A new genus and species of praying mantises, Roythespis israelensis gen et sp. n., is described from Israel. The new genus belongs in the subfamily Toxoderinae (Toxoderidae), and is most closely related to Belomantis Giglio-Tos, 1914 and Calamothespis ...
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Antennal development in the praying mantis (Tenodera aridifolia) highlights multitudinous processes in hemimetabolous insect species. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2014 Carle T +3 more
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The Functional Significance of Chiral Genitalia: Patterns of Asymmetry, Functional Morphology and Mating Success in the Praying Mantis Ciulfina baldersoni. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 Holwell GI +4 more
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A new genus and species (Cornucollis gen. n. masoalensis sp. n.) of praying mantis from northern Madagascar (Mantodea, Iridopterygidae, Tropidomantinae). [PDF]
Zookeys, 2016 Brannoch SK, Svenson GJ.
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Praying mantises possess multiple spectral photoreceptor classes. [PDF]
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav PhysiolQian R, Theobald JC, Frank TM.
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Low mate encounter rate increases male risk taking in a sexually cannibalistic praying mantis. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2012 Brown WD, Muntz GA, Ladowski AJ.
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A striking difference: biomechanics of the impaling hunting strategy of a moss mantis. [PDF]
Front ZoolBäumler F, Gorb SN, Büsse S.
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The genomes of 5 mantises provide insights into sex chromosome evolution and Mantodea phylogeny clarification. [PDF]
GigascienceLiu H +8 more
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Review of the genus <i>Hierodula</i> Burmeister (Mantodea: Mantidae) in Iran. [PDF]
Front Insect SciMirzaee Z +4 more
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Many-to-one mapping in Mantodea: camouflage strategy and phylogeny drive strike variation in prey capture with raptorial forelegs. [PDF]
J Exp BiolGarikipati L, Jackson BE, Oufiero CE.
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