The Opuntia cochineal scale or false carmine cochineal scale, Dactylopius opuntiae
(Cockerell)(Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae), is spreading rapidly in many countries, especially in …

For over 300 million years, insects have relied on symbiotic microbes for nutrition and
defence. However, it is unclear whether specific ecological conditions have repeatedly …

Carrion's disease (CD) is a neglected biphasic vector-borne illness related to Bartonella
bacilliformis. It is found in the Andean valleys and is transmitted mainly by members of the …

We here present annotated lists of names of Candidatus taxa of prokaryotes with ranks
between subspecies and class, proposed between the mid-1990s, when the provisional …

Abstract Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae, Rhizoecidae and Xenococcidae) are
important organisms for understanding processes of evolution, especially microbial …

The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is one of the most significant pathogen vectors of
the twenty-first century. Originating from Asia, it has invaded a wide range of eco-climatic …

Feeding of sucking insects, such as the rice brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens; BPH),
causes only limited mechanical damage on plants that is otherwise essential for injury …

In the English edition of his landmark book Endosymbiosis of Animals with Plant
Microorganisms (1965), Professor Paul Buchner, probably the most prominent founder of …

Many insects, on account of their unbalanced diet, live in obligate symbiotic associations
with microorganisms (bacteria or yeast-like symbionts), which provide them with substances …

Background Host-associated microbial communities play an important role in the fitness of
insect hosts. However, the factors shaping microbial communities in wild populations …