The ride of the parasite: a 100-million-year old mantis lacewing larva captured while mounting its spider host

BACKGROUND: Adult mantis lacewings, neuropteran holometabolan insects of the group Mantispidae, possess anterior walking legs transformed into prey-catching grasping appendages reminiscent of those of praying mantises. While adult mantis lacewings are hence active “wait-and-catch” predators, the lar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Haug, Joachim T., Müller, Patrick, Haug, Carolin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30607257
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-018-0116-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30607257
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-018-0116-9

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