Insect mimicry of plants dates back to the Permian

Many insects mimic plants in order to avoid detection by predators. Here, Garrouste and colleagues describe a katydid fossil that extends the record of leaf mimicry to the Middle Permian, more than 100 million years earlier than previously known fossil specimens of plant mimicry.

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Autores principales: Romain Garrouste, Sylvain Hugel, Lauriane Jacquelin, Pierre Rostan, J.-Sébastien Steyer, Laure Desutter-Grandcolas, André Nel
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a4e247da3b4449cfb7d773569c1b76992021-12-02T17:32:52ZInsect mimicry of plants dates back to the Permian10.1038/ncomms137352041-1723https://doaj.org/article/a4e247da3b4449cfb7d773569c1b76992016-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13735https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Many insects mimic plants in order to avoid detection by predators. Here, Garrouste and colleagues describe a katydid fossil that extends the record of leaf mimicry to the Middle Permian, more than 100 million years earlier than previously known fossil specimens of plant mimicry.Romain GarrousteSylvain HugelLauriane JacquelinPierre RostanJ.-Sébastien SteyerLaure Desutter-GrandcolasAndré NelNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2016)
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Romain Garrouste
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Lauriane Jacquelin
Pierre Rostan
J.-Sébastien Steyer
Laure Desutter-Grandcolas
André Nel
Insect mimicry of plants dates back to the Permian
description Many insects mimic plants in order to avoid detection by predators. Here, Garrouste and colleagues describe a katydid fossil that extends the record of leaf mimicry to the Middle Permian, more than 100 million years earlier than previously known fossil specimens of plant mimicry.
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author Romain Garrouste
Sylvain Hugel
Lauriane Jacquelin
Pierre Rostan
J.-Sébastien Steyer
Laure Desutter-Grandcolas
André Nel
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title Insect mimicry of plants dates back to the Permian
title_short Insect mimicry of plants dates back to the Permian
title_full Insect mimicry of plants dates back to the Permian
title_fullStr Insect mimicry of plants dates back to the Permian
title_full_unstemmed Insect mimicry of plants dates back to the Permian
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