Description of the pupa of Climaciella brunnea (Say) (Mantispidae, Mantispinae) and a key to known pupae of mantispids from North America

Marquez-López, Yesenia; Contreras‐Ramos, Atilano

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4444.1.4

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“…Yet, not all of these figured the studied specimens (e.g. Smith 1934;Redborg & MacLeod 1985;Buys 2008, cited as Sandor 2008in Marquez-López & Contreras-Ramos 2018. Also, these authors did not include some of the older literature as they focused on specimens from North and South America.…”

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“…A far anterior foreleg insertion on the prothorax, immediately posterior to the head, seems typical for all major ingroups of Mantispidae with the exception of Symphrasinae. Such an anterior insertion is evident in late pupae such as those of Climaciella brunnea (Mantispinae) and Ditaxis biseriata (Drepanicinae) (Dorey & Merritt 2017;Marquez-López & Contreras-Ramos 2018).…”

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The First Fossil Record of a Mantis Lacewing Pupa, and a Review of Pupae in Mantispidae and Their Evolutionary Significance

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During ontogenetic development, insects can undergo quite drastic changes (metamorphosis) until the adult stage is reached. A substantial part of this development in one group of Insecta, Holometabola, takes place during the pupa stage. Despite the pupa being recognised as an important phase, rather few depictions of pupae exist in the literature. We report here the first find of a fossil pupa of the lacewing group Mantispidae. The specimen represents an exuvia and is enclosed in Ukrainian Rovno amber, Eocene in age (c. 35–40 million years). We review the entire record of extant pupae of Mantispidae depicted in the literature or in online image repositories. With the aid of elliptic Fourier analysis, we compare the outline of the femur of the foreleg (raptorial appendage in the adults) of pupae and adults of Mantispidae. The pupae are all very similar concerning the femur, while the adults show a larger morphological diversity, particularly the extinct forms. Furthermore, our results indicate that the forelegs do not become increasingly complex throughout ontogenetic stages, but instead undergo an indirect development. According to the low variation in morphology seen in the pupa stage in Mantispidae, it is plausible that it represents a phylotypic stage for the group, i.e. a phase characterised by a significantly lower variability than other stages.

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Section: Extant Pupa Specimens Figured In the Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Identity Of the New Specimenmentioning

confidence: 99%