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Comparative analysis of adipokinetic hormones and their receptors in Blattodea reveals novel patterns of gene evolution

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, Heather G. Marco, Nina Scheich, Shulin He, Zongqing Wang, Gerd Gäde, Dino P. McMahon   +6 more
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Comparative morphology of serotonin‐immunoreactive neurons innervating the central complex in the brain of dicondylian insects

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, Michelle Kirchner, Kevin Kowalewski, Vanessa Pitz, Michiyo Kinoshita, Martina Kern, Jutta Seyfarth   +6 more
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Extrinsic and intrinsic musculature of the raptorial forelegs in Mantodea (Insecta) in the light of functionality and sexual dimorphism

Journal of Morphology, Volume 284, Issue 6, June 2023., 2023
In Insecta, a “female‐biased sexual size dimorphism” (SSD) is commonly predominant. We analyzed the musculature of the raptorial forelegs in five species with varying SSD, using high‐resolution microcomputed tomography. We were able to confirm the presence of 15 extrinsic and 15 intrinsic muscles, and discussed muscle functionality and possible ...
Fabian Bäumler, Stanislav N. Gorb, Sebastian Büsse   +2 more
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Sexual selection and predation drive the repeated evolution of stridulation in Heteroptera and other arthropods

Biological Reviews, Volume 98, Issue 3, Page 942-981, June 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT Acoustic and substrate‐borne vibrations are among the most widely used signalling modalities in animals. Arthropods display a staggering diversity of vibroacoustic organs generating acoustic sound and/or substrate‐borne vibrations, and are fundamental to our broader understanding of the evolution of animal signalling.
Leonidas‐Romanos Davranoglou, Graham K. Taylor, Beth Mortimer   +2 more
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Diet composition of omnivorous Mesopotamian spiny‐tailed lizards (Saara loricata) in arid human‐altered landscapes of Southwest Iran

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 2, February 2023., 2023
The Mesopotamian spiny‐tailed lizard, Saara loricata (Blanford, 1874), is a desert dweller, one of the largest lizard species in the Middle East and occurs in Southwestern Iran and Southeastern Iraq. Abstract The Mesopotamian spiny‐tailed lizard, Saara loricata, is one of the largest lizard species in the Middle East. Here, we report on the diet of the
Ali T. Qashqaei, Zeinab Ghaedi, Sean C. P. Coogan   +2 more
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Early detritivory and sedimentivory in insects based on in situ gut contents from Triassic aquatic nymphs

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 9, Issue 1, January/February 2023., 2023
Abstract The colonization of freshwater by insects is one of the milestones in the establishment of continental ecosystems and, thus, of life on our planet. However, several key aspects of this process such as patterns of origination, early adaptations and palaeoecological relationships of the groups involved remain poorly known, namely due to the ...
Enrique Peñalver, Rafel Matamales‐Andreu, Josep Juárez‐Ruiz, André Nel, Rafael Pablo Lozano, Ricardo Pérez‐de la Fuente, Michael Engel   +6 more
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The quality of aphids as food for generalist predators: implications for natural control of aphids

European Journal of Entomology, 2005
The paper reviews existing data on the food quality of cereal aphids for generalist predators. Data are presented for spiders, harvestmen, carabid and staphylinid beetles, cockroaches, ants and one species of bird.
Søren TOFT
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Inclusion of rare taxa from Blattidae and Anaplectidae improves phylogenetic resolution in the cockroach superfamily Blattoidea

Systematic Entomology, Volume 48, Issue 1, Page 23-39, January 2023., 2023
1. Phylogeny reconstruction based on mitochondrial genomes provided a number of insights into the evolutionary history of Blattoidea. 2. A new subfamily and two synonyms were proposed in Blattidae: Hebardininae subfam. nov., Archiblattinae Kirby syn. nov. and Shelfordella Adelung syn. nov. 3.
Wenbo Deng, Xinxing Luo, Simon Y. W. Ho, Shuran Liao, Zongqing Wang, Yanli Che   +5 more
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Arthropod diversity in Iran: Class Insecta – Polyneoptera, part I. Blattodea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882, Mantodea Burmeister, 1838, and Phasmatodea Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902 [PDF]

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
This work presents a comprehensive review of the insect orders Mantodea (praying mantises), Blattodea (cockroaches and termites), and Phasmatodea (stick insects) in Iran, based on literature, national checklists, and global taxonomic databases to develop
Zohreh Mirzaee, Thies Büscher, Dominic Evangelista, Paul Eggleton, Leonid Anisyutkin, Frédéric Legendre   +5 more
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Termites (Isoptera) from the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary: Evidence for the longevity of their earliest genera

European Journal of Entomology, 2014
The earliest termite of the extant genus Mastotermes, is herein recorded in the Jurassic/Cretaceous (J/K) transitional beds of Chernovskie Kopi in Transbaikalian Russia along with Santonitermes of an uncertain family. These records represent the earliest
Peter VRŠANSKÝ, Danil ARISTOV
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