Diversification dynamics of hypermetamorphic blister beetles (Meloidae): Are homoplastic host shifts and phoresy key factors of a rushing forward strategy to escape extinction?
E. K. Lopez-Estrada, I. Sanmartin, J. E. Uribe, S. Abalde, M. Garcia-Paris
This study uses mitogenomic data and SSE models to show that host shifts and phoresy in blister beetles influenced diversification rates, with phoretic and grasshopper-specialist lineages showing higher evolutionary success.
bioRxiv · Jan 4, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology