Maize is a staple food in many sub-Saharan African countries, grown on large surfaces and with high production. However, maize’s cultivation is often confronted with attacks by the fall armyworm, which considerably r...
Universidad de Guadalajara research program(SAC/CIP/2017-45).
Three behaviors of epidemiological importance,namely feeding latency,feeding duration and defecation latency,for six populations of Meccus phyllosomus longipennis(Usinger)from areas of central,western and north-centra...
supported by grants the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31420103902)
The biological charchtiristics of the assassin bug Isyndus reticulatus Stal,1868(Hemiptera:Heteroptera:Reduviidae:Harpactorinae),especially its life history are provided in detail.And the assassin bug is redescri...
Integrated pest management (IPM) is widely practiced in commercial oil palm agriculture. This management system is intended to minimize the number of attacks by pest insects such as bagworms on crops, as well as cur...
This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(grant No.2016YFC1202000,No.2016YFC1202002).
Background:Triatomines,also known as kissing bugs,which are found throughout the world and especially in Latin America,are well known natural vectors that transmit American trypanosomiasis,also called Chagas disease.I...
Understanding the biological parameters of some triatomine subspecies of Meccus phyllosomus (Burmeister) is a crucial first step in estimating the epidemiologie importance of this group. Biological parameters relate...
Triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) are obligate hematophagous insects. They are of medical importance because they are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease in the Americas. In recent...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30825006,30970394,31061160186);the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (200800190015)
Peirates hybridus (Scopoli, 1763), a widely distributed member of genus Peirates, is recorded from China for the first time. The male is redescribed and illustrated.
Objective:To investigate the bioecological relationship between Chagas disease peridomestic vectors and reptiles as source of feeding.Methods:In a three-story building,triatomines were captured by direct search and el...
supported by grants from Shahre Rey Islamic Azad University, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30825006, 30970394);the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (200800190015)
Four harpactorine species of assassin bugs, Coronus contrarius Reuter, Rhynocoris annulatus (Linnaeus), Rhynocoris rubrogularis (Horvath), and Vachiria deserta (Becker), are newly recorded from Iran.