A mantidfly in Cretaceous Spanish amber provides insights into the evolution of integumentary specialisations on the raptorial foreleg

<p>Multiple predatory insect lineages have developed a raptorial lifestyle by which they strike and hold prey using modified forelegs armed with spine-like structures and other integumentary specialisations. However, how structures enabling the raptorial function evolved in insects remains lar...

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Những tác giả chính: Pérez-De La Fuente, R, Peñalver, E
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Nature Research 2019