A Cretaceous Chafer Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with Exaggerated Hind Legs—Insight from Comparative Functional Morphology into a Possible Spring Movement

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Exaggerated morphological structures are fascinating for evolutionary biologists and the public, and scarab beetles in particular are famous for their diverse exaggerated characters. Here, we report a new genus and species of Mesozoic scarab beetle with unusually robust and structure...

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Autores principales: Lu, Yuanyuan, Ahrens, Dirk, Shih, Chungkun, Shaw, Josh Jenkins, Yang, Xingke, Ren, Dong, Bai, Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9953289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36829514
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12020237

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9953289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36829514
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12020237

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