| sperm morphology of predatory pirate bugs amphiareus constrictus and blaptostethus pallescens (heteroptera: anthocoridae) with phylogenetic inferences. | the sperm morphology of two predatory bugs amphiareus constrictus and blaptostethus pallescens, representing the tribes dufouriellini and blasptostethini, respectively, was described using light and transmission electron microscopy. the spermatozoa of amphiareus constrictus and blaptostethus pallescens are fine and long, each measuring 216.6μm and 181.0μm in length, of which 37.0μm and 11.6μm, respectively, comprise the nuclei. when stained with dapi (for dna), the posterior half of the nucleus ... | 2018 | 29145009 |
| functional response of three species of predatory pirate bugs attacking eggs of tuta absoluta (lepidoptera: gelechiidae). | the functional response and predation parameters of three species of predatory pirate bugs amphiareus constrictus (stal), blaptostethus pallescens poppius, and orius tristicolor (white) (hemiptera: anthocoridae) were evaluated at four different densities of eggs of tuta absoluta (meyrick) (lepidoptera: gelechiidae). experiments were conducted in petri dishes containing a tomato leaf disk infested with the pest eggs, and maintained inside growth chamber with environmental conditions of 25 ± 2 °c, ... | 2015 | 26313178 |