“…The allatostatins (ASTs) consist of a family of peptides present in various insects including cockroaches (Ding et al, 1995;Vilaplana et al, 1999), moths (Audsley and Weaver, 2003;Kramer et al, 1991), locusts (Skiebe et al, 2006;Veelaert et al, 1996a;Veelaert et al, 1996b), mosquitoes (HernandezMartinez et al, 2005) and flies (Duve et al, 1993;Lenz et al, 2001;Williamson et al, 2001). In crustaceans, including C. borealis, AST-like immunoreactivity has been detected in the POs and other structures (Christie et al, 1995;Kilman et al, 1999;Pulver and Marder, 2002;Skiebe, 1999;Skiebe, 2001;Skiebe and Schneider, 1994;Yasuda-Kamatani and Yasuda, 2006).…”