Black-throated blue warblers (Setophaga caerulescens) exhibit diet flexibility and track seasonal changes in insect availability. [PDF]
Ecol EvolChanges in seasonality have extended the breeding window for migratory birds in North America with earlier springs and later autumns that affect insect availability. DNA metabarcoding and insect surveys revealed that migratory, insectivorous black‐throated blue warblers exhibit diet flexibility in response to seasonal pulses in arthropod prey ...
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Mating behaviour and copulatory mechanism in the scorpionfly Neopanorpa longiprocessa (Mecoptera: Panorpidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Sexual conflict during copulation may drive morphological and behavioral evolution in insects. Although nuptial feeding behaviour is well studied in Panorpa, whether this behaviour is universal in Panorpidae remains unknown.
Wen Zhong, Baozhen Hua
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A new species of Neopanorpa with an extremely long notal organ from Sichuan, China (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2018 Neopanorpa setigera sp. n. is described and illustrated from Sichuan, China. It is characterized by an extremely long notal process, a well-developed postnotal organ, and a pair of setiferous gonostyli.
Meng Wang, Bao-Zhen Hua
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Distribution of species from the genus Panorpa (Mecoptera, Panorpidae) in European Russia except the Caucasus [PDF]
Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2023 The study of the insect distribution in geographical areas is relevant since it is important in terms of understanding the global trend of biodiversity decline.
Libor Dvořák +6 more
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Ultrastructure and Morphology of Compound Eyes of the Scorpionfly Panorpa dubia (Insecta: Mecoptera: Panorpidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Mecoptera are unique in holometabolous insects in that their larvae have compound eyes. In the present study the cellular organisation and morphology of the compound eyes of adult individuals of the scorpionfly Panorpa dubia in Mecoptera were ...
Qing-Xiao Chen, Bao-Zhen Hua
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Cytotaxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the genus Cerapanorpa Gao, Ma & Hua, 2016 (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 The species of the genus Cerapanorpa Gao, Ma & Hua, 2016 (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) are characterized mainly by the presence of a finger-like anal horn on tergum VI of males and are distributed in the Oriental and eastern Palearctic regions.
Ying Miao, Na Ma, Bao-Zhen Hua
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Morphological variation of the Scorpionfly Panorpa obtusa Cheng (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) with a new synonym. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The overabundance of synonyms is an unavoidable by-product of taxonomic practice in insects. How to reduce or even eliminate synonymy has long been a great challenge for insect taxonomists.
Na Ma +3 more
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The earliest case of extreme sexual display with exaggerated male organs by two Middle Jurassic mecopterans. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BackgroundMany extant male animals exhibit exaggerated body parts for display, defense or offence in sexual selection, such as male birds of paradise showing off colorful and elegant feathers and male moose and reindeers bearing large structured antlers.
Qi Wang, Chungkun Shih, Dong Ren
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Notes on the Feeding Habits of Scorpion-Flies (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1922 Waro Nakahara
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Jurnal Entomologi Indonesia, 2023 Mecoptera is a primitive and minor order of insects with nine families, including Panorpidae. Research on Panorpidae in Indonesia is lacking, especially regarding its habitat.
Putry Ardyanty, Ana Widiana, Ida Kinasih
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