Journal article
Exaggerated Trait Growth in Insects
Abstract
Animal structures occasionally attain extreme proportions, eclipsing in size the surrounding body parts. We review insect examples of exaggerated traits, such as the mandibles of stag beetles (Lucanidae), the claspers of praying mantids (Mantidae), the elongated hindlimbs of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera), and the giant heads of soldier ants (Formicidae) and termites (Isoptera). Developmentally, disproportionate growth can arise through …
Authors
Lavine L; Gotoh H; Brent CS; Dworkin I; Emlen DJ
Journal
Annual Review of Entomology, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 1–20
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Publication Date
January 7, 2015
DOI
10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-021045
ISSN
0066-4170