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Amphibious flies and paedomorphism in the Jurassic period

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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
    University of Kansas)

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.

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  • Diying Huang & André Nel & Chenyang Cai & Qibin Lin & Michael S. Engel, 2013. "Amphibious flies and paedomorphism in the Jurassic period," Nature, Nature, vol. 495(7439), pages 94-97, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:495:y:2013:i:7439:d:10.1038_nature11898
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11898
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