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Studies in American mantids or soothsayers

Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1904
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Redescription of Stagmomantis hebardi (Mantodea: Mantidae), with the description of the female

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
The genus Stagmomantis Saussure, 1869 comprises a group of New World mantids whose taxonomic delimitation and composition have been challenging due to complex morphological variation.
Aarón Emilio Vásquez-Quintero, Iker Cubillos-Macías, Erick Omar Martínez-Luque, Jovana M. Jasso-Martínez, Fernando Varela-Hernández   +4 more
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Snacking on snails: Novel prey and the distributions of Polyspilota praying mantids (Mantodea, Mantidae) in South Africa [PDF]

Journal of Orthoptera Research
Mantises predominantly prey on invertebrates but occasionally also on small vertebrates. We describe the distributions of the three Polyspilota species (Mantodea: Mantidae) that occur in South Africa, based on 466 specimen records from local and ...
Bianca Greyvenstein, Paul Janse van Rensburg, Terence Bellingan, Johnnie van den Berg, Kurt Jordaens, Riaan Stals, John Midgley   +6 more
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A first look at the biodiversity of praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) in Sabah, Borneo

, 2007
Light-trapping was conducted in February and March 2003 near Kinabalu Park and in the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, Malaysia. During 18 sample nights a total of 106 praying mantids, comprising 28 species, were collected in three different ...
Husna Zayadi
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Frederick R. Prete, Harrington Wells, Patrick H. Wells and Lawrence E. Hurd (eds), Foreword by John Alcock. -The Praying Mantids

, 2000
Roy Roger. Frederick R. Prete, Harrington Wells, Patrick H. Wells and Lawrence E. Hurd (eds), Foreword by John Alcock. -The Praying Mantids. In: Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, volume 105 (1), mars 2000. pp.
Roy, Roger
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Dazzled by shine: gloss as an antipredator strategy in fast moving prey. [PDF]

Behav Ecol, 2023
Henríquez-Piskulich P, Stuart-Fox D, Elgar M, Marusic I, Franklin AM.   +4 more
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Suitability of leguminous cover crop pollens as food source for the green lacewing Chrysoperla externa (Hagen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae).

, 2006
Diversification of crops with species that provide suitable pollen for predators may reduce pest population on crops by enhancing predator effectiveness.
Venzon, Madelaine, Schoereder, José H., Euzébio,Denise E., Rosado,Maria C., Souza,Brígida, Souza, Brígida, Euzébio, Denise E., Schoereder,José H., Rosado, Maria C., Venzon,Madelaine   +9 more
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Mating behaviour and genital morphology of Ciulfina praying mantids (Mantodea: Liturgusidae)

, 2017
The study of genital morphology is important to our understanding of evolutionary processes. Often the only reliable means by which to identify a species is by using male genitalic traits.
Gregory Ian Holwell (12309353)
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XVI. Two remarkable forms of Mantid oothecae.

Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 1909
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Observations of Prey Capture in Mantids

, 1960
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