Psyche True Bugs (Heteroptera): Chemical Ecology of Invasive and Emerging Pest Species Guest Editors: Jeffrey R. Aldrich, Jocelyn G. Millar, Antônio R. Panizzi, and Mark M. Feldlaufer True Bugs (Heteroptera): Chemical Ecology of Invasive and Emerging Pest Species Psyche True Bugs (Heteroptera): Chemical Ecology of Invasive and Emerging Pest Species Guest Editors: Jeffrey R. Aldrich, Jocelyn G. Millar, Antonioˆ R. Panizzi, and Mark M. Feldlaufer Copyright © 2012 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “Psyche.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Board Toshiharu Akino, Japan Lawrence G. Harshman, USA Lynn M. Riddiford, USA Sandra Allan, USA Abraham Hefetz, Israel S. K. A. Robson, Australia Arthur G. Appel, USA John Heraty, USA C. 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Noll, Brazil Chun Fang Wu, USA Frederic Francis, Belgium Patrick M. O’Grady, USA Xuguo Zhou, USA Cleber´ Galvao,˜ Brazil Reddy Palli, USA Kun Yan Zhu, USA Christopher J. Geden, USA Gerald S. Pollack, Canada Yu Cheng Zhu, USA Howard S. Ginsberg, USA Mary Rankin, USA Contents True Bugs (Heteroptera): Chemical Ecology of Invasive and Emerging Pest Species,Jeffrey R. Aldrich, Jocelyn G. Millar, Antonioˆ R. Panizzi, and Mark M. Feldlaufer Volume 2012, Article ID 925823, 2 pages Impact of the Invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stal),˚ in Mid-Atlantic Tree Fruit Orchards in the United States: Case Studies of Commercial Management, Tracy C. Leskey, Brent D. Short, Bryan R. Butler, and Starker E. Wright Volume 2012, Article ID 535062, 14 pages An Insight into the Sialomes of Bloodsucking Heteroptera,JoseM.C.Ribeiro,TeresaC.Assumpc´ ¸ao,˜ and Ivo M. B. Francischetti Volume 2012, Article ID 470436, 16 pages Pheromone of the Banana-Spotting Bug, Amblypelta lutescens lutescens Distant (Heteroptera: Coreidae): Identification, Synthesis, and Field Bioassay, Ashot Khrimian, Harry A. C. Fay, Filadelfo Guzman, Kamlesh Chauhan, Chris Moore, and Jeffrey R. Aldrich Volume 2012, Article ID 536149, 8 pages Host-Symbiont Interactions for Potentially Managing Heteropteran Pests, Simone Souza Prado and Tiago Domingues Zucchi Volume 2012, Article ID 269473, 9 pages A Male Aggregation Pheromone in the Bronze Bug, Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Thaumastocoridae), Andres´ Gonzalez,´ Mar´ıa Victoria Calvo, Valeria Cal, Veronica´ Hernandez,´ Florencia Dono,˜ Leticia Alves, Daniela Gamenara, Carmen Rossini, and Gonzalo Mart´ınez Volume 2012, Article ID 868474, 7 pages Volatile Chemicals of Adults and Nymphs of the Eucalyptus Pest, Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae), Camila B. C. Martins, Rafael A. Soldi, Leonardo R. Barbosa, JeffreyR.Aldrich,andPauloH.G.Zarbin Volume 2012, Article ID 275128, 6 pages Chemical Ecology of Egg Parasitoids Associated with True Bugs, Eric Conti and Stefano Colazza Volume 2012, Article ID 651015, 11 pages Attractant Pheromone of the Neotropical Species Neomegalotomus parvus (Westwood) (Heteroptera: Alydidae), Raul Alberto Laumann, Miguel Borges, Jeffrey R. Aldrich, Ashot Khrimian, and Maria Carolina Blassioli-Moraes Volume 2012, Article ID 280340, 8 pages The Sexual Behaviour of Chagas’ Disease Vectors: Chemical Signals Mediating Communication between Male and Female Triatomine Bugs, Gabriel Manrique and Marcelo Lorenzo Volume 2012, Article ID 862891, 8 pages Temporal Dynamics and Electronic Nose Detection of Stink Bug-Induced Volatile Emissions from Cotton Bolls, David C. Degenhardt, Jeremy K. Greene, and Ahmad Khalilian Volume 2012, Article ID 236762, 9 pages Reproductive Biology, Mating Behavior, and Vibratory Communication of the Brown-Winged Stink Bug, Edessa meditabunda (Fabr.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Cleonor Cavalcante A. Silva, Raul Alberto Laumann, Jonatas Barbosa Cavalcante Ferreira, Maria Carolina Blassioli Moraes, Miguel Borges, and Andrej Cokl Volume 2012, Article ID 598086, 9 pages Sex Pheromones of Stenotus rubrovittatus and Trigonotylus caelestialium, Two Mirid Bugs Causing Pecky Rice, and Their Application to Insect Monitoring in Japan, Tetsuya Yasuda and Hiroya Higuchi Volume 2012, Article ID 435640, 8 pages A Paratransgenic Strategy for the Control of Chagas Disease, Ivy Hurwitz, Annabeth Fieck, Nichole Klein, Christo Jose, Angray Kang, and Ravi Durvasula Volume 2012, Article ID 178930, 10 pages Interactions among Carbon Dioxide, Heat, and Chemical Lures in Attracting the Bed Bug, Cimex lectularius L. (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), Narinderpal Singh, Changlu Wang, Richard Cooper, and Chaofeng Liu Volume 2012, Article ID 273613, 9 pages Age-related and Individual Variation in Male Piezodorus hybneri (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) Pheromones, Nobuyuki Endo, Tetsuya Yasuda, Takashi Wada, Shin-etsu Muto, and Rikiya Sasaki Volume 2012, Article ID 609572, 4 pages Case Study: Trap Crop with Pheromone Traps for Suppressing Euschistus servus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Cotton,P.G.TillmanandT.E.Cottrell Volume 2012, Article ID 401703, 10 pages Structure Determination of a Natural Juvenile Hormone Isolated from a Heteropteran Insect, Toyomi Kotaki, Tetsuro Shinada, and Hideharu Numata Volume 2012, Article ID 924256, 7 pages Hindawi Publishing Corporation Psyche Volume 2012, Article ID 925823, 2 pages doi:10.1155/2012/925823 Editorial True Bugs (Heteroptera): Chemical Ecology of Invasive and Emerging Pest Species Jeffrey R. Aldrich,1, 2 Jocelyn G. Millar,3 Antonioˆ R. Panizzi,4 and Mark M. Feldlaufer1 1 USDA, Agricultural Research Center-West (ARS), Beltsville, MD 20705, USA 2 Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA 3 Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA 4 Laboratorio´ de Entomologia, Embrapa Trigo, 99001-970 Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil Correspondence should be addressed to Jeffrey R. Aldrich, drjeff[email protected] Received 20 November 2012; Accepted 20 November 2012 Copyright © 2012 Jeffrey R. Aldrich et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. True bugs (order Hemiptera; suborder Heteroptera; about pest species. In all, this compilation includes 17 manuscripts, 40,000 species) are increasing in importance as pests with authors from nine countries. because of international commerce, insecticide resistance, The issue includes semiochemical-related articles on range expansion due to global warming, and immunity species from seven heteropteran families. T. Yasuda and to genetically modified crops (GMOs). Haematophagous H. Higuchi describe the sex pheromones of two plant bug bugs suck blood from humans and other animals, and (Miridae) species, and their use for monitoring these rice phytophagous species are crop pests. Damage caused by pests in Japan. A. Gonzalez´ et al. and G. Martins et al. report plant bugs (Miridae) and stink bugs (Pentatomidae) is original semiochemical pheromone and allomone research escalating everywhere GMOs have been adopted, not only on a “rare” bug native to Australia, Thaumastocoris peregrinus because bugs are unaffected by the Bt-endotoxins used (Thaumastocoridae), which is now ravaging eucalypt planta- to transform crops, but also because the advent of no- tions in Brazil and Uruguay. R. A. Laumann et al. identified till agriculture with herbicide-resistant GMO crops leaves the female-produced attractant pheromone of a South debris and fallen seeds favoring infield survival