Table 3.

Identification of Neisseria spp. in insects.

Insect	Species	Reference
Musca vetustissima Walker (Australian bushfly)	N. gonorrhoeae	[295]
Apis mellifera capensis and Apis mellifera scutellata (worker honeybees)	Sequences related to Simonsiella/Neisseria (amongst others)	[299]
Musca domestica (housefly)	Neisseria in pupae; denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis identifies N. gonorrhoeae NCTC83785 (X07714) and Neisseria sp.93S1 (EU370420)	[300]
Ruspolia differens (edible grasshopper)	Neisseria (operational taxonomic unit)	[301]
Platypus cylindrus Fab. (Ambrosia Beetle)	Neisseria spp.	[302]
Hoplopleura acanthopus, Polyplax microbiomes (louse)	Neisseriaceae-related bacterium (dominant obligate symbiont)	[297]