A new story of four Hexapoda classes: Protura as the sister to all other hexapods
S. Du, E. Tihelka, D. Yu, W.-J. Chen, Y. Bu, C. Cai, M. S. Engel, Y.-X. Luan, F. Zhang
This study resolves the phylogenetic relationships of early hexapods, finding Protura as the earliest-diverging lineage and supporting a new classification of hexapod evolution.
bioRxiv · Jan 8, 2024Evolutionary Biology