Life habits and evolutionary biology of new two-winged long-proboscid scorpionflies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber

Life habits and evolutionary biology of new two-winged long-proboscid scorpionflies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber

Long-proboscid scorpionflies were associated with mid-Mesozoic gymnosperm pollination. Here, Lin et al. establish a new family of long-proboscid scorpionflies from Myanmar amber, elucidate evolutionary mechanisms of hind-wing reduction, and detail feeding and reproductive habits of these insects.

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Main Authors: Xiaodan Lin, Conrad C. Labandeira, Chungkun Shih, Carol L. Hotton, Dong Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09236-4
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spelling doaj-a77b210d8f114e59aaef84733056c4792021-05-11T12:07:50ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-03-0110111410.1038/s41467-019-09236-4Life habits and evolutionary biology of new two-winged long-proboscid scorpionflies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amberXiaodan Lin0Conrad C. Labandeira1Chungkun Shih2Carol L. Hotton3Dong Ren4College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal UniversityCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal UniversityCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal UniversityDepartment of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian InstitutionCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal UniversityLong-proboscid scorpionflies were associated with mid-Mesozoic gymnosperm pollination. Here, Lin et al. establish a new family of long-proboscid scorpionflies from Myanmar amber, elucidate evolutionary mechanisms of hind-wing reduction, and detail feeding and reproductive habits of these insects.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09236-4
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Dong Ren
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Conrad C. Labandeira
Chungkun Shih
Carol L. Hotton
Dong Ren
Life habits and evolutionary biology of new two-winged long-proboscid scorpionflies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber
Nature Communications
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Conrad C. Labandeira
Chungkun Shih
Carol L. Hotton
Dong Ren
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title Life habits and evolutionary biology of new two-winged long-proboscid scorpionflies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber
title_short Life habits and evolutionary biology of new two-winged long-proboscid scorpionflies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber
title_full Life habits and evolutionary biology of new two-winged long-proboscid scorpionflies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber
title_fullStr Life habits and evolutionary biology of new two-winged long-proboscid scorpionflies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber
title_full_unstemmed Life habits and evolutionary biology of new two-winged long-proboscid scorpionflies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber
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publishDate 2019-03-01
description Long-proboscid scorpionflies were associated with mid-Mesozoic gymnosperm pollination. Here, Lin et al. establish a new family of long-proboscid scorpionflies from Myanmar amber, elucidate evolutionary mechanisms of hind-wing reduction, and detail feeding and reproductive habits of these insects.
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