Early evolution and ecology of camouflage in insects

Fuente, Ricardo Pérez‐de la; Delclòs, Xavier; Peñalver, Enrique; Speranza, Mariela; Wierzchos, Jacek; Ascaso, Carmen; Engel, Michael S.

doi:10.1073/pnas.1213775110

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“…This idea is supported by the presence of charcoal or fusinite in many amber-bearing levels (Grimaldi et al, 2000;Najarro et al, 2010), even sometimes as inclusions within amber Perrichot, 2004: figure 3). This hypothesis is also consistent with inclusions embedded in Spanish amber, such as anaxyelid woodwasps (OrtegaBlanco et al, 2008) or gleicheniacean ferns trichomes (Pérez-de la Fuente et al, 2012), both taxa related with primary succession pioneers following wildfires.…”

Section: Palaeobiologysupporting

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The earliest occurrence and remarkable stasis of the family Bostrichidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) in Cretaceous Charentes amber

Cerdán¹,

Delclòs²,

Soriano

et al. 2014

Palaeontologia Electronica

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Peris, David, Delclòs, Xavier, Soriano, Carmen, and Perrichot, Vincent. 2014 A new fossil species of auger beetle (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), preserved in midCretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) amber from south-western France, is described as Stephanopachys vetus Peris, Delclòs et Perrichot sp. n. The species is the earliest fossil bostrichid discovered to date, but is remarkably similar to Recent species of the genus Stephanopachys, supporting long morphological conservation in wood boring beetles. The specimen is fossilized in fully opaque amber and was imaged in 3D using propagation phase-contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography. Based on the ecology of extant related species habits, it is suggested that S. vetus sp. n. was a primary succession pioneer following wildfires in mid-Cretaceous forests. The fossil record of the family is reviewed.

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The earliest occurrence and remarkable stasis of the family Bostrichidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) in Cretaceous Charentes amber

Cerdán¹,

Delclòs²,

Soriano

et al. 2014

Palaeontologia Electronica

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“…The lack of attention given to ferns in amber is likely caused by the rarity and small size of the preserved fragments including separated indusia and sporangia (Schmidt and Dörfelt, 2007), isolated hairs (Schmidt et al, 2010, Pérez-de la Fuente et al, 2012, or small leaffragments that do not show many characters of taxonomic value (Caspary and Klebs, 1907;Göppert and Berendt, 1845). Isolated indusia in Eocene Baltic amber provided evidence for the persistence of Matoniaceae in the European flora at least until the late Eocene (Schmidt and Dörfelt, 2007), while these ubiquitous Mesozoic ferns are now restricted to a few localities in the Malay Archipelago (Collinson, 2001;Tidwell and Ash, 1994).…”

Section: Amber Fossils As a Source To Understand Fern Evolutionmentioning

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Burmese amber fossils bridge the gap in the Cretaceous record of polypod ferns

Schneider

Schmidt

Heinrichs

2016

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

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amber fossils bridge the gap in the Cretaceous record of polypod ferns, Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees. 2016.01.003 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.Page 1 of 20 A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t Abstract Cretaceous fossils of derived leptosporangiate ferns (Polypodiales) are exceedingly rare yet they are needed to confirm the hypothesis of a Cretaceous diversification of polypod ferns as predicted by DNA-based divergence time estimates. Here we show that diverse polypod ferns existed in the mid-Cretaceous woodlands of Myanmar. We describe isolated sporangia with a vertical, broken annulus ring containing a differentiated stomium as well as distinguished pinnae fragments. Krameropteris resinatus gen. et sp. nov. is described based on a pinnae-fragment with free branched veins, exindusiate sori and polypod sporangia with trilete spores, and assigned to the early diverging polypod fern lineage Dennstaedtiaceae. Integration of the new fossil evidence in a phylogenetic framework provides support to the hypothesis of a Cretaceous diversification of polypod ferns.

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“…Debris carrying occurred very early in chrysopid evolutionary history [24], and both naked and debris-carrying forms have evolved numerous times within the family [5,24]. Thus, it could be argued that the characters above are redundant-all an expression of the naked versus debris-carrying life styles.…”

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Pimachrysa(Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Nothochrysinae): Larval Description and Support for Generic Relationships

Tauber¹,

Faulkner²

2015

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

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We describe the previously unknown larval characteristics of Pimachrysa (second and third instars), and we provide new comparative data on the Nothochrysa californica Banks larvae that were described earlier. The Pimachrysa larvae (identified as Pimachrysa fusca Adams) express the numerous features that characterize the chrysopid subfamily Nothochrysinae. They resemble Hypochrysa larvae in many respects, but several differences support retaining the two genera as separate. It now appears that the reputedly more archaic, small bodied, nothochrysine genera (e.g., Dictyochrysa, Hypochrysa, and Pimachrysa) have naked larvae that differ distinctly from the larvae of Nothochrysa species, all of which are debris-carriers. In addition, the pattern of variability in Nothochrysa larval features supports the proposal that this genus has a closer relationship with the other chrysopid subfamilies than do the small-bodied nothochrysine genera. The findings are consistent with the hypothesis that larval nakedness (as opposed to debris-carrying) was the ancestral life style for the extant chrysopid clade.

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Early evolution and ecology of camouflage in insects

Cited by 132 publications

References 23 publications

The earliest occurrence and remarkable stasis of the family Bostrichidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) in Cretaceous Charentes amber

The earliest occurrence and remarkable stasis of the family Bostrichidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) in Cretaceous Charentes amber

Burmese amber fossils bridge the gap in the Cretaceous record of polypod ferns

Pimachrysa(Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Nothochrysinae): Larval Description and Support for Generic Relationships

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