Brannoch Sydney K, Svenson Gavin J
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
PeerJ. 2017 Nov 16;5:e4046. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4046. eCollection 2017.
Hörnig, Haug & Haug (2017) published a description of a new specimen of MB.I.2068, an extinct species of praying mantis from the Crato Formation of Brazil. According to Hörnig, Haug & Haug (2017), the discovery of this new specimen brought with it implications for praying mantis character evolution and predatory behavior; it is with these lines of reasoning that we find fault. More specifically, we point to four flawed assumptions in their study that led to their unsubstantiated conclusion that employed their mesothoracic legs in prey capture.
赫尔尼格、豪格与豪格(2017年)发表了对MB.I.2068新标本的描述,MB.I.2068是一种已灭绝的螳螂物种,来自巴西的克拉图组。根据赫尔尼格、豪格与豪格(2017年)的说法,这一新标本的发现对螳螂的特征进化和捕食行为具有启示意义;正是基于这些推理思路,我们发现了问题所在。更具体地说,我们指出他们研究中的四个有缺陷的假设,这些假设导致了他们得出关于(该物种)在捕食时使用中胸腿这一未经证实的结论。