macropterous


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macropterous

having large wings, as in some castes of termites and ants.
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Males are macropterous, and the females are either macropterous or brachypterous.
Lachesillidae (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera': psocomorpha) from rancho Santa Elena, Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, Mexico, with description of a Lachesilla in species group corona
It was hypothesized that macropterous individuals exhibit higher mobility and dispersal range than brachypterous individuals.
Contrasting patterns of macroptery in Roesel's bush cricket Metrioptera roeselii (Orthoptera, Ensifera)
Naturally, this species is in the limigenus group (Poisson 1949), which is characterized as being macropterous with alary dimorphism rare, and with the posterolateral angles of the pronotum rounded.
Naucoridae Leach, 1815 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Tanzania
This species occurs in both macropterous and brachypterous forms.
Review of the Genus Hieroglyphus Krauss 1877 (Hemiacridinae: Acrididae: Orthoptera) with Description of One New Species From Pakistan
biforma is dimorphic, with both brachypterous and macropterous forms, and both forms display variation with respect to coloration and various measurements, the description of A.
New species of the genus Anisophya Karabag from Chile (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae)
In general, micropterous females reproduce earlier and have a higher fecundity than macropterous females (Roff 1986a; Denno et al.
The genetic basis of the trade-off between calling and wing morph in males of the cricket Gryllus firmus
Because the eggs used in this experiment were taken from a largely macropterous population in New Jersey and a primarily brachypterous population in Florida, it could be argued that maternal effects might contribute to any observed differences in wing form between populations.
Habitat persistence underlies intraspecific variation in the dispersal strategies of planthoppers
Macropterous, wings broad and elongate, well exceeding abdomen, held steeply tectiform (almost parallel to body) in repose.
A new tribe of Tropiduchidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with revision of the genus Buca and description of asymmetric hind leg spinulation
Description of the first Recent macropterous species of Vianaidinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae) with comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the family within the Cimicomoprha.
Randall Tobias Schuh: a celebration of his career and accomplishments on the occasion of his 70th birthday
All described members of Physoderinae are macropterous, brachypterous specimens probably representing an undescribed species of Physoderes have been deposited in some collections (W.
Porcelloderes impenetrabilis gen. & sp. n. from Tanzania, an assassin bug camouflaging in the adult stage (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Physoderinae)
This species occurs in macropterous form with two distinguish color forms: shinning yellow and dark green.
Systematic Status and Ecology of Hieroglyphus perpolita (Uvarov, 1932) (Acrididae: Orthoperta) of Pakistan*
Most species are macropterous, with their tegmina used in flight as well as sound generation--but in many brachypterous species, tegmina are shortened and function solely in sound generation.
Curious katydids from the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador: three new species, a new genus and acoustic baffles
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