A new genus and species of scorpionfly (Mecoptera) from Baltic amber, with an unusually developed postnotal organ

Krzemiński, Wiesław; Soszyńska-Maj, Agnieszka

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00602.x

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“…Mecoptera is a small order of insects comprising nine extant families [ 5 ] that contrasts with their greater diversity during the Mesozoic, encompassing about 39 extinct families and 207 genera described to date [ 6 ]. Within Mecoptera, Mesopsychidae Tillyard, 1917, are a small extinct family, and together with three other families, Aneuretopsychidae [ 7 ], Pseudopolycentropodidae [ 8 ], and Nedubroviidae [ 9 ], form a major clade of basal Mecoptera, the Aneuretopsychina [ 10 ], which have elongate, siphonate proboscides, feeding on pollination drops of gymnosperms [ 3 , 11 , 12 ].…”

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New data from the Middle Jurassic of China shed light on the phylogeny and origin of the proboscis in the Mesopsychidae (Insecta: Mecoptera)

Lin¹,

Shih²,

Labandeira³

et al. 2016

BMC Evol Biol

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BackgroundThe Mesopsychidae is an extinct family of Mecoptera, comprising eleven described genera from Upper Permian to Lower Cretaceous deposits. In 2009, several well-preserved mesopsychids with long proboscides were reported from the mid Mesozoic of Northeastern China, suggesting the presence of pollination mutualisms with gymnosperm plants and highlighting their elevated genus-level diversity. Since that time, additional mesopsychid taxa have been described. However, the phylogeny of genera within Mesopsychidae has not been studied formally, attributable to the limited number of well-preserved fossils.ResultsHere, we describe two new species, Lichnomesopsyche prochorista sp. nov. and Vitimopsyche pristina sp. nov. and revise the diagnosis of Lichnomesopsyche daohugouensis Ren, Labandeira and Shih, 2010, based on ten specimens from the latest Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. After compiling data from these new fossil species and previously reported representative taxa, we conducted phylogenetic analyses and geometric morphometric studies that now shed light on the taxonomy and phylogeny of Mesopsychidae. We also evaluate the recurring origin of the siphonate proboscis in the Mecoptera and propose an evolutionary developmental model for its multiple origins.ConclusionsPhylogenetic and geometric morphometric results confirm the establishment of two new species, each to Lichnomesopsyche and Vitimopsyche. Vitimopsyche pristina sp. nov. extends the existence of the genus Vitimopsyche Novokshonov and Sukacheva, 2001, from the mid Lower Cretaceous to the latest Middle Jurassic. Two methods of analyses indicate an affiliation of Mesopsyche dobrokhotovae Novokshonov, 1997 with Permopsyche Bashkuev, 2011. A phylogenetic analysis of the Mesopsychidae supports: 1), Mesopsychidae as a monophyletic group; 2), Mesopsyche as a paraphyletic group, to be revised pending future examination of additional material; and 3), the independent origin of the proboscis in the Pseudopolycentropodidae, its subsequent loss in earliest Mesopsychidae such as Epicharmesopsyche, its re-origination in the common ancestor (or perhaps independently) in the Vitimopsyche and Lichnomesopsyche clades of the Mesopsychidae. The third conclusion indicates that the proboscis originated four or five times within early Mecoptera, whose origin is explained by an evolutionary developmental model.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0575-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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New data from the Middle Jurassic of China shed light on the phylogeny and origin of the proboscis in the Mesopsychidae (Insecta: Mecoptera)

Lin¹,

Shih²,

Labandeira³

et al. 2016

BMC Evol Biol

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“…In addition to issues of wing venation, Willmann (1977) also stressed the differences in the geographic distribution of Panorpidae, Panorpodidae and Austropanorpidae. Panorpidae has a disjunctive holarctic distribution, with some representatives in the oriental region (Archibald et al 2013) and, to date, there is no fossil evidence for a wider past distribution (Krzemiński & Soszyńska-Maj 2012; Ding et al 2014). The distribution of extant Panorpodidae is limited to a small area of the Northern Hemisphere (Byers 2005; Zhang 2011).…”

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The oldest representative of the family Austropanorpidae (Mecoptera) from the Lower Jurassic of Siberia

Krzemiński

Soszyńska-Maj

Kopeć

et al. 2016

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Socie

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The family Austropanorpidae (Mecoptera) was described by Willmann in 1977 from the Eocene of Australia, based on one genus and species, Austropanorpa australis Riek, 1952. During a restudy of the collection of the Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, a second and much older representative of this family was found. This specimen, described as Orthophlebia martynovae Sukatsheva, 1985 from Siberia (Russia), was considered until now to be a member of family Orthophlebiidae. We transfer this species to the Austropanorpidae, extending the age of this family back to the Early Jurassic. An updated diagnoses of the family Austropanorpidae and genus Austropanorpa are presented here.

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“…Wing length was measured from the base to the apex, and width from the ending of the vein M 4 to the costal margin vertically. Line drawings were made after Lieftinck (1936), Willmann and Novokshonov (1998), Archibald (2010), Krzemiński and Soszyńska‐Maj (2012), Wang et al (2013), Li et al (2017), and Soszyńska‐Maj, Krzemiński, Kopeć, Cao, and Ren (2020), or based on the specimens. Maps were built from Maps‐For‐Free (https://maps-for-free.com) and modified with Adobe Illustrator CC.…”

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Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the enigmatic scorpionfly genus Leptopanorpa MacLachlan (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)

Wang

Hua

2020

J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res.

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The representatives of the enigmatic genus Leptopanorpa MacLachlan are characterized by exaggeratedly elongated male abdomens and are likely endemic to Java and Sumatra, Indonesia. Here, we present a taxonomical revision of 14 species of Leptopanorpa, including two new species: Leptopanorpa linyejiei sp. n. from West Java and Leptopanorpa majapahita sp. n. from East Java. A key to species of Leptopanorpa is provided. Leptopanorpa sieboldi MacLachlan is treated as a junior synonym of Leptopanorpa charpentieri (Burmeister), and Leptopanorpa pi decorata Lieftinck is synonymized with Leptopanorpa pi (van der Weele). Leptopanorpa peterseni Lieftinck is reported from Bali for the first time. In order to unravel the phylogeny of Leptopanorpa and other groups with elongated male abdomens, maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference analyses were performed based on 61 morphological characters and partial sequences of one nuclear gene (28S ribosomal RNA) and two mitochondrial genes (cytochrome c oxidase subunits I and II). Thirty‐three species in Panorpoidea were selected as in‐group taxa and two species in Choristidae as out‐group taxa. The results highly support a monophyletic Leptopanorpa, which nests within a paraphyletic Neopanorpa van der Weele. Both parsimonious and Bayesian results suggest that Leptopanorpa can be divided into four subclades. We elucidated the evolutionary history of Leptopanorpa with regard to the paleogeological events of Sundaland and corroborated the multiple origins of elongated male abdomens in Panorpoidea. We also hypothesized that the ventral hook on the male abdominal sternum VI of L. linyejiei sp. n. is very likely used to control the female's abdomen during copulation.

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A new genus and species of scorpionfly (Mecoptera) from Baltic amber, with an unusually developed postnotal organ

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New data from the Middle Jurassic of China shed light on the phylogeny and origin of the proboscis in the Mesopsychidae (Insecta: Mecoptera)

New data from the Middle Jurassic of China shed light on the phylogeny and origin of the proboscis in the Mesopsychidae (Insecta: Mecoptera)

The oldest representative of the family Austropanorpidae (Mecoptera) from the Lower Jurassic of Siberia

Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the enigmatic scorpionfly genus Leptopanorpa MacLachlan (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)

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