| analysis of inter-individual bacterial variation in gut of cicada meimuna mongolica (hemiptera: cicadidae). | intestinal bacterial community plays a crucial role in the nutrition, development, survival, and reproduction of insects. when compared with other insects with piercing-sucking mouthparts, the habitats of cicada nymphs and adults are totally different. however, little is known about the differences in the gut bacterial communities in the nymphs and adults within any cicada species. the diversity of bacteria in the gut of nymphs and adults of both genders of meimuna mongolica (distant) was studie ... | 2015 | 26411784 |
| bacterial diversity of bacteriomes and organs of reproductive, digestive and excretory systems in two cicada species (hemiptera: cicadidae). | cicadas form intimate symbioses with bacteria to obtain nutrients that are scarce in the xylem fluid they feed on. the obligate symbionts in cicadas are purportedly confined to specialized bacteriomes, but knowledge of bacterial communities associated with cicadas is limited. bacterial communities in the bacteriomes and organs of reproductive, digestive and excretory systems of two cicada species (platypleura kaempferi and meimuna mongolica) were investigated using different methods, and the bac ... | 2017 | 28437427 |
| morphology and identification of the final instar nymphs of three cicadas (hemiptera, cicadidae) in guanzhong plain, china based on comparative morphometrics. | the present investigation provides comparative morphometrics of the final instar nymphs of three dominant cicada species, i.e., cryptotympana atrata (fabricius), meimuna mongolica (distant) and platypleura kaempferi (fabricius), in guanzhong plain, china. particularly, characters on the antennae, legs, and apex of abdomen of both males and females of these three species were investigated and analyzed. in addition, the numbers of hind tibial spines of the final instar nymphs of 21 representatives ... | 2014 | 25147447 |
| development of mouthparts in the cicada meimuna mongolica (distant): successive morphological patterning and sensilla differentiation from nymph to adult. | development of the mouthparts in the cicada meimuna mongolica (distant) is investigated here for the first time using scanning electron microscopy in order to document changes occurring in different nymphal instars and from nymph to adult, during which a shift from subterranean root-feeding to feeding on aboveground parts of the host plant occurs. the structure and component of mouthparts is similar to those found in other hemipteran insects. fourteen types of sensilla and five types of cuticula ... | 2016 | 27901084 |