Portal:Arthropods/Did you know/17
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- ... that larvae of Cuban endemic firefly Alecton discoidalis attack land snails (pictured)?
- ... that the only known specimen of the extinct planthopper Glisachaemus jonasdamzeni is preserved with a parasitic mite?
- ... that cycloids are believed to have been driven to extinction when crabs spread across their territory?
- ... that the extinct trapdoor spiders Baltocteniza and Electrocteniza were both identified from specimens in Baltic amber?
- ... that the only known specimen of the extinct spider Palaeoperenethis is in the Royal Ontario Museum?
- ... that the extinct planthopper Tainosia quisqueyae was named for the Taíno people and Hispaniola?