Insect |
AQP name |
Tissue distribution |
Remarks* |
Ref. |
Silkmoth, Bombyx mori |
AQP-Bom1 AQP-Bom2 |
Hindgut, Malpighian tubules, mid-gut, silk glands
Malpighian tubules, midgut |
Aquaporin Aquaglyceroporin |
[138] [138] |
Oriental fruit moth, Graphiolita molesta |
AQP-Gra1 AQP-Gra2 |
Hindgut
Midgut |
Aquaporin Aquaglyceroporin |
[141] |
Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus |
CfAQP |
Digestive tract, Malpighian tubules, labial gland reservoir, epidermis, antennae |
Aquaporin |
[2] |
Korean firefly Pyrocoelia rufa |
NS |
Most body tissues |
Aquaporin |
[142] |
House cricket, Acheta domesticus |
NS |
Malpighian tubules (distal regions) |
Drosophila DRIP-like aquaporin |
[143] |
*Aquaporin - water-specific channel; NS – not specified.