Performance, morphology and control of power-amplified mandibles in the trap-jaw ant Myrmoteras (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Trap-jaw ants are characterized by high-speed mandibles used for prey capture and defense. Power-amplified mandibles have independently evolved at least four times among ants, with each lineage using different structures as a latch, spring and trigger. We examined two species from the genus Myrmoter...
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COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625752 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/625752 |