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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1399-560X
- eISSN
- 1876-312X
- DOI
- 10.1163/187631211X582898
- Publisher site
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Abstract
© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2011 DOI 10.1163/187631211X582898 Insect Systematics & Evolution 42 (2011) 99 brill.nl/ise Editorial Th e Cretaceous – Th e ‘Golden Age’ of Insect Evolution It is my great pleasure to introduce this new subject issue of Insect Systematics & Evolution which focuses on Cretaceous insects. Th e Cretaceous (approximately 145–65 million years ago) marks the ‘golden age’ of insect evolution as it was during this geo- logical period that most Recent insect groups fi rst appeared. Major events of the Cretaceous, such as the origin and radiation of angiosperms and the fragmentation of Gondwana had immense impact on insect evolution. Studies of fossils from this period do not only allow unique insights into the past insect diversity but also help under- stand their complex evolutionary history. Th e current issue of Insect Systematics & Evolution comprises nine original research papers in which signifi cant new fossils from eight diff erent orders are described, analyzed and phylogenetically interpreted. Ten species are newly described and a number of higher taxa proposed including eight new genera, a new subfamily, two new families, and even a new order. Th e latter is high- lighted on the front cover
Journal
Insect Systematics & Evolution – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2011