Nature Communications (Aug 2018)
Parasitoid biology preserved in mineralized fossils
- Thomas van de Kamp,
- Achim H. Schwermann,
- Tomy dos Santos Rolo,
- Philipp D. Lösel,
- Thomas Engler,
- Walter Etter,
- Tomáš Faragó,
- Jörg Göttlicher,
- Vincent Heuveline,
- Andreas Kopmann,
- Bastian Mähler,
- Thomas Mörs,
- Janes Odar,
- Jes Rust,
- Nicholas Tan Jerome,
- Matthias Vogelgesang,
- Tilo Baumbach,
- Lars Krogmann
Affiliations
- Thomas van de Kamp
- Laboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation (LAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Achim H. Schwermann
- LWL-Museum of Natural History
- Tomy dos Santos Rolo
- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Philipp D. Lösel
- Engineering Mathematics and Computing Lab (EMCL), Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University
- Thomas Engler
- Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Palaeontology, University of Bonn
- Walter Etter
- Department of Geosciences, Natural History Museum Basel
- Tomáš Faragó
- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Jörg Göttlicher
- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Vincent Heuveline
- Engineering Mathematics and Computing Lab (EMCL), Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University
- Andreas Kopmann
- Institute for Data Processing and Electronics (IPE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Bastian Mähler
- Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Palaeontology, University of Bonn
- Thomas Mörs
- Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History
- Janes Odar
- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Jes Rust
- Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Palaeontology, University of Bonn
- Nicholas Tan Jerome
- Institute for Data Processing and Electronics (IPE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Matthias Vogelgesang
- Institute for Data Processing and Electronics (IPE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Tilo Baumbach
- Laboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation (LAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
- Lars Krogmann
- Department of Entomology, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05654-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 14
Abstract
Evidence for a parasitic lifestyle in extinct species tends to be indirect. Here, the authors provide direct evidence through X-ray examination of approximately 30–40 million year old fossil fly pupae, revealing 55 parasitation events by four newly described wasp species.
