Morphological adaptations to an unusual defensive strategy in the mantid Orthoderella ornata (Insecta: Mantidae)

The behaviour of Orthoderella ornata Giglio Tos, 1897, a cryptically coloured mantid, is described with reference to some morphological adaptations that conceal the typical insect outline. The modification of the typical morphology of the head in mantids is analysed with special mention of the inter...

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Autores principales: Brunner, D., Gandolfo, D.
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crypsis
mantid
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09528369_v222_n1_p129_Brunner
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spelling todo:paper_09528369_v222_n1_p129_Brunner2023-10-03T15:50:46Z Morphological adaptations to an unusual defensive strategy in the mantid Orthoderella ornata (Insecta: Mantidae) Brunner, D. Gandolfo, D. crypsis mantid The behaviour of Orthoderella ornata Giglio Tos, 1897, a cryptically coloured mantid, is described with reference to some morphological adaptations that conceal the typical insect outline. The modification of the typical morphology of the head in mantids is analysed with special mention of the internal structure, the tentorium, and by comparison with the disposition of two other species with a different defensive strategy. The hypothesis that O. ornata has short legs in correlation with its resting position is supported by a morphometric comparison with five other species of mantids which show different behaviour and positions in their cryptic strategy. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09528369_v222_n1_p129_Brunner
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topic crypsis
mantid
spellingShingle crypsis
mantid
Brunner, D.
Gandolfo, D.
Morphological adaptations to an unusual defensive strategy in the mantid Orthoderella ornata (Insecta: Mantidae)
topic_facet crypsis
mantid
description The behaviour of Orthoderella ornata Giglio Tos, 1897, a cryptically coloured mantid, is described with reference to some morphological adaptations that conceal the typical insect outline. The modification of the typical morphology of the head in mantids is analysed with special mention of the internal structure, the tentorium, and by comparison with the disposition of two other species with a different defensive strategy. The hypothesis that O. ornata has short legs in correlation with its resting position is supported by a morphometric comparison with five other species of mantids which show different behaviour and positions in their cryptic strategy. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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author Brunner, D.
Gandolfo, D.
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Gandolfo, D.
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title Morphological adaptations to an unusual defensive strategy in the mantid Orthoderella ornata (Insecta: Mantidae)
title_short Morphological adaptations to an unusual defensive strategy in the mantid Orthoderella ornata (Insecta: Mantidae)
title_full Morphological adaptations to an unusual defensive strategy in the mantid Orthoderella ornata (Insecta: Mantidae)
title_fullStr Morphological adaptations to an unusual defensive strategy in the mantid Orthoderella ornata (Insecta: Mantidae)
title_full_unstemmed Morphological adaptations to an unusual defensive strategy in the mantid Orthoderella ornata (Insecta: Mantidae)
title_sort morphological adaptations to an unusual defensive strategy in the mantid orthoderella ornata (insecta: mantidae)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09528369_v222_n1_p129_Brunner
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