Age structure of bed bug (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) aggregations affects the nymphal feeding success

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41330%2F19%3A79381" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41330/19:79381 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-019-3659-5" target="_blank" >https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-019-3659-5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3659-5" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13071-019-3659-5</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Age structure of bed bug (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) aggregations affects the nymphal feeding success
Original language description
Background: Bed bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) are a group of blood-feeding ectoparasites. They mainly specialize on bats and birds, but a few species are important human pests. They exhibit several unique adaptations for their parasitic lifestyle. Among those, bed bug aggregations represent a striking example of a sub-social structure. However, their benefits for the bed bugs as well as their potential for bed bug control are largely unexplored. Young nymphs are known to disperse from the aggregations much less than older ones or adults. We therefore found possible that the aggregation age structure is connected with success in finding host and tested the effect of presence of adults on nymphal feeding success. Results: We tested the effect of presence of adults on feeding success of first-instar nymphs using an artificial feeding system. We found that presence of fed adults causes larger proportion of nymphs to feed. Conclusions: Based on our data, fed bed bugs seem to trigger the young nymphs t
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30310 - Parasitology

Project
<a href="/en/project/GC18-08468J" target="_blank" >GC18-08468J: The role of sperm adaptation and sperm plasticity in ecological speciation</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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