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Flower Mantis
Flower mantises are praying mantises that use a special form of camouflage referred to as aggressive mimicry, which they not only use to attract prey, but avoid predators as well. These insects have specific colorations and behaviors that mimic flowers in their surrounding habitats. This Strategy (game theory), strategy has been observed in other mantises including the stick mantis and Dead leaf mantis, dead-leaf mantis. The observed behavior of these mantises includes positioning themselves on a plant and either inserting themselves within the irradiance or on the foliage of the plants until a prey insect comes within range. Many species of flower mantises are popular as pets. The flower mantises are Diurnality, diurnal group with a single ancestry (a clade), but the majority of the known species belong to family Hymenopodidae, Hymenopodidea. Example species: Orchid mantis The orchid mantis, Hymenopus coronatus of southeast Asia mimics Orchidaceae, orchid flowers. There is no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantis Hymenopus Coronatus 6 Luc Viatour (cropped)
Mantises are an Order (biology), order (Mantodea) of insects that contains List of mantis genera and species, over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all mantodeans have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, resembling a praying posture, has led to the common name praying mantis. The closest relatives of mantises are termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other more distantly related insects with raptorial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diptera
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics. Diptera is a large order containing more than 150,000 species including horse-flies, crane flies, hoverflies, mosquitoes and others. Flies have a mobile head, with a pair of large compound eyes, and mouthparts designed for piercing and sucking (mosquitoes, black flies and robber flies), or for lapping and sucking in the other groups. Their wing arrangement gives them great manoeuvrability in flight, and claws and pads on their feet enable them to cling to smooth surfaces. Flies undergo complete metamorphosis; the eggs are often laid on the larval food-source and the larvae, which lack true ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creobroter
''Creobroter'' is a genus of flower mantises in the tribe Hymenopodini; species are concentrated in Asia. The name comes from the Greek kreo-', meaning "flesh") and ''broter''" meaning "eating", therefore, "flesh-eating", an apt name for a predatory insect. Both sexes have long wings and are capable fliers. Full-grown males are about 3 to 4 cm in length; females are about 4 to 5 cm. Camouflage and mimicry As the common name indicates, ''Creobroter'' spp. are known for having varicolored (yellow, white, red, brown, etc.) markings, which serve as camouflage by hiding the creatures' actual shape and making them look somewhat like flowers when hiding amidst green foliage. The resemblance to flowers may be greater in subadults of ''Creobroter'' than adults. This flower mimicry is only partial, but is attractive enough to make ''Creobroter'' species favored as pets, especially as they are more common and less delicate than the more flower-like '' Hymenopus''. In some s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theopropus
''Theopropus'' is an Asian genus of praying mantids in the family Hymenopodidae Hymenopodidae is a Family (biology), family of the Order (biology), order Mantodea (mantises), which contains six Subfamily (biology), subfamilies. Some of the species in this Family (biology), family mimic flowers and are found camouflaged amon ...: subfamily Hymenopodinae and tribe Hymenopodini. Species The ''Mantodea Species File'' includes: # Theopropus borneensis' # Theopropus cattulus' # Theopropus elegans' # Theopropus rubrobrunneus' References External links* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q10696450 Mantodea genera Insects of Southeast Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helvia
''Helvia'' is a genus of praying mantises in the family Hymenopodidae found in Southeast Asia. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, ''Helvia cardinalis''. Taxonomy ''Helvia cardinalis'' is known by various common names including yellow flower mantis and Davison's mantis. It is one of several species known as flower mantises due to their appearance and behaviour which gives them a camouflaged resemblance to flowers. Description This slender species is mainly plain yellow or greenish. The female (38 mm long) is much larger than the male, with three dark spots on the somewhat pointed wings. See also * List of mantis genera and species * Flower mantis Flower mantises are praying mantises that use a special form of camouflage referred to as aggressive mimicry, which they not only use to attract prey, but avoid predators as well. These insects have specific colorations and behaviors that mimic ... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6061716 Hymenopo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymenopus
''Hymenopus''Serville JGA (1831) ''Annls Sci. nat.'' 22: 46. is a genus of flower mantises belonging to the family Hymenopodidae. This genus is widespread in the tropical forest Tropical forests are forested ecoregions with tropical climates – that is, land areas approximately bounded by the Tropic of Cancer, tropics of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing ...s of Southeast Asia. Species * '' Hymenopus bicornis'' Latreille, 1807 * '' Hymenopus coronatoides'' Wang, Liu & Yin, 1994 * '' Hymenopus coronatus'' (Olivier, 1792) - Southeast Asian orchid mantis References External links * Biolib {{Taxonbar, from=Q1640646 Mantodea of Asia Hymenopodidae Mantodea genera Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymenopodinae
Hymenopodinae is a subfamily of the mantis family Hymenopodidae that includes several species of flower mantises. Tribes and genera The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists genera in two tribes: Anaxarchini *'' Anaxarcha'' Stal, 1877 *'' Euantissa'' Giglio-Tos, 1927 *''Heliomantis ''Heliomantis'' is an Asian genus of praying mantids in the family Hymenopodidae, subfamily Hymenopodinae. The genus is Monotypic taxon, monotypic. Species The genus contains only one valid species: * ''Heliomantis elegans'' (Longinos Navás, Na ...'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 *'' Nemotha'' Wood-Mason, 1884 *'' Odontomantis'' Saussure, 1871 *'' Werneriana'' Shcherbakov, Ehrmann & Borer, 2016 - monotypic ''W. latipennis'' (Werner, 1930) Hymenopodini ;subtribe Hymenopodina *'' Helvia'' (Stal, 1877) (synonym: ''Parymenopus'' (Wood-Mason, 1890)) *'' Hymenopus'' (Serville, 1831) *'' Theopropus'' (Saussure, 1898) ;subtribe Pseudocreobotrina *'' Chlidonoptera'' (Karsch, 1892) *'' Chloroharpax'' (Werner, 1908) *'' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acromantis
''Acromantis''de Saussure HLF (1870) ''Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges.'' 3: 226,229. is a genus of Asian praying mantids in the subfamily Acromantinae of the family Hymenopodidae Hymenopodidae is a Family (biology), family of the Order (biology), order Mantodea (mantises), which contains six Subfamily (biology), subfamilies. Some of the species in this Family (biology), family mimic flowers and are found camouflaged amon .... Species The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists: *'' Acromantis australis'' Saussure, 1871 *'' Acromantis dyaka'' Hebard, 1920 *'' Acromantis elegans'' Lombardo, 1993 *'' Acromantis formosana'' (Shiraki, 1911) *'' Acromantis gestri'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 *'' Acromantis grandis'' Beier, 1930 *'' Acromantis hesione'' (Stål, 1877) *'' Acromantis indica'' (Giglio-Tos, 1915) *'' Acromantis insularis'' (Giglio-Tos, 1915) *'' Acromantis japonica'' (Westwood, 1889) *'' Acromantis lilii'' Werner, 1922 *'' Acromantis luzonica'' Hebard, 1920 *'' Acromantis montana'' Giglio-Tos, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acromantinae
Acromantinae is a subfamily of the mantis family Hymenopodidae which contains two tribes and about 13 genera. Tribes and genera The ''Mantodea Species File'' lists: Tribe Acromantini *''Acromantis'' Saussure, 1870 *'' Ambivia'' Stal, 1877 *'' Citharomantis'' Rehn, 1909 *'' Majangella'' Giglio-Tos, 1915, synonym: ''Ephippiomantis'' Werner, 1922 *'' Metacromantis'' Beier, 1930 *'' Oligomantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 *'' Parapsychomantis'' Shcherbakov, 2017 *'' Psychomantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 *'' Rhomantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 Tribe Otomantini *'' Anasigerpes'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 *'' Chrysomantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915, synonym: '' Anoplosigerpes'' Werner, 1928 *'' Otomantis'' Bolivar, 1890 *'' Oxypiloidea'' Schulthess, 1898 Now placed elsewhere: *'' Anaxarcha'' Stal, 1877 (in Hymenopodinae) *'' Ephestiasula'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 (in Oxypilinae, synonym: ''Parahestiasula'' Lombardo, 1995) *''Heliomantis'' Giglio-Tos, 1915 (in Hymenopodinae) *'' Hestiasula'' Saussure, 1871 (in Oxypilinae) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantodea
Mantises are an Order (biology), order (Mantodea) of insects that contains List of mantis genera and species, over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all mantodeans have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, resembling a praying posture, has led to the common name praying mantis. The closest relatives of mantises are termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other more distantly related insects with raptorial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pheromone
A pheromone () is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species. Pheromones are chemicals capable of acting like hormones outside the body of the secreting individual, to affect the behavior of the receiving individuals. There are ''alarm signal, alarm pheromones'', ''food trail pheromones'', ''sex pheromones'', and many others that affect behavior or physiology. Pheromones are used by many organisms, from basic unicellular prokaryotes to complex multicellular eukaryotes. Their use among insects has been particularly well documented. In addition, some vertebrates, plants and ciliates communicate by using pheromones. The ecological functions and evolution of pheromones are a major topic of research in the field of chemical ecology. Background The portmanteau word "pheromone" was coined by Peter Karlson and Martin Lüscher in 1959, based on the Greek language, Greek () and (). Pheromones are also sometimes classified as ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
