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Xiao L, Labandeira CC, Wu Y, Shih C, Ren D, Wang Y. Middle Jurassic insect mines on gymnosperms provide missing links to early mining evolution. New Phytol 2024; 242:2803-2816. [PMID: 38184785 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19517] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024]
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We investigated the mining mode of insect feeding, involving larval consumption of a plant's internal tissues, from the Middle Jurassic (165 million years ago) Daohugou locality of Northeastern China. Documentation of mining from the Jurassic Period is virtually unknown, and results from this time interval would address mining evolution during the temporal gap of mine-seed plant diversifications from the previous Late Triassic to the subsequent Early Cretaceous. Plant fossils were examined with standard microscopic procedures for herbivory and used the standard functional feeding group-damage-type system of categorizing damage. All fossil mines were photographed and databased. We examined 2014 plant specimens, of which 27 occurrences on 14 specimens resulted in eight, new, mine damage types (DTs) present on six genera of bennettitalean, ginkgoalean, and pinalean gymnosperms. Three conclusions emerge from this study. First, these mid-Mesozoic mines are morphologically conservative and track plant host anatomical structure rather than plant phylogeny. Second, likely insect fabricators of these mines were three basal lineages of polyphagan beetles, four basal lineages of monotrysian moths, and a basal lineage tenthredinoid sawflies. Third, the nutrition hypothesis, indicating that miners had greater access to nutritious, inner tissues of new plant lineages, best explains mine evolution during the mid-Mesozoic.
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- Lifang Xiao
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510260, China
- College of Life Science and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
- Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Tenth St. and Constitution Ave, Washington, DC, 20013, USA
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- College of Life Science and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
- Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Tenth St. and Constitution Ave, Washington, DC, 20013, USA
- Department of Entomology and BEES Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- College of Life Science and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- College of Life Science and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
- Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Tenth St. and Constitution Ave, Washington, DC, 20013, USA
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- College of Life Science and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510260, China
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Molero-Baltanás R, Mitchell A, Gaju-Ricart M, Robla J. Worldwide revision of synanthropic silverfish (Insecta: Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) combining morphological and molecular data. J Insect Sci 2024; 24:1. [PMID: 38703100 PMCID: PMC11069193 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieae045] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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Synanthropic silverfish are the best-known and most widely distributed insects of the order Zygentoma. However, there is a great gap in the knowledge and confusion about the geographic distribution and the diagnostic characteristics that allow their identification. In this work, we provide an exhaustive and deep analysis of the most common 9 synanthropic silverfish of the world, combining previously published and newly derived morphological and molecular data. Updated descriptions of Ctenolepisma calvum (Ritter, 1910) and Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) villosum (Fabricius, 1775) are included, and morphological remarks, illustrations, and photographs of the remaining synanthropic species are provided to clarify their diagnosis and differentiation among them and from other free-living species. In addition, Ctenolepisma targionii (Grassi and Rovelli, 1889) is synonymized with C. villosum. A molecular phylogeny is presented based on the COI sequences of all the synanthropic species deposited in BOLD and GenBank, with 15 new sequences provided by this study. This has allowed us to detect and correct a series of identification errors based on the lack of morphological knowledge of several species. Moreover, 2 different lineages of Ctenolepisma longicaudatumEscherich, 1905 have also been detected. To help future studies, we also provide a taxonomic interpretation guide for the most important diagnostic characters of the order Zygentoma, as well as an identification key for all the Synanthropic studied species. Finally, an approximation of the global distribution of synanthropic silverfish is discussed. Several new records indicate that the expansion of these species, generally associated with the transport of goods and people, is still far from over.
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- Rafael Molero-Baltanás
- Department of Zoology, University of Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, C-1 Building, 3rd Floor, Córdoba 14071, Spain
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- Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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- Department of Zoology, University of Córdoba, Campus de Rabanales, C-1 Building, 3rd Floor, Córdoba 14071, Spain
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- Department of Conservation Biology, Doñana Biological Station (EBD-CSIC), C/Américo Vespucio 26, Seville 41092, Spain
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Marquez-López Y, Martins CC, Guevara-Chumacero LM, Ramírez-Ponce A, Contreras-Ramos A. Comparative morphology of male genitalia in antlions (Insecta, Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae), with emphasis on owlflies (Ascalaphinae) and a possible structural evolutionary scenario. J Morphol 2024; 285:e21701. [PMID: 38736236 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21701] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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Male genitalia morphology in Myrmeleontidae has traditionally been insufficiently studied, although it has received increased attention for its diagnostic value in recent times. A neutral terminology has generally been applied in standard taxonomic practice, yet knowledge of an equivalent and stable terminology across taxa based on comparative morphology has been missing. Herein a detailed comparative morphology study with examples from most tribes within Myrmeleontidae, including owlflies (Ascalaphinae), attempts to relate external and internal genital structures based on a proposed groundplan for Neuroptera and Myrmeleontidae. We contend that a groundplan based on 10 abdominal segments, plus vestigial structures from an 11th segment, coherently depicts structural components across myrmeleontid taxa. A gonarcus, an element of Neuropterida amply referred in Neuroptera, is supported to represent the pair of abdominal appendages of segment X medially fused, with gonocoxite and gonostylus components. In most myrmeleontid taxa, basal (gonocoxites) and distal (gonostyli) components separate, with gonostyli positioned posteriorly with respect to gonocoxites, still united with translucent, lightly sclerotized tissue, forming a more or less conical structure, a proposed synapomorphy for the family. Ninth gonostyli are generally reduced (pulvini) and have migrated close to the base of gonarcus (10th gonocoxites). A pelta, also a potential synapomorphy for Myrmeleontidae, derives from paired setose surfaces of the 10th gonostyli, medially positioned (still evident in Bubopsis). Three structural types of gonarcus are diagnosed for illustrative purposes, as they may represent convergent constructs.
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- Yesenia Marquez-López
- Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Química e Biologia, Centro de Estudos Superiores de Caxias, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Colección Nacional de Insectos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Ayala Costa D, Rezende PH, Salles FF, Desidério GR, Dias G, Lino-Neto J. Morphology of the male reproductive system and spermatozoa of Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) iguazu Flint, 1983 (Trichoptera, Hydropsychidae). Arthropod Struct Dev 2024; 79:101344. [PMID: 38412706 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2024.101344] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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The Trichoptera, holometabolous aquatic insects found worldwide except in Antarctica, exhibit a unique feature in their sperm, which are solely nucleated (eupyrene). Current knowledge on Trichoptera sperm is limited to Old World species. To enhance our understanding of their reproductive biology and contribute to systematic discussions, we describe the male reproductive system and spermatozoa of Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) iguazu Flint, 1983 (Hydropsychidae). This species lacks seminal vesicles, possesses piriform to oval-shaped testes with spermatozoa grouped in apical bundles and dense filamentous material filling other areas. The vasa deferentia are long and a pair of elongated accessory glands displays distinct proximal and distal regions. The relatively short (∼40 μm) spermatozoa are nucleated, aflagellated, and immobile. Further research could explore variations and assess the taxonomic utility of these features for genus identification within Hydropsychidae.
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- Dayvson Ayala Costa
- Departamento de Entomologia, Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Museu de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Programa de Apoio à Fixação de Jovens Doutores No Brasil, Laboratório de Citotaxonomia e Insetos Aquáticos, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 69067-375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Ruiz-Garca A, Lara-Rodrguez A, Garzn A. Description of the full-grown larva and barcode of Athripsodes taounate taounate Dakki & Malicky 1980 (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae), an Iberic-Maghrebian endemic. Zootaxa 2024; 5415:309-320. [PMID: 38480202 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.2.5] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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In this paper we describe the main morphological characteristics that distinguish the full-grown larva of Athripsodes taounate taounate, an Iberic-Maghrebian endemic. The conspecificity of the larva and adult was confirmed by DNA analysis. Morphological features that discriminate it from the described Iberian-Maghrebian species of Athripsodes are given.
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- Antonio Ruiz-Garca
- Departamento de Biologa y Geologa. IES Padre Luis Coloma. Av. alcalde lvaro Domecq; 10; 11402 Jerez de la Frontera. Cdiz; Spain.
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- Departamento de Biologa Molecular e ingeniera Bioqumica / Centro Andaluz de Biologa del Desarrollo. Universidad Pablo de Olavide; 41013 Sevilla; Spain.
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- Departamento de Biologa Molecular e ingeniera Bioqumica / Centro Andaluz de Biologa del Desarrollo. Universidad Pablo de Olavide; 41013 Sevilla; Spain.
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Godunko RJ, Sroka P. A new mayfly subfamily sheds light on the early evolution and Pangean origin of Baetiscidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). Sci Rep 2024; 14:1599. [PMID: 38238366 PMCID: PMC10796926 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51176-7] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/01/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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The family Baetiscidae Edmunds & Traver, 1954 is recognisable among mayflies due to its bizarre larvae, equipped with a robust and spiked thoracic notal shield covering part of the abdomen up to sixth segment. Originally being described as extant species from the USA and Canada, Baetiscidae were later found in the fossil record as well, specifically in Cretaceous of Brazil and Eocene Baltic amber. An enigmatic piece of fossil evidence are two larvae from the Early Cretaceous Koonwarra Fossil Bed in Australia, which have been presumed as attributable to Baetiscidae and briefly discussed in previous studies. In the present contribution, we reinvestigate these fossils and confirm their attribution to the family Baetiscidae. These larvae are depicted and described as Koonwarrabaetisca jelli gen. et sp. nov. and Koonwarrabaetisca duncani sp. nov. For both Cretaceous genera Protobaetisca Staniczek, 2007 and Koonwarrabaetisca gen. nov. we establish a new subfamily Protobaetiscinae subfam. nov. within the family Baetiscidae, based on the presence of markedly shortened thoracic sterna. The phylogenetic position of newly described subfamily is clarified using a cladistic analysis; Protobaetiscinae subfam. nov. forms a monophyletic clade, sister to Baetiscinae. The confirmation of the distribution of Baetiscidae in the Cretaceous of Australia suggests almost worldwide distribution of this family in the deep time. Given their limited dispersal abilities, this distributional pattern can be best explained by the Pangean origin for this family, moving the time of their origin at least to the Early Jurassic. The larvae of Koonwarrabaetisca gen. nov. exhibit the same ecomorphological specialization as the rest of Baetiscidae, that supporting with a high probability their lifestyle similar to extant Baetisca Walsh, 1862. The larvae probably lived in the flowing water with stony substrate densely covered by filamentous algae, and in the places of accumulation of dead plant and algae matter during the last instars. Thus, Koonwarrabaetisca gen. nov. could be the allochthonous component in mayfly fauna of the Koonwarra paleolake.
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- Roman J Godunko
- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, 37005, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
- Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90237, Łódź, Poland.
- State Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Teatralna 18, 79008, Lviv, Ukraine.
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- Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, 37005, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Castillo-Velsquez RM, Gonalves MC, Correia MCD, Viana ADL, Rippel MLS, Bonf-Neto P, Sperber CF, Salles FF. Stoneflies left over from a mining disaster: new species and records of Perlidae (Plecoptera) from the Doce River basin, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2023; 5360:409-418. [PMID: 38220606 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.4] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Seven years after a mudflow reached an important area of the Doce River basin, southeastern Brazil, and with the objective of reporting the current Plecoptera fauna, specimens of Anacroneuria Klaplek, 1909 (Plecoptera: Perlidae) were studied. Three new records from this basin are included: A. mineira Novaes & Bispo, 2014; A. atrifrons Klaplek, 1922; and Anacroneuria itatiaiensis Baldin, Bispo & Novaes, 2013. A new species is described: A. piranga sp. nov. Castillo-Velsquez, Gonalves & Salles. The new species is morphologically similar to A. annulicauda Stark & Kondratieff, 2004 and A. atrifrons, but can be distinguished by the keel of the penial armature, which is flat and pointed at the apex. In addition to its description, photographs of all species are included, as well as a detailed description of the habitat of the new species.
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- R M Castillo-Velsquez
- Programa de Ps-graduao em Entomologia; Departamento de Entomologia; Universidade Federal de Viosa; CEP 36.570-900; Viosa; MG; Brasil; Laboratorio de Invertebrados Acuticos; Facultad de Ciencias Biolgicas; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Lima; Per.
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- Programa de Ps-graduao em Entomologia; Departamento de Entomologia; Universidade Federal de Viosa; CEP 36.570-900; Viosa; MG; Brasil.
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- Museu de Entomologia; Departamento de Entomologia; Universidade Federal de Viosa; CEP 36.570-900; Viosa; MG; Brasil.
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- Programa de Ps-graduao em Ecologia; Universidade Federal de Viosa; CEP 36.570-900; Viosa; MG; Brasil.
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- Programa de Ps-graduao em Entomologia; Departamento de Entomologia; Universidade Federal de Viosa; CEP 36.570-900; Viosa; MG; Brasil.
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- Museu de Entomologia; Departamento de Entomologia; Universidade Federal de Viosa; CEP 36.570-900; Viosa; MG; Brasil.
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- Museu de Entomologia; Departamento de Entomologia; Universidade Federal de Viosa; CEP 36.570-900; Viosa; MG; Brasil.
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- Museu de Entomologia; Departamento de Entomologia; Universidade Federal de Viosa; CEP 36.570-900; Viosa; MG; Brasil.
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Mangan M, Floreano D, Yasui K, Trimmer BA, Gravish N, Hauert S, Webb B, Manoonpong P, Szczecinski N. A virtuous cycle between invertebrate and robotics research: perspective on a decade of Living Machines research. Bioinspir Biomim 2023; 18:035005. [PMID: 36881919 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/acc223] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Many invertebrates are ideal model systems on which to base robot design principles due to their success in solving seemingly complex tasks across domains while possessing smaller nervous systems than vertebrates. Three areas are particularly relevant for robot designers: Research on flying and crawling invertebrates has inspired new materials and geometries from which robot bodies (their morphologies) can be constructed, enabling a new generation of softer, smaller, and lighter robots. Research on walking insects has informed the design of new systems for controlling robot bodies (their motion control) and adapting their motion to their environment without costly computational methods. And research combining wet and computational neuroscience with robotic validation methods has revealed the structure and function of core circuits in the insect brain responsible for the navigation and swarming capabilities (their mental faculties) displayed by foraging insects. The last decade has seen significant progress in the application of principles extracted from invertebrates, as well as the application of biomimetic robots to model and better understand how animals function. This Perspectives paper on the past 10 years of the Living Machines conference outlines some of the most exciting recent advances in each of these fields before outlining lessons gleaned and the outlook for the next decade of invertebrate robotic research.
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- Michael Mangan
- The University of Sheffield, Mappin St, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, Station 9, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Tohoku University, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, 6-3 Aramaki aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Tufts University, Biology, 200 Boston Av, Boston, MA 02111, United States of America
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- University of California San Diego, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Building EBU II, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States of America
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- University of Bristol, Engineering Mathematics, Bristol BS8 1QU, United Kingdom
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- University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics, 10 Crichton St, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, United Kingdom
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, People's Republic of China
- Bio-Inspired Robotics and Neural Engineering Laboratory, School of Information Science and Technology, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Wangchan Valley, Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- West Virginia University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Morgantown, WV 26506-6201, United States of America
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While Mesozoic, Paleogene, and Neogene insect faunas greatly resemble the modern one, the Paleozoic fauna provides unique insights into key innovations in insect evolution, such as the origin of wings and modifications of postembryonic development including holometaboly. Deep-divergence estimates suggest that the majority of contemporary insect orders originated in the Late Paleozoic, but these estimates reflect divergences between stem groups of each lineage rather than the later appearance of the crown groups. The fossil record shows the initial radiations of the extant hyperdiverse clades during the Early Permian, as well as the specialized fauna present before the End Permian mass extinction. This review summarizes the recent discoveries related to the documented diversity of Paleozoic hexapods, as well as current knowledge about what has actually been verified from fossil evidence as it relates to postembryonic development and the morphology of different body parts.
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- Jakub Prokop
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic;
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France;
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- Division of Entomology, University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas, USA;
- Department of Ecology and 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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Goulard R, Buehlmann C, Niven JE, Graham P, Webb B. A unified mechanism for innate and learned visual landmark guidance in the insect central complex. PLoS Comput Biol 2021; 17:e1009383. [PMID: 34555013 PMCID: PMC8491911 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Insects can navigate efficiently in both novel and familiar environments, and this requires flexiblity in how they are guided by sensory cues. A prominent landmark, for example, can elicit strong innate behaviours (attraction or menotaxis) but can also be used, after learning, as a specific directional cue as part of a navigation memory. However, the mechanisms that allow both pathways to co-exist, interact or override each other are largely unknown. Here we propose a model for the behavioural integration of innate and learned guidance based on the neuroanatomy of the central complex (CX), adapted to control landmark guided behaviours. We consider a reward signal provided either by an innate attraction to landmarks or a long-term visual memory in the mushroom bodies (MB) that modulates the formation of a local vector memory in the CX. Using an operant strategy for a simulated agent exploring a simple world containing a single visual cue, we show how the generated short-term memory can support both innate and learned steering behaviour. In addition, we show how this architecture is consistent with the observed effects of unilateral MB lesions in ants that cause a reversion to innate behaviour. We suggest the formation of a directional memory in the CX can be interpreted as transforming rewarding (positive or negative) sensory signals into a mapping of the environment that describes the geometrical attractiveness (or repulsion). We discuss how this scheme might represent an ideal way to combine multisensory information gathered during the exploration of an environment and support optimal cue integration.
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- Roman Goulard
- Institute for Perception, Action, and Behaviour, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, John Maynard Smith Building, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, John Maynard Smith Building, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, John Maynard Smith Building, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Perception, Action, and Behaviour, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Weber AI, Daniel TL, Brunton BW. Wing structure and neural encoding jointly determine sensing strategies in insect flight. PLoS Comput Biol 2021; 17:e1009195. [PMID: 34379622 PMCID: PMC8382179 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Animals rely on sensory feedback to generate accurate, reliable movements. In many flying insects, strain-sensitive neurons on the wings provide rapid feedback that is critical for stable flight control. While the impacts of wing structure on aerodynamic performance have been widely studied, the impacts of wing structure on sensing are largely unexplored. In this paper, we show how the structural properties of the wing and encoding by mechanosensory neurons interact to jointly determine optimal sensing strategies and performance. Specifically, we examine how neural sensors can be placed effectively on a flapping wing to detect body rotation about different axes, using a computational wing model with varying flexural stiffness. A small set of mechanosensors, conveying strain information at key locations with a single action potential per wingbeat, enable accurate detection of body rotation. Optimal sensor locations are concentrated at either the wing base or the wing tip, and they transition sharply as a function of both wing stiffness and neural threshold. Moreover, the sensing strategy and performance is robust to both external disturbances and sensor loss. Typically, only five sensors are needed to achieve near-peak accuracy, with a single sensor often providing accuracy well above chance. Our results show that small-amplitude, dynamic signals can be extracted efficiently with spatially and temporally sparse sensors in the context of flight. The demonstrated interaction of wing structure and neural encoding properties points to the importance of understanding each in the context of their joint evolution. In addition to generating forces for flight, insect wings also serve an important role as sensory structures, providing rapid feedback about wing bending that is used to stabilize flight. While much is known about how wing structure affects aerodynamic performance, the effects of wing structure on sensing remain unexplored. Using a computational model of a flapping wing, we examine how sensing strategies depend on wing stiffness and sensor properties. We show that body rotations can be accurately detected with a small number of sensors on the wing across a wide range of conditions. Optimal sensor locations are clustered at either the wing base or wing tip, depending on a combination of wing stiffness and sensor properties. Moreover, sensing performance is robust to multiple kinds of perturbations. Our work provides a basis for understanding how wing structure impacts incoming sensory information during flight.
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- Alison I. Weber
- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Desiderio GR, Santana V, Pereira ES, Pes AM, Hamada N. On the Identity of Smicridea (Smicridea) aequalis Banks, 1920 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae): Morphology of Adults and Immature Stages, Bionomics, Distribution, and Male Color Dimorphism. Neotrop Entomol 2021; 50:430-443. [PMID: 33740226 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-021-00860-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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After 100 years of its description, the morphological circumscription of Smicridea aequalis Banks, 1920 is provided in this study by the integration of morphological characters of adult, pupal, and larval stages. This fact facilitates its recognition in faunal inventory studies and allows its use in biomonitoring programs, mainly in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes, two biodiversity hotspots where this species is widely distributed. Adults of S. aequalis may have diurnal activity as they are found frequently and abundantly on the riparian vegetation of fast-flowing streams and rivers during the day. The remarkable color dimorphism observed in males of this species was not reported previously for caddisflies.
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- Gleison Robson Desiderio
- Coordenação de Pós-Graduação, COPOG, Divisão do Curso em Entomologia, DiEnt, Lab de Citotaxonomia e Insetos Aquáticos, LACIA, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
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- Programa de Iniciação Científica, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Manaus, AM, Brazil
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- Programa de Iniciação Científica, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Manaus, AM, Brazil
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- Coordenação de Pós-Graduação, COPOG, Divisão do Curso em Entomologia, DiEnt, Lab de Citotaxonomia e Insetos Aquáticos, LACIA, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Manaus, AM, Brazil
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- Coordenação de Pós-Graduação, COPOG, Divisão do Curso em Entomologia, DiEnt, Lab de Citotaxonomia e Insetos Aquáticos, LACIA, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Manaus, AM, Brazil
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Just one superorder of insects is known to possess a neuronal network that mediates extremely rapid reactions in flight in response to changes in optic flow. Research on the identity and functional organization of this network has over the course of almost half a century focused exclusively on the order Diptera, a member of the approximately 300-million-year-old clade Holometabola defined by its mode of development. However, it has been broadly claimed that the pivotal neuropil containing the network, the lobula plate, originated in the Cambrian before the divergence of Hexapoda and Crustacea from a mandibulate ancestor. This essay defines the traits that designate the lobula plate and argues against a homologue in Crustacea. It proposes that the origin of the lobula plate is relatively recent and may relate to the origin of flight.
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García LF, Rave C, Arcila K, García C, Robledo-Ospina LE, Willemart RH. Do predators react differently to dangerous and larger prey? The case of a mygalomorph generalist spider preying upon insects. ZOOLOGY 2021; 144:125863. [PMID: 33450622 DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2020.125863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 05/26/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Prey morphology and size are known to influence a predator's decision to attack and consume particular prey; however, studies that evaluate both traits simultaneously are uncommon. Here, we first described the trophic niche in the mygalomorph spider Paratropis sp. These spiders have a narrow trophic niche and feed mainly on sympatric species such as larvae of lepidopterans and of beetles such as carabids, passalids and scarabeids. Second, we evaluated the effect of prey taxon and size on acceptance and immobilization duration, and built an ethogram of the predator's behaviors. For each prey taxa, we offered large (approximately same size than the spider) and small larvae (approximately half of the size of the spider) of the aforementioned prey. We classified carabid beetle larvae as the most dangerous prey because of their sharp mandibles and predatory habits, followed by scarabeid larvae; lepidopteran and passalids larvae were considered to be non-dangerous prey. We did not find a significant effect of prey taxon or size on spiders' acceptance. Prey size did not affect the time invested on each behavioral category, but prey taxon did. Moreover, although spiders used a similar strategy for capturing prey, they spent more time biting carabid larvae than other prey. Our results suggest that, at least in our study area, prey that are dangerous or the predator's size do not seem to affect Paratropis sp. acceptance per se, but can cause the predator to change the time budget allocated to each behavior.
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- Luis Fernando García
- Grupo multidisciplinario en Ecología para la Agricultura, Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE), Universidad de la República, Treinta y Tres, 33000, Uruguay; Grupo de investigación Biología y Ecología de Artrópodos (BEA), Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia.
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- Ecoparque los Yarumos, Red de ecoparque de Manizales, Corporación Megadiversa. Manizales, Caldas, Colombia; Grupo de Aracnología Universidad de Caldas (GAUC), Manizales, Colombia
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- Ecoparque los Yarumos, Red de ecoparque de Manizales, Corporación Megadiversa. Manizales, Caldas, Colombia; Universidad Nacional, Sede Manizales, Manizales, Colombia
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- Grupo de Aracnología Universidad de Caldas (GAUC), Manizales, Colombia; Red de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología A.C. (INECOL), Xalapa, Mexico
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Sensorial e Comportamento de Artrópodes, Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Campus Diadema, Rua Professor Artur Riedel 275, Jardim Eldorado, CEP 09972-270, Diadema, SP, Brazil
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Bouchebti S, Arganda S. Insect lifestyle and evolution of brain morphology. Curr Opin Insect Sci 2020; 42:90-96. [PMID: 33038535 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Insect lifestyles are extremely diversified and have important consequences for brain function. Lifestyle determines the resources and information that brains might access and also those that are required to produce adaptive behaviors. Most of the observed adaptations in brain morphology to variation in lifestyle are related to the first stages of sensory information processing (e.g. adaptations to diel habits). However, morphological signatures of lifestyles related to higher order processing of information are more difficult to demonstrate. Co-option of existing neural structures for new behaviors might hinder the detection of morphological changes at a large scale. Current methodological advances will make it possible to investigate finer structural changes (e.g. variation in the connectivity between neurons) and might shed light on whether or not some lifestyles (e.g. eusociality) require morphological adaptations.
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- Sofia Bouchebti
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
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Gundiah N, Jaddivada S. Making the cut: mechanics of cutting and steering of insect probes. Curr Opin Insect Sci 2020; 42:84-89. [PMID: 33038534 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Many insects forage, oviposit or inject venom in their prey by penetrating or cutting through substrates. From a physical perspective, cutting involves creation of new free surfaces. The cutting parts of insects, such as their mandibles or ovipositor tips, are often zinc-enriched and hardened as compared to the other cuticular regions. Whereas tip hardening is key to their ability to penetrate surfaces, it is often also important for probes to be maneuverable through substrates. How do insect probes negotiate the trade-off between cutting and steering through substrates of diverse stiffness? To address this question, we review the morphology, mechanics, and adaptations in the cutting parts of various insects. Understanding these mechanisms will allow us to develop biomimetic tools, including agricultural and surgical tools, that can both cut and steer through diverse substrates.
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- Namrata Gundiah
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Banerji S, Meem M, Majumder A, Sensale-Rodriguez B, Menon R. Super-resolution imaging with an achromatic multi-level diffractive microlens array. Opt Lett 2020; 45:6158-6161. [PMID: 33186939 DOI: 10.1364/ol.410013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Compound eyes found in insects provide intriguing sources of biological inspiration for miniaturized imaging systems. Inspired by such insect eye structures, we demonstrate an ultrathin arrayed camera enabled by a flat multi-level diffractive microlens array for super-resolution visible imaging. We experimentally demonstrate that the microlens array can achieve a large fill factor (hexagonal close packing with pitch=120µm), thickness of 2.6 µm, and diffraction-limited (Strehlratio=0.88) achromatic performance in the visible band (450 to 650 nm). We also demonstrate super-resolution imaging with resolution improvement of ∼1.4 times by computationally merging 1600 images in the array.
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Animals mimicking other organisms or using camouflage to deceive predators are vital survival strategies. Modern and fossil insects can simulate diverse objects. Lichens are an ancient symbiosis between a fungus and an alga or a cyanobacterium that sometimes have a plant-like appearance and occasionally are mimicked by modern animals. Nevertheless, lichen models are almost absent in fossil record of mimicry. Here, we provide the earliest fossil evidence of a mimetic relationship between the moth lacewing mimic Lichenipolystoechotes gen. nov. and its co-occurring fossil lichen model Daohugouthallus ciliiferus. We corroborate the lichen affinity of D. ciliiferus and document this mimetic relationship by providing structural similarities and detailed measurements of the mimic's wing and correspondingly the model's thallus. Our discovery of lichen mimesis predates modern lichen-insect associations by 165 million years, indicating that during the mid-Mesozoic, the lichen-insect mimesis system was well established and provided lacewings with highly honed survival strategies.
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- Hui Fang
- College of Life Sciences and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian InstitutionWashington DCUnited States
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- College of Life Sciences and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal UniversityBeijingChina
- Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian InstitutionWashington DCUnited States
- Department of Entomology, University of MarylandCollege ParkUnited States
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- College of Life Sciences and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- College of Life Sciences and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- College of Life Sciences and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- College of Life Sciences and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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- College of Life Sciences and Academy for Multidisciplinary Studies, Capital Normal UniversityBeijingChina
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Patzold F, Zilli A, Hundsdoerfer AK. Advantages of an easy-to-use DNA extraction method for minimal-destructive analysis of collection specimens. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0235222. [PMID: 32639972 PMCID: PMC7343169 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Here we present and justify an approach for minimal-destructive DNA extraction from historic insect specimens for next generation sequencing applications. An increasing number of studies use insects from museum collections for biodiversity research. However, the availability of specimens for molecular analyses has been limited by the degraded nature of the DNA gained from century-old museum material and the consumptive nature of most DNA extraction procedures. The method described in this manuscript enabled us to successfully extract DNA from specimens as old as 241 years using a minimal-destructive approach. The direct comparison of the DNeasy extraction Kit and the Monarch® PCR & DNA Clean-up Kit showed a significant increase of 17.3-fold higher DNA yield extracted with the Monarch Oligo protocol on average. By using an extraction protocol originally designed for oligonucleotide clean-up, we were able to combine overcoming the restrictions by target fragment size and strand state, with minimising time consumption and labour-intensity. The type specimens used for the minimal-destructive DNA extraction exhibited no significant external change or post-extraction damage, while sufficient DNA was retrieved for analyses.
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- Franziska Patzold
- Museum of Zoology (Museum für Tierkunde), Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Division Insects, Department Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
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- Museum of Zoology (Museum für Tierkunde), Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Prokop J, Pecharová M, Sinitshenkova ND, Klass KD. Male postabdomen reveals ancestral traits of Megasecoptera among winged insects. Arthropod Struct Dev 2020; 57:100944. [PMID: 32361571 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.100944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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External male genitalia of insects are greatly diverse in form and frequently used in evolutionary context and taxonomy. Therefore, our proper recognition of homologous structures among various groups from Paleozoic and extant insect taxa is of crucial interest, allowing to understand the key steps in insect evolution. Here, we reveal structural details of two Late Carboniferous representatives of Megasecoptera (families Bardohymenidae and Brodiopteridae), such as the presence of separated coxal plates VIII and ventral expansions of coxal lobes IX. Together with the confirmed presence of abdominal styli in some other members of Palaeodictyopterida (Diaphanopterodea) this suggests that early pterygotes may have had traits more archaic than expected. Whether or not these traits point to a stem-group relationship of Palaeodictyopterida to all other Pterygota as suspected by earlier authors remains unclear at this stage. Furthermore, the present study provides an updated comparison of male postabdomen morphology among extant species of wingless Archaeognatha and representatives of early diverging groups of Pterygota from the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian, the Megasecoptera (Palaeodictyopterida), Permoplectoptera (Ephemeroptera) and Meganisoptera (Odonatoptera).
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- Jakub Prokop
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ 128 00, Praha 2, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ 128 00, Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- Palaeontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 123, Moscow, Russia
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- Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Museum of Zoology, Königsbrücker Landstrasse 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany
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Handschuh S, Aspöck U. First description of male genital sclerites and associated musculature for two members of Coniopterygidae (Insecta: Neuropterida: Neuroptera) based on X-ray microCT imaging. Arthropod Struct Dev 2020; 57:100951. [PMID: 32512526 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.100951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Coniopterygidae are the dwarfs among the Neuroptera. Despite their miniaturisation, the males are equipped with genital sclerites that are excessively heterogeneous. They function in copulation and sperm transfer and have been widely utilized for species identification, as well being considered of high phylogenetic relevance. The present study is the first to describe the musculature associated with the genital sclerites of two species of Coniopterygidae, Helicoconis lutea (Wallengren, 1871) (Aleuropteryginae), and Coniopteryx pygmaea (Enderlein, 1906) (Coniopteryginae) based on X-ray microCT imaging. We found six pairs of muscles associated with the genital sclerites in H. lutea and seven in C. pygmaea. The images depict other internal organs of the posterior abdominal segments, such as gonads and alimentary canal. In both investigated species, the internal sclerites support the ductus ejaculatorius, which - surprisingly - turned out to be a landmark for the identification of closely adjacent internal sclerites and associated musculature. The interpretation of these sclerites as gonocoxites and gonapophyses of the tenth segment (traditionally denoted as parameres and penis) could be corroborated. Thus it is no longer tenable to assert that possession of a "penis" is exclusive to Coniopterygidae, since this sclerite is part of the ground pattern in Neuroptera. Interactions of genital sclerites and corresponding musculature during copulation are discussed.
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- Stephan Handschuh
- VetCore Facility for Research, Imaging Unit, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210, Vienna, Austria.
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- Natural History Museum, 2nd Zoological Department, Burgring 7, A-1010, Vienna, Austria; Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria.
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Zhao C, Ang Y, Wang M, Gao C, Zhang K, Tang C, Liu X, Li M, Yang D, Meier R. Contribution to understanding the evolution of holometaboly: transformation of internal head structures during the metamorphosis in the green lacewing Chrysopa pallens (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). BMC Evol Biol 2020; 20:79. [PMID: 32600301 PMCID: PMC7325100 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-01643-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Metamorphosis remains one of the most complicated and poorly understood processes in insects. This is particularly so for the very dynamic transformations that take place within the pupal sheath of holometabolous insects. Only few studies address these transformations especially with regard to cranial structures of those holometabolous species where the larval and adult forms have a similar diet. It thus remains unclear to what extent the internal structures undergo histolysis and rebuilding. Here, the development of the brain and skeleto-muscular system of the head of Chrysopa pallens (Rambur, 1838) is studied. This species is a predator of aphids in the larval and adult stage. RESULTS We used micro-computed-tomography (μ-CT) to study the transformations of the larval, prepupal and pupal head within the cocoon. We first assessed the morphological differences and similarities between the stages. We then determined the point in time when the compound eyes appear and describe the re-orientation of the head capsule which transforms the prognathous larva into a hypognathous adult. The internal head muscles are distinctly more slender in larvae than adults. In addition, the adults have a significantly larger brain which is likely needed for the processing of the signals obtained by the adults vastly expanded sensory organs that are presumably needed for dispersal and mating. Our study shows that the histolysis and modification of the inner muscles and skeletal elements take place within the prepupa. The central nervous system persists throughout metamorphosis but its morphology changes significantly. CONCLUSION Our study reveals that not only the inner structures, but also the outer morphology continues to change after the final larval moult. The adult cuticle and internal structures form gradually within the cocoon. The histolysis and rebuilding begin with the skeletal elements and is followed by changes in the central nervous system before it concludes with modifications of the musculature. This order of events is likely ancestral for Holometabola because it is also known from Hymenoptera, Diptera, Mecoptera, and Coleoptera.
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- Chenjing Zhao
- Department of Biology, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong, 030619, China
- Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China
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- Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China
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- Institute of Leisure Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biology, Taiyuan Normal University, Jinzhong, 030619, China
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- Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Singapore.
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Insect navigation arises from the coordinated action of concurrent guidance systems but the neural mechanisms through which each functions, and are then coordinated, remains unknown. We propose that insects require distinct strategies to retrace familiar routes (route-following) and directly return from novel to familiar terrain (homing) using different aspects of frequency encoded views that are processed in different neural pathways. We also demonstrate how the Central Complex and Mushroom Bodies regions of the insect brain may work in tandem to coordinate the directional output of different guidance cues through a contextually switched ring-attractor inspired by neural recordings. The resultant unified model of insect navigation reproduces behavioural data from a series of cue conflict experiments in realistic animal environments and offers testable hypotheses of where and how insects process visual cues, utilise the different information that they provide and coordinate their outputs to achieve the adaptive behaviours observed in the wild.
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- Xuelong Sun
- Computational Intelligence Lab & L-CAS, School of Computer Science, University of LincolnLincolnUnited Kingdom
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- Computational Intelligence Lab & L-CAS, School of Computer Science, University of LincolnLincolnUnited Kingdom
- Machine Life and Intelligence Research Centre, Guangzhou UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Sheffield Robotics, Department of Computer Science, University of SheffieldSheffieldUnited Kingdom
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Oliveira JVLC, Ferreira AS, Zeppelini D. Two new species of Collembola (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Neotrop Entomol 2020; 49:420-434. [PMID: 32399957 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-020-00769-8] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Two new species of Collembola are described, full body chaetotaxy is given. Ptenothrix dalii sp. nov. and Seira pietata sp. nov. were originally found in metalogenic areas covered with transitional vegetation of savanna and forest in Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Ptenothrix dalii sp. nov. is part of the "gracilis-group" of species, with large, blunt macrochaetae on head and body. Seira pietata sp. nov. is part of the "andensis-group" of species, lacking macrochaeta on abdominal segment I.
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- J V L C Oliveira
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia). Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Univ Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil.
- Lab de Sistemática de Collembola e Conservação. Depto de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e Sociais Aplicadas, Univ Estadual da Paraíba, Campus V, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil.
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- Lab de Sistemática de Collembola e Conservação. Depto de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e Sociais Aplicadas, Univ Estadual da Paraíba, Campus V, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia). Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Univ Federal da Paraíba, Campus I, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil
- Lab de Sistemática de Collembola e Conservação. Depto de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e Sociais Aplicadas, Univ Estadual da Paraíba, Campus V, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil
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Many insects show discontinuous respiration with three phases, open, closed, and fluttering, in which the spiracles open and close rapidly. The relative durations of the three phases and the rate of fluttering during the flutter phase vary for individual insects depending on developmental stage and activity, vary between insects of the same species, and vary even more between different species. We studied how the rate of oxygen uptake during the flutter phase depends on the rate of fluttering. Using a mathematical model of oxygen diffusion in the insect tracheal system, we derive a formula for oxygen uptake during the flutter phase and how it depends on the length of the tracheal system, percentage of time open during the flutter phase, and the flutter rate. Surprisingly, our results show that an insect can have its spiracles closed a high percentage of time during the flutter phase and yet receive almost as much oxygen as if the spiracles were always open, provided the spiracles open and close rapidly. We investigate the respiratory gain due to fluttering for four specific insects. Our formula shows that respiratory gain increases with body size and with increased rate of fluttering. Therefore, insects can regulate their rate of oxygen uptake by varying the rate of fluttering while keeping the spiracles closed during a large fraction of the time during the flutter phase. We also use a mathematical model to show that water loss is approximately proportional to the percentage of time the spiracles are open. Thus, insects can achieve both high oxygen intake and low water loss by keeping the spiracles closed most of the time and fluttering while open, thereby decoupling the challenge of preventing water loss from the challenge of obtaining adequate oxygen uptake.
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- Sean D. Lawley
- Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematics, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America
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Terra WR, Ferreira C. Evolutionary trends of digestion and absorption in the major insect orders. Arthropod Struct Dev 2020; 56:100931. [PMID: 32203883 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.100931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Revised: 02/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The spatial organization of digestion, which corresponds to the steps by which the ingested food is hydrolyzed in the different regions of the gut, was described in insects from the major insect orders. The pattern of digestion and absorption in the midgut shows a strong phylogenetic influence, modulated by adaptation to particular feeding habits. Based on this, basic digestive patterns were recognized and were proposed to represent the major ancestors from which the different orders evolved. The putative ancestors chosen to represent different points in the evolution from basal Neoptera to more derived orders were: Neoptera, Polyneoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera-Panorpoidea (Diptera-Lepidoptera), Lepidoptera, and Cyclorrhapha. The basic plan of Neoptera was supposed to be alike that of Polyneoptera, which was hypothesized from studies performed in grasshoppers, crickets and from stick insects. For Holometabola, the basic plan was initially proposed from studies carried out in beetles, bees, nematocerous flies, common flies and also from moths. This review updates the physiological data supporting the putative midgut basic patterns by discussing available data on insects pertaining to different taxa and details the evolutionary trends of midgut function among the major insect orders. Furthermore, by using recent genomic and transcriptome data, this review discusses the few insects for which the spatial organization of midgut absorption is known.
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- Walter R Terra
- Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 748, 05508-000, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Quimica, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 748, 05508-000, São Paulo, Brazil
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Mo R, Gamboa M, Watanabe K, Wang G, Li W, Yang D, Murányi D. A remarkable new genus and species of Nemourinae (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) from Sichuan, China, with systematic notes on the related genera. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0229120. [PMID: 32130246 PMCID: PMC7055821 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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A remarkable new genus and species of Nemourinae, Sinonemura balangshana gen. et sp. n., is described from Balang Mountains, Sichuan, southwestern China. The description is based on morphology and molecular data. The Nemourinae genera related to the new taxon are re-evaluated on the basis of comparative functional morphology of male epiproct. Notes on the Asian distribution of the Nemourinae are also given.
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- RaoRao Mo
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
- Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agric-Environment and Agric-Products Safety, Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, Hungary
- Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
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Hua Y, Zhang BB, Miao Y, Hua BZ, Tao SH. Vasa deferentia and associated structures of the male Panorpodes kuandianensis (Mecoptera: Panorpodidae). Arthropod Struct Dev 2020; 55:100926. [PMID: 32172209 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.100926] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The male reproductive system may provide significant evidence for the taxonomic and phylogenetic analyses of insects. However, current knowledge of the male reproductive system in Mecoptera is mainly concentrated on the external genitalia, and is rarely involved in the internal reproductive system. Here, we investigated the morphology and the fine structure of the vasa deferentia and associated structures of the male reproductive system of Panorpodes kuandianensis Zhong et al., 2011 (Panorpodidae) using light, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy. The male reproductive system of P. kuandianensis consists of a pair of symmetrical testes with three tubular testicular follicles, two epididymides, two distinctly partitioned vasa deferentia, a pair of mesadenia, one ejaculatory sac, and the external genitalia. A pair of expanded seminal vesicles are modified from the median part of the vasa deferentia, and evolve into secretory organs. The seminal vesicles have elongated cylindrical epithelial cells, which contain abundant secretory materials in the cytoplasm and form a small central lumen, likely serving a secretory function rather than provisionally storing sperm as in most other insects. Alternatively, the sperm are stored temporarily in the epididymis, the greatly coiled portion of the vasa deferentia. The morphology of the male reproductive system supports the close relationships of Panorpidae and Panorpodidae.
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- Yuan Hua
- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Danzhou, Hainan 571737, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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Pecharová M, Sinitshenkova ND, Prokop J. On the morphology of the Late Paleozoic insect families Bardohymenidae and Aspidothoracidae (Palaeodictyopterida: Megasecoptera). Arthropod Struct Dev 2020; 55:100916. [PMID: 32179420 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.100916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Megasecoptera is a late Paleozoic order of herbivorous insects with rostrum-like mouthparts and slender homonomous outstretched wings. Our knowledge of their morphology is mainly based on wings while other body parts are scarcely documented. Here we focus on the families Bardohymenidae and Aspidothoracidae. A new well preserved specimen of Sylvohymen cf. sibiricus is described and illustrated, particularly the structures of the external male genitalia previously unknown for Bardohymenidae. Sylvohymen marginatussp. nov. is described from the early Permian of Tshekarda based on unique traits in the wing venation. The genera Paleohymen and Taigahymen are both removed from Bardohymenidae and the latter is transferred to Vorkutiidae. Alexahymen aestatis (Brauckmann, 1991) comb. nov. from Pennsylvanian at Piesberg is transferred from Aspidothoracidae to Bardohymenidae. Piesbergbrodiagen. nov. is designated for Piesbergbrodia tristrata (Brauckmann and Herd, 2003) comb. nov. as a member of Brodiidae and the first known record of this family from Piesberg quarry. The placement of Sylvohymen peckae in the Bardohymenidae is considered doubtful due to lack of significant characters in its venation. Furthermore, our study is focused on the form of the apical cell and the pattern of wing pigmentation. Peculiarities of the integumental outgrowths and external genitalia of representatives of Aspidothoracidae and Bardohymenidae, and other close relatives, are highlighted.
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- Martina Pecharová
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ 128 00, Praha 2, Czech Republic.
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- Palaeontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 123, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ 128 00, Praha 2, Czech Republic
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Molero-Baltanás R, Espinasa L, Gaju-Ricart M. The Genus Anelpistina (Insecta, Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae) in Puerto Rico, with the Description of a New Species. Neotrop Entomol 2020; 49:62-72. [PMID: 31808072 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-019-00715-3] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Samples of Nicoletiidae (order Zygentoma = Thysanura s. str.) collected in two localities from Puerto Rico belonging to the genus Anelpistina Silvestri, 1905 are studied. One of them, collected in the same cave where A. puertoricensis Espinasa and Baker Alpheis, 2003 was found, allows for the description of the female of this species, together with some additional information on the variability and postembryonic development of this troglobitic insect. The second consists of specimens collected in litter of the islet of Palominos, near the northeastern coast of the main island of Puerto Rico; these specimens are identified as a new species. This species, named Anelpistina naarae sp. nov., is described and compared with related species. A genetic analysis of its DNA and 16S rRNA compared with the available data of the remaining species points to the chronology of the lineages of Anelpistina in this island and their relationships with continental species of the genus.
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- School of Science, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
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Although the insect circulatory system is involved in a multitude of vital physiological processes, it has gone grossly understudied. This review highlights this critical physiological system by detailing the structure and function of the circulatory organs, including the dorsal heart and the accessory pulsatile organs that supply hemolymph to the appendages. It also emphasizes how the circulatory system develops and ages and how, by means of reflex bleeding and functional integration with the immune system, it supports mechanisms for defense against predators and microbial invaders, respectively. Beyond that, this review details evolutionary trends and novelties associated with this system, as well as the ways in which this system also plays critical roles in thermoregulation and tracheal ventilation in high-performance fliers. Finally, this review highlights how novel discoveries could be harnessed for the control of vector-borne diseases and for translational medicine, and it details principal knowledge gaps that necessitate further investigation.
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- Julián F Hillyer
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA;
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- Department of Integrative Zoology, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
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Landowski M, Kunicka-Kowalska Z, Sibilski K. Mechanical and structural investigations of wings of selected insect species. Acta Bioeng Biomech 2020; 22:199-209. [PMID: 32868937] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This paper presents research and measurements leading to obtaining the Young's modulus of wing bearing structures of selected insect species. A small testing machine intended for three-point bending and equipped with instruments registering low forces was constructed for the needs of the experiment. The machine was used to perform numerous bending tests of wings of three species of insects (obtained from a breeding farm): Attacus atlas, Vespa crabro, Libellula Depressa at various air-humidity conditions. Values of the force and displacement obtained in the course of the tests were used to calculate Young's modulus. In order to do so, it was also necessary to obtain the moment of inertia of the wing cross-section. These values were measured on the basis of the images obtained with a SEM microscope. Obtained results were averaged and presented with a breakdown by air-humidity conditions. It was observed that Young's modulus decreased with an increase of humidity, hence the calculations of the percentage decrease of this mechanical parameter were performed. Obtained results were compared with the observed structure which was also presented under light microscope. It transpired that the construction of a wing does not only influence the mechanical values but also it influences their susceptibility to the changes occurring in the environment. Thereby, differences between Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera insects were indicated also within the aspect discussed in this paper.
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- MichaŁ Landowski
- Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials Engineering and Bonding; Gdańsk, Poland
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Division of Mechanics, Warsaw, Poland
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Chen S, Deng SW, Shih C, Zhang WW, Zhang P, Ren D, Zhu YN, Gao TP. The earliest Timematids in Burmese amber reveal diverse tarsal pads of stick insects in the mid-Cretaceous. Insect Sci 2019; 26:945-957. [PMID: 29700985 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Revised: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Many extant insects have developed pad structures, euplantulae or arolia on their tarsi to increase friction or enhance adhesion for better mobility. Many polyneopteran insects with euplantulae, for example, Grylloblattodea, Mantophasmatodea and Orthoptera, have been described from the Mesozoic. However, the origin and evolution of stick insects' euplantulae are poorly understood due to rare fossil records. Here, we report the earliest fossil records of Timematodea hitherto, Tumefactipes prolongates gen. et sp. nov. and Granosicorpes lirates gen. et sp. nov., based on three specimens from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Specimens of Tumefactipes prolongates gen. et sp. nov. have extremely specialized and expanded euplantulae on their tarsomere II. These new findings are the first known and the earliest fossil records about euplantula structure within Phasmatodea, demonstrating the diversity of euplantulae in Polyneoptera during the Mesozoic. Such tarsal pads might have increased friction and helped these mid-Cretaceous stick insects to climb more firmly on various surfaces, such as broad leaves, wetted tree branches or ground. These specimens provide more morphological data for us to understand the relationships of Timematodea, Euphasmatodea, Orthoptera and Embioptera, suggesting that Timematodea might be monophyletic with Euphasmatodea rather than Embioptera and Phasmatodea should have a closer relationship with Orthoptera rather than Embioptera.
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- Sha Chen
- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
- Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Balzer ZS, Davis AR. Adaptive morphology of the host-seeking first-instar larva of Stylops advarians Pierce (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae), a parasite of Andrena milwaukeensis Graenicher (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). Arthropod Struct Dev 2019; 52:100881. [PMID: 31473469 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2019.100881] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The morphology of the prognathous, host-seeking first-instar larvae of Stylops advarians was examined to advance our understanding of their adaptations to reach immature bee hosts, a process requiring temporal phoresy on an adult bee. Sensory structures on the larval head, including eye spots and two pairs of olfactory pits, evidently assist recognition of an adult bee and eventual detection of a permanent host within a nest cell. First-instar larvae utilize various features of their appendages to travel securely on their phoretic host. Flexible adhesive tarsi of the pro- and mesothoracic legs allow them to embark and be retained on a flying bee. The tips of the pair of caudal filaments appear modified for a similar purpose. Spinulae of two lengths, and arranged in distinct patterns, cover the posterior edges of the thoracic and abdominal segments both dorsally and ventrally. These projections can cause lodging of larvae in the plumose hairs of the phoretic host, and may lock into the exine of pollen collected by the foraging bee. Discovery of a first-instar larva partially packed into a pollen load and in the crop of Andrena milwaukeensis demonstrates that Stylops is adapted to travel with a phoretic host both externally and internally.
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- Zachary S Balzer
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5E2, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5E2, Canada.
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In this paper, the controlled stability of insect hovering flight is analyzed in detail based on a simplified dynamic model of the flyer and flow. The simplified dynamic model incorporates PID-based wing-kinematic controllers. The control stability of the hovering flight is evaluated based on the cycle-mean dynamic equations. The stability analyses and the simplified dynamic model allow us to derive and test the control coefficients for stable free hovering, firstly in the longitudinal mode of flight and then the lateral mode. In this manner, coefficients for wing-kinematic control for full CFD-FSI simulation could be obtained very efficiently. The coefficients thus determined are verified against full-fidelity CFD-FSI free flight simulations.
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- Jie Yao
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, 117576, Singapore
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Sganga JV, Gibon FM. New Species, New Records, and Distribution of Smicridea Mclachlan 1871 in Bolivia (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae). Neotrop Entomol 2019; 48:399-414. [PMID: 30467704 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-018-0645-0] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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During various studies of freshwater quality, twenty-four species of Smicridea were collected in Bolivia. This brings to thirty-one the number of Smicridea species present in this country. Four belong to the subgenus Smicridea Mclachlan J Linnean Soc London Zool 11: 98-141, 1871, which is recorded for the first time for the country. Additionally, 16 species in the subgenus Rhyacophylax Müller Zool Anzeiger 2: 38-40, 1879, are also registered for the first time. Three species are new and described from males: Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) molinai sp. nov., Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) ruedamartinae sp. nov., and Smicridea (Smicridea) moyai sp. nov.
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- J V Sganga
- Depto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CBGP, IRD, INRA, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, Campus de Baillarguet CS 30016, F-34988, Montferrier-sur-Lez Cedex, France.
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Randolf S, Zimmermann D. Small, but oh my! Head morphology of adult Aleuropteryx spp. and effects of miniaturization (Insecta: Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae). Arthropod Struct Dev 2019; 50:1-14. [PMID: 30731198 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present the first morphological study of the internal head structures of adults of the coniopterygid genus Aleuropteryx, which belong to the smallest known lacewings. The head is ventrally closed with a gula, which is unique in adult Neuroptera and otherwise developed in Megaloptera, the sister group of Neuroptera. The dorsal tentorial arms are directed posteriorly and fused, forming an arch that fulfills functions otherwise taken by the tentorial bridge. A newly found maxillary gland is present in both sexes. Several structural modifications correlated with miniaturization are recognized: a relative increase in the size of the brain, a reduction in the number of ommatidia and diameter of the facets, a countersunken cone-shaped ocular ridge, and a simplification of the tracheal system. The structure of the head differs strikingly from that of the previously studied species Coniopteryx pygmaea, indicating a greater variability in the family Coniopterygidae, which might be another effect of miniaturization.
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- Susanne Randolf
- Natural History Museum Vienna, 2nd Zoological Department, Burgring 7, 1010, Vienna, Austria.
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- Natural History Museum Vienna, 2nd Zoological Department, Burgring 7, 1010, Vienna, Austria.
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Napoleão TH, Albuquerque LP, Santos ND, Nova IC, Lima TA, Paiva PM, Pontual EV. Insect midgut structures and molecules as targets of plant-derived protease inhibitors and lectins. Pest Manag Sci 2019; 75:1212-1222. [PMID: 30306668 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Revised: 09/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The midgut of insects is involved in digestion, osmoregulation and immunity. Although several defensive strategies are present in this organ, its organization and function may be disturbed by some insecticidal agents, including bioactive proteins like lectins and protease inhibitors (PIs) from plants. PIs interfere with digestion, leading to poor nutrient absorption and decreasing amino acid bioavailability. Intake of PIs can delay development, cause deformities and reduce fertility. Ingestion of PIs may lead to changes in the set of proteases secreted in the insect gut, but this response is often insufficient and results in aggravation of the malnutrition status. Lectins are proteins that are able to interact with glycoconjugates, including those linked to cell surfaces. Their effects on the midgut include disruption of the peritrophic matrix, brush border and secretory cell layer; induction of apoptosis and oxidative stress; interference with nutrient absorption and transport proteins; and damaging effects on symbionts. In addition, lectins can cross the intestinal barrier and reach the hemolymph. The establishment of resistant insect populations due to selective pressure resulting from massive use of a bioactive protein is an actual possibility, but this can be minimized by the multiple mode-of-action of these proteins, mainly the lectins. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Thiago H Napoleão
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Roger Kneebone
- Surgical Education, Division of Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK; Centre for Engagement and Simulation Science, Academic Surgery, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London SW10 9NH, UK.
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Minelli A, Fusco G. No limits: Breaking constraints in insect miniaturization. Arthropod Struct Dev 2019; 48:4-11. [PMID: 30496889 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2018.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Small arthropods are not simply scaled-down versions of their larger closest relatives, as changes in morphology and functional characters are largely governed by scaling laws. These same scaling laws set strict limits to size change toward smaller sizes. The evolution of extreme miniaturized forms involves the breaking of these constraints, by means of design innovations that allow evolutionary change to evade the limits posed by scaling laws. Here we review several cases studies in insects and other arthropods that illustrate this evolutionary path. We examine morphologies commonly recurring in miniaturized forms but not exclusive to them, morphologies exclusive to miniaturized forms and novel functional solutions supported by unconventional morphologies. We also discuss miniaturization and its evolvability taking into consideration arthropod postembryonic development and modular body organization. The modification of features commonly supposed not to change appears as a recurring pattern in arthropod miniaturization.
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- Alessandro Minelli
- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58B, I 35131, Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58B, I 35131, Padova, Italy.
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Pohl H, Beutel RG. Effects of miniaturization in primary larvae of Strepsiptera (Insecta). Arthropod Struct Dev 2019; 48:49-55. [PMID: 30500422 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2018.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 11/25/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this review the presently available morphological data on primary larvae of Strepsiptera are interpreted with respect to effects of miniaturization, but also their possible functional or phylogenetic background. The morphology of the 1st instars is mainly affected by functional constraints linked with parasitism but also by very distinct effects of miniaturization. The latter include modifications of the cephalic cuticle, the extremely limited free space in the body lumen, the shift of origins of cephalic muscles to the thorax, a reduced number of cephalic and thoracic muscles, extensions of muscles with cell bodies and other organelles, and an extreme concentration of the entire central nervous system in the middle region of the body. Pad-like adhesive structures on the distal leg segment and the abdominal jumping apparatus are clearly linked with the necessity to attach to a potential host but would not function in distinctly larger organisms.
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- Hans Pohl
- Institut für Zoologie und Evolutionsforschung, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany.
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- Institut für Zoologie und Evolutionsforschung, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany
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Thiria B. On flapping flight mechanisms and their applications to wind and marine energy harvesting. Curr Opin Insect Sci 2018; 30:39-45. [PMID: 30553483 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this paper, we present a short review on some of significative results on insect flapping flight. In particular, we focus on the time varying shape mechanisms observed during the flapping cycle that are used by insects to enhance the production of aerodynamic force. We then discuss a few examples on how these mechanisms are adapted to energy harvesters in engineered applications.
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- Benjamin Thiria
- Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes (PMMH UMR 7636), CNRS, France; ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, Sorbonne Université, France; Université Paris Diderot, Barre Cassan Bât. A, 7-9 quai St Bernard, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Flying insects impress by their versatility and have been a recurrent source of inspiration for engineering devices. A large body of literature has focused on various aspects of insect flight, with an essential part dedicated to the dynamics of flapping wings and their intrinsically unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms. Insect wings flex during flight and a better understanding of structural mechanics and aeroelasticity is emerging. Most recently, insights from solid and fluid mechanics have been integrated with physiological measurements from visual and mechanosensors in the context of flight control in steady airs and through turbulent conditions. We review the key recent advances concerning flight in unsteady environments and how the multi-body mechanics of the insect structure-wings and body-are at the core of the flight control question. The issues herein should be considered when applying bio-informed design principles to robotic flapping wings.
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- Richard J Bomphrey
- Structure and Motion Laboratory, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom
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- Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes laboratory (PMMH), CNRS, ESPCI Paris – PSL Research University, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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Serres JR, Viollet S. Insect-inspired vision for autonomous vehicles. Curr Opin Insect Sci 2018; 30:46-51. [PMID: 30553484 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Flying insects are being studied these days as if they were agile micro air vehicles fitted with smart sensors, requiring very few brain resources. The findings obtained on these natural fliers have proved to be extremely valuable when it comes to designing compact low-weight artificial optical sensors capable of performing visual processing tasks robustly under various environmental conditions (light, clouds, contrast). Here, we review some outstanding bio-inspired visual sensors, which can be used for either detecting motion in the visible spectrum or controlling celestial navigation in the ultraviolet spectrum and for attitude stabilisation purposes. Biologically inspired visual sensors do not have to comprise a very large number of pixels: they are able to perform both short and long range navigation tasks surprisingly well with just a few pixels and a weak resolution.
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Boudinot BE. A general theory of genital homologies for the Hexapoda (Pancrustacea) derived from skeletomuscular correspondences, with emphasis on the Endopterygota. Arthropod Struct Dev 2018; 47:563-613. [PMID: 30419291 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2018.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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No consensus exists for the homology and terminology of the male genitalia of the Hexapoda despite over a century of debate. Based on dissections and the literature, genital skeletomusculature was compared across the Hexapoda and contrasted with the Remipedia, the closest pancrustacean outgroup. The pattern of origin and insertion for extrinsic and intrinsic genitalic musculature was found to be consistent among the Ectognatha, Protura, and the Remipedia, allowing for the inference of homologies given recent phylogenomic studies. The penis of the Hexapoda is inferred to be derived from medially-fused primary gonopods (gonopore-bearing limbs), while the genitalia of the Ectognatha are inferred to include both the tenth-segmental penis and the ninth-segmental secondary gonopods, similar to the genitalia of female insects which comprise gonopods of the eighth and ninth segments. A new nomenclatural system for hexapodan genitalic musculature is presented and applied, and a general list of anatomical concepts is provided. Novel and refined homologies are proposed for all hexapodan orders, and a series of groundplans are postulated. Emphasis is placed on the Endopterygota, for which fine-grained transition series are hypothesized given observed skeletomuscular correspondences.
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- Brendon E Boudinot
- Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Pass G. Beyond aerodynamics: The critical roles of the circulatory and tracheal systems in maintaining insect wing functionality. Arthropod Struct Dev 2018; 47:391-407. [PMID: 29859244 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2018.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Revised: 05/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Insect wings consist almost entirely of lifeless cuticle; yet their veins host a complex multimodal sensory apparatus and other tissues that require a continuous supply of water, nutrients and oxygen. This review provides a survey of the various living components in insect wings, as well as the specific contribution of the circulatory and tracheal systems to provide all essential substances. In most insects, hemolymph circulates through the veinal network in a loop flow caused by the contraction of accessory pulsatile organs in the thorax. In other insects, hemolymph oscillates into and out of the wings due to the complex interaction of several factors, such as heartbeat reversal, intermittent pumping of the accessory pulsatile organs in the thorax, and the elasticity of the wall of a special type of tracheae. A practically unexplored subject is the need for continuous hydration of the wing cuticle to retain its flexibility and toughness, including the associated problem of water loss due to evaporation. Also, widely neglected is the influence of the hemolymph mass and the circulating flow in the veins on the aerodynamic properties of insect wings during flight. Ventilation of the extraordinarily long wing tracheae is probably accomplished by intricate interactions with the circulatory system, and by the exchange of oxygen via cutaneous respiration.
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- Günther Pass
- Department of Integrative Zoology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria.
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- Robert Dudley
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Department of Integrative Zoology, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Ogawa N, Yoshizawa K. Structure and evolution of the stigmapophysis-A unique repose wing-coupling structure in Psocodea. Arthropod Struct Dev 2018; 47:416-422. [PMID: 29932971 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2018.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Revised: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The gain of foldable wings is regarded as one of the key innovations enabling the present-day diversity of neopteran insects. Wing folding allows compact housing of the wings and shields the insect body from damage. Wing-fixing systems have evolved in some insects, probably to increase the durability of the shielding function by the wings. Bark lice (Psocodea) are known to possess a unique wing-to-wing repose coupling system, but a detailed morphological and evolutionary study of this system is lacking. In this study, we examined this repose coupling structure by SEM in 32 species including representatives of all three suborders of bark lice (Trogiomorpha, Troctomorpha and Psocomorpha). We concluded that the repose wing-coupling apparatus independently evolved twice within Psocodea. In Trogiomorpha, the apparatus is located on the subcostal vein of the forewing and is composed of elongated rib-like structures. In Troctomorpha and Psocomorpha, in contrast, the repose coupling structure is located on the radius vein of the forewing and is formed by a swollen vein. These morphological and developmental differences in the repose coupling structures also provide phylogenetic information at different systematic levels.
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- Naoki Ogawa
- Systematic Entomology, School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan.
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- Systematic Entomology, School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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Schneider JR. The first mite: insect genealogy in Hooke's Micrographia. Ann Sci 2018; 75:165-200. [PMID: 30284956 DOI: 10.1080/00033790.2018.1519083] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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What happens when you take the idea of the biblical Adam-the first human - and apply it to insects? You create an origin story for Nature's tiniest creatures, one that gives them 'a Pedigree as ancient as the first creation'. This the naturalist Robert Hooke argued in his treatise, the Micrographia (1665). In what follows, I will retrace how Hooke endeavoured to show that insects-then widely believed to have arisen out of the dirt - were the products of an ancient lineage. These genealogies, while constructed from empirical observation, were conjectures of the imagination. Section 2 shows how Hooke introduced the concept of a 'prime parent' (an Adam-insect) to explain the anatomical similarities between 'mites'. Section 3 demonstrates how Hooke defined the family of "gnats" as tiny machines built from the same components and relates Hookean genealogies to contemporary ideas about Noah's Ark. Section 4 shows how Hooke outlined the morphology of 'insects' (delineating what we now call arthropods). Section 5 explores how Hooke used fossils to study these animals in the distant past. In sum, Hooke was turning natural history - collecting and describing insects - into natural history: reconstructing their origins.
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Ohde T, Takehana Y, Shiotsuki T, Niimi T. CRISPR/Cas9-based heritable targeted mutagenesis in Thermobia domestica: A genetic tool in an apterygote development model of wing evolution. Arthropod Struct Dev 2018; 47:362-369. [PMID: 29908341 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2018.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Despite previous developmental studies on basally branching wingless insects and crustaceans, the evolutionary origin of insect wings remains controversial. Knowledge regarding genetic regulation of tissues hypothesized to have given rise to wings would help to elucidate how ancestral development changed to allow the evolution of true wings. However, genetic tools available for basally branching wingless species are limited. The firebrat Thermobia domestica is an apterygote species, phylogenetically related to winged insects. T. domestica presents a suitable morphology to investigate the origin of wings, as it forms the tergal paranotum, from which wings are hypothesized to have originated. Here we report the first successful CRISPR/Cas9-based germline genome editing in T. domestica. We provide a technological platform to understand the development of tissues hypothesized to have given rise to wings in an insect with a pre-wing evolution body plan.
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- Takahiro Ohde
- Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, 38 Nishigonaka Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan; Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 38 Nishigonaka Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan; Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
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- Department of Animal Bio-Science, Faculty of Bio-Science, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, 1266 Tamura, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Technology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-cho, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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- Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, 38 Nishigonaka Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan; Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 38 Nishigonaka Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan
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