High niche diversity in Mesozoic pollinating lacewings

Qing Liu; Xiumei Lu; Qingqing Zhang; Jun Chen; Xiaoting Zheng; Weiwei Zhang; Xingyue Liu; Bo Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06120-5

Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

High niche diversity in Mesozoic pollinating lacewings

Qing Liu,
Xiumei Lu,
Qingqing Zhang,
Jun Chen,
Xiaoting Zheng,
Weiwei Zhang,
Xingyue Liu,
Bo Wang

Affiliations

Qing Liu: State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiumei Lu: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University
Qingqing Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun Chen: State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaoting Zheng: Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University
Weiwei Zhang: Three Gorges Entomological Museum
Xingyue Liu: Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University
Bo Wang: State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06120-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Kalligrammatid lacewings were among the largest Mesozoic insects. Here, Liu et al. present an assemblage of Mesozoic kalligrammatid lacewings from amber and compression fossils, highlighting diversity in traits associated with pollination, chemical communication and defense against predators.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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