Plant–insect interactions from the Late Pennsylvanian of the Iberian Peninsula (León, northern Spain)

The First Representative of the Roachoid Family Spiloblattinidae (Insecta, Dictyoptera) from the Late Pennsylvanian of the Iberian Peninsula

“…These insects cover a wide range of ecological niches (herbivory, carnivory, detritivory). In addition, the plant remains found in the assemblage with the new roachoid are consistent with the previous interpretation of the Pennsylvanian forests of this area, which would be fern-dominated communities in which different plant-insect interactions were found, participating in a palaeoenvironment increasingly rich in known details [11,37].…”

“…In addition, other insect remains have been identified in the Villablino Coalfield, such as the Dictyoptera Compsoblatta ovata Meunier 1921 (= Phyloblatta monubilis) [9], and, recently, remains of Archaeorthoptera [10]. On the other hand, evidence of plant-insect interactions has also been reported in the Villablino Coalfield, including evidence of external feeding and oviposition in ferns [11]. Line drawings were done with a camera lucida SZX-DA attached to an Olympus SZX9 stereomicroscope.…”

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“…Kinney Brick) в штаті Нью-Мексико зображено яйцекладки DT101 (Donovan, Lucas, 2021). З відкладів гжельського ярусу Іспанії описано три типи яйцекладок -DTs67, 100, 102 (Santos et al, 2022).…”

Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) have been avoiding leaf veins during oviposition for at least 52 million years

“…Odonatoptera is one of the oldest groups of Pterygota (winged insects), and their earliest records date to the later Namurian (Bashkirian/Serpukhovian; Lower Carboniferous), about 320 to 313 Ma 7 , 8 thereafter, they have a relatively rich fossil record. 9 Evidence for endophytic oviposition of Odonatoptera is known from the Paleozoic (examples in 2 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ). Odonata is the only order of Odonatoptera that persists today, whose earliest known records are in the Permian.…”