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Mantodea (Insecta), with a Review of Aspects of Functional Morphology and Biology
aua o ew eaa Ramsay, G. W. 1990: Mantodea (Insecta), with a review of aspects of functional morphology and biology. Fauna of New Zealand 19, 96 pp. Editorial Advisory Group (aoimes mae o a oaioa asis MEMBERS AT DSIR PLANT PROTECTION Mou Ae eseac Cee iae ag Aucka ew eaa Ex officio ieco — M ogwo eae Sysemaics Gou — M S ugae Co-opted from within Systematics Group Dr B. A ooway Κ Cosy UIESIIES EESEAIE R. M. Emeso Eomoogy eame ico Uiesiy Caeuy ew eaa MUSEUMS EESEAIE M R. L. ama aua isoy Ui aioa Museum o iae ag Weigo ew eaa OESEAS REPRESENTATIVE J. F. awece CSIO iisio o Eomoogy GO o 1700, Caea Ciy AC 2601, Ausaia Series Editor M C ua Sysemaics Gou SI a oecio Mou Ae eseac Cee iae ag Aucka ew eaa aua o ew eaa Number 19 Maoea (Iseca wi a eiew o asecs o ucioa mooogy a ioogy G W Ramsay SI a oecio M Ae eseac Cee iae ag Aucka ew eaa emoa us wig mooogy eosigma cooaio siuaio acousic sesiiiy eece eaiou egeeaio eaio aasiism aoogy a ie Caaoguig-i-uicaio ciaio AMSAY GW Maoea (Iseca – Weigo SI uisig 199 (aua o ew eaa ISS 111-533 ; o 19 IS -77-51-1 I ie II Seies UC 59575(931 Date of publication: see cover of subsequent numbers Suggese om o ciaio amsay GW 199 Maoea (Iseca wi a eiew o asecs o ucioa mooogy a ioogy Fauna of New Zealand [no.] 19. —— Fauna o New Zealand is eae o uicaio y e Seies Eio usig comue- ase e ocessig ayou a ase ie ecoogy e Eioia Aisoy Gou a e Seies Eio ackowege e oowig co-oeaio SI UISIG awco – sueisio o oucio a isiuio M C Maews – assisace wi oucio a makeig Ms A Wig – assisace wi uiciy a isiuio MOU AE ESEAC CEE SI Miss M oy -
Arthropod Grasping and Manipulation: a Literature Review
Arthropod Grasping and Manipulation A Literature Review Aaron M. Dollar Harvard BioRobotics Laboratory Technical Report Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences Harvard University April 5, 2001 www.biorobotics.harvard.edu Introduction The purpose of this review is to report on the existing literature on the subject of arthropod grasping and manipulation. In order to gain a proper understanding of the state of the knowledge in this rather broad topic, it is necessary and appropriate to take a step backwards and become familiar with the basics of entomology and arthropod physiology. Once these principles have been understood it will then be possible to proceed towards the more specific literature that has been published in the field. The structure of the review follows this strategy. General background information will be presented first, followed by successively more specific topics, and ending with a review of the refereed journal articles related to arthropod grasping and manipulation. Background The phylum Arthropoda is the largest of the phyla, and includes all animals that have an exoskeleton, a segmented body in series, and six or more jointed legs. There are nine classes within the phylum, five of which the average human is relatively familiar with – insects, arachnids, crustaceans, centipedes, and millipedes. Of all known species of animals on the planet, 82% are arthropods (c. 980,000 species)! And this number just reflects the known species. Estimates put the number of arthropod species remaining to be discovered and named at around 9-30 million, or 10-30 times more than are currently known. And this is just the number of species; the population of each is another matter altogether. -
App-F3-Ecology.Pdf
June 2016 ZITHOLELE CONSULTING (PTY) LTD Terrestrial Ecosystems Assessment for the proposed Kendal 30 Year Ash Dump Project for Eskom Holdings (Revision 1) Submitted to: Zitholele Consulting Pty (Ltd) Report Number: 13615277-12416-2 (Rev1) Distribution: REPORT 1 x electronic copy Zitholele Consulting (Pty) Ltd 1 x electronic copy e-Library 1 x electronic copy project folder TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS ASSESSMENT - ESKOM HOLDINGS Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Site Location ........................................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 PART A OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................................................ 2 3.0 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................ 2 4.0 ECOLOGICAL BASELINE CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................ 2 4.1 General Biophysical Environment ............................................................................................................ 2 4.1.1 Grassland biome................................................................................................................................ 3 4.1.2 Eastern Highveld -
Biodiversity Journal, 2020,11 (3): 799–802
Biodiversity Journal, 2020, 11 (3): 799–802 https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2020.11.3.799.802 Where two giants meet: the first records of Sphodromantis viridis in Sicily and Greece and the spread in Europe of Hiero- dula tenuidentata (Insecta Mantoidea) show new crossroads of mantids in the Mediterranean Roberto Battiston1, Simone Andria1, Domenico Borgese2, William Di Pietro1 & Alberto Manciagli2 1World Biodiversity Association Onlus, c/o Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Lungadige Porta Vittoria 9, Verona, Italy 2Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali dell’Università degli Studi di Catania, Via A. Longo, 19, Catania, Italy ABSTRACT The first presence records of the Giant African Mantis Sphodromantis viridis (Forskål, 1775) (Insecta Mantoidea) are reported for Sicily and Greece, with new evidences on the human- mediated spreading of this species in the Mediterranean area. In Greece, Sphodromantis viridis meets the distribution of the Giant Asian Mantis Hierodula tenuidentata (Saussure, 1869), and these two mantids have been recorded together in the same locality. Some single records from France and Corsica also open the possible expansion of this species in more northern regions. These different spreading dynamics, taking place in the Mediterranean area, in a fast-evolving scenario, are here discussed. KEY WORDS Giant mantises, distribution, new records, human impact, invasive species. Received 10.07.2020; accepted 23.08.2020; published online 30.09.2020 INTRODUCTION in a fast-changing scenario (Schwarz & Ehrmann, 2018). During the last few years, the mantid popula- The Giant African Mantis Sphodromantis viridis tions in the Euro-Mediterranean area have signifi- (Forskål, 1775) is also spreading in the Mediter- cantly changed. -
52 1 Entomologie 14-Xi-1980 Catalogue Des
Bull. Inst. r. Sei. nat. Belg. Bruxelles Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. Brussel 14-XI-1980 1 52 1 ENTOMOLOGIE CATALOGUE DES ORTHOPTEROIDES CONSERVES DANS LES COLLECTIONS ENTOMOLOGIQUES DE L'INSTITUT ROYAL DES SCIENCES NATURELLES DE BELGIQUE BLATTOPTEROIDEA : 12me partie: Mantodea PAR P. VANSCHUYTBROECK (Bruxelles) Poursuivant l'inventaire du matériel Orthoptéroïdes des collections de l'Institut, nous publions, ci-dessous, le catalogue de la super-famille des Blattopteroïdea : Mantodea et la liste des exemplaires de valeur typique. La présente mise en ordre, la reche.vohe et l'authentification des types ont été réalisées par l'examen de tous les spécimens des diverses collections et les descr.iptions oüginales et ultérieures (SAUSSURE, STAL, de BORRE, GIGLIO-TOS, WERNER, BEIER, GÜNTHER et ROY). Nous avons suivi dans l'établissement du présent catalogue, la classification « Klassen und Ordnungen des Terreichs » par le Prof. Dr. M. BEIER. La collection de Mantides est fort importante et .comprend les familles suivantes : Chaeteessidae HANDLIRSCH; Metallyticidae CHOPARD; Amorphoscelidae STAL; Eremiaphilidae WOOD-MASON; Hymenopo didae CHOPARD; Mantidae BURMEISTER; Empusidae BURMEISTER, comportant 135 genres et 27 4 espèces. 2 P. VANSCHUYTBROECK 52, 29 I. - Famille des CHAETEESSIDAE HANDLIRSCH, 1926 1. - Genre Chaeteessa BURMEISTER, 1833. Chaetteessa BURMEISTER, 1833, Handb. Entom., 2, p. 527 (Hoplophora PERTY). T y p e d u g en r e . - Chaeteessa filata BURMEISTER. 1) Chaeteessa tenuis (PERTY), 1833, Delect. An. artic., 25, p. 127 (Hoplophora). 1 exemplaire : ô; Brésil (det. : SAUSSURE). II. - Famille des METALLYTICIDAE CHOPARD, 1946 2. - Genre Metallycus WESTWOOD, 1835. Metallycus WESTWOOD, 1835, Zool. Journ., 5, p. 441 (Metal leutica BURMEISTER). Type du genre . -
Motion-In-Depth Perception and Prey Capture in the Praying Mantis Sphodromantis Lineola
© 2019. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd | Journal of Experimental Biology (2019) 222, jeb198614. doi:10.1242/jeb.198614 RESEARCH ARTICLE Motion-in-depth perception and prey capture in the praying mantis Sphodromantis lineola Vivek Nityananda1,*, Coline Joubier1,2, Jerry Tan1, Ghaith Tarawneh1 and Jenny C. A. Read1 ABSTRACT prey as they come near. Just as with depth perception, several cues Perceiving motion-in-depth is essential to detecting approaching could contribute to the perception of motion-in-depth. or receding objects, predators and prey. This can be achieved Two of the motion-in-depth cues that have received the most using several cues, including binocular stereoscopic cues such attention in humans are binocular: changing disparity and as changing disparity and interocular velocity differences, and interocular velocity differences (IOVDs) (Cormack et al., 2017). monocular cues such as looming. Although these have been Stereoscopic disparity refers to the difference in the position of an studied in detail in humans, only looming responses have been well object as seen by the two eyes. This disparity reflects the distance to characterized in insects and we know nothing about the role of an object. Thus as an object approaches, the disparity between the stereoscopic cues and how they might interact with looming cues. We two views changes. This changing disparity cue suffices to create a used our 3D insect cinema in a series of experiments to investigate perception of motion-in-depth for human observers, even in the the role of the stereoscopic cues mentioned above, as well as absence of other cues (Cumming and Parker, 1994). -
Sphodromantis Lineola (Burmeister, 1838)
[email protected] Mantidi Lovers Italia www.mantidi.wix.com/mantidilovers Sphodromantis lineola (Burmeister, 1838) Difficoltà di allevamento: * (Facile=*, Media=**, Difficile=***) Tassonomia: Famiglia Mantidae, Sottofamiglia: Mantinae Provenienza: Africa centro-occidentale, in foreste e savane. Descrizione: Una bella mantide di medie dimensioni. Le femmine adulte raggiungono i 7,5 cm, mentre i maschi i 6,5. La forma è quella classica che siamo abituati a vedere in Mantis religiosa . Il corpo è tozzo, con un pronoto corto e largo (carattere che la distingue dalla cugina Hierodula , con cui è strettamente imparentata). La testa è grande, con occhi globosi. Le tegmine coprono l’intero addome sia nei maschi che nelle femmine, e presentano una chiazza gialla contornata di nero. Le ali membranose sono ialine. Il corpo è di un verde, che, a seconda di temperatura e umidità alle quali la mantide è cresciuta, può essere scuro o molto acceso quasi giallo (associato ad alte umidità); gli adulti, mantengono la colorazione dello stadio subadulto. I maschi sono molto più slanciati delle femmine, e presentano 8 segmenti addominali; hanno 3 ocelli molto prominenti tra gli occhi composti, utilizzati durante i voli notturni per orientarsi seguendo la luce delle stelle. Le femmine, d’altro canto, sono molto più tozze, non volano ed hanno un addome con 6 segmenti, particolarmente gonfio di uova. Un altro carattere per distinguere le Sphodromantis lineola da alcune specie di Hierodula è il colore degli occhi composti, di un bel verde nelle prime ed azzurro celeste nelle seconde. Ciclo vitale: Circa 6-7 mesi per diventare adulta, poi 3 mesi i maschi ed anche 8 le femmine. -
Mantis Study Group Newsletter, 10 (November 1998)
ISSN 1364-3193 Mantis Study Group Newsletter 10 November 1998 Newsletter Editor Membership Secretary Phil Bragg Paul Taylor 8 The Lane 24 Forge Road Awsworth Shustoke Nottingham Coleshill NG162QP Birmingham B46 2AD Editorial I apologise for the late publication of this newsletter. This is due largely to moving house - the last newsletter was not really affected since it was more or less done before I moved - and starting a new job, and a large number of exhibitions to attend at weekends have caused a backlog of correspondence. Thanks to those of you that have sent in contributions for the newsletter, and apologies to the two people whose articles are still waiting to be typed up, they will appear in the next issue. On the subject of typing up articles, it is helpful if you can submit your articles on disk. However, if you send articles on disk please send them in WordPerfect 5.1 if possible (Users of Word can save files in Wordperfect 5.1 by using the "save as" option under the "File" menu). If this is not possible please send a copy in ASCII (DOS-text). Please note that I cannot read Word files and with my current job I only have access to a machine which can convert the files about once every ten weeks, and that cannot read versions as recent as Word 97. Membership renewals - Paul Taylor. Members will find attached to this Newsletter membership renewal forms for 1999. Members will be pleased to note that there is no increase in membership fees for this coming year. -
A Plant Ecological Study and Management Plan for Mogale's Gate Biodiversity Centre, Gauteng
A PLANT ECOLOGICAL STUDY AND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR MOGALE’S GATE BIODIVERSITY CENTRE, GAUTENG By Alistair Sean Tuckett submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in the subject ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA SUPERVISOR: PROF. L.R. BROWN DECEMBER 2013 “Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important that television.” Aldo Leopold 2 Abstract The Mogale’s Gate Biodiversity Centre is a 3 060 ha reserve located within the Gauteng province. The area comprises grassland with woodland patches in valleys and lower-lying areas. To develop a scientifically based management plan a detailed vegetation study was undertaken to identify and describe the different ecosystems present. From a TWINSPAN classification twelve plant communities, which can be grouped into nine major communities, were identified. A classification and description of the plant communities, as well as, a management plan are presented. The area comprises 80% grassland and 20% woodland with 109 different plant families. The centre has a grazing capacity of 5.7 ha/LSU with a moderate to good veld condition. From the results of this study it is clear that the area makes a significant contribution towards carbon storage with a total of 0.520 tC/ha/yr stored in all the plant communities. KEYWORDS Mogale’s Gate Biodiversity Centre, Braun-Blanquet, TWINSPAN, JUICE, GRAZE, floristic composition, carbon storage 3 Declaration I, Alistair Sean Tuckett, declare that “A PLANT ECOLOGICAL STUDY AND MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR MOGALE’S GATE BIODIVERSITY CENTRE, GAUTENG” is my own work and that all sources that I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references. -
VKM Rapportmal
VKM Report 2016: 36 Assessment of the risks to Norwegian biodiversity from the import and keeping of terrestrial arachnids and insects Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered species of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety Report from the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) 2016: Assessment of risks to Norwegian biodiversity from the import and keeping of terrestrial arachnids and insects Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered species of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety 29.06.2016 ISBN: 978-82-8259-226-0 Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) Po 4404 Nydalen N – 0403 Oslo Norway Phone: +47 21 62 28 00 Email: [email protected] www.vkm.no www.english.vkm.no Suggested citation: VKM (2016). Assessment of risks to Norwegian biodiversity from the import and keeping of terrestrial arachnids and insects. Scientific Opinion on the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered species of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety, ISBN: 978-82-8259-226-0, Oslo, Norway VKM Report 2016: 36 Assessment of risks to Norwegian biodiversity from the import and keeping of terrestrial arachnids and insects Authors preparing the draft opinion Anders Nielsen (chair), Merethe Aasmo Finne (VKM staff), Maria Asmyhr (VKM staff), Jan Ove Gjershaug, Lawrence R. Kirkendall, Vigdis Vandvik, Gaute Velle (Authors in alphabetical order after chair of the working group) Assessed and approved The opinion has been assessed and approved by Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Members of the panel are: Vigdis Vandvik (chair), Hugo de Boer, Jan Ove Gjershaug, Kjetil Hindar, Lawrence R. -
Sphodromantis Viridis
Sphodromantis viridis (Forskål, 1775): primeras citas en Castilla-La Mancha y Cataluña (Dictyoptera: Mantodea: Mantidae) Sphodromantis viridis (Forskål, 1775): first records in Castile-La Mancha and Catalonia (Dictyoptera: Mantodea: Mantidae) Miguel Domenech Fernández Colaborador (sección Mantodea) de BiodiversidadVirtual.org − Albacete (España) – [email protected] RESUMEN: En el presente artículo se incluyen nuevas citas para Sphodromantis viridis (Forskål, 1775) en España. Así se amplía su mapa de distribución ibérica conocido hasta la fecha y se confirma la presencia de la especie en la provincia de Ciudad Real. PALABRAS CLAVE: Sphodromantis viridis (Forskål, 1775), Mantodea, Mantidae, Castilla-La Mancha, Cataluña, distribución. ABSTRACT: In this note new records for Sphodromantis viridis (Forskål, 1775) in Spain are reported. Thus, its current Iberian distribution map is extended and its presence in the province of Ciudad Real is confirmed. KEY WORDS: Sphodromantis viridis (Forskål, 1775), Mantodea, Mantidae, Castile-La Mancha, Catalonia, distribution. Introducción Sphodromantis viridis (Forskål, 1775) es una especie de mántido de origen africano distribuido por la zona de África septentrional y sur del Sáhara (Argelia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Etiopía, Egipto, Kenia, Libia, Marruecos, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudán, Tanzania, Túnez y Uganda) así como por parte de Asia (Arabia Saudí, Jordania, Palestina, Siria y Turquía) (BATTISTON et al., 2010). En la zona mediterránea es más local, en Europa solo está citada en Chipre (CANYELLES & ALOMAR, 2006), Grecia (DELFOSSE, 2000), isla de Cerdeña (Italia) (BATTISTON et al., 2017) y la Península Ibérica. En esta última es la única especie representante del género, y está citada en Andalucía (todas sus provincias), isla de Mallorca (CANYELLES & ALOMAR, 2006) y Portugal, donde solo se encuentra en zonas interiores de la mitad Sur, en las proximidades de la frontera con España (MARABUTO, 2014). -
Západočeská Univerzita V Plzni
Západočeská univerzita v Plzni FAKULTA PEDAGOGICKÁ KATEDRA BIOLOGIE KUDLANKY (MANTODEA) A PROBLEMATIKA JEJICH CHOVU BAKALÁŘSKÁ PRÁCE Lenka Benediktová Biologie se zaměřením na vzdělávání léta studia (2009 - 2012) Vedoucí práce: Mgr. Ivana Hradská Plzeň, 10. dubna 2012 Prohlašuji, že jsem bakalářskou práci vypracovala samostatně s použitím uvedené literatury a zdrojů informací pod vedením Mgr. Ivany Hradské. Plzeň, 10. dubna 2012 ……………………………… vlastnoruční podpis Poděkování Na tomto místě bych ráda poděkovala Mgr. Ivaně Hradské za vedení práce a čas, který věnovala společným konzultacím. Dále bych ráda poděkovala rodičům, Ing. Stanislavu Benediktovi za pomoc s odbornou stránkou práce a předání mnohaletých zkušeností s publikováním vědeckých prací a Mgr. Mileně Benediktové za konzultaci práce po stránce gramatické. V neposlední řadě bych ráda poděkovala Bc. Tomáši Jiráskovi, který mi předal mnoho cenných rad při chovu zvířat, nejen kudlanek. Evidenční list Souhlasím s tím, aby moje bakalářská práce byla půjčována k prezenčnímu studiu v Univerzitní knihovně ZČU v Plzni. Datum: Podpis: Uživatel stvrzuje svým čitelným podpisem, že tuto bakalářskou práci použil ke studijním účelům a prohlašuje, že ji uvede mezi použitými prameny. Jméno Fakulta Datum Podpis 1 Obsah 1 ÚVOD 4 2 LITERÁRNÍ REŠERŠE 5 2.1 Charakteristika řádu Mantodea 5 2.1.1 Systém 5 2.1.2 Zoogeografie 10 2.1.3 Morfologie 11 2.1.4 Anatomie 16 2.1.5 Způsob života v přírodě 19 2.2 Metodika chovu 20 2.2.1 Insektárium 21 2.2.2 Mikroklima 22 2.2.3 Krmení 25 2.2.4 Svlékání 28 2.3 Rozmnožování