Darwin noted “a fine beetle flew on board” while far at sea during the voyage of the Beagle. Their strong dispersal capabilities brought them as far as the #Galápagoswww.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Carl Vangestel et al. and Frederik Hendrickx demonstrated that an initial singular evolution of chromosomal inversions, followed by a rather complex interplay between colonization and introgression, gave rise to this parallel radiation.