Ovipositor and mouthparts in a fossil insect support a novel ecological role for early orthopterans in 300 million years old forests
A high portion of the earliest known insect fauna is composed of the so-called ‘lobeattid insects’, whose systematic affinities and role as foliage feeders remain debated. We investigated hundreds of samples of a new lobeattid species from the Xiaheyan locality using a combination of photographic te...
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/c32686356ae040adb21a1413db590b8c |
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