A precondition for colour vision is the presence of at least two spectral types of photoreceptors in
the eye. The order Hymenoptera is traditionally divided into the Apocrita (ants, bees, wasps) and
the Symphyta (sawfies, ...
Guignard, Quentin; Allison, Jeremy D.; Slippers, Bernard(BMC, 2022-01)
BACKGROUND: Visual opsins are expressed in the compound eyes and ocelli of insects and enable light detection. Three distinct phylogenetic groups of visual opsins are found in insects, named long (LW), short (SW) and ...
Pal, Elisa; Allison, Jeremy D.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Slippers, Bernard; Fourie, Gerda(Public Library of Science, 2022-06-10)
The South African macadamia industry is severely affected by a complex of stink bugs,
dominated by the two-spotted stink bug, Bathycoelia distincta Distant (Pentatomidae). This
species was first discovered during the ...
Queffelec, Josephine; Postma, Alisa; Allison, Jeremy D.; Slippers, Bernard(BMC, 2022-03)
BACKGROUND: Wolbachia is a bacterial endosymbiont of many arthropod and nematode species. Due to its capacity to alter host biology, Wolbachia plays an important role in arthropod and nematode ecology and evolution. Sirex ...
