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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2021-11-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/71006 |