Reply to Machida et al.: Although embryology cannot establish the “Protura-sister”, phylogenomics can

Shiyu Du

Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University

Erik Tihelka

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Centre for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Daoyuan Yu

Department of Ecology, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University

Wan-Jun Chen

Mammoth (Shenzhen) Education Technology Co. Ltd.

Yun Bu

Natural History Research Center, Shanghai Natural History Museum, Shanghai Science & Technology Museum

Chenyang Cai

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Centre for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Michael S. Engel

Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History

Yun-Xia Luan

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Development Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University

Feng Zhang