History of dragonfly flight
History of dragonfly flight 00
R.J. Rowea ✉️
- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2019.1682852
Published: 2 January 2020
Abstract
From their earliest appearance in the fossil record, dragonflies have clearly taken a different approach to flight than other insect groups. Even the superficially similar Neuroptera do not fly like dragonflies. Flight specialisation has enabled dragonflies to occupy a range of niches, as specialised predators of flying insects, for around 300 My.
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