2023
DOI: 10.3390/d15020247
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Expanding the Fossil Record of Soldier Fly Larvae—An Important Component of the Cretaceous Amber Forest

Abstract: Larvae of soldier flies and their closest relatives (Diptera: Stratiomyomorpha) are important decomposers of organic material, including wood, that take part in carbon cycling. They also play a certain role in the modern-day animal and human food industry, representing economic value. Larvae of Stratiomyomorpha are considered to be rather rare in the fossil record. Indeed, only very few larvae have been reported so far. Here, we demonstrate that larvae of Stratiomyomorpha are in fact abundant in the Cretaceous… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
3
2

Citation Types

1
7
0

Year Published

2024
2024
2024
2024

Publication Types

Select...
2

Relationship

2
0

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 2 publications
(8 citation statements)
references
References 44 publications
1
7
0
Order By: Relevance
“…Numerous specimens represent stratiomyomorphan larvae of morphotype 2 or 7. Apart from apomorphic Stratiomiomorpha traits (see Section 3.2 above), these specimens differ from morphotype 1 by the more robust body, head moderately to strongly protruded, lack of long dorsal spines (detailed description in [10,19]). Due to preservation conditions, it is not possible to place these specimens among morphotypes 2 or 7 with certainty.…”
Section: Specimens Of Stratiomyomorphan Morphotype 2 Ormentioning
confidence: 98%
See 4 more Smart Citations
“…Numerous specimens represent stratiomyomorphan larvae of morphotype 2 or 7. Apart from apomorphic Stratiomiomorpha traits (see Section 3.2 above), these specimens differ from morphotype 1 by the more robust body, head moderately to strongly protruded, lack of long dorsal spines (detailed description in [10,19]). Due to preservation conditions, it is not possible to place these specimens among morphotypes 2 or 7 with certainty.…”
Section: Specimens Of Stratiomyomorphan Morphotype 2 Ormentioning
confidence: 98%
“…These larvae present autapomorphies of Stratiomiomorpha, such as the distinct mandibular-maxillary complex and integument covered by pellets in a honeycomb pattern. This morphotype can be distinguished from the others by the slenderer body, presence of long triangular spines on the tergites, and smaller rounded spines on the sternites (detailed description in [10,19]). In total 26 specimens were examined: PED 1606 (Figure 2A), 1832 (Figure 2B,C), 1834 (Figure 2D,E), 1861 (Figure 3A, 5 specimens), 1880 (Figure 3E), 1892 (Figure 3C,D), 1893 (Figure 3B), 1938 (Figure 4A), 1943 (Figure 4D), 1963 (Figure 4C), 1965 (Figure 4B), 2233-1 (Figure 5A), 2233-2 (Figure 5B), 2450 (Figure 5C, 2 specimens), 2651 (Figure 5D), 2659 (Figure 6D), 3509-1 (Figure 6A), 3509-2 (Figure 6B), 3509-3 (Figure 6C), 3509-4 (Figure 6C), and 3650 (Figure 7F).…”
Section: Specimens Of Stratiomyomorphan Morphotype 1 or Unclear Typementioning
confidence: 99%
See 3 more Smart Citations