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31 May 2016 Phoretic springtail (Collembola: Sminthuridae) on a false blister beetle (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) in Eocene Baltic amber
Margarita Grünemaier
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Abstract

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.

Margarita Grünemaier "Phoretic springtail (Collembola: Sminthuridae) on a false blister beetle (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) in Eocene Baltic amber," Palaeodiversity 9(1), 9-13, (31 May 2016). https://doi.org/10.18476/pale.v9.a2
Received: 22 June 2015; Accepted: 11 November 2015; Published: 31 May 2016
KEYWORDS
Baltic amber
Coleoptera
Collembola
Eocene
phoresy
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