Published in Current Biology · View the paper (DOI)
The discovery of fossilized male mosquitoes in 30 million-year-old amber suggests that males were also hematophagous, feeding on blood. This finding helps narrow the 'ghost-lineage gap' for mosquitoes and complicates our understanding of the evolution of blood-feeding habits.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Earliest-known fossil mosquito suggests males were bloodsuckers too Cell Press · Dec 4, 2023 · first to report
- Earliest known fossil mosquitoes suggest males were bloodsuckers Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters · Dec 5, 2023