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International Journal of Forestry ResearchThe African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) is a priority Pan-African tree species. Insect pests that are associated with and damage domesticated baobab are largely unknown in the production areas of baobab.
Jones Akuaku, Rita Sam
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Biota Colombiana, 2009 We compiled a preliminary list of insects for the Orinoco basin based on the Entomological Collection of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute (IAvH). Our review expanded the information for four orders of insects (Coleoptera, Dictyoptera, Hemiptera and ...
Irina T. Morales-Castaño +1 more
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Phylogeny and age of cockroaches: a reanalysis of mitogenomes with selective fossil calibrations [PDF]
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 2022 In spite of big data and new techniques, the phylogeny and timing of cockroaches remain in dispute. Apart from sequencing more species, an alternative way to improve the phylogenetic inference and time estimation is to improve the quality of data ...
Xin-Ran Li
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First record of non-carnivore feeding behavior in a wild praying mantis (Mantodea: Mantidae)
Entomological Communications, 2021 Praying mantises are recognized as carnivorous, exclusively feeding on live prey. Field observations during a praying mantis survey in the Atlantic Rainforest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, revealed an adult male of Stagmatoptera precaria (Linnaeus, 1758 ...
Leonardo M. Lanna +4 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 Pseudoglomeris magnifica (Shelford, 1907) is bred as a pet because of its beautiful appearance. Its complete mitochondrial genome (GenBank accession number MW630139), obtained from the Manwan Town population, was characterized as the first complete ...
Yu Bai, Kang Yang, Lin Ye, Xuyuan Gao
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Checklist of colombian cockroaches (Dictyoptera, Blattaria)
Biota Colombiana, 2008 This paper reviews the current state of knowledge about Blattaria for Colombia. Generalities on the suborder are presented and the species present in Colombia are catalogued.
Andrés Vélez
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Larvae of net-winged beetles (Lycidae: Coleoptera) of the European part of Russia and the Caucasus [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2011 The larvae of net-winged beetles Dictyoptera aurora (Herbst, 1784), Erotides nasutus (Kiesenwetter, 1874) and E. schneideri (Kiesenwetter, 1878) are described for the first time.
S.V. Kazantsev, N.B. Nikitsky
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Insect Molecular Biology, Volume 32, Issue 6, Page 615-633, December 2023., 2023 Comprehensive analysis of adipokinetic hormone gene evolution in Blattodea. Discovery of a novel group of decapeptides that are unique to Blaberoidea. Adipokinetic hormone receptor genes broadly reflect accepted blattodean relationships. Abstract Adipokinetic hormone (AKH) is a neuropeptide produced in the insect corpora cardiaca that plays an ...
Shixiong Jiang +6 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2009 The forewing morphology of the fossil species †Protoblattinopsis stubblefieldi Laurentiaux, 1953 (Dictyoptera; Late Carboniferous) is re-investigated. Unlike previously stated, in this species, the stems of R and M are distinct and CuA has branches.
Olivier BÉTHOUX +2 more
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Journal of Comparative Neurology, Volume 531, Issue 14, Page 1482-1508, October 2023., 2023 The central complex is an insect brain area controlling goal‐directed orientation. Comparative analysis of insect species ranging from firebrats to flies reveals two bilateral pairs of serotonin‐immunoreactive neurons innervating the central complex in all neopteran species and two additional pairs of neurons in flies and butterflies.
Uwe Homberg +6 more
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