A new fossil evaniid wasp from Eocene Baltic amber, with highly modified compound eyes unique within the Hymenoptera

Jennings, John T.; O'Carroll, David D.; Priya,; Krogmann, Lars; Austin, Andrew D.

doi:10.1017/jpa.2017.83

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“…Another of the more unusual non sex-specific modifications is found in Isomerala Shipp, in which the eyes are conical-shaped and the frons has swollen protuberances. Within Hymenoptera, similar modifications of the eye are extremely rare, being found only in one extant member of Platygastroidea and one extinct member of Evanioidea (Jennings et al, 2018). While many Kapala Clade genera are defined by unique features of the spines, the genus Kapala is recognized by its consistent phenotype across species and relatively invariable morphology in comparison to most other genera.…”

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Neotropical ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae): interpreting taxonomy, phylogeny and divergent morphologies

Murray

Heraty

2019

Systematic Entomology

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The Neotropical ‘Kapala Clade’ is a group of 13 described genera of ant parasitoids that includes some of the most morphologically bizarre members in the family Eucharitidae (Chalcidoidea). Across the Kapala Clade, various conspicuous morphological modifications – notably the long mesoscutellar spines – have led to the description of numerous genera. Monophyly of the clade has been supported in morphological and molecular analyses; however, relationships among genera within the clade are not easily resolved. Within this clade, there is one especially problematic taxon: Kapala Cameron is a common, diverse and easily recognizable genus, with species distributed across the Neotropical region north into the southern Nearctic, and one disjunct species found in the Afrotropical region. However, Kapala is defined by pleisiomorphic features – lacking the derived characters of the other Kapala Clade genera – with previous molecular evidence showing this genus to be paraphyletic. To evaluate relationships among Kapala Clade genera, we use a comprehensive sampling of 195 taxa and a molecular dataset of five gene regions. A morphological matrix of 52 characters was analysed both separately and combined with molecular data, which allowed rare genera to be incorporated into the phylogeny. Molecular results were at odds with the historic generic relationships, and the genus Kapala was rendered polyphyletic by two distinct clades of other kapaline genera. We find that there were bursts of morphological change clustered in the phylogeny; however, these are not correlated with higher rates of diversification. We discuss the timing of divergence events, analyse diversification patterns, and evaluate life‐history information within a phylogenetic context.

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