New genus of fossil apoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar

Melo, Gabriel A. R.; Rosa, Brunno B.

doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2018.09.004

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“…(2020). This clade is robustly supported as sister to the putative apoid genus † Burmasphex Melo & Rosa, 2018 (50%C: 0.99 BPP; 40%C: 0.94 BPP; 30%C: 0.98 BPP; 50CB: 0.97 BPP). The † Falsiformica + † Burmasphex clade is weakly supported as sister to Apoidea (50%C: 0.45 BPP, support within the Vespaculeata: 50%C: 1.0 BPP), sister to †Bethylonymidae and the two sister to Vespaculeata (40%C: 0.49 BPP; 50CB: 0.37 BPP) or in a bethylonymid grade on that stem (30%C: 0.31 BPP; 0%C: 0.22 BPP), or as a member of the total Dryinoidea again in a bethylonymid grade (10%C: 0.26 BPP).…”

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“…Note 5 : † Burmasphex , a putative apoid (Melo & Rosa 2018), clustered with †Falsiformicidae in our analyses. Rosa & Melo (2021) explicitly treated the genus as a member of the †Angarosphecidae.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…• Incertae sedis to family: † Burmastatinae Antropov, 2000 († Burmastatus Antropov, 2000), † Apodolichurinae Antropov, 2000 († Apodolichurus Antropov, 2000), † Mendampulicinae Antropov, 2000 († Mendampulex Antropov, 2000), † Gallosphex Schlüter, 1978, † Trigampulex Antropov, 2000. • Incertae sedis to superfamily: † Burmasphex Melo & Rosa, 2018.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…(1998), therefore this taxon scored as "?". The dorsal propodeal surface of † Burmasphex is illustrated in Figure 1 of Melo & Rosa (2018), wherein it can be seen that the dorsal surface is evenly smooth and does not have longitudinal lines. In the apoid genus Sphex (Sphecidae), the lines were indistinct, but the apex of the "V" was observable as a distinct pit. DC: Median propodeal line.…”

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Evolution and systematics of the Aculeata and kin (Hymenoptera), with emphasis on the ants (Formicoidea: †@@@idae fam. nov., Formicidae)

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Fossils not only provide unique opportunity to understand the "tempo and mode" of evolution but are essential for modeling lineage-contingent diversification histories. Here, we interrogate the Mesozoic fossil record of the Aculeata, with emphasis on the ants (Formicidae), and conduct an extended series of ancestral state estimation exercises on distributions of tip-dated combined-evidence phylogenies. We developed and illustrated from ground-up a set of 576 morphological characters which we scored for 144 extant and 431 fossil taxa; we used average posterior probability support to filter this to a target matrix of 303 taxa, for which we integrated strongly filtered ultraconserved element (UCE) data for 115 living species. We also implemented reversible jump MCMC (rjMCMC) and hidden state methods to model complex behavioral characters to test hypotheses about the pathway to obligate eusociality. In addition to revising the higher classification of all sampled groups to family or subfamily level using estimated character polarities to diagnose nodes across the phylogeny, we find that the mid-Cretaceous genera †Camelomecia and †Camelosphecia form a clade which is robustly supported as sister to the total clade Formicidae. For this reason, we name this extinct clade as †@@@idae fam. nov. and provide a definition for the expanded Formicoidea. Based on our results, we recognize three major phases in the early evolution of the ants: (1) origin of ants as running-adapted huntresses during the Late Jurassic in the "stinging aggressor" guild (Aculeata) among various lineages of "sneaking parasitoids" (non-aculeate Vespina); (2) the first formicoid radiation during the Early Cretaceous, by the end of which all major extant ant linages had originated; and (3) turnover of the Formicoidea at the end-Cretaceous leading to the second formicoid radiation, i.e., the Cenozoic formicid diversification. We conclude with a concentrated series of considerations for future directions of study with this dataset and beyond.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 85%

Section: Transformation Series From Apocrita Into Aculeatamentioning

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Section: Transformation Series From Apocrita Into Aculeatamentioning

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Section: Character and State Definitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evolution and systematics of the Aculeata and kin (Hymenoptera), with emphasis on the ants (Formicoidea: †@@@idae fam. nov., Formicidae)

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“…at the earliest. However the extinct family Angarosphecidae (Apoidea of the 'sphecoid group') of sand wasps are recorded from Burmese amber (Melo & Rosa, 2018). In addition, a larva of a rhopalosomatid wasp parasitising a cricket was found in this amber (Lohrmann & Engel, 2017).…”

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New angarosphecid wasp (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Angarosphecidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

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New genus of fossil apoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Evolution and systematics of the Aculeata and kin (Hymenoptera), with emphasis on the ants (Formicoidea: †@@@idae fam. nov., Formicidae)

Evolution and systematics of the Aculeata and kin (Hymenoptera), with emphasis on the ants (Formicoidea: †@@@idae fam. nov., Formicidae)

Potential new evidences of bee fly parasitoidism on ground-dwelling insects in mid–Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diptera: Bombyliidae)

New angarosphecid wasp (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Angarosphecidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

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