Publications

[predation of orius minutus on odontothrips loti].	in this paper, a laboratory study was made on the predation of orius minutus on the 3rd to approximately 4th instar nymphs of odontothrips loti, and the intraspecific interference within o. minutus. the results showed that the functional responses of adult o. minutus to o. loti nymphs fitted holling ii type equation, i. e., na = 1.0113n/(1 + 0.04149n) in test tubes, na = 0. 6777n/(1 + 0.03395n) in petri dishes, and na = 0.6417n/(1 + 0.03934n) in enveloped pots. the predation of o. minutus had st ...	2006	17044503
distribution patterns of wolbachia endosymbionts in the closely related flower bugs of the genus orius: implications for coevolution and horizontal transfer.	vertical transmission is the primary route of the endosymbiont wolbachia for its own spread among invertebrate hosts, but horizontal transmission between different hosts is believed to have occurred multiple times. however, it is not well known how wolbachia commonly spread among closely related hosts. we focused on the closely related species of the minute pirate bugs belonging to the genus orius, which are important biological control agents in agricultural crops because they are the most usef ...	2012	22450512
true bugs (hemiptera, heteroptera) as psyllid predators (hemiptera, psylloidea).	data on natural enemies of psyllids are rare and can usually be found in papers about economically significant species. during an investigation of psyllid fauna in serbia, natural enemies were investigated, too. true bugs were the most numerous among them. from 28 psyllid species, 21 species of true bugs from families anthocoridae and miridae were reared. seven species of anthocoridae were identified: anthocoris amplicollis (horváth, 1839), anthocoris confusus reuter, 1884, anthocoris nemoralis ...	2013	24003311
novel strain of spiroplasma found in flower bugs of the genus orius (hemiptera: anthocoridae): transovarial transmission, coexistence with wolbachia and varied population density.	spiroplasma, a group of small, wall-less, helical, and motile bacteria belonging to the mollicutes, contains species with diverse life histories. to date, all the spiroplasma strains that are known to be transmitted vertically in arthropod lineages belong to either the spiroplasma ixodetis group or the spiroplasma poulsonii group. here, we found that a unique strain of spiroplasma vertically transmitted in predatory flower bugs of the genus orius belongs to the spiroplasma insolitum group, which ...	2014	24337178
female sex pheromone in trails of the minute pirate bug, orius minutus (l).	orius minutus (l.) (heteroptera: anthocoridae) is a natural enemy of agricultural pests such as thrips, aphids, and various newly hatched insect juveniles. in this study, we conducted 1) behavioral assays for evidence of contact sex pheromone activity in trails of o. minutus, and 2) chemical analysis to identify the essential chemical components of the trails. males showed arrestment to trails of mature virgin females but not to trails from either conspecific nymphs or immature females. females ...	2016	27184908