Breakaway from a globular body shape: molecular phylogeny reveals the evolutionary history of the enigmatic springtail Mackenziella psocoides
Mackenziella psocoides Hammer, 1953 (Collembola: Mackenziellidae) is a widespread but uncommon springtail. Its unusual body shape (ovoid, with partial coalescence of abdominal segments) has puzzled the specialists for a long time, until the discovery of males allowed to relate the species to a famil...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
2023-09-01
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Series: | Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny |
Online Access: | https://arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com/article/104522/download/pdf/ |