A Cretaceous Chafer Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with Exaggerated Hind Legs—Insight from Comparative Functional Morphology into a Possible Spring Movement

The phenomenon of exaggerated morphological structures has fascinated people for centuries. Beetles of the family Scarabaeidae show many very diverse exaggerated characters, for example, a variety of horns, enlarged mandibles or elongated antennal lamellae. Here, we report a new Mesozoic scarab, <...

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Main Authors: Yuanyuan Lu, Dirk Ahrens, Chungkun Shih, Josh Jenkins Shaw, Xingke Yang, Dong Ren, Ming Bai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Biology
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/2/237