A New Cretaceous Insect with a Unique Cephalo-thoracic Scissor Device

Insects use different parts of their body to cling to mating partners, to catch prey, or to defend themselves, in most cases the mouthparts or the legs. However, in 400 million years of evolution [1Misof B. Liu S. Meusemann K. Peters R.S. Donath A. Mayer C. Frandsen P.B. Ware J. Flouri T. Beutel R.G. et al.Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution.Science. 2014; 346: 763-767Crossref PubMed Scopus (1551) Google Scholar,...