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Herein, we identified two CDase genes, <jats:italic>C. lividipennis<\/jats:italic> alkaline ceramidase (<jats:italic>ClAC<\/jats:italic>) and neutral ceramidase (<jats:italic>ClNC<\/jats:italic>), by searching the transcriptome and genome databases of the mirid bug, <jats:italic>Cyrtorhinus lividipennis<\/jats:italic>, an important natural predator of planthoppers. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis showed that both <jats:italic>ClNC<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>ClAC<\/jats:italic> were highly expressed in nymphs than in adults. <jats:italic>ClAC<\/jats:italic> was especially highly expressed in the head, thorax, and legs, while <jats:italic>ClNC<\/jats:italic> was widely expressed in the tested organs. Only the <jats:italic>ClAC<\/jats:italic> transcription was significantly affected by heat stress. Knocking down <jats:italic>ClAC<\/jats:italic> increased the <jats:italic>C. lividipennis<\/jats:italic> nymph survival rate under heat stress. The transcriptome and lipidomics data showed that the RNA interference-mediated suppression of <jats:italic>ClAC<\/jats:italic> significantly upregulated the transcription level of <jats:italic>catalase<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>CAT<\/jats:italic>) and the content of long-chain base ceramides, including C16-, C18-, C24-, and C31- ceramides. In <jats:italic>C. lividipennis<\/jats:italic> nymphs, <jats:italic>ClAC<\/jats:italic> played an important role in heat stress response, and the upregulation of nymph survival rate might be caused by variation in the ceramide levels and transcriptional changes in <jats:italic>CDase<\/jats:italic> downstream genes. 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