The fishing mantid: predation on fish as a new adaptive strategy for praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) [PDF]
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2018 Observations in unmanipulated, semi-natural conditions were made of a single individual of the praying mantid Hierodula tenuidentata, while hunting and capturing an unusual prey for this kind of insect, guppy fish, Poecilia reticulata.
Roberto Battiston +2 more
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Opportunistic depredation of songbird nestlings by female praying mantids (Mantodea: Mantidae). [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 Praying mantids (class Insecta, order Mantodea) are a group of predatory insects comprising approximately 2500 described species, that occur across all continents except Antarctica, with the greatest species diversity in tropical and subtropical regions.
Kolnegari M +3 more
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Chromosome number, sex determination, and meiotic chromosome behavior in the praying mantid Hierodula membranacea. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Praying mantids are important models for studying a wide range of chromosome behaviors, yet few species of mantids have been characterized chromosomally.
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Persian Journal of Acarology, 2021 During a mantid fauna survey in Kohgiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad province (Iran) in 2019, the parasitengone mite larvae with red-orange color mostly found on thorax of two mantid species (Bolivaria brachyptera, Rivetina inermis).
Zohreh Mirzaee +2 more
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EntomoBrasilis, 2021 Brazil is one of the most diverse countries in the world, hosting more than 250 known species of mantids (Mantodea). Studying natural history collections is crucial to identify, describe new taxa and solve taxonomic issues, improving the knowledge about ...
Bernardo Ferraz +2 more
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Documenting Mantodea species in South African museum collections and an updated species list [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 The previous species list of South African Mantodea, published in 1998, was largely compiled from the literature and did not incorporate data from the many insect museum collections available in the country. It is estimated that approximately 120 species
Bianca Greyvenstein +2 more
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Coloration in a Praying Mantis: Color Change, Sexual Color Dimorphism, and Possible Camouflage Strategies [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionBackground matching, an important form of camouflage, can be challenging for animals that range across heterogeneously colored habitats. To remain cryptic in such habitats, animals may employ color change, background choice, or generalist coloration, and
Leah Y. Rosenheim +2 more
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Revealing parthenogenetic reproduction in a praying mantis inhabiting South American grasslands [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMantids are charismatic insects due to their appearance and behaviors, but knowledge about them, in particular at the Neotropics, is scarce. Brunneria subaptera (Coptopterygidae) is the most abundant praying mantis species in Uruguay, inhabiting one of ...
Mariana C. Trillo +2 more
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First record of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae) infesting laboratory stocks of mantids (Parastagmatoptera tessellata, Saussure) [PDF]
Arthropods, 2013 We report the first record of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) infesting laboratory stocks of the praying mantis (Parastagmatoptera tessellata, Saussure). M. scalaris, the scuttle fly, is a cosmopolitan species with a broad niche as it performs as detritivore ...
N. Mongiardino Koch +2 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2010 Taxonomic account on a small collection of mantids (Insecta: Mantodea from Goa, India is provided which included the first record of six species under six genera from the state.
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