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High richness of insect herbivory from the early Miocene Hindon Maar crater, Otago, New Zealand [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Plants and insects are key components of terrestrial ecosystems and insect herbivory is the most important type of interaction in these ecosystems. This study presents the first analysis of associations between plants and insects for the early Miocene ...
Anna Lena Möller +3 more
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The Imitation Game: In Search for Brachycera in the Triassic
Diversity, 2023 The richest assemblage of the Triassic Diptera has been described from the famous Konservat-Lagerstätte Grès à Voltzia (Upper Buntsandstein) in the northern Vosges Mountains in France, dated as Early Anisian.
Elena D. Lukashevich, Mike B. Mostovski
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The Oldest Fossil Insects [PDF]
Nature, 1881 I SHALL be glad if you will afford me an opportunity of explaining one or two personal matters referred to in p. 11 of Mr. Scudder's memoir on the Devonian Insects of New Brunswick, which was mentioned in your last number (pp. 483, 4). He very justly takes exception to some bibliographical and orthographical errors committed by me in Trans. Entom. Soc.
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ZooKeys, 2011 The family Rasnitsynaphididae fam. n. has a unique combination of characters: 9-segmented antennae; rhinaria arranged in many transverse rows, surrounding the antennal segments; segment IX narrower than other segments of flagellum, always without ...
Agnieszka Homan, Piotr Wegierek
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New Fossil Xyelidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) from the Mesozoic of Northeastern China
Insects, 2022 One new genus and species, Leptoxyela eximia gen. et sp. nov., and one new species, Scleroxyela cephalota sp. nov., are described and illustrated based on two well-preserved compression fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation and the Middle ...
Liyang Dai +4 more
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Insects, 2021 A new subgenus Cretalinea subgen. nov. of Trichoneura (Diptera, Limoniidae) is established with one new species: Trichoneura (Cretalinea) xavieri subgen. et sp. nov.
Iwona Kania-Kłosok +3 more
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Incorporating fossils into hypotheses of insect phylogeny [PDF]
Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2016 Fossils represent stem and crown lineages, and their inclusion in phylogenetic reconstruction influences branch lengths, topology, and divergence time estimation. In addition, paleontological data may inform trends in morphological evolution as well as biogeographic history.
Jessica L, Ware, Phillip, Barden
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Fossil insects of Chile, including arachnids and myriapods: a systematic literature review and checklist [PDF]
Fossil RecordFossil insects have been a key tool for understanding the phylogeny and evolutionary history of life. However, many regions of the world still exhibit significant gaps in the knowledge of insect fossils, with South America being particularly ...
Francisco Tello +4 more
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