A new fossil mite from French Cretaceous amber (Acari: Heterostigmata: Nasutiacaroidea superfam. nov.), testing evolutionary concepts within the Eleutherengona (Acariformes)

Sidorchuk, Ekaterina A.; Perrichot, Vincent; Lindquist, Evert E.

doi:10.1080/14772019.2015.1046512

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“…Hoplocheylus australiensis is very similar to the Russian and Chinese congeners, H. magnificus Khaustov 2015 and H. lindquisti Xu & Zhang 2019, respectively, and thus raises a similar question as to that of the previous species. However, species of Hoplocheylus have less defining body characters and setation patterns than many other heterostigmatic mites (Khaustov 2015;Sidorchuk et al 2016), with many character states conserved among congeners. Thus, species of Hoplocheylus often appear similar to each other.…”

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Tiny hitchhikers and parasites: a review of Australian heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects, with description of three new species

2020

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Heterostigmatic mites (Heterostigmata) are highly diverse, have symbiotic associations with various insects and occur worldwide. Despite Australia's rich insect biodiversity, little is known about its heterostigmatic mites. In this study, we conducted a preliminary study on heterostigmatic mites associated with beetles in eastern Australia and found four species, of which three were new: Caraboacarus stammeri Krczal, 1959 (Caraboacaridae) and Eutarsopolipus orpheus Katlav & Seeman, sp. nov., (Podapolipidae) associated with Australian‐endemic Gnathaphanus melbournensis (Castelnau, 1867) (Carabidae); Hoplocheylus australiensis Katlav & Seeman, sp. nov., (Tarsocheylidae) phoretic on Australian‐endemic Mastachilus quaestionis (Kuwert, 1891) (Passalidae); and Pavania gazellatris Katlav & Seeman, sp. nov., (Dolichocybidae) phoretic on introduced Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius, 1787) (Scarabaeidae). The species of Caraboacaridae, Dolichocybidae and Tarsocheylidae are the first species records of these families in Australia. It is likely that two of the three new species are Australian endemics, while P. gazellatris may be a more recent arrival on introduced dung beetles, possibly arriving with imports of exotic adult dung beetles. Furthermore, we provide an overview of the heterostigmatic mite fauna of Australia that consists of less than 90 species belonging to 13 families, with representatives of all known seven superfamilies. These mites have so far been mostly reported on beetles but also on other insect orders (Blattodea, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Orthoptera, Thysanoptera). Our findings of three new species and one new record based on the analysis of a relatively small number of specimens and beetle species suggest that more comprehensive studies of host insect taxa will reveal a substantially larger Australian diversity of heterostigmatic mites.

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Tiny hitchhikers and parasites: a review of Australian heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects, with description of three new species

2020

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“…Vendean amber is rich in arthropods, several of which have already been described (Perrichot 2014; Sidorchuk et al . 2016; Schädel et al . 2019).…”

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Ankothrips, the most ancient extant thrips genus (Thysanoptera, Melanthripidae)

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Perrichot

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Papers in Palaeontology

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Two fossil representatives of the extant genus Ankothrips are described from French amber, namely, the Late Cretaceous Ankothrips dupeae sp. nov., from Vendean amber, and the earliest Eocene Ankothrips deploegi sp. nov., from Oise amber. We discuss the differences between the middle Eocene Baltic amber genus Archankothrips and Ankothrips, concluding that the two genera are extremely similar with only one significant difference in male specimens. The disjunctive distribution of the extant species along with the presence of one Late Cretaceous species strongly suggest an Early Cretaceous origin for Ankothrips. The genus is therefore very ancient and has had a remarkable morphological stability for the last 94 million years. This situation is unique among the Cretaceous thrips, and rare among insects (only c. 3% of the genera in the well-documented mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber are still extant). We propose some hypotheses that could explain the stability of Ankothrips through time.

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“…His later publications on the systematics of Ascidae sensu lato (34 publications) 1, 3, 4, 8, 10-12, 19, 22, 55, 56, 60, 63, 66, 68, 78, 79, 88, 93, 99, 102, 103, 105-108, 112, 113, 116, 117, 120, 123, 124, 127 , on the idiosomal chaetotaxy of Mesostigmata 64, 84 , on Tarsonemidae (17) 2, 6, 13-15, 18, 21, 24, 33, 34, 40, 45, 46, 80, 90, 94, 129 and related Heterostigmata (>10) 30,32,39,41,48,57,65,76,91,125 have set a solid phylogenetic footing and terminological basis for future research on these groups.…”

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“…In collaboration with E.A. Sidorchuk, Evert published significant articles on Cretaceous and Triassic amber fossils of Heterostigmata and Tetrapodili, respectively 121,125 . These publications on fossilized ancient relatives of eriophyoids were a nicely expanded sequel to the initial stunning discovery of these Triassic fossils 114 .…”

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Evert E. Lindquist’s approach to the taxonomic impediment in Acarology: Diversity in specialization through 60 years of systematics research and beyond

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Behan‐Pelletier

2018

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A new fossil mite from French Cretaceous amber (Acari: Heterostigmata: Nasutiacaroidea superfam. nov.), testing evolutionary concepts within the Eleutherengona (Acariformes)

Cited by 15 publications

References 34 publications

Tiny hitchhikers and parasites: a review of Australian heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects, with description of three new species

Tiny hitchhikers and parasites: a review of Australian heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with insects, with description of three new species

Ankothrips, the most ancient extant thrips genus (Thysanoptera, Melanthripidae)

Evert E. Lindquist’s approach to the taxonomic impediment in Acarology: Diversity in specialization through 60 years of systematics research and beyond

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