List of works - Joshua B. Benoit

A model species for agricultural pest genomics: the genome of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

A model species for agricultural pest genomics: the genome of the Colorado potato beetle,Leptinotarsa decemlineata(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

scholarly article published 22 September 2017

A novel highly divergent protein family identified from a viviparous insect by RNA-seq analysis: a potential target for tsetse fly-specific abortifacients

scientific article

A quick guide for student-driven community genome annotation

scientific article published on 03 April 2019

Addition of alarm pheromone components improves the effectiveness of desiccant dusts against Cimex lectularius

scientific article published on May 2009

Adenotrophic viviparity in tsetse flies: potential for population control and as an insect model for lactation

scientific article published on 17 October 2014

Aestivation and diapause syndromes reduce the water balance requirements for pupae of the Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor

article by Joshua B. Benoit et al published 10 June 2010 in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Amelioration of reproduction-associated oxidative stress in a viviparous insect is critical to prevent reproductive senescence

scientific article

An endosymbiotic conidial fungus, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, protects the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, from desiccation imposed by an entomopathogenic fungus

scientific article published on 14 August 2007

Analysis of lipolysis underlying lactation in the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans

scientific article published on May 2012

Aquaporins are critical for provision of water during lactation and intrauterine progeny hydration to maintain tsetse fly reproductive success

scientific article

Bacterial Communities of Lab and Field Northern House Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Throughout Diapause ⬇️

scientific article published on 8 November 2021

Behavioral and postural analyses establish sleep-like states for mosquitoes that can impact host landing and blood feeding

scientific article published in 2022

Behavioral correction to prevent overhydration and increase survival by larvae of the net-spinning caddisflies in relation to water flow

scientific article published on 18 December 2014

Biological Adaptations Associated with Dehydration in Mosquitoes

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: putative underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest

scientific article published on 14 March 2020

Bugs battle stress from hot blood

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Cold hardiness and influences of hibernaculum conditions on overwintering survival of American dog tick larvae.

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

Comparative genomic analysis of six Glossina genomes, vectors of African trypanosomes

scientific article published on 02 September 2019

Correction to: Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Critical transition temperature and activation energy with implications for arthropod cuticular permeability

scientific article published on 7 October 2005

De Novo Genome Assembly Shows Genome Wide Similarity between Trypanosoma brucei brucei and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

scientific article

Dehydration and starvation yield energetic consequences that affect survival of the American dog tick

scientific article published on 22 June 2017

Dehydration and tomato spotted wilt virus infection combine to alter feeding and survival parameters for the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis

scientific article published in January 2024

Dehydration prompts increased activity and blood feeding by mosquitoes

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Dehydration yields distinct transcriptional shifts associated with glycogen metabolism and increases feeding in the western flower thrips, <i>Frankliniella occidentalis</i>

scientific article published on 20 November 2023

Dehydration, rehydration, and overhydration alter patterns of gene expression in the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica

scientific article published on 6 January 2009

Dehydration-induced cross tolerance of Belgica antarctica larvae to cold and heat is facilitated by trehalose accumulation

scientific article published on 24 December 2008

Desiccation tolerance and drought acclimation in the Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus

scientific article

Distinct contractile and cytoskeletal protein patterns in the Antarctic midge are elicited by desiccation and rehydration

scientific article published in May 2009

Do Mosquitoes Sleep?

scientific article published on 17 September 2020

Drinking a hot blood meal elicits a protective heat shock response in mosquitoes ⬇️

scientific article published on April 25, 2011

Dual assessment of transcriptional and metabolomic responses in the American dog tick following exposure to different pesticides and repellents

scientific article published in 2022

Electrophysiology and transcriptomics reveal two photoreceptor classes and complex visual integration in Hirudo verbana

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

Emerging roles of aquaporins in relation to the physiology of blood-feeding arthropods

scientific article

Erratum to: The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species. ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Failure of ticks to transmit Scopulariopsis brevicaulis (Deuteromycota), a common filamentous fungal commensal of ticks

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Function and immuno-localization of aquaporins in the Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica ⬇️

scientific article published on February 18, 2011

Functional Morphology of Secretion by the Large Wax Glands (Sensilla Sagittiformia) Involved in Tick Defense

scientific article published in 2009

Gene content evolution in the arthropods

scientific article published on 23 January 2020

Genome Sequence of a Blattabacterium Strain Isolated from the Viviparous Cockroach, Diploptera punctata

scientific article published on 27 August 2020

Genome and Ontogenetic-Based Transcriptomic Analyses of the Flesh Fly,

scientific article published on 07 May 2019

Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle-plant interface ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 11 November 2016)

Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Genomic analyses of a livestock pest, the New World screwworm, find potential targets for genetic control programs

scientific article published on 04 August 2020

Heat shock proteins contribute to mosquito dehydration tolerance

scientific article

High resistance to oxidative damage in the Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica, and developmentally linked expression of genes encoding superoxide dismutase, catalase and heat shock proteins

scientific article published on 2 July 2008

Improved annotation of the insect vector of citrus greening disease: biocuration by a diverse genomics community

scientific article published in January 2017

Improved annotation of the insect vector of citrus greening disease: biocuration by a diverse genomics community

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Increased cave dwelling reduces the ability of cave crickets to resist dehydration ⬇️

scientific article published on February 16, 2011

Insights into the trypanosome-host interactions revealed through transcriptomic analysis of parasitized tsetse fly salivary glands

scientific article

Interactions with ectoparasitic mites induce host metabolic and immune responses in flies at the expense of reproduction-associated factors

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

Internal and external mycoflora of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae), and its ecological implications

scientific article

Juvenile hormone and insulin suppress lipolysis between periods of lactation during tsetse fly pregnancy

scientific article

Learning to starve: impacts of food limitation beyond the stress period

scientific article published in December 2017

Lipophorin acts as a shuttle of lipids to the milk gland during tsetse fly pregnancy

scientific article published on 22 August 2011

Low and high thermal tolerance characteristics for unfed larvae of the winter tick Dermacentor albipictus (Acari: Ixodidae) with special reference to moose

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

Matrotrophic viviparity constrains microbiome acquisition during gestation in a live-bearing cockroach, Diploptera punctata

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

Mechanisms that contribute to the establishment and persistence of bed bug infestations

Mechanisms to reduce dehydration stress in larvae of the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica

scientific article

Mechanistic underpinnings of dehydration stress in the American dog tick revealed through RNA-Seq and metabolomics

scientific article published on June 2016

Meeting the challenges of on-host and off-host water balance in blood-feeding arthropods

scientific article

Metabolomics reveals unique and shared metabolic changes in response to heat shock, freezing and desiccation in the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica

scientific article

MicroRNA-1825 induces proliferation of adult cardiomyocytes and promotes cardiac regeneration post ischemic injury

scientific article

Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Molecular mechanisms underlying milk production and viviparity in the cockroach, Diploptera punctata

scientific article published on 29 February 2020

Multi-level analysis of reproduction in an Antarctic midge identifies female and male accessory gland products that are altered by larval stress and impact progeny viability

scientific article published on 13 November 2020

Multiple traumatic insemination events reduce the ability of bed bug females to maintain water balance ⬇️

scientific article published on August 20, 2011

Nutritional geometry of paternal effects on embryo mortality

scientific article published on 01 October 2017

Osmoregulation and salinity tolerance in the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica: seawater exposure confers enhanced tolerance to freezing and dehydration

scientific article published on September 2009

Presence of extensive Wolbachia symbiont insertions discovered in the genome of its host Glossina morsitans morsitans

scientific article

Progressive behavioural, physiological and transcriptomic shifts over the course of prolonged starvation in ticks

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Prolonged maintenance of water balance by adult females of the American spider beetle, Mezium affine Boieldieu, in the absence of food and water resources

scientific article published in May 2005

Putting invertebrate lactation in context

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Rapid autophagic regression of the milk gland during involution is critical for maximizing tsetse viviparous reproductive output

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Rapid cold-hardening in larvae of the Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica: cellular cold-sensing and a role for calcium

scientific article published on 16 April 2008

Repeated bouts of dehydration deplete nutrient reserves and reduce egg production in the mosquito Culex pipiens ⬇️

scientific article published on August 15, 2010

Resistance to dehydration between bouts of blood feeding in the bed bug, Cimex lectularius, is enhanced by water conservation, aggregation, and quiescence

scientific article

Sawfly genomes reveal evolutionary acquisitions that fostered the mega-radiation of parasitoid and eusocial Hymenoptera ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 May 2020

Sex Chromosome Evolution in Muscid Flies

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Short day-triggered quiescence promotes water conservation in the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis

scientific article published on 22 December 2015

Sphingomyelinase activity in mother's milk is essential for juvenile development: a case from lactating tsetse flies

scientific article

Stress Tolerance of Bed Bugs: A Review of Factors That Cause Trauma to Cimex lectularius and C. Hemipterus

scientific article

Stress-induced accumulation of glycerol in the flesh fly, Sarcophaga bullata: evidence indicating anti-desiccant and cryoprotectant functions of this polyol and a role for the brain in coordinating the response

scientific article

Suppression of water loss during adult diapause in the northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens

scientific article published in January 2007

Symbiont-induced odorant binding proteins mediate insect host hematopoiesis

scientific article published on 12 January 2017

The Genomic Basis of Arthropod Diversity

article published in 2018

The Glossina Genome Cluster: Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Vectors of African Trypanosomes

The Spermatophore in Glossina morsitans morsitans: Insights into Male Contributions to Reproduction

scientific article published on 5 February 2016

The Toxicogenome of Hyalella azteca: A Model for Sediment Ecotoxicology and Evolutionary Toxicology

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

The genome of the water strider Gerris buenoi reveals expansions of gene repertoires associated with adaptations to life on the water

article published in 2018

The genome of the water strider Gerris buenoi reveals expansions of gene repertoires associated with adaptations to life on the water

scientific article published on 21 November 2018

The giant Madagascar hissing-cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) as a source of antagonistic moulds: concerns arising from its use in a public setting

scientific article published on March 2008

The homeodomain protein ladybird late regulates synthesis of milk proteins during pregnancy in the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans)

scientific article

The mitogenome of the bed bug Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae).

scientific article

The molecular physiology of increased egg desiccation resistance during diapause in the invasive mosquito, Aedes albopictus ⬇️

scientific article published on 21 April 2010

The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species ⬇️

scientific article

Thermoprotective adaptations are critical for arthropods feeding on warm-blooded hosts

scientific article published on 12 February 2019

Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome ⬇️

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

Use of an alarm pheromone against ants for gaining access to aphid/scale prey by the red velvet mite Balaustium sp. (Erythraeidae) in a honeydew-rich environment

scientific article published in February 2010

Vitamin B6 generated by obligate symbionts is critical for maintaining proline homeostasis and fecundity in tsetse flies

scientific article

Water management by dormant insects: comparisons between dehydration resistance during summer aestivation and winter diapause

scientific article published on January 2010

Water relations in eggs of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, with experimental work on the capacity for water vapor absorption

scientific article published in January 2004

List of works by Joshua B. Benoit

A model species for agricultural pest genomics: the genome of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).

A model species for agricultural pest genomics: the genome of the Colorado potato beetle,Leptinotarsa decemlineata(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

A novel highly divergent protein family identified from a viviparous insect by RNA-seq analysis: a potential target for tsetse fly-specific abortifacients

A quick guide for student-driven community genome annotation

Addition of alarm pheromone components improves the effectiveness of desiccant dusts against Cimex lectularius

Adenotrophic viviparity in tsetse flies: potential for population control and as an insect model for lactation

Aestivation and diapause syndromes reduce the water balance requirements for pupae of the Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor

Amelioration of reproduction-associated oxidative stress in a viviparous insect is critical to prevent reproductive senescence

An endosymbiotic conidial fungus, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, protects the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, from desiccation imposed by an entomopathogenic fungus

Analysis of lipolysis underlying lactation in the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans

Aquaporins are critical for provision of water during lactation and intrauterine progeny hydration to maintain tsetse fly reproductive success

Bacterial Communities of Lab and Field Northern House Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Throughout Diapause ⬇️

Behavioral and postural analyses establish sleep-like states for mosquitoes that can impact host landing and blood feeding

Behavioral correction to prevent overhydration and increase survival by larvae of the net-spinning caddisflies in relation to water flow

Biological Adaptations Associated with Dehydration in Mosquitoes

Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: putative underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest

Bugs battle stress from hot blood

Cold hardiness and influences of hibernaculum conditions on overwintering survival of American dog tick larvae.

Comparative genomic analysis of six Glossina genomes, vectors of African trypanosomes

Correction to: Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests

Critical transition temperature and activation energy with implications for arthropod cuticular permeability

De Novo Genome Assembly Shows Genome Wide Similarity between Trypanosoma brucei brucei and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Dehydration and starvation yield energetic consequences that affect survival of the American dog tick

Dehydration and tomato spotted wilt virus infection combine to alter feeding and survival parameters for the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis

Dehydration prompts increased activity and blood feeding by mosquitoes

Dehydration yields distinct transcriptional shifts associated with glycogen metabolism and increases feeding in the western flower thrips, <i>Frankliniella occidentalis</i>

Dehydration, rehydration, and overhydration alter patterns of gene expression in the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica

Dehydration-induced cross tolerance of Belgica antarctica larvae to cold and heat is facilitated by trehalose accumulation

Desiccation tolerance and drought acclimation in the Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus

Distinct contractile and cytoskeletal protein patterns in the Antarctic midge are elicited by desiccation and rehydration

Do Mosquitoes Sleep?

Drinking a hot blood meal elicits a protective heat shock response in mosquitoes ⬇️

Dual assessment of transcriptional and metabolomic responses in the American dog tick following exposure to different pesticides and repellents

Electrophysiology and transcriptomics reveal two photoreceptor classes and complex visual integration in Hirudo verbana

Emerging roles of aquaporins in relation to the physiology of blood-feeding arthropods

Erratum to: The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species. ⬇️

Failure of ticks to transmit Scopulariopsis brevicaulis (Deuteromycota), a common filamentous fungal commensal of ticks

Function and immuno-localization of aquaporins in the Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica ⬇️

Functional Morphology of Secretion by the Large Wax Glands (Sensilla Sagittiformia) Involved in Tick Defense

Gene content evolution in the arthropods

Genome Sequence of a Blattabacterium Strain Isolated from the Viviparous Cockroach, Diploptera punctata

Genome and Ontogenetic-Based Transcriptomic Analyses of the Flesh Fly,

Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle-plant interface ⬇️

Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests

Genomic analyses of a livestock pest, the New World screwworm, find potential targets for genetic control programs

Heat shock proteins contribute to mosquito dehydration tolerance

High resistance to oxidative damage in the Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica, and developmentally linked expression of genes encoding superoxide dismutase, catalase and heat shock proteins

Improved annotation of the insect vector of citrus greening disease: biocuration by a diverse genomics community

Improved annotation of the insect vector of citrus greening disease: biocuration by a diverse genomics community

Increased cave dwelling reduces the ability of cave crickets to resist dehydration ⬇️

Insights into the trypanosome-host interactions revealed through transcriptomic analysis of parasitized tsetse fly salivary glands

Interactions with ectoparasitic mites induce host metabolic and immune responses in flies at the expense of reproduction-associated factors

Internal and external mycoflora of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae), and its ecological implications

Juvenile hormone and insulin suppress lipolysis between periods of lactation during tsetse fly pregnancy

Learning to starve: impacts of food limitation beyond the stress period

Lipophorin acts as a shuttle of lipids to the milk gland during tsetse fly pregnancy

Low and high thermal tolerance characteristics for unfed larvae of the winter tick Dermacentor albipictus (Acari: Ixodidae) with special reference to moose

Matrotrophic viviparity constrains microbiome acquisition during gestation in a live-bearing cockroach, Diploptera punctata

Mechanisms that contribute to the establishment and persistence of bed bug infestations

Mechanisms to reduce dehydration stress in larvae of the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica

Mechanistic underpinnings of dehydration stress in the American dog tick revealed through RNA-Seq and metabolomics

Meeting the challenges of on-host and off-host water balance in blood-feeding arthropods

Metabolomics reveals unique and shared metabolic changes in response to heat shock, freezing and desiccation in the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica

MicroRNA-1825 induces proliferation of adult cardiomyocytes and promotes cardiac regeneration post ischemic injury

Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome

Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome

Molecular mechanisms underlying milk production and viviparity in the cockroach, Diploptera punctata

Multi-level analysis of reproduction in an Antarctic midge identifies female and male accessory gland products that are altered by larval stress and impact progeny viability

Multiple traumatic insemination events reduce the ability of bed bug females to maintain water balance ⬇️

Nutritional geometry of paternal effects on embryo mortality

Osmoregulation and salinity tolerance in the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica: seawater exposure confers enhanced tolerance to freezing and dehydration

Presence of extensive Wolbachia symbiont insertions discovered in the genome of its host Glossina morsitans morsitans

Progressive behavioural, physiological and transcriptomic shifts over the course of prolonged starvation in ticks

Prolonged maintenance of water balance by adult females of the American spider beetle, Mezium affine Boieldieu, in the absence of food and water resources

Putting invertebrate lactation in context

Rapid autophagic regression of the milk gland during involution is critical for maximizing tsetse viviparous reproductive output

Rapid cold-hardening in larvae of the Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica: cellular cold-sensing and a role for calcium

Repeated bouts of dehydration deplete nutrient reserves and reduce egg production in the mosquito Culex pipiens ⬇️

Resistance to dehydration between bouts of blood feeding in the bed bug, Cimex lectularius, is enhanced by water conservation, aggregation, and quiescence