A unique Sphenophyllum-mimicking insect in the Permian
This finding enriches the Paleozoic record of leaf mimicry in insects, broadens our understanding of its evolutionary history in Hemiptera, and provides a rare perspective on insect-plant ecological associations in the South China Block before the end-Permian mass extinction.
Authors
- Yuming Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8003-9607)
- Diying Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5637-4867)
- Joachim T. Haug (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8254-8472)
- Carolin Haug (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9208-4229)
- Chenyang Cai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9283-8323)
- Yanzhe Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7819-1703)
- Weiming Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6190-6234)
- Xiangbo Song
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology (CN)
- Richard Wolf (Germany) (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02487-2
- Primary Topic
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00