Tag Archive for 'Hemiptera'

Holotype of Palaeotanyrhina exophthalma in Burmese amber: (A) dorsal view; scale bar - 1.5 mm; (B) lateral view; arrow shows tip of labium; scale bar - 1.2 mm; (C) ventral view; arrow shows tip of labium; scale bar - 1.3 mm. Image credit: George Poinar Jr. et al., doi: 10.18476/pale.v15.a5.

Tiny Bug from Burmese Amber Had 360-Degree Vision

Aug 11, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

A fossilized true bug preserved in Burmese amber dates back approximately 100 million years (mid-Cretaceous period), according to Oregon State University...

Li et al. systematically examined horizontal gene transfer in 218 high-quality genomes of diverse insects and found that they acquired 1,410 genes exhibiting diverse functions, including many not previously reported, via 741 distinct transfers from non-metazoan donors. Image credit: Li et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.06.014.

Insects Carry 1,410 Horizontally-Transferred Microbial Genes: Study

Jul 19, 2022 by News Staff

In new research, a team of scientists from Zhejiang University and Vanderbilt University examined horizontal gene transfer — an important evolutionary...