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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2025

Specialized bark-gnawing beetles reveal phragmotic defence and subcortical ecology in the Cretaceous.

Yan-Da Li, Richard A B Leschen, Jiří Kolibáč, Michael S Engel, Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Yali Yu, Diying Huang, Chenyang Cai

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yan-Da LiState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-9439-202X
Richard A B LeschenNew Zealand Arthropod Collection, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Auckland 1072, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-8549-8933
Jiří KolibáčDepartment of Entomology, Moravian Museum, 627 00 Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-8178-7084
Michael S EngelDivision of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3067-077X
Zhi-Qiang ZhangNew Zealand Arthropod Collection, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Auckland 1072, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0003-4172-0592
Yali YuGuangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-3275-1637
Diying HuangState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-5637-4867
Chenyang CaiState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-9283-8323

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ecological interactions are fundamental to understanding species' trophic relationships and the evolution of ecosystem functions. However, the fossil record seldom captures these intricate dynamics, as most fossils preserve individual organisms rather than the interactions that shaped ancient ecosystems. Here, we describe a new genus of bark-gnawing beetles (Trogossitidae),

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ColeopteraFossilsAmberAnimalsBiological EvolutionEcosystemMyanmarPredatory BehaviorAmberbeetleCretaceousdefenceecological interactionphragmosis

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