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2016
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Ancient origin of high taxonomic richness among insects
Insects are a hyper-diverse group, comprising nearly three-quarters of all named animal species on the Earth, but the environmental drivers of their richness and the roles of ecological interactions and evolutionary innovations remain unclear. Previous studies have argued that family-level insect richness increased continuously over the evolutionary history of the...Clapham, M E ; Karr, J A ; Nicholson, David B ; Ross, Andrew ; Mayhew, P J