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Phasmatodea
The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida, Phasmatoptera or Spectra) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as Devil's darning needles, although this name is shared by both dragonflies and crane flies. They can be generally referred to as phasmatodeans, phasmids, or ghost insects, with phasmids in the family Phylliidae called leaf insects, leaf-bugs, walking leaves, or bug leaves. The group's name is derived from the Ancient Greek ', meaning an apparition or phantom, referring to their resemblance to vegetation while in fact being animals. Their natural camouflage makes them difficult for predators to detect; still, many species have one of several secondary lines of defense in the form of startle displays, spines or toxic secretions. Stick insects from the genera ''Phryganistria'', ''Ctenomorpha'', and ''Phobaeticus'' include the world's longe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heteropteryx Dilatata
''Heteropteryx'' is a monotypic genus of stick insects containing ''Heteropteryx dilatata'' as the only described species. and gives its name to the family of the Heteropterygidae. Their only species may be known as jungle nymph, Malaysian stick insect, Malaysian wood nymph, Malayan jungle nymph, or Malayan wood nymph and because of their size it is commonly kept in zoological institutions and private terrariums of insect lovers. It originates in Malay Archipelago, more precisely on the Malay Peninsula and Borneo and is nocturnal. Description The females are much larger and wider than the males, reaching to in length and 30 to 65 g in weight, making them among the heaviest phasmids and extant insects. In addition to the typically lime green-colored females, there are also yellow and even more rarely red-brown females. Their two pairs of wings are both shortened. At rest, the green forewings, formed as tegmina, cover the somewhat shorter, strikingly pink-colored membra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phylliidae
The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably camouflaged leaf mimics (mimesis) in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia. Earlier sources treat Phylliidae as a much larger taxon, containing genera in what are presently considered to be several different families. Characteristics Leaf insects are camouflaged, taking on the appearance of leaves. They do this so accurately that predators often are not able to distinguish them from real leaves. In some species, the edge of the leaf insect's body has the appearance of bite marks. To further confuse predators, when the leaf insect walks, it rocks back and forth, mimicking a real leaf being blown by the wind. The scholar Antonio Pigafetta probably was the first Western person to document the creature, though it was known to people in the tropics for a long time. Sailing with Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verophasmatodea
The Euphasmatodea, also known by its junior synonym Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea, which contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects, excluding the Timematodea. The oldest record of Euphasmatodea is '' Araripephasma'' from the Crato Formation of Brazil, dating to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Superfamilies and families The suborder was divided into two infraorders: the Areolatae and Anareolatae, based on the presence or absence of an "areola": the of a small ring of colour or gap in wing margin - see the Glossary of entomology terms. This division has now been superseded with the "suborder Agathemerodea ... downgraded and Areolatae/Anareolatae divisions removed, leaving the existing four superfamilies in Euphasmatodea". Aschiphasmatoidea Auth. Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 * † ArchipseudophasmatidaeZompro, O. 2001. The Phasmatodea and Raptophasma n. gen., Orthoptera ''incertae sedis'', in Baltic amber (Insecta: Orth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. Their blood is not totally contained in vessels; some circulates in an open cavity known as the haemocoel. Insects are the most diverse group of animals; they include more than a million described species and represent more than half of all known living organisms. The total number of extant species is estimated at between six and ten million; In: potentially over 90% of the animal life forms on Earth are insects. Insects may be found in nearly all environments, although only a small number of species reside in the oceans, which are dominated by another arthropod group, crustaceans, which recent research has indicated insects are nested within. Nearly all insects hatch from eggs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phryganistria
''Phryganistria'' is a genus of stick insects belonging to the subfamily Clitumninae. It was described by the Swedish entomologist Carl Stål in 1875. Members of the genus are found only in Southeast Asia. Of the new species described in 2014, ''Phryganistria heusii yentuensis'', which is 32 cm long, is one of the longest insects known to date. Another, ''Phryganistria tamdaoensis'' was selected in 2015 by the International Institute for Species Exploration as one of the "Top 10 New Species" for new species discovered in 2014. In May 2016, the Chinese state media Xinhua announced that a new species informally named 'Phryganistria chinensis' was discovered in Liuzhou, Guangxi autonomous region of China. The discoverer Zhao Li, at the Insect Museum of West China, had found the specimen in 2014. The original specimen was a female and measured long. It has not been formally described. In August 2017, one of the offspring attained 64 cm (25.2 inch) in length, becoming the larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parthenogenesis
Parthenogenesis (; from the Greek grc, παρθένος, translit=parthénos, lit=virgin, label=none + grc, γένεσις, translit=génesis, lit=creation, label=none) is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of embryos occur in a gamete (egg or sperm) without combining with another gamete (e.g., egg and sperm fusing). In animals, parthenogenesis means development of an embryo from an unfertilized Gametophyte, egg cell. In plants, parthenogenesis is a component process of apomixis. In algae, parthenogenesis can mean the development of an embryo from either an individual sperm or an individual egg. Parthenogenesis occurs naturally in some plants, algae, invertebrate animal species (including nematodes, some tardigrades, water fleas, some scorpions, aphids, some mites, some bees, some Phasmatodea and parasitic wasps) and a few vertebrates (such as some fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds). This type of reproduction has been induced artificially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susumanioidea
Susumanioidea is an extinct superfamily of Phasmatodea, known from the Middle Jurassic to Eocene. They lie outside the modern crown group of Phasmatodea. Members of the group typically possess large, fully developed wings. Taxonomy According to Yang et al. 2021. *†subfamily Phasmomimoidinae Gorochov 1988 ** †'' Phasmomimoides'' Sharov 1968 5 species, Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian- Oxfordian, Zaza Formation, Russian, Aptian * †subfamily Aclistophasmatinae Yang et al. 2021 ** †'' Aclistophasma'' Yang et al. 2021 Jiulongshan Formation (Daohugou Beds), China, Callovian ** †'' Adjacivena'' Shang et al. 2011 Daohugou Beds, China, Callovian * †subfamily Susumaniinae Gorochov 1988 ** †'' Aethephasma'' Ren 1997 Yixian Formation, China, Aptian ** †'' Coniphasma'' Birket-Smith 1981 Umivik locality, Greenland, Coniacian ** †'' Cretophasmomima'' Kuzmina 1985 Weald Clay, England, Barremian, Yixian Formation, China, Aptian Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian, Ola Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deimatic Behaviour
Deimatic behaviour or startle display means any pattern of bluffing behaviour in an animal that lacks strong defences, such as suddenly displaying conspicuous eyespots, to scare off or momentarily distract a predator, thus giving the prey animal an opportunity to escape. The term deimatic or dymantic originates from the Greek δειματόω (deimatóo), meaning "to frighten". Deimatic display occurs in widely separated groups of animals, including moths, butterflies, mantises and phasmids among the insects. In the cephalopods, different species of octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and the paper nautilus are deimatic. Displays are classified as deimatic or aposematic by the responses of the animals that see them. Where predators are initially startled but learn to eat the displaying prey, the display is classed as deimatic, and the prey is bluffing; where they continue to avoid the prey after tasting it, the display is taken as aposematic, meaning the prey is genuinely distastef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phobaeticus
''Phobaeticus'' is a genus of Asian stick insects comprising over 25 species. The generic name of some species used to be ''Pharnacia'' (e.g. ''Phobaeticus serratipes'' was known as ''Pharnacia serratipes''). Species # '' Phobaeticus annamallayanus'' (Wood-Mason, 1877) #''Phobaeticus chani'' Bragg, 2008 # '' Phobaeticus decoris'' Seow-Choen, 2016 # ''Phobaeticus foliatus'' (Bragg, 1995) #'' Phobaeticus grubaueri'' (Redtenbacher, 1908) # ''Phobaeticus hypharpax'' (Westwood, 1859) # ''Phobaeticus incertus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 # '' Phobaeticus ingens'' (Redtenbacher, 1908) # '' Phobaeticus kirbyi'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 # ''Phobaeticus lobulatus'' (Carl, 1913) # '' Phobaeticus lumawigi'' Brock, 1998 # ''Phobaeticus magnus'' Hennemann & Conle, 2008 # ''Phobaeticus mjobergi'' (Günther, 1935) #''Phobaeticus monicachiae'' Seow-Choen, 2016 # ''Phobaeticus palawanensis'' Hennemann & Conle, 2008 # ''Phobaeticus philippinicus'' (Hennemann & Conle, 1997) # ''Phobaeticus pinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pijnackeria Hispanica
''Pijnackeria hispanica'', commonly known as the Spanish walkingstick or the Spanish stick insect, is a species of Phasmatodea, Phasmid (stick insect) in the Family (biology), family Diapheromeridae. It is found in Spain and France. This species' color can be turquoise, brown, or green. ''P. hispanica'' usually feeds on rose leaves. This phasmid is slender with short Antenna (biology), antennae and yellow or brown eyes with a black horizontal stripe or pseudopupil. References Insect taxa Insects described in 1878 Diapheromeridae {{Phasmatodea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ctenomorpha
''Ctenomorpha'' is a genus of phasmids belonging to the family Phasmatidae. The species of this genus are found in Australia. Species: *'' Ctenomorpha gargantua'' *''Ctenomorpha marginipennis ''Ctenomorpha marginipennis'', the margin-winged stick insect, is a species of Phasmatodea, stick insect endemic to southern Australia. The species was Species description, first described by George Robert Gray in 1833. Description ''C. marg ...'' References * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q10462890 Phasmatidae Phasmatodea genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phobaeticus Chani Bragg, 2008; Holotype Female Dorsal View
''Phobaeticus'' is a genus of Asian stick insects comprising over 25 species. The generic name of some species used to be ''Pharnacia'' (e.g. ''Phobaeticus serratipes'' was known as ''Pharnacia serratipes''). Species # '' Phobaeticus annamallayanus'' (Wood-Mason, 1877) #''Phobaeticus chani'' Bragg, 2008 # '' Phobaeticus decoris'' Seow-Choen, 2016 # ''Phobaeticus foliatus'' (Bragg, 1995) #'' Phobaeticus grubaueri'' (Redtenbacher, 1908) # ''Phobaeticus hypharpax'' (Westwood, 1859) # ''Phobaeticus incertus'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 # '' Phobaeticus ingens'' (Redtenbacher, 1908) # '' Phobaeticus kirbyi'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 # ''Phobaeticus lobulatus'' (Carl, 1913) # '' Phobaeticus lumawigi'' Brock, 1998 # ''Phobaeticus magnus'' Hennemann & Conle, 2008 # ''Phobaeticus mjobergi'' (Günther, 1935) #''Phobaeticus monicachiae'' Seow-Choen, 2016 # ''Phobaeticus palawanensis'' Hennemann & Conle, 2008 # ''Phobaeticus philippinicus'' (Hennemann & Conle, 1997) # ''Phobaeticus pinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
