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Gelastocoridae
The Gelastocoridae (toad bugs) is a family of about 100 species of insects in the suborder Heteroptera. These fall into two genera, about 15 species of ''Gelastocoris'' from the New World and 85 of ''Nerthra'' from the Old World. They are reminiscent of toads both in the warty appearance and hopping movements of some species. Biology Gelastocoridae are Riparian zone, riparian insects, generally found at the margins of streams and ponds, where they are predators of small insects. Gelastocoridae catch their prey by leaping on top of them and grasping them with their modified front legs.Borror DJ, Tripplehorn CA, Johnson NF (1989) ''An Introduction to the Study of Insects'', 6th ed., Harcourt Brace College Publishers. New York. p. 213 Members of the family are found throughout the world, but their highest biodiversity, diversity is in the tropics. Adults lay their eggs in sand. There are 5 Instar, instars in their life cycle. Nymphs of many species cover themselves with a layer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toad Bug
The Gelastocoridae (toad bugs) is a family of about 100 species of insects in the suborder Heteroptera. These fall into two genera, about 15 species of '' Gelastocoris'' from the New World and 85 of '' Nerthra'' from the Old World. They are reminiscent of toads both in the warty appearance and hopping movements of some species. Biology Gelastocoridae are riparian insects, generally found at the margins of streams and ponds, where they are predators of small insects. Gelastocoridae catch their prey by leaping on top of them and grasping them with their modified front legs.Borror DJ, Tripplehorn CA, Johnson NF (1989) ''An Introduction to the Study of Insects'', 6th ed., Harcourt Brace College Publishers. New York. p. 213 Members of the family are found throughout the world, but their highest diversity is in the tropics. Adults lay their eggs in sand. There are 5 instars in their life cycle. Nymphs of many species cover themselves with a layer of sand grains. Apart from the no dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelastocoris
''Gelastocoris'' is a genus of toad bugs in the family Gelastocoridae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Gelastocoris''. Species These 23 species belong to the genus ''Gelastocoris'': * '' Gelastocoris amazonensis'' Melin, 1929 * '' Gelastocoris andinus'' Melin, 1929 * '' Gelastocoris apureensis'' Melin, 1929 * '' Gelastocoris barberi'' Torre-Bueno * '' Gelastocoris bolivianus'' De Carlo, 1954 * '' Gelastocoris bufo'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1840) * '' Gelastocoris curiosus'' Poinar & Brown, 2016 * '' Gelastocoris decarloi'' Estévez & Schnack, 1977 * '' Gelastocoris flavus'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1835) * '' Gelastocoris fuscus'' Martin, 1929 * '' Gelastocoris hungerfordi'' Melin, 1929 * '' Gelastocoris major'' Montandon, 1910 * '' Gelastocoris martinezi'' De Carlo, 1954 * '' Gelastocoris monrosi'' De Carlo, 1959 * '' Gelastocoris nebulosus'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) * '' Gelastocoris oculatus'' (Fabricius, 1798) (big-eyed toad bug) * '' Gelastocoris paraguayensis'' De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nerthra
''Nerthra'' is a genus of toad bugs in the family Gelastocoridae. There are at least 90 described species in ''Nerthra''. Species These 95 species belong to the genus ''Nerthra'': Fossil species †'' Nerthra bichelata'' Poinar and Brown 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ... References Further reading * * * * * Nepomorpha genera Gelastocoridae {{Nepomorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by India and Bangladesh to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest. The country's capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city is Yangon (formerly Rangoon). Early civilisations in the area included the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states in Upper Myanmar and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Myanmar. In the 9th century, the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy River, Irrawaddy valley, and following the establishment of the Pagan Kingdom in the 1050s, the Burmese language and Culture of Myanmar, culture and Buddhism in Myanmar, Theravada Buddhism slowly became dominant in the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burmese Amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The amber is of significant palaeontological interest due to the diversity of flora and fauna contained as inclusions, particularly arthropods including insects and arachnids but also birds, lizards, snakes, frogs and fragmentary dinosaur remains. The amber has been known and commercially exploited since the first century AD, and has been known to science since the mid-nineteenth century. Research on the deposit has attracted controversy due to the potential role of the amber trade in funding internal conflict in Myanmar and hazardous working conditions in the mines where it is collected. Geological context, depositional environment and age The amber is found in the Hukawng Basin, a large Cretaceous-Cenozoic sedimentary basin within north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretaceous series (stratigraphy), Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the stratigraphic column deposited during the corresponding age. Both age and stage bear the same name. As a unit of geologic time measure, the Cenomanian Age spans the time between 100.5 and 93.9 million years ago (Mya). In the geologic timescale, it is preceded by the Albian and is followed by the Turonian. The Upper Cenomanian starts around at 95 Mya. The Cenomanian is coeval with the Woodbinian of the regional timescale of the Gulf of Mexico and the early part of the Eaglefordian of the regional timescale of the East Coast of the United States. At the end of the Cenomanian, an anoxic event took place, called the Cenomani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crato Formation
The Crato Formation is a geologic formation (stratigraphy), formation of Early Cretaceous (Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. It is an important Lagerstätten, Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) for palaeontology, palaeontologists. The strata were laid down mostly during the Aptian age (geology), age, about 113 million years ago. It thought to have been deposited in a semi-arid Lake, lacustrine wetland environment.Ribeiro et al., 2021 The Crato Formation earns the designation of Lagerstätte due to an exceedingly well preserved and diverse fossil faunal assemblage. Some 25 species of fossil fishes are often found with stomach contents preserved, enabling paleontologists to study predator-prey relationships in this ecosystem. There are also fine examples of pterosaurs, reptiles and amphibians, invertebrates (particularly insects), and plants. Even dinosaurs are represented: a new maniraptor was described in 1996. The unusual taphonomy of the site resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aptian
The Aptian is an age (geology), age in the geologic timescale or a stage (stratigraphy), stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous, Early or Lower Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or series (stratigraphy), Series and encompasses the time from 121.4 ± 1.0 annum, Ma to 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma (million years ago), approximately. The Aptian succeeds the Barremian and precedes the Albian, all part of the Lower/Early Cretaceous. The Aptian partly overlaps the upper part of the Western Europe, Western European Urgonian Stage. The Selli Event, also known as OAE1a, was one of two oceanic anoxic events in the Cretaceous Period, which occurred around 120 annum, Ma and lasted approximately 1 to 1.3 million years, being marked by enhanced silicate weathering, as well as ocean acidification. The Aptian extinction was a minor extinction event hypothesized to have occurred around 116 to 117 Ma. Stratigraphic definitions The Aptian was named after the small city o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemiptera Heteroptera Gelastocoridae Toad Bug Nymph Camouflaged With Sand
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from to around , and share a common arrangement of piercing-sucking mouthparts. The name "true bugs" is sometimes limited to the suborder Heteroptera. Entomologists reserve the term ''bug'' for Hemiptera or Heteroptera,Gilbert Waldbauer. ''The Handy Bug Answer Book.'' Visible Ink, 1998p. 1. which does not include other arthropods or insects of other orders such as ants, bees, beetles, or butterflies. In some varieties of English, all terrestrial arthropods (including non-insect arachnids and myriapods) also fall under the colloquial understanding of ''bug''. Many insects with "bug" in their common name, especially in American English, belong to other orders; for example, the lovebug is a fly and the Maybug and ladybug are beetles. The term is oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stridulation
Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts. This behavior is mostly associated with insects, but other animals are known to do this as well, such as a number of species of fish, snakes and spiders. The mechanism is typically that of one structure with a well-defined lip, ridge, or nodules (the "scraper" or ''plectrum'') being moved across a finely-ridged surface (the "file" or ''stridulitrum''—sometimes called the ''pars stridens'') or vice versa, and vibrating as it does so, like the dragging of a phonograph needle across a vinyl record. Sometimes it is the structure bearing the file which resonates to produce the sound, but in other cases it is the structure bearing the scraper, with both variants possible in related groups. Common onomatopoeic words for the sounds produced by stridulation include ''chirp'' and ''chirrup''. Arthropod stridulation Insects and other arthropods stridulate by rubbing together two parts of the body. These a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
