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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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 +1 more
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Lista de especies y clave ilustrada de los géneros de Phasmatodea (Insecta) de México
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2018 El orden Phasmatodea ha sido poco estudiado en México y no existe un trabajo formal que enliste las especies presentes en el país, o una clave de determinación taxonómica que permita la identificación a nivel genérico.
Ulises López-Mora +1 more
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Studies on Neotropical Phasmatodea XXVII: a new endemic stick insect genus with two species from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil (Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae: Pseudophasmatinae: Pseudophasmatini) [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de ZoologiaWe describe a new genus, Atlantopteryx gen. nov., containing two new species, Atlantopteryx parva gen. et sp. nov. and Atlantopteryx scotina gen. et sp.
Oskar V. Conle +7 more
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Scientific African, 2021 Mangrove species diversity is well known for larger animals and plant, but little is known about mangrove insects and their significance and yet they perform important roles in the ecology of the habitat.
O. Membere +4 more
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Dead element replicating: degenerate R2 element replication and rDNA genomic turnover in the Bacillus rossius stick insect (Insecta: Phasmida). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 R2 is an extensively investigated non-LTR retrotransposon that specifically inserts into the 28S rRNA gene sequences of a wide range of metazoans, disrupting its functionality.
Francesco Martoni +4 more
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“Bactricia nematodes Kby., 1894” (Phasmida, Diapheromeridae, Diapheromerinae) is a nomen nudum [PDF]
African InvertebratesA review of published evidence indicates that Bactricia nematodes Kirby, 1894 is a nomen nudum because it is an unavailable name. The specimen collected during the Lund University Swedish South African Expedition and reported by this name is a male of ...
Martin H. Villet
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Assemblages of orthopteroid insects along environmental gradients in central and southern Madagascar [PDF]
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2019 Madagascar is one of the world hotspots for endemics, and its rapidly changing habitats accelerate the need for their study and conservation. Orthopterans, mantids, phasmids, and cockroaches were sampled in five main habitats (savanna and shrubland ...
Anton Krištín +4 more
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Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 2014 This article describes one new species, Sinophasma damingshanensis sp. n. from Guangxi, China.
Ho Wai Chun George
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Reticulate evolution in stick insects: the case of
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010 Background Phasmids show noteworthy abilities to overcome species-specific reproductive isolation mechanisms, including hybridization, polyploidy, parthenogenesis, hybridogenesis and androgenesis.
Milani Liliana +4 more
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