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Identification of Nearctic black flies using DNA barcodes (Diptera: Simuliidae)
DNA barcoding has gained increased recognition as a molecular tool for species identification in various groups of organisms. In this preliminary study, we tested the efficacy of a 615‐bp fragment of… Expand
Manual of praying mantis morphology, nomenclature, and practices (Insecta, Mantodea)
- Sydney K. Brannoch, F. Wieland, J. Rivera, Klaus-Dieter Klass, Olivier Béthoux, G. Svenson
- Medicine, Biology
- ZooKeys
- 13 September 2017
Abstract This study provides a comprehensive review of historical morphological nomenclature used for praying mantis (Mantodea) morphology, which includes citations, original use, and assignment of… Expand
A historical review of praying mantid taxonomy and systematics in the Neotropical Region: State of knowledge and recent advances (Insecta: Mantodea)
- J. Rivera
- Biology
- 6 October 2010
This review presents a detailed account of taxonomic studies of praying mantids (Mantodea) from the Neotropical region. The current knowledge for each genus is presented along with a brief review of… Expand
Mantids in the Mist – Taxonomy of the Andean genus Pseudopogonogaster Beier, 1942, a cloud forest specialist, with notes on its biogeography and ecology (Mantodea: espidae: Miopteryginae)
- J. Rivera, H. Yagui, R. Ehrmann
- Biology
- 2011
The Neotropical lichen mimicking mantid genus Pseudopogonogaster Beier, 1942 is revisited and re-described. The examination of the type species, P. mirabilis Beier, 1942, the first described species… Expand
The Neotropical ‘polymorphic earless praying mantises’ – Part I: molecular phylogeny and revised higher‐level systematics (Insecta: Mantodea, Acanthopoidea)
- J. Rivera, G. Svenson
- Biology
- 1 July 2016
We perform phylogenetic analyses of the ‘polymorphic earless praying mantises’, a heterogeneous assemblage comprising c. 55% of mantodean diversity in the Neotropics. Bayesian and maximum‐likelihood… Expand
A checklist of the praying mantises of Peru: new records, one new genus (Piscomantis gen. n.) and biogeographic remarks (Insecta, Mantodea).
- J. Rivera, Clorinda Vergara-Cobián
- Biology, Medicine
- Zootaxa
- 19 October 2017
We present a preliminary checklist of the praying mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) of Peru. A total of 67 species are reported, nine of which constitute new records from that country. The following new… Expand
Antibacterial Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum, a Plant Used in Maya Traditional Medicine to Treat Diarrhoea
- M. Meckes, J. Torres, +4 authors G. Rodríguez
- Biology
- 1 March 1997
Ethnobotanical studies indicate that Helianthemum glomeratum is a plant widely used in Maya communities to treat diarrhoeas. A possible mechanism to counteract infectious diarrhoea would be by… Expand
Chromatophotina , a remarkable new genus of praying mantid from the Neotropical Region and its two new species (Mantodea: Mantidae, Photinainae)
- J. Rivera
- Biology
- 31 March 2010
A new genus and two new species of Neotropical praying mantids are described: Chromatophotina awajun from Peru and Chromatophotina cofan from Ecuador. Study of the male genitalia suggests that… Expand
Synopsis of the Neotropical mantid genus Pseudacanthops Saussure, 1870, with the description of three new species (Mantodea: Acanthopidae)
- F. Lombardo, S. Ippolito, J. Rivera
- Biology
- 2013
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Some taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in American Mantodea (Insecta, Dictyoptera)--Part I.
- A. Agudelo, J. Rivera
- Biology, Medicine
- Zootaxa
- 20 March 2015
Multiple nomenclatural problems persist in mantodean taxonomy. This constitutes an important challenge for praying mantis systematics, its forthcoming development and future consolidation. In this… Expand
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