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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Auteurs principaux: Clément Schneider, Cyrille A. D’Haese
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 2023-09-01
Collection:Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny
Accès en ligne:https://arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com/article/104522/download/pdf/