Neuropeptides from a praying mantis: what the loss of pyrokinins and tryptopyrokinins suggests about the endocrine functions of these peptides [PDF]
PeerJBackground Neuropeptides play important roles in insects, but in many cases their functions remain obscure. Comparative neuropeptidome analyses may provide clues to what these functions might be.
Jan A. Veenstra
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the praying mantis Arria pallida (Zhang, 1987) (Mantodea: Haanidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 The complete mitochondrial genome of Arria pallida is 16,240 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNAs), a control region (D-loop), and 22 transfer RNA (tRNAs). The phylogenetic analysis included 18 species within 10
Yingjian Wang +4 more
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Response to “An exceptionally preserved 110 million years old praying mantis provides new insights into the predatory behaviour of early mantodeans” [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Hörnig, Haug & Haug (2017) published a description of a new specimen of Santanmantis axelrodi MB.I.2068, an extinct species of praying mantis from the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Sydney K. Brannoch, Gavin J. Svenson
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A novel form of wasp mimicry in a new species of praying mantis from the Amazon rainforest, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 A wasp mimicking praying mantis (Mantodea) of the early evolving Mantoididae family was discovered in 2013 at a research station near the Amazon River in Northern Peru.
Gavin J. Svenson, Henrique M. Rodrigues
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Squatting (squatter) mantis man: A prehistoric praying mantis petroglyph in Iran [PDF]
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2020 A 14-cm motif of a six-legged creature with raptorial forearms was discovered in the Teymareh rock art site in central Iran (Markazi Province) during a 2017 and 2018 survey of petroglyphs or prehistoric stone engravings.
Mahmood Kolnegari +3 more
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Aldehyde-specific responses of olfactory sensory neurons in the praying mantis [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Although praying mantises rely mainly on vision for predatory behaviours, olfaction also plays a critical role in feeding and mating behaviours. However, the receptive processes underlying olfactory signals remain unclear.
Kota Ezaki +5 more
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The Role of Central Complex Neurons in Prey Detection and Tracking in the Freely Moving Praying Mantis (Tenodera sinensis) [PDF]
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2022 Complex tasks like hunting moving prey in an unpredictable environment require high levels of motor and sensory integration. An animal needs to detect and track suitable prey objects, measure their distance and orientation relative to its own position ...
Anne Wosnitza +4 more
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Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2017 This study provides a comprehensive review of historical morphological nomenclature used for praying mantis (Mantodea) morphology, which includes citations, original use, and assignment of homology.
Sydney K. Brannoch +5 more
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Allometry of Ingestion Among Habitat Mimicking Praying Mantises [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionIngestion is the process of consuming a resource and is a component of an organism's handling time, which can limit the acquisition of additional resources and decrease predation rate.
Christopher Oufiero +2 more
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Apparent Motion Perception in the Praying Mantis: Psychophysics and Modelling [PDF]
Vision, 2018 Apparent motion is the perception of motion created by rapidly presenting still frames in which objects are displaced in space. Observers can reliably discriminate the direction of apparent motion when inter-frame object displacement is below a certain ...
Ghaith Tarawneh +5 more
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