Aquatic Insects – a tremendous potential for research on diversification
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 11:01
in Biology & Nature
Inland waters cover less than 1% of the Earth's surface yet harbor 10% of all known animal species, 60% of them being aquatic insects. Nearly 100,000 species from 12 orders spend one or more life stages in freshwater. Still today, little is known on how this remarkable diversity arose. Scientists therefore investigated the potential of aquatic insects for research on diversification and outline their findings in a new publication.