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Boudinot BE, Richter AK, Hammel JU, Szwedo J, Bojarski B, Perrichot V. Genomic-Phenomic Reciprocal Illumination: Desyopone hereon gen. et sp. nov., an Exceptional Aneuretine-like Fossil Ant from Ethiopian Amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Insects 2022; 13:796. [PMID: 36135497 PMCID: PMC9502205 DOI: 10.3390/insects13090796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Fossils are critical for understanding the evolutionary diversification, turnover, and morphological disparification of extant lineages. While fossils cannot be sequenced, phenome-scale data may be generated using micro-computed tomography (µ-CT), thus revealing hidden structures and internal anatomy, when preserved. Here, we adduce the male caste of a new fossil ant species from Miocene Ethiopian amber that resembles members of the Aneuretinae, matching the operational definition of the subfamily. Through the use of synchrotron radiation for µ-CT, we critically test the aneuretine-identity hypothesis. Our results indicate that the new fossils do not belong to the Aneuretinae, but rather the Ponerini (Ponerinae). Informed by recent phylogenomic studies, we were able to place the fossils close to the extant genus Cryptopone based on logical character analysis, with the two uniquely sharing absence of the subpetiolar process among all ponerine genera. Consequently, we: (1) revise the male-based key to the global ant subfamilies; (2) revise the definitions of Aneuretinae, Ponerinae, Platythyreini, and Ponerini; (3) discuss the evolution of ant mandibles; and (4) describe the fossils as †Desyopone hereon gen. et sp. nov. Our study highlights the value of males for ant systematics and the tremendous potential of phenomic imaging technologies for the study of ant evolution.
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- Brendon E. Boudinot
- Institut für Zoologie und Evolutionsforschung, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Vor dem Neutor 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institut für Zoologie und Evolutionsforschung, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Vor dem Neutor 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Materials Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Max-Planck-Straße 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Entomology and Museum of Amber Inclusions, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, 59 Wita Stwosza Street, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Entomology and Museum of Amber Inclusions, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, 59 Wita Stwosza Street, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland
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- CNRS, Géosciences Rennes, University Rennes, UMR 6118, 35000 Rennes, France
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Perrichot V, Boudinot BE, Engel MS, Xu C, Bojarski B, Szwedo J. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Miocene Ethiopian amber: filling gaps in the geological record of African terrestrial biota. Zool J Linn Soc 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The Early Miocene (16–23 Mya) amber of Ethiopia constitutes a new source of fossil ants for Africa, where they are otherwise poorly documented. Here we report a diversified assemblage of six subfamilies and at least 19 genera that are still predominantly alive in the Afrotropics today. In this first account, a particular reference is made to the subfamily Dolichoderinae, with the description of two new species: Technomyrmex svojtkai Perrichot & Engel sp. nov. and Ravavy goldmani Boudinot & Perrichot sp. nov. The first is illustrated and described based on synchrotron-radiation microcomputed tomography, and the second represents the first fossil record for the tribe Bothriomyrmecini and Ravavy, a Malagasy and Afrotropical genus that was hitherto monotypic. The ant composition in Ethiopian amber is congruent with the global pattern emerging across ants and showing a Neogene diversification almost exclusively within extant genera.
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- Vincent Perrichot
- Géosciences Rennes - UMR 6118 , Université de Rennes, CNRS Rennes , France
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- Institut für Zoologie und Evolutionsforschung , Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Erberstraße, Jena , Germany
- University of California, Davis , Davis, California , USA
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- Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas , Lawrence, Kansas , USA
- Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History , New York, New York , USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Nanjing , China
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Entomology and Museum of Amber Inclusions, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk , Gdansk , Poland
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Entomology and Museum of Amber Inclusions, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk , Gdansk , Poland
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Tischer M, Gorczak M, Bojarski B, Pawłowska J, Hoffeins C, Hoffeins HW, Wrzosek M. New fossils of ascomycetous anamorphic fungi from Baltic amber. Fungal Biol 2019; 123:804-810. [PMID: 31627856 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Three new fossils of saprotrophic fungi are presented and described from Baltic amber, dated to Eocene epoch (Paleogene, upper to mid-Eocene). All belong to Ascomycota and are represented by hyphae as well as asexual reproduction structures allowing to assign them to present genera, respectively Periconia, Penicillium and Scopulariopsis. These material provide both the first and the oldest known fossil record of the mentioned taxa, making these data valuable for the knowledge about the evolutionary history of the Ascomycota.
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- Marta Tischer
- Department of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Center, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland; Department for Animal Evolution and Biodiversity, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Center, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Evolutionary Entomology and Museum of Inclusions in Amber, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Center, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Center, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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Pawlak K, Nieckarz Z, Sechman A, Wojtysiak D, Bojarski B, Tombarkiewicz B. Effect of a 1800 MHz electromagnetic field emitted during embryogenesis on chick development and hatchability. Anat Histol Embryol 2018; 47:222-230. [DOI: 10.1111/ahe.12346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- K. Pawlak
- Department of Veterinary Science, Animal Reproduction and Animal Welfare; Institute of Veterinary Sciences; University of Agriculture in Kraków; Kraków Poland
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- Experimental Computer Physics Department; Institute of Physics; Jagiellonian University in Kraków; Kraków Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Endocrinology; University of Agriculture in Kraków; Kraków Poland
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- Department of Animal Anatomy; Institute of Veterinary Sciences; University of Agriculture in Kraków; Kraków Poland
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- Department of Veterinary Science, Animal Reproduction and Animal Welfare; Institute of Veterinary Sciences; University of Agriculture in Kraków; Kraków Poland
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- Department of Veterinary Science, Animal Reproduction and Animal Welfare; Institute of Veterinary Sciences; University of Agriculture in Kraków; Kraków Poland
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Switała M, Jaźwiec P, Kedzierski B, Całka K, Bojarski B, Nowicki J, Bogdał M, Baranowska M, Moroń W. [Foreign body in the right frontal lobe of the brain as a result of right eyeball and right eye-socket trauma--case report]. Przegl Lek 2002; 58:1018-20. [PMID: 11987832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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We report a case of a 44 year old man, who was admitted to our hospital because of right eyeball and right eye-socket due to a piece of diamond circular saw. Right eyeball was sutured. CT--examination showed a metallic foreign body in the right frontal lobe of brain. Metallic foreign body, which damaged the right eyeball, caused upper restriction of right eye-socket ceiling and stuck in a frontal lobe of the brain was removed.
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- M Switała
- Zakład Radiologii Lekarskiej 4 Wojskowy Szpital Kliniczny SPZOZ 53-200 Wrocław, ul. Weigla 5
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Switała M, Jazwiec P, Pielichowski W, Bojarski B, Całka K, Nowicki J, Bogdał M, Kedzierski B, Stokrocki W. [Disorders of the bone density in the chest x-ray examination in the course of myelosclerosis]. Przegl Lek 2002; 58:468-70. [PMID: 11603187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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The authors report a rare case of myelosclerosis diagnosed during hospital stay in internal Department on account of hepatosplenomegaly and anaemia. The case of patient described by authors was diagnosed on the ground of examination and executed additional investigations: morphology, peripheral blood picture, chest radiography, scintiscan of skeleton.
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- M Switała
- Zakład Radiologii Lekarskiej 4 Wojskowego, Szpitala Klinicznego z Poliklinika SPZOZ, we Wrocławiu
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Kedzierski B, Całka K, Wilczyński K, Bojarski B, Jaźwiec P, Bogdał MT, Stokrocki W. [Gas gangrene or inflammation of the neck--diagnostic difficulties]. Przegl Lek 2000; 57:181-4. [PMID: 10909292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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The authors describe a patient with an extensive inflammation of the neck soft tissues as a complication of the peritonsillar abscess. Follow-up computed tomography revealed gasi-form follicles in the inflammed neck soft tissues, suggesting gas gangrene. We report disseminate ways of the inflammation process on the financial tonsil, reasons of the gangrene also the infections of soft tissues caused by anaerobic bacteries--Clostridium. CT--examination in inflammatory tumors of the neck is valuable, permits to exclude expansion process, but it cannot give unequivocal answer to differentiate gas gangrene and phlegmon.
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- B Kedzierski
- Zakład Radiologii Lekarskiej 4 Wojskowego Szpitala Klinicznego z Poliklinika SPZOZ we Wrocławiu
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Całka K, Bojarski B, Jaźwiec P, Bogdał M, Nowicki J, Kedzierski B, Lacheta W. [Thoracic aortic dissecting aneurysm with bleeding into the pleural cavity]. Przegl Lek 2000; 57:56-8. [PMID: 10907374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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A rare case of dissecting aneurysm of the aortic arch with left haemothorax was presented. The authors describe modern methods of visualising diagnostics used in case of suspected dissecting aortic aneurysm.
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- K Całka
- Zakładu Radiologii Lekarskiej Wojskowego, Szpitala Klinicznego z Poliklinika SPZOZ we Wrocławiu.
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