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Morphological disparity in elateriform beetles: patterns, trends and implications.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Apr 2026

Li Yan-Da, Kundrata Robin, Cai Chenyang, Donoghue Philip C J

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Morphological disparity, reflecting the breadth of phenotypic variation within clades, offers critical insights into evolutionary dynamics beyond taxonomic diversity. Using a large discrete morphological character dataset, this study investigates disparity patterns in Elateriformia, a hyperdiverse beetle clade that includes click beetles, jewel beetles and their relatives, to explore macroevolutionary drivers of...

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Animals
Coleoptera
Biological Evolution
Fossils
Phylogeny
Phenotype

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PMID: 42014078
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2025.3101

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