Results from a recently published study suggest that efforts to reduce biological hitchhiking on live plant imports, often referred to as 'biosecurity,' are working. However, more than a century of ...

Assassin bugs comprise one of the most diverse lineages of predatory true bugs, with over 7 000 described species occupying terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. Phylogenetic analysis of this group has ...

The insects known as Hemiptera are not a particularly glamorous bunch. This group includes stink bugs, bed bugs, litter bugs, scale insects and aphids. Their closest relatives are thrips, bark lice ...

Invasive Hemiptera, including planthoppers, stink bugs and related sap-feeding insects, pose a growing threat to agriculture, forestry and native ecosystems worldwide. These species often exhibit ...

The flight of insects -- Odonata: Dragonflies and Damselflies -- Orthoptera: Grasshoppers and crickets -- Hemiptera: Bugs -- Neuroptera and Mecoptera: Lacewings and Scorpion flies -- Lepidoptera: ...

"This taxonomic review of the Cuban Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) treats 105 species in 57 genera. Twelve new species are described, two new synonyms are recognized, and four previously recorded ...

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