A Mitogenome-Based Phylogenetic Framework for Mantidae (Mantodea: Mantoidea): Systematic Implications and Spatio-Temporal Dynamics [PDF]
InsectsMantidae exhibits the most extensive adaptive radiation within the order Mantodea; however, studies elucidating their internal phylogenetic relationships and spatio-temporal diversification patterns remain scarce.
Wen-Ning Zhang +4 more
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New record and dietary ecology of a poorly known frog, Amolops shihaitaoi Wang, Li, Du, Hou & Yu, 2022 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae), from Ha Giang Province, Vietnam [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 The Hekou Torrent Frog (Amolops shihaitaoi) was recently discovered from southern China and northern Vietnam in 2022. The knowledge about natural history and feeding ecology of this species is virtually lacking.Based on our recent fieldwork in northern ...
Sonephet Siliyavong +4 more
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Opportunistic depredation of songbird nestlings by female praying mantids (Mantodea: Mantidae). [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 We describe the unusual and previously undescribed observations of female European Mantids depredating Purple Sunbird and Crested Lark nestlings in southern Iran. Abstract Praying mantids (class Insecta, order Mantodea) are a group of predatory insects comprising approximately 2500 described species, that occur across all continents except Antarctica ...
Kolnegari M +3 more
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Complete mitochondrial genomes of four species of praying mantises (Dictyoptera, Mantidae) with ribosomal second structure, evolutionary and phylogenetic analyses [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Praying mantises are distributed all over the world. Though some Mantodea mitogenomes have been reported, an evolutionary genomic and phylogenetic analysis study lacks the latest taxonomic system. In the present study, four new mitogenomes were sequenced
Yan Shi +6 more
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New record and dietary ecology of a poorly-known treefrog, Zhangixalus pachyproctus Yu, Hui, Hou, Wu, Rao & Yang, 2019 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in Vietnam [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalThe White-lipped Treefrog Zhangixalus pachyproctus Yu, Hui, Hou, Wu, Rao & Yang, 2019 was previously confused with Zhangixalus smaragdinus (Blyth, 1852). Records of Zhangixalus smaragdinus from Yunnan (China), Vietnam and Thailand were recognised
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Diet of Critically Endangered Black-Eyed Bent-Toed Gecko, <i>Cyrtodactylus nigriocularis</i>, Nguyen, Orlov & Darevsky, 2006 From Vietnam. [PDF]
Ecol EvolTropic niche of the Critically Endangered Black‐eyed Bent‐toed Gecko. ABSTRACT The Black‐eyed Bent‐toed Gecko, Cyrtodactylus nigriocularis, a species endemic to Ba Den Mountain Cultural and Historical Complex, Tay Ninh Province, Vietnam, has been classified as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List since 2018.
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Feather characteristics of loral zone in an insectivorous passerine: The Iberian gray shrike Lanius meridionalis, in southern France. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 In the French Mediterranean plain, the northern extreme of its native range, the Iberian gray shrike, Lanius meridionalis, predominantly feeds on arthropods. Its type of loral plumage plays a key role in protecting its eyes while transporting large prey.
Labouyrie F.
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Review of the genus Hierodula Burmeister (Mantodea: Mantidae) in Iran [PDF]
Frontiers in Insect ScienceIntroductionHierodula is a morphologically conservative mantid genus with a complex taxonomic history and several problematic species-level concepts across its native and invaded ranges.
Zohreh Mirzaee +5 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Mantis religiosa (Mantodea: Mantidae) from Canada and its phylogeny [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 The complete mitochondrial genome of Mantis religiosa (Mantodea: Mantidae) from Canada was successfully sequenced. The mitochondrial genome was a circular molecule of 15,521 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, 23 tRNA genes (
Yi-Yang Jia +6 more
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