Neuroptera
Neuroptera (ant lions, lacewings, mantid flies, owlflies; class Insecta, subclass Pterygota) Order of
endopterygote insects which have simple, biting mouthparts. The antennae are conspicuous and multi-segmented, and the two pairs of large, equal or subequal wings are lace-like, divided into many small cells by numerous cross-veins. The larvae are predacious or parasitic, with distinctive, sickle-shaped, sucking jaws. Pupation occurs in a silken cocoon. The silk is produced from modified excretory tubules opening into the hind gut of the larva and is extruded from the anus, rather than being produced by salivary glands. Many species are highly coloured and patterned, sometimes with dense hairs, and most can be recognized by the highly branched terminal portions of the main veins (end-twigging). With the exception of the
Hymenoptera, few other insect groups are more beneficial to humans, since adults and larvae are predacious on a vast range of sap-sucking insects (e.g. aphids and psyllids), and others on lepidopteran eggs and larvae, mites, and immature dipterans. The order is represented in all the major zoogeographical regions of the world.
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Gender Diversity: A Crosscultural Perspective
Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Anthropology; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...anthropological data on sex and gender. It is an important and detailed examination of gender ambiguity across cultures. The book examines 'multiple genders' among North American Indians, the hira of India, 'gender liminality' in Polynesia and...
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"GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT" AT THE WORLD BANK.
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Gender Identity in Consumer Behavior Research: A Literature Review and Research Agenda
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Gender politics in the black community
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Gender Reversals and Gender Cultures: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives.(Review)
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Gender Differences in Mathematical Trajectories. (*).(Statistical Data Included)
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Gender Recognition Bill -- First reading.
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Gender Constancy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
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Gender Identity
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
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gender
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...other words. The term gender is not usually considered...example, there are two genders, feminine and masculine...instances of grammatical gender. In German, Russian, and Latin there are three genders, called masculine...these three a "common" gender, which combines, and...
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Gender Reassignment Surgery
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
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Gender: Study of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
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