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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Auteurs principaux: Lu Chen, Jun-Jie Gu, Qiang Yang, Dong Ren, Alexander Blanke, Olivier Béthoux
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Langue:EN
Publié: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/c32686356ae040adb21a1413db590b8c
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