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A new xyelotomid (Hymenoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of China displaying enigmatic venational asymmetry

BACKGROUND: Pterygota insects typically have symmetric veins in left and right wings. For studying taxonomy and phylogeny of fossil insects, venational patterns are commonly used as diagnostic characters, in conjunction with preserved body characters. Some examples of asymmetrical venation are known...

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Autores principales: Gao, Taiping, Shih, Chungkun, Engel, Michael S., Ren, Dong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4971703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27485108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0730-0