2012, Caspar Henderson,The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page107:
In at least one otherarthropod, the Stalk-eyed fly, it is the sheer length of the stalks themselves, which can be longer than the animal's body, which make the male attractive to females.
2012, John L. Cloudsley-Thompson,Evolution and Adaptation of Terrestrial Arthropods, page85:
Thearthropods of the forest biome can be divided into two ecological groups: the cryptozoic inhabitants of the soil and leaf litter, and the terrestrial and arboreal forms that live in more exposed localities.