Fig. 2: Characters’ DR in major lineages with different feeding types in Scarabaeidae. | Communications Biology

Fig. 2: Characters’ DR in major lineages with different feeding types in Scarabaeidae.

From: Evolutionary radiation strategy revealed in the Scarabaeidae with evidence of continuous spatiotemporal morphology and phylogenesis

Fig. 2

a Diagram for obtaining the DR index based on Mahalanobis distances; b step line chart of the DR of the mandible; c step line chart of the DR of the pronotum; d step line chart of the DR of the elytron; e step line chart of the DR of the hindwing. All test groups in Scarabaeidae are labelled according to the phylogenetic tree. The solid yellow/green trendline shows the mammalian net diversification rate42 and relative angiosperm diversity35 without meaning in the Y axis direction, respectively. All test groups in Scarabaeidae were labeled for follow-up analysis, and the coprophagous/omnivorous/phytophagous feeding type at each ancestral node was marked by purple/dark blue/dark green stars, respectively.

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