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New species of Forcipomyia (Microhelea) Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) ectoparasite of Phasmatodea (Insecta) from Atlantic Forest, Brazil [PDF]

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
The genus Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818 comprises approximately 1,150 species and has great diversity in the Neotropical Region. The species in the subgenus Forcipomyia (Microhelea) Kieffer, 1917 are commonly found as ectoparasites of stick insects ...
Caio Cezar Dias Corrêa, Rebeca Geraldo, Leonardo Henrique Gil-Azevedo   +2 more
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Effects of environmental factors on the regulation of egg diapause in the walking-stick insect, Ramulus irregulariterdentatus (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2015
Environmental factors that regulate egg diapause in the walking-stick insect, Ramulus irregulariterdentatus, were studied. Insects collected in fields at Okayama, Japan soon after hatching in spring were reared under constant laboratory conditions. After
Hiroyuki YAMAGUCHI, Keiji NAKAMURA
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Under cover at pre-angiosperm times: a cloaked phasmatodean insect from the Early Cretaceous Jehol biota. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
BackgroundFossil species that can be conclusively identified as stem-relatives of stick- and leaf-insects (Phasmatodea) are extremely rare, especially for the Mesozoic era. This dearth in the paleontological record makes assessments on the origin and age
Maomin Wang, Olivier Béthoux, Sven Bradler, Frédéric M B Jacques, Yingying Cui, Dong Ren   +5 more
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New stem-Phasmatodea from the Middle Jurassic of China

European Journal of Entomology, 2011
Adjacivena rasnitsyni gen. n., sp. n., from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation (Daohugou Village, Inner Mongolia, China), is described based on a set of well-preserved specimens, interpreted as two females and a male of the same species.
Liangjie SHANG, Olivier BÉTHOUX, Dong REN   +2 more
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Longevity, fertility, and average eggs viability of parthenogenetic females of Cladomorphus phyllinus Gray (Phasmatodea - Phasmatidae)

EntomoBrasilis, 2022
The order Phasmatodea includes insects known as stick insects. In Brazil, few taxonomic, ecological or evolutionary studies have been published in recent years, the reason is related to the few number of researchers dedicated to this particular group ...
Lucas da Silva Torres, Hugo Alejandro Benítez, Jane Costa   +2 more
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Diversidade de Phasmida (Insecta) na Serra do Espinhaço, Chapada Diamantina (MG)

EntomoBrasilis, 2012
Os representantes da ordem Phasmatodea são conhecidos popularmente como bicho-pau e bicho-folha pela grande capacidade de camuflagem. Atualmente são conhecidas aproximadamente 3000 espécies válidas em todo o mundo, agrupadas em 523 gêneros e 13 famílias.
Fernanda Figueiredo de Araujo, André Rinaldo Senna Garraffoni   +1 more
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Simplified Phasmatodea population evolution algorithm for optimization [PDF]

Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2021
AbstractThis work proposes a population evolution algorithm to deal with optimization problems based on the evolution characteristics of the Phasmatodea (stick insect) population, called the Phasmatodea population evolution algorithm (PPE). The PPE imitates the characteristics of convergent evolution, path dependence, population growth and competition ...
Pei-Cheng Song, Shu-Chuan Chu, Jeng-Shyang Pan, Hongmei Yang   +3 more
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Old World and New World Phasmatodea: Phylogenomics Resolve the Evolutionary History of Stick and Leaf Insects

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Phasmatodea comprises over 3,000 extant species and stands out as one of the last remaining insect orders for which a robust, higher-level phylogenetic hypothesis is lacking. New research suggests that the extant diversity is the result of a surprisingly
Sabrina Simon, Harald Letsch, Sarah Bank, Thomas R. Buckley, Thomas R. Buckley, Alexander Donath, Shanlin Liu, Ryuichiro Machida, Karen Meusemann, Karen Meusemann, Karen Meusemann, Bernhard Misof, Lars Podsiadlowski, Xin Zhou, Benjamin Wipfler, Sven Bradler   +15 more
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Advanced Phasmatodea Population Evolution Algorithm for Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem

Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2022
Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP) is difficult to solve by the traditional precise methods in the transportation area. The metaheuristic algorithm is often used to solve CVRP and can obtain approximate optimal solutions.
Jiawen Zhuang, Shu-Chuan Chu, Chia-Cheng Hu, Lyuchao Liao, Jeng-Shyang Pan   +4 more
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Social media highlights the overlooked impact of cats on arthropods

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
The impact of domestic cats on vertebrate biodiversity is unequivocal; however, we still know little about their effects on arthropods. By analysing over 17,000 photos and videos from social media platforms (iStock and TikTok), we documented 550 predation events of cats on arthropods.
Leticia Alexandre, Raul Costa‐Pereira
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