1、語錄

我想象著一種小型水生昆蟲，它在被動的空氣中學習飛行;當然不是通過研究空氣動力學，而是通過反復試驗。

I picture a small aquatic insect. . .which would thus learn to fly while passively air-borne; not, of
course, by studying aerodynamics, but by trial and error. —Sir Vincent Wigglesworth

2、前言

在所有現存的動物群中，昆蟲的驚人多樣性使解決它們的系統發育關系成為一項艱巨的任務。昆蟲的系統發育是各種宏觀進化現象的支點，如翅膀飛行的進化、親代撫育、與植物的共同物種形成以及不同餵養方式的形態特殊化等。

The phylogeny of insects is the fulcrum that underlies various macroevolutionary phenomena,such as the evolution of winged flight,
parental care, cospeciation with plants, and morphological specializations for diverse modes of feeding, to name but a few.

Integrating morphology and phylogenomics supports a terrestrial origin of insect flight