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Arab Mantis

Blepharopsis mendica (Fabricius 1775)

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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are host of

Global Biotic Interactions

Podagrionella korsakowi (Picard 1936)

auditory system

Triblehorn and Yager 2001
tympanal organ
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1784041

Definition: hearing organ in insects, consisting of a membrane (tympanum) stretched across a frame backed by an air sac and associated sensory neurons

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cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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developmental mode

Insect Development
hemimetabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hemimetabolous

Definition: Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, resulting in a gradual change in body form with each molt, without a pupal stage.

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feeding structure

Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
biting mouthparts
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/biting

Definition: Mouthparts adapted to cutting food particles using opposable mandibles.

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geographic distribution

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TreatmentBank
Cyprus
URI: http://www.geonames.org/146669

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TreatmentBank
Northern Africa
URI: http://www.geonames.org/7729887

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TreatmentBank
Canary Islands
URI: http://www.geonames.org/2520308

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TreatmentBank
Iran
URI: http://www.geonames.org/130758

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TreatmentBank
Iraq
URI: http://www.geonames.org/99237

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habitat

TreatmentBank
desert oasis
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000156

Definition: A small, isolated, fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.

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wadi
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000031

Definition: A valley or ravine, bounded by relatively steep banks, which in the rainy season becomes a watercourse.

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hearing range

Triblehorn and Yager 2001

25000 Hz

(min)
Triblehorn and Yager 2001

50000 Hz

(max)

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

336

trophic guild

Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
predator
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170430

Definition: Organism that obtains food by hunting

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