Cenozoic origins of the genus Calliarcys (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) revealed by Micro-CT, with DNA barcode gap analysis of Leptophlebiinae and Habrophlebiinae.

Autor: Godunko RJ; Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, 37005, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. roman.hodunko@biol.uni.lodz.pl.; Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90237, Łódź, Poland. roman.hodunko@biol.uni.lodz.pl.; State Museum of Natural History, NAS Ukraine, Teatralna 18, Lviv, 79008, Ukraine. roman.hodunko@biol.uni.lodz.pl., Alba-Tercedor J; Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Avenida de Fuente Nueva s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain., Grabowski M; Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90237, Łódź, Poland., Rewicz T; Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90237, Łódź, Poland., Staniczek AH; Department of Entomology, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191, Stuttgart, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2022 Sep 08; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 15228. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 08.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18234-4
Abstrakt: Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) are among the oldest pterygote insects, with the earliest fossils dating back to the Late Carboniferous. Within mayflies, Leptophlebiidae are a highly diverse and widespread group, with approximately 140 genera and 640 species. Whereas taxonomy, systematics, and phylogeny of extant Leptophlebiidae are in the focus of extensive studies, little is known about leptophlebiid fossil taxa. Because fossil remains of Ephemeroptera in sedimentary rocks are relatively rare, inclusions of mayflies in amber are a unique source of information on their evolution and diversity in the past. Leptophlebiidae found in Cenozoic resins mostly belong to the subfamilies Leptophlebiinae (in Eocene Baltic amber) and Atalophlebiinae (in Miocene Dominican and Mexican ambers). In the present contribution, we confirm the first finding of the genus Calliarcys from Eocene Baltic amber by using Micro-CT, which allowed confirming its generic placement by visualizing diagnostic key characters otherwise hidden by a cloud of turbidity. Additionally, we present first molecular data on the extant species Calliarcys humilis Eaton, 1881 from the Iberian Peninsula and the barcode gap analysis for Leptophlebiinae and Habrophlebiinae.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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