Records for Bittacus Hangingflies and Panorpa Scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Bittacidae and Panorpidae) in Florida [PDF]
, 2009 We provide new county records for four species of panorpids (Panorpa americana Swederus, Panorpa lugubris Swederus, Panorpa sp. undetermined, and one undescribed species from the Panorpa rufescens Rambur species group) and two species of bittacids ...
Dunford, James C., Somma, Louis A.
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations
Insect Science, EarlyView.This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Los rafidiópteros de la Península Ibérica (Insecta, Neuropterida: Raphidioptera)
Graellsia, 2015 Se revisan las especies de rafidiópteros presentes en la fauna de la Península Ibérica donde, hasta la fecha, están representados por 16 especies pertenecientes a 9 géneros de las dos familias actuales.
Víctor J. Monserrat, David Papenberg
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Etymology of the earwigfly, Merope tuber Newman (Mecoptera: Meropeidae): Simply dull or just inscrutable? [PDF]
, 2009 The naturalist Edward Newman did not provide an etymology for the mecopteran Merope tuber when he described it in 1838. In 1872 Asa Fitch asserted that the genus was named after Merope one of the Pleiades sisters of Greek mythology; however, he provided ...
Somma, Louis A.
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Pseudocoelotrachelus : new genus of Neotropical Aphodiini with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) [PDF]
, 2013 The new genus Pseudocoelotrachelus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) is diagnosed and the new species Pseudocoelotrachelus peckorum from Argentina (Salta) and P.
Dellacasa, Giovanni +2 more
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Diversity and distribution of the Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) of Ecuador
PeerJ, 2017 Background Aquatic insects and other freshwater animals are some of the most threatened forms of life on Earth. Caddisflies (Trichoptera) are highly biodiverse in the Neotropics and occupy a wide variety of freshwater habitats.
B. Ríos-Touma +4 more
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Russian wheat aphid: a model for genomic plasticity and a challenge to breeders
Insect Science, EarlyView.Invasive foundress finds suitable habitat and reproduces through pathogenesis. Wingless females produce life offspring quickly, which leads to high population densities. High population densities result in competition, which may induce epigenetic changes and wing development for dispersal.
Astrid Jankielsohn +8 more
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The evolution of the class Insecta
American Journal of Science, 1930 The subject of this paper is one which is admittedly full of difficulty, yet at the same time one of the profoundest interest, viz., the Evolution of the Insects as a Class from some ancestral type which was not an Insect, but something more primitive in its general structure.
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Los crisópidos de la Península Ibérica y Baleares (Insecta, Neuropterida, Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)
Graellsia, 2016 Se revisan las especies de crisópidos presentes en la fauna de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares donde, hasta la fecha, están representadas por 50 especies pertenecientes a 13 géneros.
V. J. Monserrat
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 In this study, we determined the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of praying mantises Phyllothelys breve (Wang, 1993) (GenBank accession no. MT024239) using next-generation sequencing method.
Yang Wang, Yang Wang, Yang Liu
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