Over the past 30 yr, multiple species of predatory Coccinellidae, prominently Coccinella
septempunctata L. and Harmonia axyridis (Pallas)(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) have spread …

Background Despite great progress in studies on Wolbachia infection in insects, the
knowledge about its relations with beetle species, populations and individuals, and the …

The Oriental chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera:
Cynipidae), is a global invasive pest that causes serious damage to almost all chestnut …

Maternally inherited symbionts such as Wolbachia have long been seen mainly as
reproductive parasites, with deleterious effects on host fitness. It is becoming clear, however …

Long-term cold storage is a commonly used technique in mass rearing of natural enemies,
but it brings a diversity of negative effects, especially for the laboratory-reared biocontrol …

The heritable endosymbiotic bacterium Spiroplasma is found in the harlequin ladybird
Harmonia axyridis. The proportion of beetles infected with Spiroplasma in different native H …

Bacteria have a profound influence on life history and reproduction of numerous insects,
while the associations between hosts and bacteria are substantially influenced by …

Abstract Harmonia axyridis Pallas (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) has attracted a growing body
of research trying to understand its invasion success in North America and Europe after …

Invasive species are characterized by the rapid growth and spread of their populations after
establishing a foothold in new habitats, and there are now many examples of such species …

Abstract Harmonia axyridis Pallas (1773)(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is the well-studied
system of invasive insect species. Native and invasive parts of the area of H. axyridis are …