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A novel form of wasp mimicry in a new species of praying mantis from the Amazon rainforest, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)

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By Klass K-D, Agudelo AA, Rafael JA, Brannoch SK
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Introduction Much of the known diversity within Mantoididae, a small, early evolved lineage of praying mantises, is thought to mimic various types Hymenoptera, both morphologically and behaviorally (Jackson & Drummond, 1974; Deyrup, 1986; Agudelo, 2014).
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An exceptionally preserved 110 million years old praying mantis provides new insights into the predatory behaviour of early mantodeans

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By Beutel RG, Klass K-D, Schneider JW, Dathe HH
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We present here a new specimen of S . axelrodi . Its morphology indicates that the character evolution in the early lineage of Mantodea was in fact more complex than anticipated. We also discuss a new interpretation of the raptorial behaviour of S . axelrodi and early mantodeans in general. Raptoblatta waddingtonae Dittmann et al., 2015 is a rather roach-like species only known from the holotype, found in the Crato Formation, Brazil ( Dittmann et al., 2015 ).
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