- Tytuł:
- Fossil thrips of the family Uzelothripidae suggest 53 million years of morphological and ecological stability
- Autorzy:
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Nel, P.
Schmidt, A.R.
Bassler, C.
Nel, A. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/22508.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2013
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
- Tematy:
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fossil
thrip
morphological stability
ecological stability
Arthropoda
Thysanoptera
Uzelothripidae
fungi
Ascomycota
Capnodiales
sooty mould
amber
Eocene
France - Opis:
- The new fossil thrips Uzelothrips eocenicus P. Nel and A. Nel sp. nov. (Thysanoptera: Uzelothripidae) is described from two lowermost Eocene amber−preserved specimens (one macropterous and one apterous). The family Uzelothripidae is only known so far from a single extant species, Uzelothrips scabrosus. The fossils differ from the extant species only by the antennal segments III and IV, which appear distinctly separated instead of being fused as in the in the extant U. scabrosus. Dark−coloured hyphae and conidia of the Dothideomycetes (Ascomycota) which are likely to belong to the sooty moulds (Capnodiales) are attached to the apterous fossil specimen. We consider this arthropod−fungus association not to be accidental since these fungi are also found in extant specimens of these uzelothripids, suggesting very specific long−term interactions and strong habitat specificity.
- Źródło:
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 2013, 58, 3
0567-7920 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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