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Giovanni Onore

  • Biodiversity Journal, 5 (1): 087-091

    Giovanni Onore, Davide Badano & Roberto A. Pantaleoni
    Heliographic signalling in Haploglenius Burmeister, 1839 (Neuroptera Ascalaphidae)

    ABSTRACT
    The males of the ascalaphid genus Haploglenius are equipped with a movable pronotal flap, covering a white thoracic membrane, whose function remains poorly known. Few recent original observations, conducted on undisturbed specimens in their natural environment, suggest that this structure is part of a complex visual communication system based on intermittently showing the bright, reflecting, thoracic white area on a dark background. This behaviour is probably associated with courtship.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 2 (4): 161-162
    Giovanni Onore
    The genus Passiflora Linnaeus, 1753