RE: https://mastodon.green/@plazi_species/116142939438774146

What #amber #fossils can tell us about the early evolution of animal groups. Authors Hong-Yu Li et al. (2023) discovered several new genera and new species of #Mantispoidea from mid-#Cretaceous #Kachin #amber (#Myanmar). The new finds come from the still existing taxa Berothidae, Rhachiberothidae, Dipteromantispidae and Mantispidae. In the mid-Cretaceous #Rhachiberothidae e.g. were much more abundant and thus such fundings offer more insights into early #evolutionaryscenarios.

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