A fourth specimen of a fossilized phoretic springtail has been observed in Baltic amber. Since the host is a false blister beetle of the genus Oedemera Olivier, 1789, there are implications about the preferred habitat of the phoretic springtail and the preservation allows new insights into the grasping mechanism used by springtails for phoresy.
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31 May 2016
Phoretic springtail (Collembola: Sminthuridae) on a false blister beetle (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) in Eocene Baltic amber
Margarita Grünemaier
Palaeodiversity
Vol. 9 • No. 1
December 2016
Vol. 9 • No. 1
December 2016
Baltic amber
Coleoptera
Collembola
Eocene
phoresy