The earliest known holometabolous insects

André Nel (), Patrick Roques, Patricia Nel, Alexander A. Prokin, Thierry Bourgoin, Jakub Prokop, Jacek Szwedo, Dany Azar, Laure Desutter-Grandcolas, Torsten Wappler, Romain Garrouste, David Coty, Diying Huang, Michael S. Engel and Alexander G. Kirejtshuk
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André Nel: CNRS UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, Paris F-75231, France
Patrick Roques: CNRS UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, Paris F-75231, France
Patricia Nel: CNRS UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, Paris F-75231, France
Alexander A. Prokin: Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Nekouzsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast 152742, Russia
Thierry Bourgoin: CNRS UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, Paris F-75231, France
Jakub Prokop: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44, Praha 2, Czech Republic
Jacek Szwedo: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 64, Wilcza Street, Warszawa PL00-679, Poland
Dany Azar: CNRS UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, Paris F-75231, France
Laure Desutter-Grandcolas: CNRS UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, Paris F-75231, France
Torsten Wappler: Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Nussallee 8, Bonn 53115, Germany
Romain Garrouste: CNRS UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, Paris F-75231, France
David Coty: CNRS UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, Paris F-75231, France
Diying Huang: State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Michael S. Engel: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas
Alexander G. Kirejtshuk: CNRS UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, Paris F-75231, France

Nature, 2013, vol. 503, issue 7475, 257-261

Abstract: Fossils of four insects and one larva from the Carboniferous Pennsylvanian epoch are described; these are very small relative to other known Palaeozoic-era insects, and reveal a previously unknown diversity of early eumetabolan insects, although the lineage radiated more successfully only after the mass extinctions at the end of the Permian period.

Date: 2013
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