10. The Zygaenoidea

Epstein, Marc E.; Geertsema, H.; Naumann, Clas M.; Тарманн, Г. М.

doi:10.1515/9783110804744.159

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“…The absence of clearly defined autapomorphies for the Zygaenoidea, the likely involvement of several family groups with very different habitus, life-styles and evidence of synapomorphies linking just a few of these groups, led to a growing interest in this superfamily as a test group for phylogenetic analyses (Minet, 1986;Scoble, 1992;Miller, 1994;Geertsema et al, 1996;Epstein et al, 1999;Naumann et al, 1999;Yen, 2003). As a consequence, a number of family groups were recently excluded from the Zygaenoidea (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Lacturidae), or underwent changes in their delimitation and supposed relationships (e.g. Aididae, Chrysopolomidae, Lacturidae, "Phaudinae") (Common, 1970(Common, , 1990Minet, 1991;Heppner & Inoue, 1992;Heppner, 1993Heppner, , 1995Epstein, 1996;Epstein et al, 1999;Fänger et al, 1999). Nevertheless, the monophyly of the Zygaenoidea is still being debated.…”

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“…The shape of coronetted tubercles in all but the second instar is quite different in the two species examined; in H. penella, the spines are longer and the branches are more clearly ramified than those of H. eremita. It is worth noticing that the upper, "open" base of the coronetted tubercles is in reality covered by a thin, radially folded membrane, strongly suggestive of a valvular opening of cuticular cavities of "Zygaena-type" for the storage of cyanoglucosides, which were observed in Heterogynis by Epstein et al (1999). In fact, the morphology of the membrane corresponds with that of the valvular openings described by Naumann & Povolný (1987) for the small cuticular cavities of Zygaena punctum Ochsenheimer, 1808.…”

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“…The lepidopterous family Heterogynidae Rambur, 1866 is mostly known for the peculiar life cycle of its members and currently only includes the western Palaearctic genus Heterogynis Rambur, 1837(Zilli, 1998Epstein et al, 1999). In fact, another genus Janseola Hopp, 1923, from southern Africa (Hopp, 1923;Seitz & Gaede, 1926), which was associated with this family actually belongs to the Zygaenidae: Procridinae (Zilli, 1998).…”

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“…Karsch, 1898;Rebel, 1898;Forbes, 1910), sometimes as a part of the Zygaenidae (Börner, 1939). In contrast, Brock (1971) delegated the group to the Tineoidea on the basis of some characters of the imago, although the available information on the larvae is taken as evidence for placing them within the Zygaenoidea (Witthohn & Naumann, 1984;Minet, 1986Minet, , 1991Epstein et al, 1999). Nevertheless, the preimaginal morphology of Heterogynis has only been partially assessed, as only Dyar (1895), Chapman (1898) and Forbes (1910) provided very limited information on the chaetotaxy.…”

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Larval morphology of Heterogynis (Lepidoptera: Heterogynidae)

Vegliante¹,

Zilli²

2004

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Abstract. The external morphology and chaetotaxy of the larvae of Heterogynidae (Lepidoptera) are described in order to provide information of potential phylogenetic value for the reconstruction of the systematic relationships within the Zygaenoidea. The most outstanding characteristics of heterogynid larvae are their modified habitus during diapause, the presence of an epipharyngeal lamella, the shape of the prothoracic shield, the presence in the first instar of an organ of unknown function on the middorsum of the mesothorax ("Chapman's organ"), the absence of V2, V3 and Va on the head, the absence of V1 on the prothorax and the presence of two primary setae on the inner side of the proleg, the last trait representing an autapomorphy of the family. A number of possible synapomorphies with the Zygaenidae (e.g. presence of cuticular cavities) suggest a close relationship between these two families, but other larval and adult traits are shared only with the "Phaudinae" and limacodid-group families of the Zygaenoidea (viz. absence of V1 on the prothorax with the "Phaudinae", reduced proboscis and absence of ocelli with them all). Nevertheless, a lack of knowledge of the preimaginal instars of species from some zygaenoid families, and of the homology and polarity of given characters of groups within and outside the Zygaenoidea, hamper a thorough comparison of larvae.

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Larval morphology of Heterogynis (Lepidoptera: Heterogynidae)

Vegliante¹,

Zilli²

2004

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Biodiversity of Lepidoptera

Pogue

2009

Insect Biodiversity

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Evolution and losses of spines in slug caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)

Lin

Braby

et al. 2019

Ecology and Evolution

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Larvae of the cosmopolitan family Limacodidae, commonly known as “slug” caterpillars, are well known because of the widespread occurrence of spines with urticating properties, a morpho‐chemical adaptive trait that has been demonstrated to protect the larvae from natural enemies. However, while most species are armed with rows of spines (“nettle” caterpillars), slug caterpillars are morphologically diverse with some species lacking spines and thus are nonstinging. It has been demonstrated that the evolution of spines in slug caterpillars may have a single origin and that this trait is possibly derived from nonstinging slug caterpillars, but these conclusions were based on limited sampling of mainly New World taxa; thus, the evolution of spines and other traits within the family remains unresolved. Here, we analyze morphological variation in slug caterpillars within an evolutionary framework to determine character evolution of spines with samples from Asia, Australia, North America, and South America. The phylogeny of the Limacodidae was reconstructed based on a multigene dataset comprising five molecular markers (5.6 Kbp: COI, 28S, 18S, EF‐1α, and wingless) representing 45 species from 40 genera and eight outgroups. Based on this phylogeny, we infer that limacodids evolved from a common ancestor in which the larval type possessed spines, and then slug caterpillars without spines evolved independently multiple times in different continents. While larvae with spines are well adapted to avoiding generalist predators, our results imply that larvae without spines may be suited to different ecological niches. Systematic relationships of our dataset indicate six major lineages, several of which have not previously been identified.

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10. The Zygaenoidea

Cited by 36 publications

References 9 publications

Larval morphology of Heterogynis (Lepidoptera: Heterogynidae)

Larval morphology of Heterogynis (Lepidoptera: Heterogynidae)

Biodiversity of Lepidoptera

Evolution and losses of spines in slug caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)

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