The Diversity of Spoon-Winged and Thread-Winged Lacewing Larvae Today and in Deep Time—An Expanded View
Laura Buchner, Simon Linhart, Gideon T. Haug, Florian Braig, Thomas Weiterschan, Patrick Müller, Joachim T. Haug, Carolin Haug · 2025
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Description
Laura Buchner and colleagues present a two thousand twenty-five study of lacewing larvae, both living and fossil. Lacewing larvae are fierce predators, and one family splits into long-necked and stout-bodied forms. Fossil larvae of this family were rarely reported.
The team describes new larvae preserved in Burmese amber about one hundred million years old. Measurements compared fossil shapes with living relatives. Fossil diversity looked larger than today's, though results were not fully conclusive. Repeated shape evolution also appeared in the family history. Insect specialists get an expanded record of how these odd predators changed over deep time.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Laura Buchner, Simon Linhart, Gideon T. Haug, Florian Braig, Thomas Weiterschan, Patrick Müller, Joachim T. Haug, Carolin Haug |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |