Wear Mechanics of the Female Locust Digging Valves: The “Good Enough” Principle
Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 34, Issue 48, November 26, 2024.Adult female desert locusts dig underground roughly three‐four times in their lives to lay their eggs, using the two pairs of oviposition valves at the tip of the female's abdomen. This study highlights the evolutionary adaptation of the valve materials to their specific function, suggesting a trade‐off between energetic investment and the sufficient ...
Andre Eccel Vellwock +8 more
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Functional Ecology, Volume 38, Issue 10, Page 2084-2098, October 2024.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract From soil to freshwater ecosystems, decomposition can be conceived as the result of interactions between organic matter and a diversity of organisms. This function is driven in part by detritivores, invertebrates that feed on detritus or graze on its associated microbes
Théo Marchand +10 more
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Disentangling the mechanisms by which nitrogen addition affects soil communities and their functioning [PDF]
This thesis aims to explore the impact of nitrogen enrichment on soil communities and their functional dynamics. Specifically, we have investigated the direct effect of nitrogen enrichment on soil community and functioning and indirect effects mediated ...
Nwe, Thu Zar
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Mandibles and labrum-epipharynx of tiger beetles: Basic structure and evolution (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelitae) [PDF]
, 2011 : Using for comparison with, and as outgroups for, supertribe Cicindelitae, we describe and illustrate the mandibles and labrum-epipharynx of the basal geadephagans Trachypachus gibbsii LeConte, 1861 (family Trachypachidae), and family Carabidae ...
Acorn, J. H., Ball, G. E., Shpeley, D.
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Morphology and evolution of Malacostraca [PDF]
, 2014 In this dissertation project comparative morphological studies on the nervous system, mandible structure and sensory equipment of Decapoda and Peracarida are presented and interpreted with regard to the evolution of the taxa.
Geiselbrecht, Hannes
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A previously unknown feeding mode in millipedes and the convergence of fluid feeding across arthropods. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2022 Moritz L +4 more
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Mesozoic larva in amber reveals the venom delivery system and the palaeobiology of an ancient lineage of venomous insects (Neuroptera) [PDF]
The larvae of Neuroptera are predators that feed by injecting bioactive compounds into their prey and then suctioning the fluids through modified mouthparts.
Badano, Davide +5 more
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The evolution of head structures in acercaria (insecta) [PDF]
, 2015 Die Acercaria sind eine morphologisch und biologisch sehr diverse hemimetabole Insektengruppe mit ca. 113.000 beschrieben Arten. Die Nahrung bzw. die Ernährungsweisen spielten offenbar eine entscheidende Rolle in der Evolution der Acercaria, weshalb die ...
Spangenberg, Rico
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Feeding design in free-living mesostigmatid chelicerae (Acari: Anactinotrichida). [PDF]
Exp Appl Acarol, 2021 Bowman CE.
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FINE STRUCTURAL STUDIES ON MAJOR LARVAL MOUTH PART SENSILLA OF ANTHERAEA ASSAMENSIS, AN ENDEMIC SILK MOTH SPECIES OF NORTH EAST INDIA IN REGARD TO SENSORY PHYSIOLOGY [PDF]
, 2016 The larval mouth part sensilla trichodea in Antheraea assamensis revealed differential distribution pattern of pores and lumen in different parts of the same sensilla. Pores were sparse in the tip as compared to the middle portion.
Dey, Sudip
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