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Satyrization and satyrization-resistance in competitive displacements of invasive mosquito species

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Insect Science 2016年第2期23卷 162-174页

作者： Irka Ewa Bargielowski Leon Philip Lounibos Florida medical entomology laboratory University of Florida Vero Beach Florida USA

Competitive displacements or reductions of resident populations of insects, often effected by a related species, may be caused by a variety of mechanisms. Satyrization is a form of mating interference in which males of one species mate with females of another species, significantly decreasing their fitness and not generating hybrids. Satyriza- tion has been established to be the probable cause of competitive displacements of resident mosquitoes by invasive species, especially of Aedes aegypti by Aedes albopictus, two important vectors of dengue and chikungunya viruses. Mathematical models predict that even low levels of asymmetric mating interference are capable of producing competitive displacements or reductions. Couplings of virgin Ae. aegypti females with Ae. albopictus males effectively sterilize these females through the monogamizing actions of male ac- cessory gland products, but the converse interspecific mating does not impact the future reproduction ofAe. albopictus females. Populations ofAe. aegypti exposed to satyrization quickly evolve resistance to interspecific mating, which is believed to ameliorate repro- ductive interference from, and promote co-existence with, Ae. albopictus. The evolution of satyrization resistance among Ae. aegypti in laboratory cages is accompanied by fitness costs, such as reduced fecundity and slower receptivity to conspecific males. Cage exper- iments and field observations indicate that Ae. albopictus males are capable of satyrizing females of other species of the Stegomvia subgenus, potentially leading to competitive displacements, and possible extinctions, especially of endemic species on islands. Exam- ination of other examples of reproductive interference in insects reveals few parallels to the mechanism and outcomes of satyrization by Ae. albopictus. We conclude by posing the hypothesis that satyrization may favor the ecological success of Ae. albopictus, and suggest many lines for future research on this phenomenon.

关键词： Aedes aegypti Aedes albopictus mating interference reproductive interfer-ence satyrization

Uncovering the functional basis of mantids that resemble plants

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Science China(Life Sciences) 2024年第1期67卷 215-216页

作者： Wei Zhang David JLohman State Key laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research School of Life SciencesPeking UniversityBeijing 100871China Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary StudiesPeking UniversityBeijing 100871China Biology Department City College of New YorkCity University of New YorkNew York 10031 USA PhD Program in Biology City University of New YorkNew York 10016 USA entomology Section National Museum of Natural HistoryManila 1000Philippines

Convergent evolution frequently causes one species to look like another to increase its ***“adaptive resemblance”takes many forms:edible species mimic noxious ones to avoid predation;camouflaged patterns allow an organism to blend into its environment;and being mistaken for an inedible object allows a prey species to masquerade as a twig or dead *** resemblance is relatively common in insects,which comprise around 60%of known species.

关键词： species functional mimic

Gene cloning,protein expression,and enzymatic characterization of a double-stranded RNA degrading enzyme in Apolygus lucorum

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Insect Science 2024年第1期31卷 119-133页

作者： Jie-Yu Zhang Jing Zhao Keyan Zhu-Salzman Qin-Qin Ji Yi-Ping Jiang Liu-Bin Xiao De-Jin Xu Guang-Chun Xu Lin-Quan Ge Yong-An Tan College of Plant Protection Yangzhou UniversityYangzhouJiangsu ProvinceChina Institute of Plant Protection Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural SciencesNanjingJiangsu ProvinceChina Department of entomology Texas A&M UniversityCollege StationTXUSA Taizhou Customs of the People's Republic of China TaizhouJiangsu ProvinceChina

RNA interference(RNAi)is a powerful tool that post-transcriptionally silences target genes in eukaryotic ***,silencing efficacy varies greatly among different insect ***,we met with little success when attempting to knock down genes in the mirid bug Apolygus lucorum via dsRNA *** disappearance of double-stranded RNA(dsRNA)could be a potential factor that restricts RNAi ***,we found that dsRNA can be degraded in midgut fluids,and a dsRNase of ***(AldsRNase)was identified and *** alignment indicated that its 6 key amino acid residues and the Mg2+-binding site were similar to those of other insects’*** signal peptide and endonuclease non-specific domain shared high sequence identity with the brown-winged green stinkbug Plautia stali *** showed high salivary gland and midgut expression and was continuously expressed through the whole life cycle,with peaks at the 4th instar ecdysis in the whole *** purified AldsRNase protein obtained by heterologously expressed can rapidly degrade *** comparing the substrate specificity of AldsRNase,3 specific substrates(dsRNA,small interfering RNA,and dsDNA)were all degraded,and the most efficient degradation is ***,immunofluorescence revealed that AldsRNase was expressed in the cytoplasm of midgut *** cloning and functional study of AldsRNase,the enzyme activity and substrate specificity of the recombinant protein,as well as the subcellular localization of nuclease,the reason for the disappearance of dsRNA was explained,which was useful in improving RNAi efficiency in *** and related species.

关键词： Apolygus lucorum cloning dsRNase enzymatic activity protein expression

Behavioural Bioassays and Identification of Cashew Leaf and Stem Volatiles Mediating Attraction to the Stem Girdler, Analeptes trifasciata (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

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Advances in entomology 2024年第3期12卷 170-182页

作者： Idongesit Umanah Mokwunye Olufemi Richard Pitan entomology Section Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria Ibadan Nigeria Department of Crop Protection Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Abeokuta Nigeria

The cashew stem girdler, Analeptes trifasciata Fabricius (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), damages cashew by its girdling activities in the stem thereby causing huge economic losses. The stem girdler is managed through cultural practice of burning girdled stems and beetles, though this has drawbacks. The objective of this study was to explore the cues mediating attraction to the cashew host plant;hence the role of olfaction in host plant location by A. trifasciata underlying the semio-chemical option for controlling this insect pest. A diffusional Y-tube olfactometer was used to study the behavioural response of A. trifasciata, to freshly cut cashew stem and leaves odour sources. Methanol-extract of these plant tissues was subjected to the coupled gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. Y-tube olfactometric assays demonstrated that both sexes oriented towards and spent significantly more time in stem odour arm compared to the leaf odour arm in both male (male: t = 2.228, d.f = 11, P = 0.040) and female (t = 2.341, d.f = 11, P = 0.040). A combination of fatty acids, amino acids and carbohydrates were detected in cashew stems. Some of these fatty acids are attractants to other insect pests. It is suspected that these fatty acid blends may possibly be responsible for facilitating host plant location by both sexes. In conclusion, both sexes were independently and strongly attracted to the stem volatiles;this study opens the possibility of utilizing cashew stem volatiles as surveillance and control tools.

关键词： Analeptes trifasciata Behavioural Bioassay Host Plant Volatile Cues

Radical innovation breakthroughs of biodegradation of plastics by insects:history,present and future perspectives

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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 2024年第6期18卷 127-165页

作者： Shan-Shan Yang Wei-Min Wu Federica Bertocchini Mark Eric Benbow Suja P.Devipriya Hyung Joon Cha Bo-Yu Peng Meng-Qi Ding Lei He Mei-Xi Li Chen-Hao Cui Shao-Nan Shi Han-Jun Sun Ji-Wei Pang Defu He Yalei Zhang Jun Yang Deyi Hou De-Feng Xing Nan-Qi Ren Jie Ding Craig S.Criddle State Key laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment School of EnvironmentHarbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin 150090China Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering William&Cloy Codiga Resource Recovery CenterStanford UniversityStanfordCA 94305USA Plasticentropy rue Thiers 28Reims 51100France Department of entomology and Department of Osteopathic medical Specialties Michigan State UniversityEast LansingMI 48824USA School of Environmental Studies Cochin University of Science and TechnologyKochi 682022India Department of Chemical Engineering Pohang University of Science and TechnologyPohang 37673Republic of Korea School of Environmental Science and Engineering Tongji UniversityShanghai 200092China China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group CECEP Talroad Technology Co.Ltd.Beijing 100096China School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences East China Normal UniversityShanghai 200241China Research Institute for Frontier Science Beihang UniversityBeijing 100191China School of Environment Tsinghua UniversityBeijing 100084China

Insects damaging and penetrating plastic packaged materials has been reported since the *** innovation breakthroughs of plastic biodegradation have been initiated since the discovery of biodegradation of plastics by Tenebrio molitor larvae in 2015 followed by Galleria mellonella in *** we review updated studies on the insect-mediated biodegradation of *** biodegradation by insect larvae,mainly by some species of darkling beetles(Tenebrionidae)and pyralid moths(Pyralidae)is currently a highly active and potentially transformative area of *** the past eight years,publications have increased explosively,including discoveries of the ability of different insect species to biodegrade plastics,biodegradation performance,and the contribution of host and microbiomes,impacts of polymer types and their physic-chemical properties,and responsible enzymes secreted by the host and gut *** date,almost all major plastics including polyethylene(PE),polypropylene(PP),polyvinyl chloride(PVC),polyethylene terephthalate(PET),polyurethane(PUR),and polystyrene(PS)can be biodegraded by *** and ten other insect species representing the Tenebrionidae and Pyralidae *** biodegradation processes are symbiotic reactions or performed by synergistic efforts of both host and gut-microbes to rapidly depolymerize and biodegrade plastics with hourly *** digestive ezymens and bioreagents screted by the insects play an essential role in plasatic biodegradation in certain species of Tenebrionidae and Pyralidae *** research on the insect itself,gut microbiomes,transcriptomes,proteomes and metabolomes has evaluated the mechanisms of plastic biodegradation in *** conclude this review by discussing future research perspectives on insect-mediated biodegradation of plastics.

关键词： Plastics Biodegradation Insects Gut microbiomes Enzymes

An electropenetrography waveform library for the probing and ingestion behaviors of Culex tarsalis on human hands

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Insect Science 2024年第4期31卷 1165-1186页

作者： Anastasia M.W.Cooper Samuel B.Jameson Victoria Pickens Cameron Osborne Elaine A.Backus Kristopher Silver Dana N.Mitzel Department of entomology Kansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA Department of Tropical Medicine Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical MedicineNew OrleansLos AngelesUSA USDA Agricultural Research Service San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences CenterParlierCaliforniaUSA National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility USDA Agricultural Research ServiceManhattanKansasUSA

Culex tarsalis Coquillett(Diptera:Culicidae)mosquitoes are capable of vectoring numerous pathogens affecting public and animal ***,the probing behaviors of mosquitoes are poorly understood because they occur in opaque ***(EPG)has the potential to elucidate these behaviors by recording the electrical signals generated during *** used an AC–DC EPG with variable input resistors(Ri levels)to construct a waveform library for *** feeding on human *** events associated with mosquito probing were used to characterize waveforms at four Ri levels and with two electrical current *** optimal settings for EPG recordings of *** probing on human hands was an Ri level of 10^(7)Ohms using an applied signal of 150 millivolts alternating *** for *** included those previously observed and associated with probing behaviors in Aedes aegypti L.(Diptera:Culicidae):waveform families J(surface salivation),K(stylet penetration through the skin),L(types 1 and 2,search for a blood vessel/ingestion site),M(types 1 and 2,ingestion),N(type 1,an unknown behavior which may be a resting and digestion phase),and W(withdrawal).However,we also observed variations in the waveforms not described in ***,which we named types L3,M3,M4,and *** investigation enhances our understanding of mosquito probing *** also provides a new tool for the automated calculation of peak *** work will facilitate future pathogen acquisition and transmission studies and help identify new pest and disease management targets.

关键词： AC-DC blood feeders electrical penetration graph EPG human hands mosquitoes waveform library

Integrated Approaches of Mechanical Barrier, Insecticide and Botanicals against Mango Mealybug (Drosicha mangiferae)

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Advances in entomology 2024年第3期12卷 195-202页

作者： N. Akhter M. Z. Alam M. A. Rahaman M. R. U. Miah I. H. Mian M. A. Latif Department of entomology Faculty of Agriculture Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Dhaka Bangladesh Department of entomology Faculty of Agriculture Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University Gazipur Bangladesh Department of Plant Pathology Faculty of Agriculture Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Dhaka Bangladesh Department of Plant Pathology Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University Gazipur Bangladesh

An experiment was conducted to test the efficacy of a mechanical barrier around the tree trunk with one spray of Cypermethrin @ 1 ml/l and turmeric powder extract @ 15 g/500ml of water applied in integrated approaches against mango mealybug on mango tree. There were 7 treatments including a control. The treatments were Mechanical barrier, Cypermethrin spray @ 1 ml/l, Turmeric powder spray @ 15 g/500ml of water, Cypermethrin spray + Turmeric spray, Cypermethrin spray + Mechanical barrier, Turmeric + Mechanical barrier and untreated control. Three-year-old mango plants grafted from a 5-year-old mango tree (Variety Amropali) and planted in pots were used in the experiment. The treatment, Cypermethrin spray + Mechanical barrier gave the highest reduction of mango mealybug population 87.06% to 93.90% followed by Turmeric spray + Mechanical barrier and showed 81.13% to 86.04% and Mechanical barrier alone showed 81.13% to 84.59% population reduction. Turmeric powder extract showed only (8.42% to 23.77%) population reduction of mango mealybug which was lowest compared to other treatments.

关键词： Mango Mealybug Integrated Management

Performance and Enzyme Activity of Beet Armyworm Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) Under Various Nutritional Conditions

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Agricultural Sciences in China 2011年第5期10卷 737-746页

作者： Helen Hull Sanders Chongqing Key laboratory of entomology and Pest Control Engineering Southwest University

We explored the influence of the artificial diets with different protein and glucose contents on larval development,fecundity and enzyme activities of the beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua （Hübner）.Our results suggested that development,fecundity and population growth index of beet armyworm increased with increased nutritional content in the artificial diets;however,when the yeast to cellulose content ratio reached 46.8：53.2,the fecundity and population growth had reached a maximum and additional protein did not yield additional ***,3rd instar beet armyworm larvae fed on different artificial diets had increased enzymatic activities of acetylcholinesterase （AChE） with the increased nutritional content,but carboxylesterase （CarE） activities did not significantly change under variation in the nutritional content.

关键词： beet armyworm nutritional variation acetylcholinesterase carboxylesterase protein carbohydrate enzymeactivity

Pediculosis capitis among primary and middle school children in Asadabad,Iran:An epidemiological study

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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 2016年第4期6卷 367-370页

作者： Mansour Nazari Reza Goudarztalejerdi Mostafa Anvari Payman Department of medical entomology School of MedicineHamadan University of Medical Sciences

Objective:To investigate the prevalence of head lice in primary and middle school children in Asadabad,***:This study is an analytical descriptive cross-sectional one conducted among primary and middle school children in Asadabad during the academic year of 2013–*** were collected at baseline via questionnaire,checklist and head ***:A total of 600 students were examined(412 girls and 188 boys),and 14 students showed *** the total prevalence rate was 2.3%(3.2% girls and 0.5% boys).The infestation was equal in public and private *** rate of pediculosis was higher in students of primary schools(4.0%) than those in middle schools(0.7%).The age of the students ranged from 6 to 14 *** total number of infected group was 14 with mean age of 8.93 ± 2.43 years,and it was 586 with mean age of 10.98 ± 2.82 years for the uninfected group who were enrolled in the study(P 0.05).Conclusions:It is necessary to find the risk factors of the infection in order to understand how to control or decrease infection in students,considering the important role of health education in reduction of head lice infections.

关键词： Head lice Pediculosis School students Prevalence Epidemiology