A Carboniferous Mite on an Insect Reveals the Antiquity of an Inconspicuous Interaction
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- 作者：Ninon Robin1 ; Olivier Bé ; thoux1 ; Ekaterina Sidorchuk2 ; Yingying Cui3 ; Yingnan Li3 ; Damien Germain1 ; Andrew King4 ; Felisa Berenguer5 ; 6 ; Dong Ren3 ; rendong@mail.cnu.edu.cn" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：symbiosis ; fossil mite ; Carboniferous ; Ningxia ; Archaeorthoptera ; phoresy
- 刊名：Current Biology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：23 May 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：26
- 期：10
- 页码：1376-1382
- 全文大小：3648 K
文摘
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A 0.8-mm mite is reported as being located on a 320-Ma-old extinct insect
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This oribatid belongs to a new family extending the record of Mixonomata by 250 Ma
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Relevant aspects, including fossil preservation, suggest a phoretic association
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This case reveals the antiquity of such interactions in mite evolution