First observation in nature of effective predator defence behaviour in the spiny forest katydid phricta spinosa Redtenbacher (Orthoptera: Pseudophyllinae: Phrictini)
Wilson, Gary W., and Rentz, David C.F. (2016) First observation in nature of effective predator defence behaviour in the spiny forest katydid phricta spinosa Redtenbacher (Orthoptera: Pseudophyllinae: Phrictini). Australian Entomologist, 43 (1). pp. 1-4.
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Abstract
Phricta spinosa Redtenbacher, 1892 is recorded for the first time using its hind legs to successfully repel an avian predator, the Little Shrike-thrush, Colluricincla megarhyncha (Colluricinclidae).
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1320-6133 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2017 04:41 |
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