The earliest Timematids in Burmese amber reveal diverse tarsal pads of stick insects in the mid‐Cretaceous

• Published in: Insect science Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 945 - 957
• Main Authors: Chen, Sha, Deng, Shi‐Wo, Shih, Chungkun, Zhang, Wei‐Wei, Zhang, Peng, Ren, Dong, Zhu, Yi‐Ning, Gao, Tai‐Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2019
• Subjects: adhesion; Amber; Branches; Cretaceous; Cretaceous period; Embioptera; euplantula; Fossils; Friction; Grylloblattodea; Insects; leaves; Mantophasmatodea; Mesozoic; monophyly; Myanmar; New species; Orthoptera; Phasmatodea; Phasmida; Polyneoptera; stick insects; survival strategy; Timematodea; trees; euplantula; Myanmar; Timematodea; stick insects; Polyneoptera; survival strategy

Many extant insects have developed pad structures, euplantulae or arolia on their tarsi to increase friction or enhance adhesion for better mobility. Many polyneopteran insects with euplantulae, for example, Grylloblattodea, Mantophasmatodea and Orthoptera, have been described from the Mesozoic. How...