Beyond blood: the flexibility of triatomine bug food search and recognition.

IF 5.8 1区农林科学 Q1 BIOLOGY

Current opinion in insect science Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI:10.1016/j.cois.2024.101301

Marcelo G Lorenzo, Claudio R Lazzari, Romina B Barrozo

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Abstract

Kissing bugs are known for being skilled blood-feeders on warm-blooded hosts, using cues like carbon dioxide, infrared radiation, and skin odors to locate them. They depend on heat to direct their bites and use gustatory signals for feeding decisions. Recent evidence suggests that they also feed on cold-blooded animals and insects. This implies that they may respond to other sensory cues, such as slight temperature changes, vibrations, and/or odors, to trigger biting attempts. Besides, new studies reveal that triatomines can ingest plant or fruit fluids, showing a broader dietary flexibility than previously recognized. Future research should focus on how triatomines detect and respond to sensory cues from poikilothermic hosts or plant fluids, and how these sensory inputs influence their feeding behavior. Understanding their sensory abilities and dietary flexibility could have important implications for vector surveillance and control, offering insights into the evolutionary shift from predatory to blood-feeding behaviors.

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Current opinion in insect science BIOLOGYECOLOGYENTOMOLOGY-ECOLOGY

CiteScore

10.40

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1.90%

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113

期刊介绍： Current Opinion in Insect Science is a new systematic review journal that aims to provide specialists with a unique and educational platform to keep up–to–date with the expanding volume of information published in the field of Insect Science. As this is such a broad discipline, we have determined themed sections each of which is reviewed once a year. The following 11 areas are covered by Current Opinion in Insect Science. -Ecology -Insect genomics -Global Change Biology -Molecular Physiology (Including Immunity) -Pests and Resistance -Parasites, Parasitoids and Biological Control -Behavioural Ecology -Development and Regulation -Social Insects -Neuroscience -Vectors and Medical and Veterinary Entomology There is also a section that changes every year to reflect hot topics in the field. Section Editors, who are major authorities in their area, are appointed by the Editors of the journal. They divide their section into a number of topics, ensuring that the field is comprehensively covered and that all issues of current importance are emphasized. Section Editors commission articles from leading scientists on each topic that they have selected and the commissioned authors write short review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject, emphasizing the aspects that, in their opinion, are most important. In addition, they provide short annotations to the papers that they consider to be most interesting from all those published in their topic over the previous year.