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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Auteurs principaux: Jan Batelka, Jakub Prokop
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Langue:EN
Publié: BMC 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/f01ecdd6f47d4c6898a9d664e4f33087
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