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Evolution of Peripheral Visual System in the Apoidea: A Role for Food Item Mobility? [PDF]
Ecol EvolSince larger compound eyes and ocelli altogether improve vision, one may expect that insects specialised in chasing very mobile resources possess such morphological optimisation. By analysing 77 species of bees and wasps, we have found that wasps had larger eyes, but not larger ocelli, than bees.
Trisoglio CF +4 more
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Patterns of morphological evolution in the raptorial appendages of praying mantises. [PDF]
Insect SciThis study traces changes in the morphology of the forelegs across fossil and extant dictyopterans to understand their evolution from cursorial limbs to the raptorial morphologies of mantodeans. Two new mantodean specimens preserved in amber are described herein.
Izquierdo-López A +5 more
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Rhythmic abdominal pumping movements in praying Mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) [PDF]
Fragmenta Entomologica, 2019 We analyzed the rhythmic, cyclical dorsal-ventral abdominal pumping movements of nymphal and adult Hierodula patellifera (Audinet- Serville 1839), and adult Stagmomantis carolina (Johansson 1763), Tenodera sinensis (de Saussure 1871), Miomantis paykullii
Carrion, Christina +6 more
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2019 The fossil cockroaches (Blattodea), praying mantises (Mantodea) and earwigs (Demaptera) are described from the Insect Limestone (Priabonian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England.
Ross, Andrew
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Review of Paraphotina (Mantodea: Photinaidae) [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2016 The number of studies on Neotropical mantises has been growing in recent years, and the systematics of Mantodea is now a dynamic field with noteworthy contributions. Several taxonomic revisions have been published recently.
Antonio A. Agudelo, José A. Rafael
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Data for praying mantis mitochondrial genomes and phylogenetic constructions within Mantodea
Data in Brief, 2018 In this data article, we provide five datasets of mantis mitochondrial genomes: (1) PCG123: nucleotide sequences of 13 protein-coding genes including all codon positions; (2) PCG123R: nucleotide sequences of two rRNAs and 13 protein-coding genes ...
Le-Ping Zhang +4 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of praying mantises Phyllothelys breve (Mantodea: Mantidae) and phylogenetic analysis [PDF]
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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Zootaxa, 2014 Schwarz, Christian J., Konopik, Oliver (2014): An annotated checklist of the praYing mantises (Mantodea) of Borneo, including the results of the 2008 scientific expedition to Lanjak Entimau Wildlife SanctuarY, Sarawak.
Konopik, Oliver, Schwarz, Christian J.
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Zootaxa, 2014 Roy, Roger (2014): A historical review of nomenclature and high-level classification of praying mantises (Mantodea), including a provisional checklist of the names associated to suprageneric ranks.
Roy, Roger
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The genomes of 5 mantises provide insights into sex chromosome evolution and Mantodea phylogeny clarification. [PDF]
GigascienceAbstract Background Praying mantises, members of the order Mantodea, play important roles in agriculture, medicine, bionics, and entertainment. However, the scarcity of genomic resources has hindered extensive studies on mantis evolution and behavior.
Liu H +8 more
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