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List of works by Gregory I. Holwell

A molecular phylogeny of the circum-Antarctic Opiliones family Neopilionidae

scholarly article published in 2021

A paternity advantage for speedy males? Sperm precedence patterns and female re-mating frequencies in a sexually cannibalistic praying mantid

Bad tenants: female sheet-web spiders, Cambridgea foliata (Araneae: Desidae), lose feeding opportunities when cohabiting with males

scientific article published in 2018

Behavioural correlations and aggression in praying mantids

scientific article published in 2020

Bright turquoise as an intraspecific signal in the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis)

article

Camouflage in lichen moths: Field predation experiments and avian vision modelling demonstrate the importance of wing pattern elements and background for survival

article published on 28 September 2022

Cannibalistic siblicide in praying mantis nymphs (Miomantis caffra)

Chirally dimorphic male genitalia in praying mantids (Ciulfina: Liturgusidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2010

Combat in a cave-dwelling wētā (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) with exaggerated weaponry

Contests between male New Zealand sheet-web spiders, Cambridgea plagiata (Araneae: Desidae)

scientific article

Courtship and mating behaviour in the parasitoid wasp Cotesia urabae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): mate location and the influence of competition and body size on male mating success

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

Critical issues facing New Zealand entomology

article

Cybernetic combatants support the importance of duels in the evolution of extreme weapons

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

Defining an intrasexual male weapon polymorphism in a New Zealand harvestman (Opiliones: Neopilionidae) using traditional and geometric morphometrics

scientific article

Diet, predators, and defensive behaviors of New Zealand harvestmen (Opiliones: Neopilionidae) ⬇️

journal article from 'The Journal of Arachnology' published in 2021

Different paths to sexual size dimorphism in two praying mantids, Pseudomantis albofimbriata and Hierodula majuscula

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Directional selection on body size but no apparent survival cost to being large in wild New Zealand giraffe weevils

scientific article published on 06 March 2019

Dispersal behavior of the parasitic wasp Cotesia urabae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A recently introduced biocontrol agent for the control of Uraba lugens (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) in New Zealand

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Exaggerated male legs increase mating success by reducing disturbance to females in the cave wētā

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Exaggerated rostra as weapons and the competitive assessment strategy of male giraffe weevils

scientific article published in 2014

Exaggerated trait allometry, compensation and trade-offs in the New Zealand giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis)

scientific article

Fatal attraction: sexually cannibalistic invaders attract naive native mantids ⬇️

scientific article

Female praying mantids use sexual cannibalism as a foraging strategy to increase fecundity

scientific article (publication date: 11 March 2008)

Ferocious fighting between male grasshoppers.

scientific article

First releases and monitoring of the biological control agent Cotesia urabae Austin and Allen (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

scholarly article by G. A. Avila et al published July 2013 in New Zealand Entomologist

Flexible alternative mating tactics by New Zealand giraffe weevils

article

Four new species of Ciulfina Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Mantodea: Liturgusidae, Liturgusinae) from the Northern Territory, Australia

scientific article (publication date: 21 May 2014)

Frequency, composition and variation in external food stores constructed by orb-web spiders: Nephila edulis and Nephila plumipes (Araneae : Araneoidea)

article

Genital shape correlates with sperm transfer success in the praying mantis Ciulfina klassi (Insecta: Mantodea)

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Geographic variation in genital morphology ofCiulfinapraying mantids

scientific article published in 2008

Geometric morphometrics and molecular systematics of Xanthocnemis sobrina (McLachlan, 1873) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) and comparison to its congeners

scientific article

Habitat selection in a deceptive predator: maximizing resource availability and signal efficacy

scientific article published in 2014

Host testing of the parasitoid Cotesia urabae (Austin & Allen, 1989) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to assess the risk posed to the New Zealand nolid moth Celama parvitis (Howes, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Nolidae): do host deprivation and experience influence a

article

Increased male mating success in the presence of prey and rivals in a sexually cannibalistic mantis

scientific article published in 2021

Internal reproductive anatomy of the praying mantid Ciulfina klassi (Mantodea: Liturgusidae).

scientific article published on 9 September 2008

Intraspecific evidence from guppies for correlated patterns of male and female genital trait diversification

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

Irradiation-induced sterility in an egg parasitoid and possible implications for the use of biological control in insect eradication

scientific article published on 10 June 2021

Laboratory odour-specificity testing of Cotesia urabae to assess potential risks to non-target species

article by Gonzalo A. Avila et al published 20 January 2016 in BioControl

Lichen moths do not benefit from ‘element imitation’ masquerade in the absence of a matching background

scientific article

Male density influences mate searching speed and copulation duration in millipedes (Polydesmida: Gigantowales chisholmi)

scientific article published in 2016

Male genital claspers influence female mate acceptance in the stick insect Clitarchus hookeri

article by Shelley S. Myers et al published 11 July 2016 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Male mating behaviour reduces the risk of sexual cannibalism in an Australian praying mantid

article

Male-biased sexual size dimorphism and sex ratio in the New Zealand Giraffe Weevil,Lasiorhynchus barbicornis(Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Brentidae)

article

Mate detection and seasonal variation in stick insect mating behaviour (Phamatodea: Clitarchus hookeri)

article by Shelley S. Myers et al published 8 July 2015 in Behaviour

Mate location and antennal morphology in the praying mantid Hierodula majuscula

Mate-finding Allee effects can be exacerbated or relieved by sexual cannibalism

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Molecular evidence for variation in polyandry among praying mantids (Mantodea: Ciulfina)

article

Molecular phylogeny reveals the repeated evolution of complex male genital traits in the New Zealand moth genus Izatha (Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae)

scholarly article by REBECCA M. BENNIK et al published 4 November 2015 in Systematic Entomology

Monteremita gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Carabidae), a new genus of ground beetle from New Caledonia ⬇️

article by David S Seldon & Gregory I. Holwell published November 2019 in Austral Entomology

Multimodal mate assessment by male praying mantids in a sexually cannibalistic mating system

Multiple exaggerated weapon morphs: a novel form of male polymorphism in harvestmen

scientific article

Muscle mass drives cost in sexually selected arthropod weapons

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

No risk to scrambling? Mating tactic does not affect the frequency of leg autotomy in a New Zealand harvestman

scientific article

Olfactory cues used in host-habitat location and host location by the parasitoidCotesia urabae

Patterns of praying mantid population density following cyclone disturbance in far north Queensland, Australia

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Perceived risk of sperm competition affects juvenile development and ejaculate expenditure in male praying mantids

article

Phylogeography of the New Zealand giraffe weevil Lasiorhynchus barbicornis (Coleoptera: Brentidae): A comparison of biogeographic boundaries

article

Pollinator deception in the orchid mantis

scientific article

Pre‐emptive host‐specificity testing of <scp><i>Trissolcus japonicus</i></scp> (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) reveals high parasitism levels against the endemic New Zealand alpine shield bug in laboratory no‐choice tests

scientific article published in 2021

Protecting the small majority: insect conservation in Australia and New Zealand

article

Retrospective host-specificity testing shows Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) and the native Trissolcus oenone (Dodd) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) have overlapping physiological host ranges in New Zealand

scientific article published in 2022

Retrospective risk assessment reveals likelihood of potential non-target attack and parasitism by Cotesia urabae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A comparison between laboratory and field-cage testing results

scholarly article by G.A. Avila et al published December 2016 in Biological Control

Scramble Competition Polygyny in Terrestrial Arthropods

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Sexual cannibalism and population viability.

scientific article published on 24 June 2018

Sexual cannibalism in a facultative parthenogen: the springbok mantis (Miomantis caffra)

scientific article published in 2015

Sexually dimorphic antennal structures of New Zealand Cave Wētā (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae)

article

Spermatophore feeding and mating behaviour in praying mantids (Mantodea: Liturgusidae)

scientific article published in 2006

Spider diversity and community composition in native broadleaf–podocarp forest fragments of northern Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

article

Susceptibility of four Eucalyptus host species for the development of Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero and Dellapé (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae)

article

Temporal variation in body size and weapon allometry in the New Zealand giraffe weevil

article

The Functional Significance of Chiral Genitalia: Patterns of Asymmetry, Functional Morphology and Mating Success in the Praying Mantis Ciulfina baldersoni

scientific article published on 24 June 2015

The influence of abrupt forest edges on praying mantid populations

The potential global distribution of the Bronze bugThaumastocoris peregrinusCarpintero and Dellapé (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae)

The role of exaggerated male chelicerae in male–male contests in New Zealand sheet-web spiders

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Three new species of Ciulfina Giglio-Tos (Mantodea: Liturgusidae) from north-eastern Australia ⬇️

scientific article published on 12 September 2007

Weak premating isolation between Clitarchus stick insect species despite divergent male and female genital morphology

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

Weapon allometry and phenotypic correlation in the New Zealand sheetweb spider Cambridgea plagiata

article

Weapon allometry varies with latitude in the New Zealand giraffe weevil

scientific article (publication date: 9 October 2014)

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