The earliest earwigs in amber (Dermaptera): A new genus and species from the Early Cretaceous of Lebanon

Engel, Michael S.; Ortega-Blanco, Jaime; Azar, Dany

doi:10.1163/187631211x555717

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“…Rhadinolabis phoenicica Engel et al, 2011. Holotype preserving a female in amber, 1013 in the private collection of D. Azar in Fanar (Matn), Lebanon (Fig.…”

Section: Fossil Specimensmentioning

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Fossil Calibrations for the Arthropod Tree of Life

Wolfe

Daley

Legg³

et al. 2016

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Fossil age data and molecular sequences are increasingly combined to establish a timescale for the Tree of Life. Arthropods, as the most species-rich and morphologically disparate animal phylum, have received substantial attention, particularly with regard to questions such as the timing of habitat shifts (e.g., terrestrialisation), genome evolution (e.g., gene family duplication and functional evolution), origins of novel characters and behaviours (e.g., wings and flight, venom, silk), biogeography, rate of diversification (e.g., Cambrian explosion, insect coevolution with angiosperms, evolution of crab body plans), and the evolution of arthropod microbiomes. We present herein a series of rigorously vetted calibration fossils for arthropod evolutionary history, taking into account recently published guidelines for best practice in fossil calibration. These are restricted to Palaeozoic and Mesozoic fossils, no deeper than ordinal taxonomic level, nonetheless resulting in 79 fossil calibrations for 101 clades. This work is especially timely owing to the rapid growth of molecular sequence data and the fact that many included fossils have been described within the last five years. This contribution provides a resource for systematists and other biologists interested in deep-time questions in arthropod evolution.

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“…Rhadinolabis phoenicica Engel et al, 2011. Holotype preserving a female in amber, 1013 in the private collection of D. Azar in Fanar (Matn), Lebanon (Fig.…”

Section: Fossil Specimensmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fossil Calibrations for the Arthropod Tree of Life

Wolfe

Daley

Legg³

et al. 2016

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“…Indeed, many challenges remain for making conclusive statements about fossil earwig nymphs (e.g., Engel 2009; Engel et al 2011; Perrichot et al 2011). Some of the most important works are Günther and Herter (1974), Brindle (1987), and Matzke and Klass (2005), but concentrated efforts are still needed in the study of nymphal Dermaptera.…”

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confidence: 99%

New earwigs in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Dermaptera, Neodermaptera)

Engel¹

2011

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Two new earwigs (Dermaptera) recently discovered in mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian) amber from Myanmar are described and figured. Astreptolabis ethirosomatia gen. et sp. n. is represented by a peculiar pygidicranoid female, assigned to a new subfamily, Astreptolabidinae subfam. n., and differs from other protodermapterans in the structure of the head, pronotum, tegmina, and cercal forceps. Tytthodiplatys mecynocercus gen. et sp. n. is a distinctive form of first-instar nymph of the Diplatyidae, the earliest record for this basal earwig family. The taxon can be distinguished from other Early Cretaceous nymphs by the structure of the head, antennae, legs, and most notably its filamentous and annulate cerci. The character affinities of these taxa among Neodermaptera are generally discussed as is the identity of an enigmatic ‘earwig-like’ species from the Jurassic of China.

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“…The general origin and biota of Mexican amber has been discussed by Engel (2004) and Solórzano-Kraemer (2007. Morphological terminology and the general format for the description follows that employed elsewhere in Dermaptera palaeontology and the systematics of Diplatyidae (e.g., Hincks 1955Hincks , 1959Giles 1963;Günther & Herter 1974;Haas & Kukalová-Peck 2001 ;Engel 2009Engel , 2011Engel et al 2011;Perrichot et al 2011). The general classification adopted is that of Engel & Haas (2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Earwigs only fly in exceptional circumstances as it takes them a long time to unfold and fold their wings (Haas 2003;Haas et al 2012). vUthough uncommon, amber-entombed Dermaptera are known from deposits ranging in age from the Early Cretaceous to the Miocene, from Lebanon to the Dominican Republic and Mexico, and numerous other biogeographic localities (e.g., Wappler et al 2005;Engel 2009Engel , 2011Engel et al 2011;Perrichotetal. 2011 (Hurd et al 1962;Engel 2004), none have been formally described.…”

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confidence: 99%