Bacteriocytes are host cells specialized to harbor symbionts in certain insect taxa. The
adaptation, development, and evolution of bacteriocytes underlie insect symbiosis …

Obligate endosymbionts have a significant impact on the physiology and ecology of their
insect hosts and consequently have played an important role in their diversification and …

Sap-feeding hemipteran insects live in associations with diverse heritable symbiotic
microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) that provide essential nutrients deficient in their hosts' …

Hemipterans are known as hosts to bacterial or fungal symbionts that supplement their
unbalanced diet with essential nutrients. Among them, scale insects (Coccomorpha) are …

Aphids are a large family of phloem-sap feeders. They typically rely on a single bacterial
endosymbiont, Buchnera aphidicola, to supply them with essential nutrients lacking in their …

Symbiotic bacteria have played crucial roles in the evolution of sap‐feeding insects and can
strongly affect host function. However, their diversity and distribution within species are not …

The evolutionary success of sap-feeding hemipteran insects in the suborder
Auchenorrhyncha was enabled by nutritional contributions from their heritable …

Nutritional symbionts of sap-sucking auchenorrhynchan insects of Hemiptera are usually
confined to the bacteriomes and/or fat bodies. Knowledge is limited about the distribution of …

Hemipteran insects are well-known for their ancient associations with beneficial bacterial
endosymbionts, particularly nutritional symbionts that provide the host with essential …

Faithful transmission of beneficial symbionts is critical for the persistence of mutualisms.
Many insect groups rely on extracellular routes that require microbial symbionts to survive …