supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31772488).
Based on a comparison of morphologies of the first-instar nymph of Hoffeinsia foldii Koteja,2008 and the adult male of Weitschatus stigmatus Koteja,2008 with those of Qinococcus podocarpus Wu,2022,the author considers...
Bacterial endosymbionts have enabled aphids to adapt to a range of stressors,but their effects in many aphid species remain to be established.The bird cherry-oat aphid,Rhopalosiphum padi(Linnaeus),is an important pest...
In this paper, I will explore Aphra Behn's world: spy, kept mistress and writer. She created her complex personality between myth and reality, underlining limits and contradictions of her society in her life and wor...
Supported by Theodor Bilharz Research Institute,Imbaba,Giza,Egypt(Grant No.94M)
Objective:To evaluate the predatory potential of the Odonata nymph on freshwater snails that serve as intermediate hosts for Schistosoma species(Bulinus truncatus and Biomphalaria alexandrina).Methods:Observations on ...
supported by the National Science Fund for Fostering Talents in Basic Research(Special Subjects in Animal Taxonomy,NSFC-J1210002);the Special Fiscal Funds of Shaanxi Province(2013-19);Research Equipment Development Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences(YZ201509);a Humboldt Fellowship(M.B.)from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Modem grylloblattids are one of the least diverse insect orders. The single extant family is contrasted with 46 families described from the fossil records, which extend to the Late Carboniferous. The most ancient gryl...
Pseudotheraptus devastans Distant (Heteroptera: Coreidae), is an important coconut pest in C?te d’Ivoire. The stings from Nymph and adult cause not only the falling of immature nuts, but also their deformation. This ...
Objective: To evaluate the predatory capacity of the Odonata, Hemianax ephippiger nymph as a biocontrol agent for the freshwater snail Lymnaea natalensis, intermediate host of Fasciola gigantica. Methods: Observations...
Post-embryonic development of insects is highly dependent on ecdysteroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone. Halloween gene spookier (spok, cyp307a2) has been documented to be involved in ecdysteroidogenesis in Drosophila m...
supported by the NationalNatural Science Foundation of China (30571219);the China National Key Project for New Trasngenic Biological Variety Development (2009ZX08012-007B)
Morphology and morphometry of six biotypes (B, Q, Cv, ZHJ-1, ZHJ-2 and ZHJ-3) of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) from China on cotton plants were studied by using microscopes. Nymphal body sizes and characters were mea...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31172124, 30300037)
The Asian mayfly species of Habrophlebiodes differ from their North American congeners in male genitalia. Among the 4 known Asian species, H. prorninens Ulmer is unique in longer apical segments of labial palpi, venat...