16-Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Springtails Hitchhiking on Winged Termite (IMAGE)

New Jersey Institute of Technology

16-Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Springtails Hitchhiking on Winged Termite

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Distribution of springtails on termite and ant hosts within ~ 16 Ma old Dominican amber.

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N. Robin, C. D'Haese and P. Barden

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