New 99-million-year-old insect species had feeding tubes nearly twice its body length

A tiny insect trapped in amber about 99 million years ago had a strange way of feeding. Its mouthparts stretched almost twice as long as its body and could bend without collapsing. Researchers named the new species Cretodorus noonoo, or “Noo-Noo.” The insect belonged to Neazoniidae, an extinct family of planthoppers. Fossils came from Kachin […]

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