I'm searching for articles dealing with the detection of phytoliths in insect guts. Most of the search return papers working with extinct fauna, mummies and so on. I need data derived from modern insects (extant) and I am facing difficulties to dig it. If you know a good paper or are working on this area please let me know. Thanks!
Hello Carlos; I found these papers. Do they help? Your question is a surprise...I've never even thought about the idea. Maybe you are onto something! Best regards, Jim Des Lauriers.
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.12692
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dieter_Hochuli/publication/270355787_The_Ecology_of_Plantinsect_Interactions_Implications_of_Digestive_Strategy_for_Feeding_by_Phytophagous_Insects/links/558a47a508ae9076016fc38c.pdf
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01472.x
Carlos; Here is another citation that might be helpful. Jim Des Lauriers
Chapter Silicon and Insect Pest Resistance
Carlos; I look forward to seeing your paper. Good luck, Jim Des Lauriers
Back in the early-mid 1960s, an entomology graduate student at North Dakota State University did a study on food-plant preferences of grasshoppers by microscopic examination of gut contents. I believe that phytoliths played a role in his being able to identify plants from microscopic remains.
Dear Dr. Edward Saugstad , if you could remember any other clue about this work please let me know. Thanks.
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