Preservation of armoured scale insects on angiosperm leaves from the Eocene of Germany

• Autorzy: Wappler T. , Ben-Dov Y.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Of the 30 extant orders of insects, scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) have one of the best fossil records among insects that probably extends to the early Mesozoic. Most fossil Coccoidea records are of adult males which have been trapped in amber, whereas adult females are less common, probably because of their sedentary occurrence on plants. Descriptions, photos, and SEM micrographs are presented of over 250 well−preserved scale covers of adult females and nymphal stages of armoured scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) which were found on dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous fossil leaves in Middle Eocene deposits from Germany. The structure of these fossil scale covers closely agrees with that of extant Diaspididae. These armoured scale insects belong to the subfamily Aspidiotinae. The age of this insect−plant association—47 to 44 million−year−old—indicates that the Diaspididae have a long history in the Palaearctic region.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

preservation; insect; Insecta; angiosperm; leaf; Eocene; Germany; paleontology; Hemiptera; Coccoidea; plant-insect interaction; herbivore; parthenogenesis; fossil record; insect-plant association

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: 53
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.627-634,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Wappler T.

• Universitat Bonn, Nussallee 8, D-53115 Bonn, Germany

autor

Ben-Dov Y.

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