Crypsis by background matching and disruptive coloration as drivers of substrate occupation in sympatric Amazonian bark praying mantises [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Background matching and disruptive coloration are common camouflage strategies in nature, but few studies have accurately measured their protective value in living organisms.
João Vitor de Alcantara Viana +8 more
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The Cercal Sensilla of the Praying Mantis Hierodula patellifera and Statilia maculata: A New Partition Based on the Cerci Ultrastructure [PDF]
InsectsCerci function as crucial sensory organs in insects, featuring a diverse array of sensilla on their surface, analogous to those found on antennae. Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), we characterized the ultrastructure and distribution of cercal ...
Yang Wang +3 more
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Data for praying mantis mitochondrial genomes and phylogenetic constructions within Mantodea [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2018 In this data article, we provide five datasets of mantis mitochondrial genomes: (1) PCG123: nucleotide sequences of 13 protein-coding genes including all codon positions; (2) PCG123R: nucleotide sequences of two rRNAs and 13 protein-coding genes ...
Le-Ping Zhang +4 more
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Revealing parthenogenetic reproduction in a praying mantis inhabiting South American grasslands [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMantids are charismatic insects due to their appearance and behaviors, but knowledge about them, in particular at the Neotropics, is scarce. Brunneria subaptera (Coptopterygidae) is the most abundant praying mantis species in Uruguay, inhabiting one of ...
Mariana C. Trillo +2 more
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Biosurface and Biotribology, 2018 Detailed investigations on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the surface of the praying mantis’ foreleg were carried out in this work since the microstructure and mechanical properties of insect organisms surface are well adjusted to their ...
Hongliang Sun, Zhang Haohan, Mo Li
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An elusive Neotropical giant, Hondurantemna chespiritoi gen. n. & sp. n. (Antemninae, Mantidae): a new lineage of mantises exhibiting an ontogenetic change in cryptic strategy [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2017 We present the description of a new genus and new species of praying mantis, Hondurantemna chespiritoi gen. n. & sp. n. This species of cryptic mantis, collected in National parks in Mexico and Honduras, remained unknown despite its considerable ...
Henrique M. Rodrigues +3 more
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Ultrastructure of the antennal sensilla of the praying mantis Creobroter nebulosa Zheng (Mantedea: Hymenopodidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe praying mantis Creobroter nebulosa Zheng (Mantedea: Hymenopodidae) is an insect that has medicinal and esthetical importance, and being a natural enemy for many insects, the species is used as a biological control agent.
Yuchen Wang +4 more
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Protecting the Eggs of a Praying Mantis: Natural Biomaterials
CHIMIA, 2018 Coiled-coil proteins are the basis of the biomaterial that protects the overwintering eggs of praying mantises.
Catherine E. Housecroft
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Unexpected Evolutionary Divergence of Tachykinin-Positive Neurons Innervating the Central Complex in Hexapods. [PDF]
J Comp NeurolThe central complex is a group of midline‐spanning neuropils in the brain of insects with a key role in goal‐directed orientation and navigation. Immunolabeling in 25 species, ranging from bristletails to flies, shows that neurons containing peptides of the tachykinin family of neuropeptides are present in most species studied.
Homberg U +8 more
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Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 2023 The praying mantis Ameles spallanzania (Rossi, 1792) is reported for the first time from Bulgaria, as well as for the Black Sea Region. New data on the current distribution in Bulgaria of an alien mantis species, Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869, is
Yordan Vasilev +3 more
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