Arthropods are the most diverse animal phylum, and their phylogenetic relationships have
been debated for centuries. With the advent of molecular phylogenetics, arthropods were …

Insects comprise over half of all described animal species. Together with the Protura
(coneheads), Collembola (springtails) and Diplura (two-pronged bristletails), insects form …

Insects are the most speciose group of animals, but the phylogenetic relationships of many
major lineages remain unresolved. We inferred the phylogeny of insects from 1478 protein …

Fossil age data and molecular sequences are increasingly combined to establish a
timescale for the Tree of Life. Arthropods, as the most species-rich and morphologically …

Ephemeroptera (Mayflies) constitute an insect lineage the origin of which goes back to the
Carboniferous, making them one of the oldest extant insect orders. They are characterized …

The extent to which the sequence and timing of important events on Earth have influenced
biological evolution through geological time is a matter of ongoing debate. In this context …

Bite forces play a key role in animal ecology: they affect mating behaviour, fighting success,
and the ability to feed. Although feeding habits of arthropods have a significant ecological …

The Polyneoptera represents one of the earliest insect radiations, comprising the majority of
hemimetabolous orders, in which many species have great economic importance. Here, we …

The phylogeny of insects has been both extensively studied and vigorously debated for over
a century. A relatively accurate deep phylogeny had been produced by 1904. It was not …

Phylogenetic analyses of single genes and transcriptomes confirm that Hexapoda are a
subgroup of Pancrustacea, arguably most closely related with the specialized cave-dwelling …