Cretaceous Chikuniidae fam. nov. (Diptera: Brachycera) illuminates the evolution of blood‐feeding in lower brachyceran flies

Qi Feng, Jiajia Wang, Chenxin Zhou, Ding Yang, Michael S. Engel, Dong Ren, Yongjie Wang

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DOI: 10.1111/cla.70074
Published: 2026-10-20
Container: Cladistics
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@article{allodium:10.1111/cla.70074,
  title = {Cretaceous Chikuniidae fam. nov. (Diptera: Brachycera) illuminates the evolution of blood‐feeding in lower brachyceran flies},
  author = {Qi Feng and Jiajia Wang and Chenxin Zhou and Ding Yang and Michael S. Engel and Dong Ren and Yongjie Wang},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Cladistics},
  doi = {10.1111/cla.70074},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70074}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Cretaceous Chikuniidae fam. nov. (Diptera: Brachycera) illuminates the evolution of blood‐feeding in lower brachyceran flies
AU  - Qi Feng
AU  - Jiajia Wang
AU  - Chenxin Zhou
AU  - Ding Yang
AU  - Michael S. Engel
AU  - Dong Ren
AU  - Yongjie Wang
PY  - 2026
JO  - Cladistics
DO  - 10.1111/cla.70074
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70074
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Feng, Q., Wang, J., Zhou, C., Yang, D., Engel, M. S., Ren, D., & Wang, Y. (2026). Cretaceous Chikuniidae fam. nov. (Diptera: Brachycera) illuminates the evolution of blood‐feeding in lower brachyceran flies. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70074

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