The ride of the parasite: a 100-million-year old mantis lacewing larva captured while mounting its s...
The ride of the parasite: a 100-million-year old mantis lacewing larva captured while mounting its spider host
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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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 larvae of many mantis lacewings have a quite different biology: f...
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The ride of the parasite: a 100-million-year old mantis lacewing larva captured while mounting its spider host
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_61d6f96ec3dc4e34ae3d516993eb39e0
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_61d6f96ec3dc4e34ae3d516993eb39e0
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2056-306X
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2056-306X
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10.1186/s40851-018-0116-9
