistry, and Management Edited by J. E. McPherson Front Cover photographs, clockwise from the top left: Adult of Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood), Photograph by Ted C. MacRae; Adult of Murgantia histrionica (Hahn), Photograph by C. Scott Bundy; Adult of Halyomorpha halys (Stål), Photograph by George C. Hamilton; Adult of Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister), Photograph by C. Scott Bundy; Adult of Megacopta cribraria (F.), Photograph by J. E. Eger; Mating pair of Nezara viridula (L.), Photograph by Jesus F. Esquivel. Used with permission. All rights reserved. CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2018 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works Printed on acid-free paper International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-4987-1508-9 (Hardback) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materi- als or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace the copyright holders of all material reproduced in this publication and apologize to copyright holders if permission to publish in this form has not been obtained. If any copyright material has not been acknowledged please write and let us know so we may rectify in any future reprint. Except as permitted under U.S. Copyright Law, no part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced, transmitted, or utilized in any form by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying, micro- filming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publishers.