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Scherrer,Marcus V.; Aguiar,Alexandre P.. |
ABSTRACT Mantises can live for many months, are naturally voracious, and feed invariably on live prey. Many species have a propensity for cannibalism and cannot be kept together for most of their life cycle, which makes large-scale rearing typically time-consuming, thus easily becoming prohibitive. This is particularly true for early instars, because they are the most abundant stage of a developmental cohort. Such limitation hinders research on Mantodea which depend on live individuals, such as behavior, physiology, ontogeny, and others. In this work, a simple, low-maintenance “self-service” device is described, which is greatly effective in reducing the time needed for keeping live, individual, small to medium-sized mantises. Trial and error usage and... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mantodea; Praying mantis; Rearing; Captive breeding; Cannibalism. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262019000400316 |
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Bidau,Claudio J.; Taffarel,Alberto; Castillo,Elio R.. |
Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) although a widespread phenomenon among animals, is both enigmatic as to its proximate and ultimate causes and the scaling relationships between SSD and body size (Rensch's rule). We analyzed SSD at the intra- and interspecific levels in a number of representative species and genera of the major orthopteroid orders: Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Mantodea, Blattodea, Dermaptera, Isoptera, and Mantophasmatodea. The vast majority of the species showed female biased SSD but numerous exceptions occur in cockroaches and earwigs. Rensch's rule and its converse are not common patterns at both, intra-and cross-species level, most species and genera showing an isometric relationship between male and female body sizes. In some but not all... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Body size; Blattodea; Dermaptera; Mantodea; Mantophasmatodea; Morphometric traits; Orthoptera; Phasmatodea; Rensch's rule; Scaling. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0373-56802016000100002 |
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Dantas,Yana Karlla Lessa Alves; Rafael,José Albertino; Motta,Catarina da Silva; Agudelo,Antonio Arnovis; Xavier Filho,Francisco Felipe. |
Foram realizadas coletas mensais de insetos de janeiro a dezembro de 2004, durante três noites de transição lunar minguante/nova, das 18:00 às 06:00 horas. Os espécimes foram capturados em um lençol iluminado com lâmpada de 250 watts, luz mista de vapor de mercúrio e lâmpada de 20 watts black light (BL) e black light bulb (BLB). A armadilha foi montada a 45 metros de altura numa torre metálica de 50 metros, que ultrapassa a maioria das copas das árvores, num platô de terra firme, na bacia do rio Cuieiras, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil. Foram coletados 23 espécies de Mantodea, sendo Chaeteessidae (1 espécie); Mantoididae (2); Mantidae (15); Thespidae (2) e Acanthopidae (3). Seis espécies são novas e serão descritas oportunamente nos seguintes gêneros:... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Armadilha luminosa; Coleta noturna; Dossel; Floresta amazônica; Mantodea. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672008000200015 |
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