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Heteroptera: Biodiversity, Evolution, Taxonomy and Conservation, 2nd Edition
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Heteroptera: Biodiversity, Evolution, Taxonomy and Conservation, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Diversity".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 4197

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jader de Oliveira

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Public Health Entomology Lab, Public Health Faculty, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01000, Brazil
Interests: Reduviidae; Triatominae vectors; integrative taxonomy; morphology; systematic; biodiversity
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Dr. Hélcio Reinaldo Gil-Santana

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Diptera Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040, Brazil
Interests: Culicidae; Reduviidae; taxonomy; systematic
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The diversity of life in Heteroptera is amazing. They are part of the most successful group of non-holometabolic insects. The relationship between Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Cimicomorpha, and Pentatomomorpha is more advanced and improving, but any progress within Enicocephalomorpha and Dipsocoromorpha is lagging behind. Integrative taxonomy and molecular systematics have contributed dramatically to speeding up the generation and testing of hypotheses. Given the fascinating natural history of Heteropterans and their status as model organisms for evolutionary studies, the integration of different areas such as cladistics, analyzed in a broader biogeographic and evolutionary context, deserves increased attention. For this reason, we are accepting review articles as well as primary research articles that include original data and high-quality analysis on taxonomy, morphology, ecology, and molecular biology, as well as omics (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics), covering organisms from all Heteroptera infraorders. This Special Issue aims to provide a basic resource for researchers who are interested in the systematic knowledge of biodiversity in Heteroptera, whether at the level of a specific group or at the level of families, contributing to their evolution, as well as the knowledge of biodiversity and conservation.

This Special Issue aims to address the important gap in knowledge associated with the biological, systematic, taxonomic, and evolutionary processes related to Heteroptera. Our goal is to compile and publish scientific articles from prominent research groups in this Special Issue to help broaden our understanding on issues related to diversity and biodiversity.

We welcome authors to submit a wide range of manuscripts that model groups present in Heteroptera. Potential topics include (but are not limited to):

  • Phylogenetics, phylogenomics and systematics of groups present in Heteroptera;
  • Evolutionary ecology, including studies related to the speciation and hybridization of groups present in Heteroptera;
  • Evolutionary and population genetics of groups present in Heteroptera;
  • Genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and phenomics of insect vectors;
  • Taxonomy assignments and review of groups present in Heteroptera.

Dr. Jader de Oliveira
Dr. Hélcio Reinaldo Gil-Santana
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • integrative taxonomy
  • biodiversity and conservation
  • biogeographical patterns
  • evolutionary biology
  • medically important groups
  • groups of economic importance
  • genetic diversity
  • phylogenetics and phylogeography
  • morphological and molecular taxonomy

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One Genome, Multiple Phenotypes: Would Rhodnius milesi Carcavallo, Rocha, Galvão & Jurberg, 2001 (Hemiptera, Triatominae) Be a Valid Species or a Phenotypic Polymorphism of R. neglectus Lent, 1954?
by Fabricio Ferreira Campos, Jader de Oliveira, Jociel Klleyton Santos Santana, Amanda Ravazi, Yago Visinho dos Reis, Laura Marson Marquioli, Cleber Galvão, Maria Tercília Vilela de Azeredo-Oliveira, João Aristeu da Rosa and Kaio Cesar Chaboli Alevi
Diversity 2024, 16(8), 472; https://doi.org/10.3390/d16080472 - 5 Aug 2024
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Species of the Rhodnius genus have a complex taxonomy because the events of phenotypic plasticity and cryptic speciation make it difficult to correctly classify these vectors. During the taxonomic history of the genus, five synonymization events occurred. Additionally, some authors suggest that R. [...] Read more.
Species of the Rhodnius genus have a complex taxonomy because the events of phenotypic plasticity and cryptic speciation make it difficult to correctly classify these vectors. During the taxonomic history of the genus, five synonymization events occurred. Additionally, some authors suggest that R. milesi possibly represent only phenotypic polymorphisms of R. neglectus. Thus, we analyzed the specific status of R. milesi in relation to R. neglectus using phylogenetic studies with the mitochondrial gene cytochrome B and the study of reproductive barriers. The phylogenetic reconstruction grouped R. milesi together with R. neglectus from different localities, demonstrating that these taxa represent the same species based on the phylogenetic species concept. Experimental crosses demonstrate the absence of pre- and postzygotic barriers under laboratory conditions. Additionally, when the hatch rates of crosses are compared to intraspecific crosses, it can be noted that they are high and very similar. Finally, the mortality rate of the hybrids does not indicate hybrid inviability, the absence of chromosome pairing errors does not indicate hybrid sterility, and the proportion between male and female hybrids demonstrates that Haldane’s rule was not acting. Therefore, we perform the formal synonymization of R. milesi with R. neglectus. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Heteroptera: Biodiversity, Evolution, Taxonomy and Conservation, 2nd Edition)
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The Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Aelia sibirica and A. fieberi (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae), and Phylogenetic Implications
by Dajun Liu, Hufang Zhang, Shuhui Fu, Yating Wang, Wanqing Zhao and Qing Zhao
Diversity 2024, 16(2), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020111 - 8 Feb 2024
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Species of genus Aelia are important pests of wheat crops in arid areas. In this study, the mitogenomes of A. sibirica and A. fieberi were sequenced using high-throughput sequencing technology. The mitochondrial genome characteristics of both Aelia species were compared and analyzed, and [...] Read more.
Species of genus Aelia are important pests of wheat crops in arid areas. In this study, the mitogenomes of A. sibirica and A. fieberi were sequenced using high-throughput sequencing technology. The mitochondrial genome characteristics of both Aelia species were compared and analyzed, and the phylogenetic relationships of Pentatomidae were constructed based on protein-coding genes. In addition, the taxonomic status of the genus Aelia was confirmed. The results showed that the total length of the mitogenome sequences of A. sibirica and A. fieberi were 15,372 bp and 15,450 bp, respectively, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and a control region. By comparing the mitochondrial genome structure, base composition, codon usage, RNA secondary structure, and other characteristics, it was found that the mitochondrial genome characteristics of the two species were similar. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Phyllocephalinae and Asopinae both formed monophyletic groups, but the relationship between Podopinae and Pentatominae was not resolved. Within the subfamily Pentatominae, (Nezarini + Antestiini), (Aeliini + Carpocorini), and (Strachiini + Pentatoma) formed stable clades. Aelia sibirica and A. fieberi were found to be a stable sibling pair, and the clade was closely related to Dolycoris baccarum. Full article
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Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Backswimmer: Notonecta triguttata Motschulsky, 1861 (Hemiptera: Notonectidae): Sequence, Structure, and Phylogenetic Analysis
by Guobin Wang, Chengze Sun, Huijun Hu, Danli Zhang and Min Li
Diversity 2024, 16(1), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/d16010016 - 25 Dec 2023
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Notonecta triguttata Motschulsky, 1861 (Hemiptera, Notonectidae) is distributed in China, Japan, and South Korea. It is the dominant hexapod predator in aquatic ecosystems and can control harmful insects, such as mosquitoes and parasites. This study presents the first determination of the complete mitochondrial [...] Read more.
Notonecta triguttata Motschulsky, 1861 (Hemiptera, Notonectidae) is distributed in China, Japan, and South Korea. It is the dominant hexapod predator in aquatic ecosystems and can control harmful insects, such as mosquitoes and parasites. This study presents the first determination of the complete mitochondrial genome of N. triguttata. The mitogenome was 15,156 base pairs in length and was made up of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs, and one non-coding control region. All genes were arranged in the same order as most other known heteropteran mitogenomes. All PCGs started with the ATN codon except COX1 (TTG) and NAD2 (GTG) and ended with TAA, TAG, or the partial stop codon T. The tRNAs had a typical cloverleaf secondary structure, except tRNA-Ser (GCT). The A + T content (75.96%) was relatively high across the entire mitogenome. The optimal phylogenetic trees were inferred through the Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods. The trees suggested a topology of (Corixoidea + ((Nepoidea + Ochteroidea) + (Naucoroidea + (Pleoidea + Notonectoidea)))) and identified that N. triguttata belongs to Notonectoidea. The complete mitogenome of N. triguttata provides a potentially useful resource for further exploration of the taxonomic status and phylogenetic history of the Notonecta species. Full article
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