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23/08/2025

Is Every Vein a Real Vein? Cross-Section of the Wing of Matsucoccus Pini ( , , : )

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Wings of Matsucoccus pini males were studied. Using light and scanning electron microscopes, both sides of the wing membrane, dorsal and ventral, were examined. The presence of only one vein in the common stem was confirmed by the cross-section, namely the radius. The elements regarded as subcostal ...

23/08/2025

Evaluating the Effect of Irradiation on the Densities of Two RNA Viruses in morsitans

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Tsetse flies are cyclic vectors of Trypanosoma parasites, which cause debilitating diseases in humans and animals. To decrease the disease burden, the number of flies is reduced using the sterile insect technique (SIT), where male flies are sterilized through irradiation and released into the field....

23/08/2025

of Medical and Veterinary Importance

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Members of the Cimicidae family are significant pests for mammals and birds, and they have attracted medical and veterinary interest. A number of recent studies have investigated bed bugs, due to their dramatic resurgence all over the world. Indeed, bed bugs are of significant public health and soci...

22/08/2025

Infestation and Larval Habitat Ecology of and in an Urban Gradient in Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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📚included in the Special Issue "Control and Surveillance of to Reduce the Spread of Mosquito-Borne Disease"
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Since there are no available vaccines against some arboviruses, vector control is the most effective way to reduce their incidence. In this context, mechanical control is one of the most cost-effective ways to suppress Aedes populations, but it requires knowledge about vector breeding ecology in var...

22/08/2025

📚 Welcome to read the highly cited papers published in 2023–2024!

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22/08/2025

A Remarkable of the Genus Bates from China, with Notes on the Genus Lacordaire ( : : : )

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📚included in the Special Issue " in Integrative Entomology: Biology, Taxonomy, and Conservation"
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This study contributes to the taxonomic research on the tribe Saperdini, focusing on two genera, Paraglenea Bates and Malloderma Lacordaire. A new species, Paraglenea dairanxingorum Lin, You & Wang, sp. nov., is described from Hunan and Hubei Provinces, China. The new species is distinguished by its...

21/08/2025

📚Issue Released-Volume 16, Issue 8

Cover Story: "Bee Brood as a Food for Human Consumption: An Integrative Review of Phytochemical and Nutritional Composition"

🎓by Raquel P. F. Guiné, Sofia G. Florença, Maria João Barroca and Cristina A. Costa

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21/08/2025

🌟Editor's Choice🌟 paper: "Blue Light Attracts More Spodoptera frugiperda Moths and Promotes Their Flight Speed"

🎓by Haibo Yang, Jing Lu, Pinhong Zhu, Yalan Sun, Zhenjie Hu, Dingxu Li and Jianrong Huang

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Light traps are a useful method for monitoring and controlling the important migratory pest, the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. Studies have shown that S. frugiperda is sensitive to blue, green, or ultraviolet (UV) light, but the conclusions are inconsistent. Furthermore, conventional black l...

21/08/2025

Love in the Time of Pyrethroids: Mating Behavior of Is Influenced by Sublethal Concentrations of λ-Cyhalothrin and Lateralization

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📚included in the Special Issue "Integrated Pest Management in Agricultural Crops and Forest Ecosystems—2nd Edition"

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Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is one of the most destructive pests of stored grains worldwide. Sublethal concentrations of insecticides are known to influence insect behavior, potentially disrupting critical processes such as mating. This study investigated the effects o...

20/08/2025

Transcriptomics and Metabolomics Combined to Analyze the Response Mechanism of Eggs to High-Temperature Stress

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Conventional immediate and high-temperature immediate acid treatment are crucial techniques for breaking the diapause state of silkworm eggs, but their molecular mechanisms remain unclear. This study prepared diapause eggs (CK), conventional immediate acid-treated eggs (46 °C, 5 min, and CG), and h...

20/08/2025

Ecological in Alpine Ecosystems: Monitoring Asteraceae Phytophages and Developing Integrated Management Protocols in the Three River Source Region

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📚included in the Topic " Biodiversity: Ecological and Functional Aspects, 2nd Edition"
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Aster spp., a key grass species for the ecological restoration of alpine degraded grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, often suffers from pest damage during its flowering and seed maturation stages, severely limiting the effectiveness of ecological restoration and the sustainable utilization o...

20/08/2025

🐜 Insects | Cover Stories in 2024

📚 Check out the cover stories in 2024, featuring exciting research on entomology:
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Insects, an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal.