Fossiler Rest einer Waffenfliegenlarve aus quartären Travertinbildungen Thüringens (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)

Karl, Hans‐Volker; Bellstedt, Ronald

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“…In the fossil record, we have some indisputably aquatic larvae, that is, larvae Odontomyia sp. from Randecker Maar ( Kühbander & Schleich, 1994 ) or larvae of Stratiomyia from the Holocene of Germany ( Karl & Bellstedt, 1989 ). The original habitats of other fossil larvae are less clear ( Whalley & Jarzembowski, 1985 ; Liu, Hakim & Huang, 2020 ).…”

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“…Numerous additional specimens were recorded later from the same deposit ( Rasser et al, 2013 ). Karl & Bellstedt (1989) reported a single body fossil of a larva of the group Stratiomyidae from the Holocene of Eastern Germany (>1 MYA). Sixteen fossil larvae of Stratiomyidae from the late Eocene of the Isle of Wight (129.4 ± 1.5 MYA) are present in the collection of the Natural History Museum London (UK).…”

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“… Karl & Bellstedt (1989) reported a single body fossil of a larva of the group Stratiomyidae from the Holocene of Eastern Germany (>1 MYA).…”

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Stratiomyomorpha (soldier flies and allies) is an ingroup of Diptera, with a fossil record stretching back to the Early Cretaceous (the Barremian, about 125 MYA). Stratiomyomorpha includes at least 3,000 species in the modern fauna, with many species being crucial for ecosystem functions, especially as saprophages. Larvae of many stratiomyomorphans are especially important as scavengers and saproxyls in modern ecosystems. Yet, fossil larvae of the group are extremely scarce. Here we present 23 new records of fossil stratiomyomorphan larvae, representing six discrete morphotypes. Specimens originate from Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, Eocene Baltic amber, Miocene Dominican amber, and compression fossils from the Eocene of Messel (Germany) and the Miocene of Slovenia. We discuss the implications of these new records for our understanding of stratiomyomorphan ecomorphology in deep time as well as their palaeoecology.

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