This study provides a comprehensive review of historical morphological nomenclature used
for praying mantis (Mantodea) morphology, which includes citations, original use, and …

Time and again, over hundreds of millions of years, environmental disturbances have
caused mass extinctions of animals ranging from reptiles to corals. The anthropogenic loss …

The wings of insects are one of their most prominent features and embody numerous
characters and modifications congruent with the variety of their lifestyles. However, despite …

This study presents the first reconstruction of mantodean phylogeny using a large
morphological dataset of the entire group. The matrix encompasses 152 morphological …

Background Stem-relatives of many winged insect orders have been identified among
Pennsylvanian fossils (Carboniferous Period). Owing to their presumed'basal'position in …

Number 301: 1-56 ISSN 1026-051X November 2015 CLASSIFICATION OF THE ORDER
EOBLATTIDA (INSECTA: BLATTIDEA) WITH DESCRIPTI Page 1 Number 301: 1-56 ISSN …

The nymphal stages of P alaeozoic insects differ significantly in morphology from those of
their modern counterparts. Morphological details for some previously reported species have …

The most ancient known roach, Qilianiblatta namurensis gen. et sp. nov. from the earliest
Pennsylvanian (Namurian B/C) Qilianshan entomofauna, is described from material …

Alienoptera have been recently described from mid-Cretaceous amber and are nested
phylogenetically inside the Dictyoptera lineage as the sister group of Mantodea. The second …

Homologies of the forewing venation pattern of the order Mantodea (Insecta: Dictyoptera)
consistent with the accepted insect wing venation groundplan are proposed. A comparative …