Arthropods in Burmese Amber

Cockerell, T. D. A.

doi:10.1155/1917/83242

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“…These dates correspond to origins of the series Cucujiformia, with the low boundary incorporating the origins of Bostrichiformia (series of Dermestidae: Hunt et al, 2007). The Dermestes and Trinodies samples were clustered and the root height parameters were set to the following: prior distribution lognormal mean = 2, SD = 0.5, and offset lower bounds of 65 MA, which corresponds to the earliest fossil record (Cockerell, 1917). Using the strict clock, both GTR and HKY evolution models were evaluated, gen = 50,000,000 and log = 500.…”

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Molecular phylogeny supports the paraphyletic nature of the genus Trogoderma (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) collected in the Australasian ecozone

Castalanelli

Baker

Munyard

et al. 2011

Bull. Entomol. Res.

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To date, a molecular phylogenetic approach has not been used to investigate the evolutionary structure of Trogoderma and closely related genera. Using two mitochondrial genes, Cytochrome Oxidase I and Cytochrome B, and the nuclear gene, 18S, the reported polyphyletic positioning of Trogoderma was examined. Paraphyly in Trogoderma was observed, with one Australian Trogoderma species reconciled as sister to all Dermestidae and the Anthrenocerus genus deeply nested within the Australian Trogoderma clade. In addition, time to most recent common ancestor for a number of Dermestidae was calculated. Based on these estimations, the Dermestidae origin exceeded 175 million years, placing the origins of this family in Pangaea.

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Molecular phylogeny supports the paraphyletic nature of the genus Trogoderma (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) collected in the Australasian ecozone

Castalanelli

Baker

Munyard

et al. 2011

Bull. Entomol. Res.

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“…Dermestes larvalis Cockerell (larvae) Inclusion Cretaceous (Albian) Myanmar Cockerell (1917), Ross & York (2000), Zherikhin & Ross (2000) Dermestes pauper Dunstan (1923) …”

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A new genus and species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the Eckfeld Maar crater (Middle Eocene, Germany)

Háva¹,

Wappler²

2013

Bull. Geosci.

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Eckfeldattagenus eocenicus gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Middle Eocene Eckfeld Maar (Germany) on the basis of completely preserved specimens, representing one of the rare reports of fossil skin beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae). The new genus and species differs from all other Dermestidae by the very flat body form and pronotum, and its unique structure of the antennal club and the wrinkled elytral surface. Dermestidae commonly referred to as skin, larder and carpet beetles are characterized by a variety of ecological habits and a fascinating biology. Most genera are scavengers that feed on dry animal or plant material such as skin or pollen, animal hair, feathers, dead insects or natural fibers. They are even widely used to clean bones during the preparation of skeletons for osteological studies and forensic entomological. In the literature, the traces left on skeletal remains by the family Dermestidae have been documented for dinosaurs (Paik 2000, Roberts et al. 2007, Britt et al. 2008, Chin & Bishop 2008, Bader et al. 2009 The cosmopolitan beetle family Dermestidae comprises more than 1460 described species (Háva 2003(Háva , 2013. According to a cladistic-based analysis of higher categories within the family Dermestidae (Lawrence & Slipinski 2005, Kiselyova & McHugh 2006, six subfamilies could be recognized: Dermestinae (including Marioutinae), Thorictinae, Trinodinae (including Thylodriadinae), Orphilinae, Attageninae and Megatominae; whereas only members of the Thorictinae are yet unknown from the fossil record. The geological history of the family was summarized by Háva & Prokop (2004) and Kirejtshuk et al. (2009), with new information appended in the present contribution (appendix). The earliest fossils assigned tentatively to Dermestidae are isolated elytra from the Triassic deposits of Queensland, described by Dunstan (1923), but the assignment of these fossils was doubted by Háva & Prokop (2004). The first definitive remains of the family have been recorded from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Kirejtshuk et al. 2009). However, the majority of fossil dermestids were described from inclusions in Baltic (40-35 Ma BP) and Dominican Amber (20-17 Ma BP) -most of these are representing relatively modern groups, thereby relating more to questions of Tertiary biogeography than to higher-level branching patterns (Kiselyova & McHugh 2006).Herein we provide the description of a new Paleogene dermestid beetle from the Middle Eocene Eckfeld Maar. This deposit has produced a broad spectrum of fossils ranging from organic molecules, micro-organisms, aquatic invertebrates, plants and insects and their varied associations, to a wide range of vertebrates including articulated mammals exhibiting soft tissue preservation and gut contents (e.g., Lutz et al. 2010). The new species belongs to the Attageninae of the Dermestidae and is placed in a new genus most probably closely related to the extant genus Attagenus Latreille, 1802. Material and methodsThe Fossillagerstätte of Eckfeld is a deposit of...

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“…obser.). Cryphalites rugosissimus Cockerell, 1917 described from Burmese amber was placed in Scolytidae, but subsequent study revealed that this specimen was not a scolytid but more probably a colydiid (Ross & York, 2000). All other evidence of Cretaceous scolytines includes galleries or engravings in fossilized wood (Brongniart, 1877; Blair, 1943; Jarzembowski, 1990; Falder et al , 1999; Rasnitsyn & Quicke, 2002; Grimaldi & Engel, 2005).…”

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“…When Burmese amber was first studied for its inclusions it was generally believed to be Miocene in age. However, after study of various insects in the BMNH collection of Burmese amber, Cockerell (1917) presciently suggested that this amber could be Cretaceous in age. For 80 years, Burmese amber was considered Tertiary in age, but, with renewed interest in the insect inclusions within Burmese amber, systematics of the insects and some stratigraphy of the deposits have allowed definitive assignment to the Cretaceous.…”

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100 million years of morphological conservation in bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Cognato

Grimaldi

2009

Systematic Entomology

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Scolytine weevils (bark and ambrosia beetles) have a unique ecological significance in forest ecosystems, which equates to major effects on landscape ecology and to monetary losses. Fossilized galleries of scolytines have been reported in Late Mesozoic wood, but here we describe a well‐preserved body fossil from the Cretaceous, c. 100 Ma, preserved in amber from northern Myanmar. Moreover, the specimen is remarkably similar to Recent species of the genus Microborus, revealing stasis unexpected within scolytines and thus highlighting the antiquity of the group. Stratigraphic dating and comparison of insect palaeofaunas included in other well‐dated ambers from multiple sites support the age estimate of the Burmese amber. A minimum age for one clade of scolytines is thus established, indicating an early divergence of scolytines from other weevils in the Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous and challenging the current perspective of weevil evolution.

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Arthropods in Burmese Amber

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Molecular phylogeny supports the paraphyletic nature of the genus Trogoderma (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) collected in the Australasian ecozone

Molecular phylogeny supports the paraphyletic nature of the genus Trogoderma (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) collected in the Australasian ecozone

A new genus and species of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from the Eckfeld Maar crater (Middle Eocene, Germany)

100 million years of morphological conservation in bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

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