| biogeographical origin and speciation of the anthocoris nemorum group. | the anthocoris nemorum group belongs to the anthocoridae (hemiptera), and is an important group of predators of agricultural pests. a phylogeny was constructed in conjunction with dispersal-vicariance analysis of the anthocoris nemorum group species in order to discern the relationships between the phylogeographical structuring of a. nemorum group species, and the effects of the qinghai-tibet plateau uplift. the divergence times were estimated using bayesian inference as implemented in beast. a ... | 2012 | 23445180 |
| constitutive and herbivore-induced systemic volatiles differentially attract an omnivorous biocontrol agent to contrasting salix clones. | while carnivores are known to be attracted to herbivore-induced plant volatiles, little is known about how such volatiles may affect the behaviour of omnivorous predators that may use both plants and herbivores as food. here, we examine how systemically produced plant volatiles, in response to local herbivore damage, differentially attract a key omnivorous predator, anthocoris nemorum (heteroptera: anthocoridae), to single clones of three species of salix: s. viminalis, s. dasyclados and s. cine ... | 2013 | 23467832 |
| side-effects of commonly used crop protection products in pear on two beneficial miridae bugs. | anthocoris nemoralis, anthocoris nemorum and orius spp. are not the only beneficial predatory bugs inhabiting pear orchards in belgium. quite often, the miridae bugs heterotoma spp. and pilophorus spp. can be found during spring and summer in these orchards, thereby feeding on several pests such as psyllids, aphids, spider mites, ... . side-effects are usually assessed on anthocoris and orius spp., but due to the potential importance of miridae bugs in pest reduction, we tested some commonly use ... | 2015 | 27145577 |
| 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 |
| dispersal of beauveria bassiana by the activity of nettle insects. | recent studies have shown that the entomopathogenic fungus beauveria bassiana occurs naturally on the phylloplanes of several plants, including nettles. insects could, by their activity, be contributing to this inoculum by dispersing it from other sites. the potential of nettle aphids microlophium carnosum and their predator anthocoris nemorum to disperse conidia of b. bassiana from soil to nettles and from sporulating cadavers in the nettle canopy was investigated in laboratory experiments. in ... | 2006 | 16843484 |