Ovipositor and mouthparts in a fossil insect support a novel ecological role for early orthopterans in Pennsylvanian forests
L. Chen, J.-J. Gu, Q. Yang, D. Ren, A. Blanke, O. Bethoux
The paper describes a new lobeattid insect species from the Pennsylvanian period, revealing its morphology and ecological role as an omnivorous ground egg-layer with a specialized ovipositor.
bioRxiv · Jun 18, 2021Evolutionary Biology