Advanced Research on Fossil Insects
A special issue of Taxonomy (ISSN 2673-6500).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 2185
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Mollusca; paleobiogeography; paleogeography; stratigraphy
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: Mesozoic and Cenozoic insects and strata; Jehol Biota; Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystem; amber biota
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Insects are the most diverse group of organisms to appear in the 3.5-billion-year history of life on Earth. Over one million species of insects have been described, but it is estimated that there may be as many as 10 million species on Earth. They are a dominant component of biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems. Our understanding of their modern biodiversity is based on the knowledge of their fossil record. Two major turning points in insect evolution were the development of wings around 410 million years ago and the Triassic radiation of the Holometabola, which is the most diverse extant insect clade, comprising more than 95% of the total species diversity of the entirety of Insecta. Further milestones were the “invention” of eusociality during the Cretaceous, as the most striking and sophisticated innovation by insects, and the Mid-Mesozoic Parasitoid Revolution. Insect pollination was a driver of the Early Cretaceous radiation of angiosperms.
The aim of this Special Issue is to provide an up-to-date survey of the past diversity of insects and to invite manuscripts describing new taxa of significance for advancing our understanding of insect evolution.
Prof. Dr. Mathias Harzhauser
Prof. Dr. Haichun Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fossil record
- insecta
- evolution
- eusociality
- pollination
- biodiversity
- extinction
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