title: Biology, morphology and DNA barcodes of Tessaratoma javanica (Thunberg) (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae).
abstract: Tessaratoma javanica (Thunberg) (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae) an important sucking pest of litchi is studied for supplementing information on its biology, morphometrics of life stages and mtCOI (DNA barcodes). More details generated on the study add to the description of stages namely egg, 1st to 5th nymphal instars and adults. The evaluation of morphometrics of the life stages reveal that the progression of growth is more during 2nd to 3rd nymphal stages, and these are critical as far as the growth and development is concerned. The life cycle takes about 141.7±4.25 days; eggs last for 12.81±1.4 days with 97.14±2.86% hatchability; and duration of 1st , 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th nymphal instars were 11.69±0.58, 7.23±0.2, 8.63±0.55, 13.04±0.55 and 26.31±0.97 days, respectively. In addition mtCOI analyses have been done employing standard 658 bp barcode fragments facilitating molecular diagnostics of the adults and other life stages and the phylogenetic tree with available sequence in the GenBank.
authors.affiliation: Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Shama
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parveen
authors.affiliation: ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Research Centre, Ranchi, Jharkhand-834010, India; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Jaipal Singh
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Choudhary
authors.affiliation: Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Vilayanoor Venkataraman
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Ramamurthy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D007194:India; D008018:Life Cycle Stages / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male