Miniaturization leads to considerable reorganization of structures in insects, affecting almost
all organs and tissues. In the smallest insects, comparable in size to unicellular organisms …

Small arthropods are not simply scaled-down versions of their larger closest relatives, as
changes in morphology and functional characters are largely governed by scaling laws …

Characters of hexapod attachment structures were analysed cladistically together with 110
additional morphological characters of immatures and adults. The results suggest the …

External and internal head structures of larvae of Nevrorthidae were described in detail. The
results were compared to conditions found in other representatives of Neuroptera and the …

Previous phylogenetic analyses of Strepsiptera have been limited to characters from only
males or first instar larvae, and by poor taxonomic sampling. This investigation is the first …

The brain and suboesophageal complex of adult and larval Strepsiptera were examined,
described and reconstructed 3-dimensionally. The results are compared to conditions found …

An evolutionary scenario for the enigmatic group Strepsiptera is provided, based on the
results of a comprehensive cladistic analysis of characters of all life stages. A recently …

Abstract Coleopterida (Coleoptera+ Strepsiptera) has been established as the sister group
of Neuropterida (Megaloptera+ Neuroptera+ Raphidioptera) based on recent phylogenetic …

We present the first morphological study of larvae and adults of Mikado sp.–one of the
smallest known beetles and free-living insects (body length of adult is 390–455μm) …

We analyzed patterns of complexity and simplicity in holometabolan insects using
parsimony and maximum‐likelihood. By contrast with other groups of arthropods (and most …