Whirling in the late Permian: ancestral Gyrinidae show early radiation of beetles before Permian-Triassic mass extinction

Whirling in the late Permian: ancestral Gyrinidae show early radiation of beetles before Permian-Triassic mass extinction

Abstract Background Gyrinidae are a charismatic group of highly specialized beetles, adapted for a unique lifestyle of swimming on the water surface. They prey on drowning insects and other small arthropods caught in the surface film. Studies based on morphological and molecular data suggest that gy...

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Main Authors: Evgeny V. Yan, Rolf G. Beutel, John F. Lawrence
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Coleoptera
Adephaga
Gyrinidae
New taxon
Permian
Phylogeny
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1139-8

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