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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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| 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 |