Genus Hainanphasma Ho, 2013: taxonomic notes and two new species from Hainan in China (Phasmida, Heteropterygidae) [PDF]
ZooKeysTwo new species of Hainanphasma Ho, 2013, Hainanphasma longiacuta sp. nov. and H. longidentata sp. nov., are described and illustrated based on specimens of both sexes from Hainan, China. The heads of H.
Yi-Fan Liu, Jun-Jie Gu, Hai-Jian Wang
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Mantodea, Blattodea, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, and Phasmida of Canada [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 In the last 40 years, the number of species in the orthopteroid orders has increased by ~10% from that known in 1979. The largest order, the Orthoptera, has increased from 205 to 235 species known in Canada.
James Miskelly, Steven M. Paiero
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Gene transcriptional profiles in gonads of Bacillus taxa (Phasmida) with different cytological mechanisms of automictic parthenogenesis [PDF]
Zoological Letters, 2022 The evolution of automixis – i.e., meiotic parthenogenesis – requires several features, including ploidy restoration after meiosis and maintenance of fertility.
Giobbe Forni +3 more
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First record of the genus Medaura Stål (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from China, with description of a new species [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 The stick insect tribe, Medaurini in subfamily Clitumniae, contains 11 genera and 75 known species, with species diversity of this tribe being rich in southeast Asia and China, as is reflected in the Phasmida Species File Online [PSF].
YuHan Qian, ChongXin Xie, Cui Li
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Unraveling the Sexual Dimorphism of First Instar Nymphs of the Giant Stick Insect, Cladomorphus phyllinus Gray, 1835, from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil [PDF]
Animals, 2023 The first instar nymphs, both male and female, of the giant stick insect Cladomorphus phyllinus Gray, 1835 were carefully described and measured, revealing a remarkable sexual dimorphism that is considered rare among insects and is poorly explored in the
Jane Costa +7 more
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Dispersal of Phraortes illepidus (Phasmida: Phasmatidae) Eggs by Workers of the Queenless Ant, Pristomyrmex punctatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2021 Eggs of some stick insects bear external appendages called capitula. Foraging worker ants attracted by capitula disperse eggs in a response similar to the responses of workers to elaiosome-bearing seeds of many plants.
Yoshiyuki Toyama +2 more
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An online taxonomic database of the stick insect (Phasmida) egg-parasitising subfamilies Amiseginae and Loboscelidiinae (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). [PDF]
Biodivers Data J, 2016 BACKGROUND: The wasp subfamilies Amiseginae and Loboscelidiinae (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) were last catalogued in Kimsey and Bohart (1991). The subfamilies are considered to be obligate egg parasitoids of the Phasmida (stick insects), which are known to
Baker E.
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Ecological interactions in the Scratchpads virtual research environment. [PDF]
Biodivers Data J, 2019 The Natural History Museum, London has a number of online databases that describe interactions between species, including the HOSTS database of lepidopteran host plants (Robinson et al. 2010) and a database of Dipterocarp Seed Predators.
Baker E, Dupont S, Smith VS.
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A replacement name for Bostra Stål (Insecta, Phasmida, Diapheromeridae), a junior homonym of Bostra Walker (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) [PDF]
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2023 Bostra Stål (Phasmida, Diapheromeridae) is a junior homonym of Bostra Walker (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). The replacement name Bostranova Villet nomen nov.
Martin H. Villet
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Three first records of stick insects attacking plants (Inseect: Phasmida) in Tibet
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021 Except for a few stick insects that are economically valuable, most species be considered to be forest pests, so it is extremely important to obtain plant host-use information of more stick insects.
F. L. Xu +5 more
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