The earliest beetle with mouthparts specialized for feeding on nectar is a parasitoid of mid-Cretaceous Hymenoptera

Abstract Background During the Mesozoic, there were many insects in several holometabolous orders (Neuroptera, Mecoptera and Diptera) with elongated mouthparts adapted for feeding on nectar. The evolutionary history of the megadiverse order Coleptera, which has a great diversity of mouthparts and fe...

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Main Authors: Jan Batelka, Jakub Prokop
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: BMC 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f01ecdd6f47d4c6898a9d664e4f33087
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