Phasmida


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Noun1.Phasmida - in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
order Phasmatodea, order Phasmida, Phasmatodea
animal order - the order of animals
class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
phasmid, phasmid insect - large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects
family Phasmatidae, family Phasmidae, Phasmatidae, Phasmidae - stick insects
family Phillidae, family Phyllidae, Phillidae, Phyllidae - leaf insects
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5347 (photograph examined in Phasmida Species File Online, Brock et al.
Description of the female, egg and first instar nymph of the stick insect Paraphasma pautense (Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae) from Southeast Brazil
Remaining seven orders (Diptera, Dictyoptera, Grylloblattodea, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Phasmida, and Aranea) had a negative relationship with ants.
Competence of Litter Ants for Rapid Biodiversity Assessments
Among the 19 groups are Odonata, Phasmida, Coleoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera.
Edible Insects of the World
The chewing guild was composed of adult and juvenile Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmida and juveniles of Lepidoptera (see Moran and Southwood, 1982).
Insect herbivores associated with an evergreen tree Goniorrhachis marginata taub
Comentarios: primer registro del genero para Narino, en Colombia habia sido previamente registrado en el departamento del Choco (CONLE et al., 2011), con cuatro especies conocidas, este genero tambien se distribuye en Ecuador y Peru (Phasmida Species File Online).
Phasmatodea (insecta) de la Reserva Natural Rio Nambi, Narino, Colombia
The Leptynia hispanica species complex (Insecta Phasmida): polyploidy, parthenogenesis, hybridization and more.
Sexual vs. asexual reproduction in a stick insect
Stick insects or walking sticks (Order Phasmida or Phasmatodeaf) are leaf-eating insects best known for their elaborate camouflage.
Stick insects (Order Phasmida) of Eastern Arabia: a photographic review
Contrasting leaf age preferences of specialist and generalist stick insects (Phasmida).
Host fungi and feeding habits of Ciidae (Coleoptera) in a subtropical rainforest in southern Brazil, with an overview of host fungi of Neotropical ciids
Comentarios.- Esta especie se incluye dentro del grupo de especies formado por Teagueia lehmannii Luer, Teagueia phasmida (Luer & Escobar) Luer, Teagueia rex (Luer & Escobar) Luer, Teagueia teaguei (Luer) Luer, Teagueia tentaculata Luer & Hirtz y Teagueia zeus (Luer & Hirtz) Luer.
Una nueva especie de Teagueia (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) del norte del Peru
Order Families Species % of Specimens % of Insect (n = 877) Insect (n = 13,162) Specimens Species Protura 1 1 0.11 31 0.24 Collembola 10 57 6.50 4315 32.78 Diplura 1 1 0.11 6 0.05 Odonata 4 12 1.37 47 0.36 Phasmida 1 2 0.23 6 0.05 Orthoptera 5 13 1.48 115 0.87 Blattaria 1 2 0.23 42 0.32 Isoptera 1 1 0.11 1 ~ 0 Plecoptera 1 2 0.23 2 0.02 Psocoptera 1 6 0.68 34 0.26 Hemiptera 28 117 13.30 855 6.49 Thysanoptera 1 2 0.34 3 0.02 Ncuroptera 4 5 0.57 28 0.21 Coleoptera 58 386 44.01 5539 42.08 Mecoptera 2 3 0.34 5 0.04 Diptcra 36 122 13.91 892 6.78 Trichoptera 4 7 0.80 19 0.14 Lepidoptera 18 82 9.23 260 1.98 Hymenoptera 16 57 6.50 962 7.31
Diversity of the insect fauna within the unique Sinking Pond habitat in middle Tennessee

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