Symbiotic Microorganisms Associated with Pentatomoidea 653
TABLE 14.1 (CONTINUED)Bacterial Symbiosis in the Pentatomomorpha: Taxonomical Affiliation of Symbiont, Symbiotic Organ, and Transmission MechanismSpecies
Symbiont
Phylum/Class
Symbiotic Organ Type
Transmission Mechanism
Reference
Dysdercus andreae
(L.)
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Dysdercus cingulatus
(F.)
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Dysdercus decussatus
Boisduval
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Dysdercus fasciatus
Signoret
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Dysdercus olivaceus
(F.)
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Dysdercus poecilus
(Herrich-Schäffer)
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Dysdercus suturellus
(Herrich-Schäffer)
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Dysdercus voelkeri
Schmidt
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Probergrothius angolensis
(Distant)
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Probergrothius nigricornis
(Stål)
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Probergrothius sanguinolens
(Amyot
and Serville)
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Probergrothius sexpunctatus
(Laporte)
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Pyrrhocoris apterus
(L.)
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2012
Pyrrhocoris sibiricus
Kuschakewitsch
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Scantius aegypticus
(L.)
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
Scantius obscurus
Distant
Diverse gut microbiota
Diverse
3
Enlarged M3
Egg smearing
Sudakaran et al. 2015
1
Crypt arrangement is not necessarily clear.
2
Intracellular symbiosis.
3
Gut microbiota consists of
Coriobacterium
, Gordonibacter
(both are Actinobacteria),
Clostridium
(Firmicutes),
Klebsiella
(Ptoteobacteria), and many others.