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Insect physiology : new research / Rayan P. Maes, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Insects--Viruses.
- Insects.
- Insects--Physiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (343 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Insect physiology includes the physiology and biochemistry of insect organ systems. Although diverse, insects are quite similar in overall design, internally and externally. The insect is made up of three main body regions (tagmata), the head, thorax and abdomen. The head comprises six fused segments with compound eyes, ocelli, antennae and mouth parts, which differ according to the insect's particular diet, e.g. grinding, sucking, lapping and chewing. The thorax is made up of three segments the pro, meso and meta thorax, each supporting a pair of legs which may also differ, depending on function, e.g. jumping, digging, swimming and running. Usually the middle and the last segment of the thorax have paired wings. The abdomen generally comprises eleven segments and contains the digestive and reproductive organs. This book brings together research from around the globe in this field.
- Contents:
- Plant-herbivore interaction, with special reference to mulberry leaves and the silkworm, Bombyx mori / Yukio Sugimura and Sumiharu Nagaoka
- Raman spectroscopic characterization of Vespa orientalis and Paravespula germanica (Hymenoptera, Vespinae) silk / Dmitry V. Galushko ... [et al.]
- Research and review articles
- Hydrocarbons and insects' social physiology / E. Provost ... [et al.]
- Addiction to pyrrolizidine alkaloids in male dananine butterflies : a quest for the evolutionary origin of pharmacology / Keiichi Honda
- TIME: an alarm clock hidden in the cell, with special relevance to the completion of diapause development / Hidenori Kai, Naoki Tani and Minoru Isobe
- Insects making choices : physiology related to choices in the feeding, mating, and ovipostion / Luanda Medeiros, Carla Cresoni-Pereira, Fernando Sergio Zucoloto
- Biogenic amines and division of reproduction in social insects / Ken Sasaki
- Sexual difference in seasonal adaptations of the rice bug / Shin-Ichiro Tachibana
- Photoperiodic host-seeking behavioral pattern of mosquitos of medical importance / Hitoshi Kawada and Masahiro Takagi
- Venom glands from the ectoparasitoid Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera : Pteroamlidae) produce a calreticulin-like protein that functions in development arrest and cell death in the flesh fly host, Sarcophaga bullata Parker (Diptera : Sarcophagidae) / David B. Rivers and Ashley Brogan
- Identification of peptides controlling insect diapause : prospects of developing novel biopharmaceutics / Koichi Suzuki and Ping Yang
- Odorant-binding proteins and mosquito repellents : lessons learned / Ann Sodja and Eduardo Palomino.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (07/17/2020).
- ISBN:
- 1-61668-071-7
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