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Limitations of learning in the proboscis reflex of the flower visiting syrphid fly Eristalis tenax. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Flower visiting Eristalis hoverflies feed on nectar and pollen and are known to rely on innate colour preferences. In addition to a preference for visiting yellow flowers, the flies possess an innate proboscis reflex elicited by chemical as well as ...
Klaus Lunau +5 more
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Two new species of Ammothea (Pycnogonida, Ammotheidae) from Antarctic waters [PDF]
, 2013 Two new species of the genus Ammothea are described from Elephant Island and the South Shetlands Islands, Antarctica. The material was captured during the Polarstern cruise XXIII/8 to the Antarctic Peninsula area.
Cano Sánchez, Esperanza +1 more
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Towards Advanced Intelligent and Perceptive Soft Grippers
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Implementing soft yet strong and intelligent soft grippers request innovative and creative solutions in designing soft bodies and seamlessly integrating actuated systems with hierarchical sensing. This review systematically analyses soft grippers with a deep understanding of core components, from fundamental design principles to actuation and sensing ...
Haneul Kim +4 more
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InsectsPontia edusa is a nectar-feeding butterfly widely distributed in Europe, northwestern India, Siberia, North Africa (extending to Ethiopia), and most regions of China; however, detailed information on the fine morphology of its proboscis remains limited ...
Ya-Rong Gu +3 more
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The Mouthparts of Female Blood-Feeding Frog-Biting Midges (Corethrellidae, Diptera)
Insects, 2023 Females of frog-biting midges (Corethrellidae) obtain their blood meals from male calling frogs. While the morphology of the feeding apparatus is well studied in hematophagous Diptera that impact humans, frog-biting midges have received far less ...
Stephan Barton +2 more
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Mandible composition and properties in two selected praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea)
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Insects process their food with their cuticle‐based mouthparts. These feeding structures reflect their diversity and can, in some cases, showcase adaptations in material composition, mechanical properties, and shape to suit their specific dietary preferences.
Malo Roze +3 more
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ZooKeys, 2011 We describe a new genus and species of Mecoptera with siphonate mouthparts, Sinopolycentropus rasnitsyni gen. et sp. n., assigned to the family Pseudopolycentropodidae Handlirsch, 1925.
ChungKun Shih +3 more
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Mechanical Properties Of Sediment Determine Burrowing Success And Influence Distribution Of Two Lugworm Species [PDF]
, 2017 We apply new perspectives on how organisms burrow by examining the association of in situ variation in sediment mechanical properties with burrowing ability and species distribution of two sympatric lugworms, Abarenicola pacifica and Abarenicola ...
Crane, R. L., Merz, Rachel
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Softshell turtles (Pan‐Trionychidae) are an early branching clade of hidden‐necked turtles (Cryptodira) with a rich fossil record extending back to the Early Cretaceous. The evolutionary history of softshell turtles is still unresolved because of their conservative morphology combined with high levels of polymorphism related to morphological ...
Léa C. Girard, Walter G. Joyce
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Puddling by Female Florida Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies, \u3ci\u3ePapillo Glaucus Australis\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) Many species from all families of Rhopaloccra have been reported to drink water (Norris 1936). Bates (1863) noted that, in the Amazon, 80 species from 22 genera flocked about the damp edges of water and, with very few exceptions, all of these ...
Scriber, J. Mark
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