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Repeated evidence of extended parental care in East Asian Sehirinae, and a possible evolutionary scenario

Lisa Filippi, biolzf@hofstra.edu, Hofstra University, Department of Biology, Gittleson Hall 102A, Hempstead, NY, Mantaro Hironaka, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Department of Biology, Japan, and Shintaro Nomakuchi, Saga University, Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Japan.



Species 1: Hemiptera Parastrachiidae Parastrachia japonensis
Species 2: Hemiptera Cydnidae Canthophorus niveimarginatus
Species 3: Hemiptera Cydnidae Adomerus rotundus