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Specialized Myrmecophily at the Ecological Dawn of Modern Ants by Parker, Joseph, Grimaldi, David A.

“…Myrmecophiles—species that depend on ant societies—include some of the most morphologically and behaviorally specialized animals known [1]. Remarkable adaptive…”
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Adaptive Radiation in Socially Advanced Stem-Group Ants from the Cretaceous by Barden, Phillip, Grimaldi, David A.

“…Across terrestrial ecosystems, modern ants are ubiquitous. As many as 94 out of every 100 individual arthropods in rainforests are ants [1], and they…”
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Insects with 100 million-year-old dinosaur feathers are not ectoparasites by Grimaldi, David A., Vea, Isabelle M.

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Morphologically Specialized Termite Castes and Advanced Sociality in the Early Cretaceous by Engel, Michael S., Barden, Phillip, Riccio, Mark L., Grimaldi, David A.

“…A hallmark of animals that are eusocial, or those with advanced sociality, is reproductive specialization into worker and queen castes [1–3]. In the most…”
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Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life by Wiegmann, Brian M, Trautwein, Michelle D, Winkler, Isaac S, Barr, Norman B, Kim, Jung-Wook, Lambkin, Christine, Bertone, Matthew A, Cassel, Brian K, Bayless, Keith M, Heimberg, Alysha M, Wheeler, Benjamin M, Peterson, Kevin J, Pape, Thomas, Sinclair, Bradley J, Skevington, Jeffrey H, Blagoderov, Vladimir, Caravas, Jason, Kutty, Sujatha Narayanan, Schmidt-Ott, Urs, Kampmeier, Gail E, Thompson, F. Christian, Grimaldi, David A, Beckenbach, Andrew T, Courtney, Gregory W, Friedrich, Markus, Meier, Rudolf, Yeates, David K

“…Flies are one of four superradiations of insects (along with beetles, wasps, and moths) that account for the majority of animal life on Earth. Diptera includes…”
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Long-Proboscid Flies as Pollinators of Cretaceous Gymnosperms by Peñalver, Enrique, Arillo, Antonio, Pérez-de la Fuente, Ricardo, Riccio, Mark L., Delclòs, Xavier, Barrón, Eduardo, Grimaldi, David A.

“…The great evolutionary success of angiosperms has traditionally been explained, in part, by the partnership of these plants with insect pollinators [1–6]. The…”
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Arthropods in amber from the Triassic Period by Schmidt, Alexander R, Jancke, Saskia, Lindquist, Evert E, Ragazzi, Eugenio, Roghi, Guido, Nascimbene, Paul C, Schmidt, Kerstin, Wappler, Torsten, Grimaldi, David A

“…The occurrence of arthropods in amber exclusively from the Cretaceous and Cenozoic is widely regarded to be a result of the production and preservation of…”
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First fossil of an oestroid fly (Diptera: Calyptratae: Oestroidea) and the dating of oestroid divergences by Cerretti, Pierfilippo, Stireman, 3rd, John O, Pape, Thomas, O'Hara, James E, Marinho, Marco A T, Rognes, Knut, Grimaldi, David A

“…Calyptrate flies include about 22,000 extant species currently classified into Hippoboscoidea (tsetse, louse, and bat flies), the muscoid grade (house flies…”
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Transcriptomes reveal expression of hemoglobins throughout insects and other Hexapoda by Herhold, Hollister W, Davis, Steven R, Grimaldi, David A

“…Insects have long been thought to largely not require hemoglobins, with some notable exceptions like the red hemolymph of chironomid larvae. The tubular,…”
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400 million years on six legs: On the origin and early evolution of Hexapoda by Grimaldi, David A.

“…Identifying the unambiguous sister group to the hexapods has been elusive. Traditional concepts include the Myriapoda (the Tracheata/Atelocerata hypothesis),…”
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Another Laurasian connection in the Early Eocene of India: Myrmecarchaea spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) by Wood, Hannah M, Singh, Hukam, Grimaldi, David A

“…The first fossil Archaeidae in Cambay amber from India, of Eocene age, is documented. The inclusion is a spider exuvium and is placed as based on the presence…”
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Dracula orchids exploit guilds of fungus visiting flies: new perspectives on a mushroom mimic by Policha, Tobias, Grimaldi, David A., Manobanda, Rocío, Troya, Adrian, Ludden, Ashley, Dentinger, Bryn T. M., Roy, Bitty A.

“…1. Dracula orchids mimic mushrooms in appearance and scent, and are pollinated by mushroom flies. This study examined the guilds of insect visitors to Dracula…”
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Early Cretaceous Spider Web with Its Prey by Peñalver, Enrique, Grimaldi, David.A, Delclòs, Xavier

“…The orb web is a spectacular evolutionary innovation that enables spiders to catch flying prey. This elegant, geometric structure is woven with silk fibers…”
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Direct evidence for eudicot pollen-feeding in a Cretaceous stinging wasp (Angiospermae; Hymenoptera, Aculeata) preserved in Burmese amber by Grimaldi, David A., Peñalver, Enrique, Barrón, Eduardo, Herhold, Hollister W., Engel, Michael S.

“…Angiosperms and their insect pollinators form a foundational symbiosis, evidence for which from the Cretaceous is mostly indirect, based on fossils of insect…”
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Phylogeny of ensign scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Ortheziidae) based on the morphology of Recent and fossil females by VEA, ISABELLE M, GRIMALDI, DAVID A

“…The Ortheziidae (ensign scale insects) is a morphologically well‐defined family. The morphology and occurrence in the fossil record suggests a probable early…”
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Publisher Correction: Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages by Peñalver, Enrique, Arillo, Antonio, Delclòs, Xavier, Peris, David, Grimaldi, David A., Anderson, Scott R., Nascimbene, Paul C., Fuente, Ricardo Pérez-de la

“…The originally published version of this Article was updated shortly after publication to add the word ‘Ticks’ to the title, following its inadvertent removal…”
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The effects of fossil placement and calibration on divergence times and rates: An example from the termites (Insecta: Isoptera) by Ware, Jessica L., Grimaldi, David A., Engel, Michael S.

“…Among insects, eusocial behavior occurs in termites, ants, some bees and wasps. Isoptera and Hymenoptera convergently share social behavior, and for both taxa…”
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Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages by Peñalver, Enrique, Arillo, Antonio, Delclòs, Xavier, Peris, David, Grimaldi, David A., Anderson, Scott R., Nascimbene, Paul C., Pérez-de la Fuente, Ricardo

“…Ticks are currently among the most prevalent blood-feeding ectoparasites, but their feeding habits and hosts in deep time have long remained speculative. Here,…”
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Amber by Grimaldi, David A.

“…David Grimaldi introduces amber and the fossils contained therein…”
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Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha: Sciaroidea) in early Eocene Cambay amber by Stebner, Frauke, Singh, Hukam, Rust, Jes, Grimaldi, David A

“…One new genus and three new species of Lygistorrhinidae in early Eocene Cambay amber from India are described, which significantly increases our knowledge…”
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