Hemipteran pests are among the most important threats to agricultural production. Losses
associated with these insects result from both feeding-associated damage and the …

Insects maintain the equilibrium of their internal milieu by diffusion mechanisms, but more
frequently by a substantial storage of metals in the cells of numerous organs: digestive tract …

Writers on arthropod water relationships range from bio physicists and biochemists to
population ecologists-a fact that gives cause to wonder whether the field is already too …

Publisher Summary This chapter presents recent progress in the study of the midgut,
particularly with reference to ion and water transport. However, the midgut does not function …

Publisher Summary Climate plays a critical role in the life of terrestrial insects. It affects their
geographical and ecological locations, the site and timing of their activities, the success of …

Biochemical and physiological processes that result in digestion of nutrient polymers in the
insect midgut are arranged both spatially and temporally. This spatial and temporal …

Publisher Summary The structure of invertebrate septate junctions is not exactly the same in
the different phyla. It is a peculiarity of the arthropods to possess two types of septate …

Hemipterans are characterized by the absence of the peritrophic membrane, an anatomical
structure that envelopes the food bolus in the majority of insects. However, the microvillar …

Using serial block-face scanning electron microscopy, we report on the internal 3D
structures of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) at …

Subcellular fractions of the cells of the posterior midgut of Rhodnius prolixus nymphs were
obtained by conventional homogenization, under isotonic or hypotonic conditions, followed …