First reports of parental care in species of the genus Dismegistus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae)
Parental care is reported in several insect orders. Usually, it involves protecting eggs, burying them, moving a batch of eggs from place to place and feeding the larvae. Insect parental care is well developed in Heteroptera and is particularly widespread in the superfamily Pentatomoidea. The specie...
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| author | Jerzy A. LIS Paweł J. DOMAGAŁA |
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| description | Parental care is reported in several insect orders. Usually, it involves protecting eggs, burying them, moving a batch of eggs from place to place and feeding the larvae. Insect parental care is well developed in Heteroptera and is particularly widespread in the superfamily Pentatomoidea. The species best known for their maternal care belong to the subfamily Sehirinae (Cydnidae) and the genus Parastrachia (Parastrachiidae). There are no published data on parental care in species of the genus Dismegistus (the second genus within the family Parastrachiidae). This paper provides the first reports of females of species of Dismegistus carrying and guarding egg batches in the same way as species in the genus Parastrachia and certain Sehirinae. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ed3acfdcbe154bbc9816dc4f5d4d78072024-12-16T15:30:56ZengInstitute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of ScienceEuropean Journal of Entomology1210-57591802-88292024-11-01121139639910.14411/eje.2024.043eje-202401-0043First reports of parental care in species of the genus Dismegistus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae)Jerzy A. LIS0Paweł J. DOMAGAŁA1Institute of Biology, University of Opole, Oleska 22, 45-052 Opole, Poland; e-mails: cydnus@uni.opole.pl, pdomagala@uni.opole.plInstitute of Biology, University of Opole, Oleska 22, 45-052 Opole, Poland; e-mails: cydnus@uni.opole.pl, pdomagala@uni.opole.plParental care is reported in several insect orders. Usually, it involves protecting eggs, burying them, moving a batch of eggs from place to place and feeding the larvae. Insect parental care is well developed in Heteroptera and is particularly widespread in the superfamily Pentatomoidea. The species best known for their maternal care belong to the subfamily Sehirinae (Cydnidae) and the genus Parastrachia (Parastrachiidae). There are no published data on parental care in species of the genus Dismegistus (the second genus within the family Parastrachiidae). This paper provides the first reports of females of species of Dismegistus carrying and guarding egg batches in the same way as species in the genus Parastrachia and certain Sehirinae.https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-202401-0043_first-reports-of-parental-care-in-species-of-the-genus-dismegistus-hemiptera-heteroptera-parastrachiidae.phppentatomoideaparastrachiaparental caresouth africa |
| spellingShingle | Jerzy A. LIS Paweł J. DOMAGAŁA First reports of parental care in species of the genus Dismegistus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae) European Journal of Entomology pentatomoidea parastrachia parental care south africa |
| title | First reports of parental care in species of the genus Dismegistus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae) |
| title_full | First reports of parental care in species of the genus Dismegistus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae) |
| title_fullStr | First reports of parental care in species of the genus Dismegistus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | First reports of parental care in species of the genus Dismegistus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae) |
| title_short | First reports of parental care in species of the genus Dismegistus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae) |
| title_sort | first reports of parental care in species of the genus dismegistus hemiptera heteroptera parastrachiidae |
| topic | pentatomoidea parastrachia parental care south africa |
| url | https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-202401-0043_first-reports-of-parental-care-in-species-of-the-genus-dismegistus-hemiptera-heteroptera-parastrachiidae.php |
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