An exceptionally preserved 110 million years old praying mantis provides new insights into the predatory behaviour of early mantodeans

Mantodeans or praying mantises are flying insects and well known for their raptorial behaviour, mainly performed by their first pair of thoracic appendages. We describe here a new, exceptionally preserved specimen of the early mantodean Santanmantis axelrodi Grimaldi, 2003 from the famous 110 millio...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Marie K. Hörnig, Joachim T. Haug, Carolin Haug
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2017-07-01
Subjects:	Mantodea Dictyoptera sensu stricto Raptorial appendage Dictyoptera sensu lato Fossil behaviour
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/3605.pdf