Brood care in a 100-million-year-old scale insect

eLife7.70
Volume: 4
Published: Mar 31, 2015
Abstract
Behavior of extinct organisms can be inferred only indirectly, but occasionally rare fossils document particular behaviors directly. Brood care, a remarkable behavior promoting the survival of the next generation, has evolved independently numerous times among animals including insects. However, fossil evidence of such a complex behavior is exceptionally scarce. Here, we report an ensign scale insect (Hemiptera: Ortheziidae), Wathondara kotejai...
Paper Details
Title
Brood care in a 100-million-year-old scale insect
Published Date
Mar 31, 2015
Journal
Volume
4
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