Phylogenomics and Fossilized Birth-Death Dating Reveals Extensive Post-Cretaceous Worldwide Diversification of Cicadidae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha)
Mark Stukel, Jordan Douglas, Tatiana Petersen Ruschel, Stéphane Puissant, Ben W. Price, M H Villet, Alan R. Lemmon, Emily Claire Moriarty Lemmon, Chris Simon
The paper uses phylogenomic and fossilized birth-death dating to show Cicadidae diversified extensively after the K-Pg extinction event.
bioRxiv · Nov 8, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology