Evolution of flexible biting in hyperdiverse parasitoid wasps
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F22%3A10450202" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/22:10450202 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=7awKMJWtU6" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=7awKMJWtU6</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2086" target="_blank" >10.1098/rspb.2021.2086</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Evolution of flexible biting in hyperdiverse parasitoid wasps
Original language description
One key event in insect evolution was the development of mandibles with two joints, which allowed powerful biting but restricted their movement to a single degree of freedom. These mandibles define the Dicondylia, which constitute over 99% of all extant insect species. It was common doctrine that the dicondylic articulation of chewing mandibles remained unaltered for more than 400 million years. We report highly modified mandibles overcoming the restrictions of a single degree of freedom and hypothesize their major role in insect diversification. These mandibles are defining features of parasitoid chalcid wasps, one of the most species-rich lineages of insects. The shift from powerful chewing to precise cutting likely facilitated adaptations to parasitize hosts hidden in hard substrates, which pose challenges to the emerging wasps. We reveal a crucial step in insect evolution and highlight the importance of comprehensive studies even of putatively well-known systems.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
ISSN
0962-8452
e-ISSN
1471-2954
Volume of the periodical
289
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1967
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
20212086
UT code for WoS article
000746806400016
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85123905271