Mechanical properties of larval mouthparts of the antlion Euroleon nostras (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) and their correlation with cuticular material composition

W Krings, SN Gorb - Zoomorphology, 2023 - Springer
The diversity of insects can be explained by their ability to fill various ecological niches,
which includes the foraging from diverse sources. The cuticle-based feeding structures …

[HTML][HTML] The Neotropical antlion genus Ameromyia Banks, 1913 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), systematics and redefinition under a phylogenetic approach

LG de Miranda Tavares… - Arthropod …, 2023 - arthropod-systematics.arphahub …
A taxonomic revision and the first phylogenetic hypothesis of the Neotropical genus
Ameromyia Banks (Myrmeleontidae: Brachynemurini) is herein presented. The phylogeny is …

Convergent evolution of antlions and wormlions: similarities and differences in the behavioural ecology of unrelated trap-building predators

K Miler, I Scharf - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2022 - Springer
Antlions and wormlions are unrelated insect taxa, but both construct pit traps in loose soil
and hunt similar prey. Owing to the likeness of their hunting strategies, and since no other …

Antlion larvae localize long distant preys by a mechanism based on time difference

V Martinez, D Sillam-Dussès, D Devetak… - Journal of Comparative …, 2024 - Springer
Pit building antlions Euroleon nostras have been submitted to artificial cues in order to
delineate their faculty to localize a prey. Series of propagating pulses in sand have been …

Behavioral differences between pit‐building antlions and wormlions suggest limits to convergent evolution

K Miler, I Scharf - Integrative Zoology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antlions and wormlions are distantly related insect taxa, both digging pits in loose soil and
ambushing arthropod prey. Their hunting method, which is rare in the animal kingdom, is a …

Setae and sensilla in the Iberian Myrmeleon Linnaeus, 1767 larvae (Insecta, Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

FA Ramos, VJ Monserrat - Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Myrmeleon (tribe Myrmeleontini) is the most successful genus within Myrmeleontidae in
number of species. This is probably due to its pit-building behavior, a famous adaptation of …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanical properties of the antlion larva Euroleon nostras (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) jaws correlate with the amount of inorganic content

W Krings, SN Gorb - 2023 - scholar.archive.org
The diversity of insects can be explained by their ability to establish various ecological
niches, which includes the foraging from diverse sources. The cuticle-based feeding …

Megistopus flavicornis (Rossi, 1790), mirmeleóntido (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) para el Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlánticas de Galicia (NO España)

JJP Pérez, AM Fernández, RP Pérez - Nova Acta Científica …, 2020 - revistas.usc.gal
Megistopus flavicornis (Rossi, 1790), mirmeleóntido (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) para el
Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlánt Page 1 Nova Acta Científica Compostelana (Bioloxía) …

[PDF][PDF] THIRTY YEARS OF THE CHAIR OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ETHOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR

D Devetak - Acta entomologica slovenica, 2022 - pms-lj.si
a brief review is given of the history of the Chair of animal Physiology and ethology at the
University of Maribor, which celebrates 30 years of teaching and research in 2022. the focus …