Amphibious flies and paedomorphism in the Jurassic period

Diying Huang (), André Nel, Chenyang Cai, Qibin Lin and Michael S. Engel
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Diying Huang: State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
André Nel: CNRS UMR 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris F-75005, France
Chenyang Cai: State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Qibin Lin: State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Michael S. Engel: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas

Nature, 2013, vol. 495, issue 7439, 94-97

Abstract: New strashilid fossils from the Middle Jurassic epoch of Daohugou, China, show that they are highly specialized flies, and suggest that larval abdominal respiratory gills were retained in adult males, indicating that adult strashilids were probably aquatic or amphibious, with mating occurring in water.

Date: 2013
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