Chapter 8. Insect biogeography and evolution


Reconstructions of giant Carboniferous insects. (Inspired by a drawing by Mary Parrish in Labandeira 1998.)
Reconstructions of giant Carboniferous insects. (Inspired by a drawing by Mary Parrish in Labandeira 1998.)


8. Insect biogeography and evolution

8.1. Insect biogeography

8.2.1. The insect fossil record

8.2.2. Living insect distributions as evidence for antiquity

8.3. Were the first insects aquatic or terrestrial?

8.4. Evolution of wings

8.5. Evolution of metamorphosis

8.6. Insect diversification

8.7. Insect evolution in the Pacific

 Further reading